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064 | Finding Your Place In Health & Fitness
Category: Health
Duration: 00:22:16
Publish Date: 2020-03-24 05:00:00
Description: WHERE IS YOUR PLACE IN THIS FIELD? I am coming at this from the perspective that some of you are trying to find your place as a coach and some of you are trainees. And I honestly think it’s beneficial for coaches to understand WHERE their clients are so they can meet them there. It can be SO HARD and take a long freaking time to feel like you belong in the health and fitness space. Whether it be online or in person. To really have a place and feel comfortable there. Not comfortable in a bad or restricting way, but like - really happy to take up the space that you do in this field. Likewise as a trainee, you want to feel like you belong, like you’re joyful and confident in your health and fitness experience. And believe it or not, I think the answers are the same for both the trainer and the trainee in this situation. Hear me out. I believe there are a lot of factors that play into this. The two main factors are your philosophy and the people/environment you put yourself in. That is how you find your place. And it won’t happen overnight. I mean, the people and environment scenario might happen overnight, but the philosophy will not. And yes, let’s make it clear that I strongly believe in clients having and developing their philosophy around training or nutrition or whatever area of health they’re practicing. Your beliefs and thoughts in this area need to align with your coach of choice...so it matters. That’s my take anyway. And I’m a huge advocate for client efficacy so that makes sense. I don’t think clients should do whatever their trainer says all the time, I encourage questions and I want clients to be curious just like I want professionals to be curious. No one should ever stop asking questions in my opinion. Again, it’s an opinion and a belief. And also probs because I am personally a questioner on Gretchen Rubin's 4 Tendencies so this is a natural part of my personality which I’m sure is annoying to some. So let’s dive into the philosophy portion of finding your place in the world of fitness. Finding your philosophy Your space will naturally be within the facility of humans who either have a similar philosophy to you and/or the same values as you do. I found my space in the in person space very much so in college athletics and performance rehab. In the online space,  I’ve found it with people who are education based, whether they are physical therapists, dietitians, strength coaches, or chiropractors. And yes, all of those humans are in my space. We share the same space because we are for educating our clients, being transparent, and being professionals. Those are my people. And let me tell you it took a HAWT minute to find them. Small story time - when I entered Instagram and online training back in 2015, I had no space. I’ve talked about this before. I didn’t feel like I belonged. I hadn’t been exposed to anything in the fitness world other than the boxes. When I say boxes, I mean the powerlifter box, or bikini competitor box, or cross fitter box, or fitspro box, or doctor box. I was not in any of those boxes. My philosophy was based off part of all of the boxes, and I felt like if I just went all in with one of these boxes, I’d have community and find my place in this field. But you and I both know that’s false. Which is why I didn’t do that. I simply kept sharing what I knew to be my truth in the world of lifting weights and moving your body. Slowly, VERY. SLOWLY…I found my humans - my no bull shit, knowledge and application based humans. Five years later, I proudly take up my space in this field and that is largely in part due to other professionals welcoming me in that process. It’s what I hope I am now doing for others on Instagram - providing a place for young coaches to develop their philosophy, ask questions, and put into practice what they’re learning. Who knows if it’s happening, but that’s the goal for sure. So,
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