3 Reasons I Have a Coach & You Should Too
The last 12 weeks were a total trip.
The week of Thanksgiving I decided to purchase one of the training programs from Worcester Massachusetts powerlifting gym, The Strength House. Co-owners Tony Bonvechio and Greg Robins are absolute stud coaches and stud human beings (both are also Fathers of young kiddos) so I knew I was going to be in great hands.
Needless to say, I stuck to the script, followed the program, and had some serious success. So much so, that I am running the program back for another 12 weeks.
Side note number 2- if you want to score a discount on this program, enter code 3THINGS in all caps to score some cash off. For the record, I don’t receive any kickback on this. Tony was nice enough to offer for the readers of this site.
Ok, back to the business.
More importantly, and the reason for writing this post, is that over the last 12 weeks I’ve never heard “you have a Coach?” more.
For the better part of the last 5 years, someone else has written my training program.
For those who may not know a lot about the Fitness Industry, this practice is actually SUPER common. There’s a bunch of amazing reasons to hire out a Coach, EVEN if you ‘know what you’re doing’. Here are 3 of my reasons below…
1) I, like many, like to just ‘show up’ and read the program
Personal Trainers and Strength Coaches are people too. I work with people upwards to 8 or 10 hours a day helping them with their fitness, strength, and overall health goals. When it comes to my own workout and training the LAST thing I want to do is have to put pen to paper and create my own program.
Another benefit to this is that it saves me a shit load of time. I know what I’m doing and I know how much time it will take so when I go to schedule my workout I have a better chance of getting the training done with.
2) For other Trainers and Coaches, hiring a Coach is a great way to LEARN.
Most training programs are 12-16 weeks long. That’s the average length of a college semester. If your Coach is actually good at what they do then that training program can be a super educational. In my case, I spent 12 weeks getting a crash course on reps in reserve hypertrophy training and can now bring that skill in to my tool box with empathy and understanding for future programming.
If you’re a Coach reading this and you’ve never had a Coach….do it.
Whether it’s business systems, programming philosophy, learning a new skill or implement, hiring a Coach can be a great way to learn.
*Mini rant alert* Coaches and Personal Trainers…if you sell services that YOU wouldn’t pay for yourself…check yourself.
3) When you have life shit, you need someone to check in with you OR understand.
In the opening paragraph I mention that Tony and Greg are Fathers to young ones themselves. This means they understand when my own 2+ year old wakes up at 3am. When I don’t want to train for 90 minutes every session. They have a better understanding of the stress I see and face every week and how to navigate that stress for success.
Good Coaches and Trainers know how to work with you as a HUMAN before they know how to manage you as a client. This is a big big big differentiation from the good and the not-so-good Trainers in the industry.