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While we have a lot of free content on all things health and fitness, I know that very often as a coach (whether you are a personal trainer or a nutrition coach), you have specific questions and issues that aren’t covered by the general health and fitness stuff. So the aim of this page is to create a place where coaches can come and get their specific questions answered. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many places where coaches can get access to the information they need, and this generally leads to very enthusiastic and intelligent people leaving the industry.
So our goal is to make this a place where you can learn, and become the best coach you can be.
If you want to dig deeper into this stuff, we do also offer a variety of courses too.
Coaching Knowledge Base
The goal of this section is to help you rapidly increase your experience as a coach, and to get access to the knowledge you need to succeed. The information you will find here is the same kind of information we teach on our courses and have honed in our own coaching practice.
Coaching Skill Development
- What Is My Coaching Footprint
- Why Your Clients Struggle to Stick to Diets and How You Can Help Them Succeed
- 10 Creative Ways to Motivate Clients Who Hate Exercise
- Build Lasting Healthy Habits In Your Clients With Habit Stacking
- 10 Ways To Build Stronger Client-Coach Relationships
- 7 Essential Nutrition Coaching Tips Every Coach Needs To Hear
- 10 Common Mistakes Coaches Make and How To Avoid Them
- Why Successful Coaches Focus On Habits Rather Than Outcomes
- Key Skills To Teach Your Clients
- How to Identify and Address Limiting Beliefs in Your Clients
- Calorie Counting Isn’t Always Your Best Approach
- Understanding Problem-Solving for Coaches
- Using The 80/20 Rule In Your Coaching
- Creating If-Then Plans For Your Clients
- Navigating Goal-Value Incongruency in Coaching
- How To Build Confidence As A New Coach
- How To Develop Your Knowledge as a Coach
- Overcoming Paralysis By Analysis In Coaching
- Using Cognitive Defusion in Your Coaching
- How Identity Shapes Behaviour
- Good Coaches Focus On The Process Rather Than The Outcome
- A Step-by-Step Framework for Coaching Identity Transformation
- Using Socratic Questioning In Your Coaching
- 6 Ways To Get Clients Back On Track After They Lose Motivation
- The Role of Agency and Autonomy in Client Success
- Coaching Clients With An All-or-Nothing Mindset
- Habit Formation vs Habit Disruption
- Setting Process Goals Rather Than Outcome Goals With Clients
- Why Meal Plans Don’t Help Your Clients
- How To Handle A Client Who Wants A Meal Plan
- Understanding Habit Formation
- Helping Clients Break From Hyperfocus On The Scales
- Procrustes’ Bed And Your Coaching Approach
- Helping Clients Deal with the Shame Spiral
- Helping Your Clients Deal with Quixotic Ideals
- Beyond Empathy: Using Theory of Mind In Your Coaching
- Using the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to Enhance Your Coaching
- How To Deal With Clients With Rigid Thinking Around Food
Business and Career Development
Coaching Resources & Tools
Here you will find a variety of resources and tools that can help you with your coaching practice. We have many resources and tools planned out, so please do check back frequently to stay up to date with what we are building.
Exercise Calculators/Tools
Health Habits Calculators/Tools
- Wheel of Life Self Assessment Tool
- Quick Health Priority Quiz
- Triage Ultimate Health Habits Assessment Quiz
Health Targets Calculators/Tools
- Body Fat Calculator
- Lean Mass Calculator
- FFMI Calculator
- Are You Fit Enough For Retirement Calculator
Case Studies
Coaching is a challenging business. But one thing that can really accelerate your abilities is seeing examples of successful interventions. It quickly allows you to become a much better problems solver, and to help more people achieve their goals. So the goal of this section is to provide you with a variety of case studies that will show you what works and what doesn’t.
Nutrition Case Studies
- Nutrition for Hard Gainers
- Nutrition For Female Body Recomposition
- Helping Vegans Eat Enough Protein Case Study
- Insufficient Carb Intake For Performance Case Study
- Case Study: How to Stop Evening Snacking
- Case Study: How to Stop Weekend Overeating
- HYROX Performance Nutrition Set Up Case Study
- Breaking the Dirty Bulk Cycle: A Case Study
- Trying To Stay Too Lean While Gaining Case Study
- Changing The Aggressive Fat Loss Mindset Case Study
Latest Posts On Coaching
Understanding Problem-Solving for Coaches
If you’re a health and fitness coach, whether in-person or online, you’re not just a dispenser of workouts and diet plans, you’re a problem solver. Every client who comes to you arrives with a puzzle: a body that won’t change the way they want it to, habits that seem...
Calorie Counting Isn’t Always Your Best Approach
Calorie counting isn't always your best approach. As a coach with years of experience guiding clients toward sustainable, lifelong health and fitness, I’ve learned that the tools we choose can profoundly impact a client’s progress. One of the most hotly debated topics...
Coaching Resources
Below, I’ve put together the most comprehensive list of coaching resources you will find online. This is everything I’ve encountered in my years of coaching. Whether you’re brand new to coaching or looking to refine and scale your existing practice, you’ll find...
The 4-Hour Work Week For Coaches
Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek is packed with ideas on how to rethink work, time, and lifestyle. Having recently re-read it, I wanted to do a bit of a review of it, and then turn it into something other coaches might find valuable. I highly recommend you get the...
How to Handle a Client Who Wants a Meal Plan
How do you handle a client who wants a meal plan? As a health and fitness coach, one of the most common requests you’ll hear from clients is, “Can you just give me a meal plan?” At first, this might seem like a simple and reasonable request. After all, if they eat...
Why Meal Plans Don’t Help Your Clients
As a coach, you’re in a powerful position to help people improve their lives through exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle habits. But one common mistake that many new coaches make, often with the best intentions, is providing meal plans to their clients. Meal plans...
Insufficient Carb Intake for Performance: Case Study
When working with clients who are trying to lose fat while maintaining or even improving performance in the gym, a common issue I encounter is they are eating insufficient carbohydrate intake for performance. Many people, influenced by diet trends and misinformation,...
Shift Work and Consistent Exercise: A Case Study
As a coach, I’ve worked with countless individuals struggling to balance shift work and consistent exercise. From nurses and doctors to factory workers and security personnel, I’ve seen firsthand how non-traditional schedules can wreak havoc on energy levels,...
How to Identify and Address Limiting Beliefs in Your Clients
As a health and fitness coach, you’ve probably noticed something interesting about your clients. Some seem to hit their stride quickly, while others struggle despite having the same knowledge, resources, and support. Often, the difference isn’t physical; it’s mental....
Setting Process Goals Rather Than Outcome Goals With Clients
Setting process goals rather than outcome goals with your clients will lead you to get better results with your clients. If you’re a newer coach in the health and fitness space, you’ve probably heard clients say things like, “I want to lose 20 pounds” or “I want to...
Coaching Career Development Timeline
Coaching career development can be tricky. When you decide to become a health and fitness coach, you’re not just stepping into a job, you’re entering a profession that has the power to transform lives. This may seem trite or hyperbolic, but it is the reality. Coaching...
Helping Vegans Eat Enough Protein Case Study
A frequent challenge many nutrition coaches face is helping vegans eat enough protein. While plant-based diets are packed with health benefits, they often require a more deliberate approach to achieve the right balance of macronutrients, especially protein. This case...