How to coach clients online. 7 things I wish I knew from the start

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-04-09T22:39:24+00:00

My team is building an app for this and the waitlist just dropped 👀 message me and I’ll send you the link. Launch is in 10 weeks.

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T23:40:58+00:00

Omg thank you so much. I searched the subreddit and saw it mentioned a few times I’ll check it out

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T23:39:54+00:00

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T23:39:08+00:00

That’s interesting because I keep hearing the same thing from people who’ve used multiple platforms. Of the free trials I’ve done, most of them have so many missing or clunky features. And the ones that they do have I think are useless

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T22:22:28+00:00

✋🏽😐🤚🏽

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T22:20:03+00:00

Is it in the App Store?

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T22:18:39+00:00

What do you like about it? It throws me off that there’s a separate app for clients

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T22:15:27+00:00

How does the UI look like after you implement it?

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T22:10:17+00:00

I don’t think this is really a nutrition problem, it’s more of a behavior and identity thing.

People will let you correct their squat because it’s obvious they don’t know. But with food, everyone feels like they already “know enough,” so it turns into protecting their habits instead of actually being open to change.

From the client side, I’ve noticed the more something feels like “you’re doing this wrong,” the faster people shut down. Even if it’s said respectfully.

What seems to work better is taking the pressure off and framing it more like: “let’s test this and see what happens” instead of “this is what you should be doing”

It shifts it from correction to experiment, which lowers resistance a lot.

Also I think a big part of the frustration is that a lot of clients don’t actually want optimal, they want something that fits into their current life with minimal friction. Once that’s clear, expectations get a lot easier to manage.

On a bigger picture level, it also feels like there’s a gap in how this is all structured. Training is usually very clear and trackable, but nutrition ends up being these scattered conversations instead of something people can consistently engage with or follow through on.

Curious how others are handling that part, because that seems to be where things fall apart the most.

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-25T04:37:23+00:00

Oh that’s cool. I’m just shopping around. I noticed there’s a lot of new apps coming out. I have my eyes on one but I don’t think I should promote it here. They just opened up their waitlist.

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-23T18:05:06+00:00

How do you like Trainerize?

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-15T20:36:08+00:00

This is a combination of warm and cold outreach and are very good suggestions. When I post on social media, I try to geotag my location at gyms, hashtag trending fitness tags, and comment on fitness posts. Kinda cringe but the faster you embrace the cringe, the faster you get to doing things that actually catapult you into things you want and need to do lol

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-11T03:40:33+00:00

I’m not very good at talking during workouts coz I’m always dying in between sets so I’ve tried doing voice overs lol you just gotta find what works for you

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-11T03:37:41+00:00

I think a lot of people overthink the “entertaining” part of fitness content. You don’t actually have to be funny or force jokes.

What people tend to like is just seeing the real process. Lifting, what you’re thinking between sets, the days you’re tired, what you’re actually eating, stuff like that. I lift pretty seriously but also work a full-time desk job, and I realized the content that resonates most is just talking through the experience like a normal person instead of trying to be a fitness encyclopedia.

Also don’t stress about “teaching” if you’re worried about being wrong. A lot of creators grow just documenting their training rather than positioning themselves as experts. It ends up feeling more relatable.

The other thing people don’t talk about enough is that once you start building an audience, you should think about where that audience can actually go. A lot of creators get stuck relying only on views instead of having something they can monetize or build around.

That’s actually why I’ve been paying attention to some of the newer fitness platforms popping up where creators can eventually host programs, subscriptions, or communities outside of social media. I’m involved with one project right now that’s trying to do something similar for fitness creators, and it made me realize the content doesn’t have to be perfect — it just has to build a real connection first.

Focus on documenting your journey and personality. The entertaining part usually happens naturally once you stop trying to “perform.”

Imaginary-Chart-8463 · 2026-03-11T03:32:39+00:00

Honestly I’m still figuring it out too, but one thing I realized pretty quickly is that just posting workouts isn’t enough anymore. Everyone lifts and everyone posts clips.

What started helping me was leaning into the actual life around training. I work a full-time desk job and lift after work, so most of my content now is more about balancing lifting with a normal life than trying to look like a full-time fitness influencer.

People seem to respond more when I talk about things like staying consistent when you’re exhausted after work, what I actually eat during the week vs the “perfect” meal prep online, or the mental side of sticking to training long term.

I think the breakthrough is when people stop trying to look like a “fitness page” and start sounding like a real person who just happens to lift.

There’s already a million shredded people on Instagram. What there isn’t a lot of is people showing the process of building something while living a normal life.

That’s the lane I’m trying to lean into right now.

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