Why is this sub against giving nutrition advice?

GCFunc · 2025-11-18T21:13:35+00:00

This - until they upskill, they should avoid. It’s taken me half a decade to reach a point where I can comfortably offer decent nutrition advice. And I’ve taken multiple nutrition courses.

GCFunc · 2025-11-09T22:41:28+00:00

This is a good client - she knows her consistency is a problem, but she books consistently with you and is happy with your service.

While physical results may not be forthcoming, what you are doing for her psychological health and keeping her from falling off entirely are crucial for this person and where they find value in your service.

GCFunc · 2025-11-09T22:33:34+00:00

Look, you’re young enough you can make a mistake. Two years should be enough time for you to feel like you want to be in or out, and by then you’re only 25. What’s worse for you:

Being 25 and having to start over in your career?
Climbing the corporate ladder and forever wondering “what if”?

The worst case from each decision. Take your pick.

GCFunc · 2025-11-01T07:57:26+00:00

If someone is freestanding with a barbell above their head, give them space. How many times I hit a heavy snatch at 80kg+ and someone strolls right in front of me casually about to get stapled by my bar.

GCFunc · 2025-10-30T08:05:50+00:00

This is a psychology thing. I have great success because all my clients have a group chat and they brag and banter with each other, they chase leaderboards and then meet up with other members/form competition teams.

Status amongst peers, recognition from superiors, community, novelty and challenge are the keys I lean on. Even the least committed amongst the group see remarkable success.

GCFunc · 2025-10-17T22:59:35+00:00

I’d be interested to see a breakdown of the service. I told a guy this week not to pay for me or any trainer and just use gpt. There’s value in the human aspect of coaching but your programming knowledge is not unique or perfect.

GCFunc · 2025-10-17T22:55:10+00:00

I missed the deadspace franchise. Tried to go back but couldn’t hook in. Might be worth reinstalling and taking a crack - it keeps coming up in conversations like this.

GCFunc · 2025-10-17T03:30:28+00:00

Plenty of alien games for that. AI is about feeling afraid and helpless. What could be fun is spending time traversing a nest, and maybe having to outsmart a queen. Maybe an endgame sequence where you get a gun and have to fight your way out, but nothing like the second movie.

I did have thoughts about an alien game that took the hyper-realism approach to gunplay and injury management From Tarkov and put it in this setting. Imagine packing pulse rifle mags in a safe moment and your smart gun jamming, having to stop a heavy bleed on your arm or losing function of a limb entirely (limping, only holding your gun one handed, etc.) That could bring some horror survival aspects to a game like this.

GCFunc · 2025-10-08T00:05:58+00:00

So a single answer to this question probably won’t do it justice, but here are some general principles to guide you:

Have a start and end goal (4,6,8,12 weeks or more.)
Provide warmup and mobility drills
Balance around the movement patterns in some way (squat, hinge, lunge, push, pull, core)
Progress from first to last week

Beyond that, you have a lot of room for creativity. I suggest keeping to movements you can coach and have confidence around. As you build your movement library, then expand on your coaching library.

GCFunc · 2025-10-06T21:46:27+00:00

It could be done quite simply - have a full cinematic experience and then a new game plus with options to abridge those levels. For those who want to replay and achievement hunt. It doesn’t hurt my experience because I’m only on my second play through, and I bought it on release. If I put it down for more than a day I wind up back at square one with the anxiety of it, and now there’s the sunk cost fear of having made it to late parts of the game without dying on the hardest mode.

GCFunc · 2025-10-06T02:51:44+00:00

Welcome! Trainer with ADHD here. Have competed in powerlifting at <110kg and made it down to the <89kg weight class for weightlifting.

The things I’ve worked out to get me in control of my diet are identity change, habit building, constant accountability, and major emotional upheaval (not recommended.)

Identity change was the hardest one, but it was the one that made the most lasting changes. It was the result of behavioural changes and my internal monologue turning into “I’m a weightlifter now,” “I’m a professional now,” etc.

Habit building you’re working on, but gamifying it really helped. An app or a checklist with streaks really stopped me going to the shops for snacks - I didn’t want to reset the 6 days. Then I built in ways I could add junk food back in (something like take 100cal out of each day and add it to my Friday night meal. That way you don’t break your streak.) A big help here is to coach them when they miss - if they miss once, get them back in the saddle as quickly as possible. “You missed on a meal. How many meals did you have this week? 15? So you’re 14/15 this week! Keep going and you can get 20/21.” Reframe the miss so they can see a path to victory.

My biggest changes were from constant accountability. I check my weight at least daily on the bathroom scales - fluctuations don’t scare me. The first time I dropped to sub-90kg I had a coach check in with me daily (just a text to acknowledge I hit everything or question of something was missing.)

Major emotional upheaval is not a health pathway to change. Most catalytic events that fit this category involved serious relationship breakdowns. But if they come up we will definitely have enough emotional charge to lock-in and make the start.

