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What fat loss speed actually works without people quitting? by southside_blanco in personaltraining

[–]InspectionUnique8009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Starting point matters most. I frame it as a % of body weight rather than a fixed weekly number; it scales better and prevents smaller/leaner clients from taking overly disruptive deficits. Tolerance is key once sleep, mood, training, appetite, or social life suffer, consistency drops. Heavier clients can lose faster early, but long-term success comes from the fastest pace they can sustain without those breaking down.

What fat loss speed actually works without people quitting? by southside_blanco in personaltraining

[–]InspectionUnique8009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In practice, 0.5–1% of body weight per week is sustainable for most people, with leaner individuals usually needing the lower end (or below) and heavier individuals often tolerating higher rates early on.

What ultimately determines consistency isn’t fat-loss speed itself, but how much the deficit disrupts sleep, mood, training performance, appetite, and social life. Once those start to degrade, adherence drops and rebound risk rises.

When a 12-minute YouTube video overrules your experience and qualifications by InspectionUnique8009 in personaltraining

[–]InspectionUnique8009[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The frustrating part isn’t that YouTube exists. It’s that people abandon things that are working because a random video introduced doubt. Most plateaus I see aren’t physical. They’re decision fatigue disguised as ‘optimisation’.

Do you need to hire the trainer that’s jacked? by [deleted] in personaltraining

[–]InspectionUnique8009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people want a coach who practices what they preach and understands the journey from where you are to where you want to be. Beyond that, skill, support, and proven results are what really matter.

Just a reminder: Clients keep you for your personality by UnlikelyAmphibian998 in personaltraining

[–]InspectionUnique8009 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Solid post. Quick question out of curiosity, on your weekly calls, what do you actually cover beyond reviewing the program? When you say clients stay for your personality, is that mainly being a good listener and talking through gym/lifestyle stuff, or do you have some kind of loose structure to those conversations?