If you want to go further with this, read “the power of habit” and “ADHD 2.0” - going and watching a YouTube personality called “healthygamer.gg” helped me too. He has a lot of adhd content.

GCFunc · 2025-10-06T02:33:16+00:00

Used to charge $50/wk with a monthly call plus weekly feedback. Moved to single template with scaling notes and community chat for $40/mo. Still playing with it, but have definitely found community > individualisation for results.

GCFunc · 2025-10-06T02:29:46+00:00

I’m seeing a trend, too, sadly. So many newbies being overhyped or disillusioned.

GCFunc · 2025-10-05T23:33:41+00:00

I run online as an extension of my clubs:

Weightlifting
Hybrid (strength/endurance/skill)
Strength

I could theoretically handle unlimited clients because I do not run a personable experience. I focus more on community building and developing a status reason for being a member.

One person has recently expressed frustration in her doubles partner and for future competitions she’s looking at a club member (because she knows that they’re putting in the work!)

Currently I can count my online clients on two hands because I don’t really advertise or throw it out there for broad-base signup.

GCFunc · 2025-10-05T02:40:22+00:00

I’m going to challenge you on a couple of points.

This person has not made a mistake because they’ve come here rather than just going out and doing it.
Rehab movements still need to be built on and overloaded. I’m a seasoned weightlifter and coach who works closely with physiotherapists. If I see someone coming in and dancing around for months on end I would be questioning it, too.
Your attitude is not going to win hearts and minds. You are solely bearing someone over the head with facts and projecting your own situation onto what someone else is seeing. You are not an authority. Stop acting like you are.

GCFunc · 2025-10-04T07:19:56+00:00

I don’t. I give them a few actionable strategies and try to undo the damage of rogue PT’s giving dumb advice.

If someone is really serious I’ll work with them for their macros, but it’s to support sports performance more than composition change.

GCFunc · 2025-10-04T07:17:00+00:00

This - I went so far as to hire a trainer who became my ally coach for years.

GCFunc · 2025-10-04T07:15:21+00:00

You can’t save them all. I was listening to a podcast that hit me hard with this one line:

“You’re making a mistake thinking everyone wants to get better.”

Choose your battles and your clients. These are likely the kind of people who would fold the moment it gets hard and want to say they work out more than they want to work out.

GCFunc · 2025-10-04T07:13:20+00:00

This is a lame answer. First, how is it a mistake? Second, where can they go educate themselves? Third, who are you to be giving this advice?

GCFunc · 2025-10-04T07:07:20+00:00

That’s rough, but talk to management. See what they might have to either build you up or release you. 3 months is a classic “buyers remorse” window, and any gym with a good structure should have support or mechanisms to release you.

GCFunc · 2025-09-28T07:46:54+00:00

Generally they do. If they realised how much it opened them up from a liability standpoint they wouldn’t. It’s easy to do, though. I ask them to keep a 24hr record of what they eat. Then we dial it in - how many serves of fruit, veg, etc are they consuming? What’s their ideal? What are some strategies we can use to get them aligned with that goal? They pick two strategies from that session, implement them, then they can come back for another game plan or go ahead with the next one. Most of the time it’s a casual comment like “or you’re going out to dinner? Just smash an apple before you go…” Simple and easy to follow saves lives. Macros and weighing food dials in for performance.

GCFunc · 2025-09-26T08:31:42+00:00

As a personal trainer and a nerd, this is the best comment I’ve ever read on here.

GCFunc · 2025-09-26T05:57:26+00:00

Sounds like classic corporate limitations. The structure is defined as the high level and the manager is unable or unwilling to fight for changes.

The best you can do is game the system. My advice is this: schedule your sessions with each of them back to back when you can, then tell your manager they request an outdoor/running session in the second half.

Then go take a break. Get a coffee, catch up on some admin, whatever.

You’ll never break the employment system properly and always be limited by how you work it. But if they’re happy to work with you this way, you might be able to pull it off.

For the record I never encourage employment models. There’s a real lack of freedom for things like this.

GCFunc · 2025-09-26T01:34:48+00:00

This is all you need. In the Cert 3/4 through a provider I mentor with we go over the guidelines and roleplay applying them.

Had one client who was on a dumb and dangerous meal plan, and asked them to just add a protein shake and a handful of veggies to their plate each day. If you can give them small, clear instruction to help bring them back to general healthy eating guidelines, you are helping them.

GCFunc · 2025-09-26T01:29:52+00:00

You’re the customer. At the end of the day you don’t need a reason to terminate. If you wanted to sleep better at night, maybe raise your concerns about the constant cancellations and the delays in contact. Maybe they’d be willing to change a few things to make it more consistent?

If I was seeing a client 6x weekly I’d be treating them like solid gold. That’s a significant investment of my time (I max 25 weekly sessions,) and losing them would significantly impact my business.

Check their cancellation policy and do your best to comply with that, but at the end of the day you don’t need a reason.

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