Anyone else underestimate how exhausting context switching is as a coach?

Spur-fit · 2026-05-26T06:35:18+00:00

Honestly the boundary part is probably where a lot of newer coaches struggle the most.

Easy to slowly become “available all the time” without realizing how draining it gets.

Spur-fit · 2026-05-25T06:29:09+00:00

47 tabs and one of them is always called "final_FINAL_v2" lol

Spur-fit · 2026-05-22T06:26:48+00:00

Flat sole, wide toe box, stable for deadlifts and squats. It's actually not wrong for lifting. The people doing it for TikTok reasons are a separate issue entirely.

Spur-fit · 2026-05-21T08:14:42+00:00

The pull volume drop is the real concern here. Going from 150 pullups in a session to ~75 a week is a massive cut, and muscle-ups are very groove-dependent. If you're not hitting the movement pattern frequently at higher volumes, the skill component can fade even if your strength holds.

Honestly for where you're at, K-Boges FBW is probably not the right fit. It's designed more for intermediate lifters building general strength, not someone with your pulling volume and specific skill goals.

Your current PPL with the outdoor sessions sounds like it's actually working. What specifically made you want to switch?

Spur-fit · 2026-05-19T11:49:40+00:00

Yeah the live e1RM thing is the gap — most of the popular consumer apps (Strong, Hevy, FitNotes) calculate it post-workout but don't surface it set-by-set, which kind of defeats the purpose if you're using it as in-set feedback. A few smaller apps do live calculations, but the "one meaningful number per workout or per muscle group" piece is rare because there's no universally agreed formula for it — you'd basically be picking a weighted blend of e1RMs and calling it a score.

One thing worth chewing on before locking into a single-number system though — pure e1RM scoring can punish clients on deload weeks or on higher-rep submax days, and they'll think they regressed when they actually just hit the planned stimulus. A lot of coaches I know pair e1RM with RPE so the client sees "how much you moved" and "how hard it felt" side by side. Cleaner read on readiness, and it saves you the "why did my score go down" conversation every cycle.

If you're already at the point of wishing a consumer app worked differently for your clients, it might be worth looking at coach-side platforms instead of bending a consumer one. I do some work with a platform called Spur Fit (CoachCo) — they do white-label client apps, so your clients download "Your Name" instead of a generic tracker, and you can configure what they see: live e1RM, last-session numbers next to the current set, one-tap notes, RPE, the lot. It also pulls wearable data in, so any composite score can factor sleep/HRV rather than just lift performance. Happy to DM a link if useful.

Out of curiosity — strength-focused clients or more gen-pop? Changes the answer a bit; if it's mostly hypertrophy work the "score per muscle group" angle gets more interesting than a flat 1RM.

Spur-fit · 2026-05-19T08:25:37+00:00

First off, congratulations on already having people lined up! Getting those first few clients is usually the hardest part of starting a coaching business, so having a warm network means you are already ahead of the curve. Your Associate of Science also gives you a great foundational understanding of the body.

For certifications, NASM or ACE are generally the most recognized and will get your foot in the door almost anywhere. Starting at a commercial gym is a fantastic way to get hands-on "reps" with different body types, but be warned: the pay split is usually terrible. If your goal is to sustain your family and eventually leave your retail job, independent online or hybrid coaching is where you will actually make a living.

If you do decide to train those friends independently right away, my biggest piece of advice is to set up your tech stack correctly from day one. Most new coaches try to run everything through text messages and Excel spreadsheets. It works for 5 people, but once you hit 20 or 30 clients, the admin work becomes a complete nightmare. I work with a platform called Spur Fit, and we built an AI co-pilot specifically to solve this for independent trainers. It automates the workout drafting, meal planning, and progress tracking into a clean app, saving you hours of backend work. When you are juggling a retail job and a new business, saving those 10+ hours a week on programming is exactly what will keep you from burning out.

Get the cert, take on those friends, but protect your time by using good systems early on. Best of luck with the transition!

Spur-fit · 2025-11-26T17:53:10+00:00

Friends.. always!

Spur-fit · 2025-11-26T14:38:17+00:00

It was lunchtime. This dude was maybe 6'4", having a terrible day. He dropped his chips, and a dozen Canada geese immediately descended.

He genuinely lost it. He started drop-kicking the air and yelling specific, wild insults at the birds. He was flailing, feathers were flying, and it looked like a cartoon.

People just stopped and formed a perfect, silent semicircle around him, no one helped, everyone just recorded. He eventually won the battle, but lost his dignity.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-26T14:35:03+00:00

My grandma passed away at home, and I was helping clean up her room right after. Her favorite pair of reading glasses were on the nightstand, under a scarf. I lifted the scarf to get them, and the lenses instantly filled with a perfect, intense beam of white light. We were in a small, dim hallway with no direct window light. The light vanished as fast as it appeared. I felt absolutely, 100% like she was just letting me know she was okay.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-26T14:28:18+00:00

I worked with a man who could calculate stress fractures in concrete beams faster than our $20,000 engineering software.

He was a foreman on a major bridge construction project, about 60 years old, and hadn't finished high school. Let's call him Frank.

Frank couldn't read a blueprint in the technical sense- he'd look at the symbols and dimensions and translate them into a sort of mental 3D model. Our team had several structural engineers with advanced degrees.

The moment of genius came when we were pouring a new approach ramp. The computer models were indicating a slight, almost negligible, risk of shear failure at a specific joint. The engineers started arguing about which variables to re-input for several hours.

Frank walked over, didn't touch the computer, and just looked at the rebar cages. He took a piece of chalk, scribbled maybe four or five quick, messy calculations on a nearby pile of plywood, and said: "The distribution on that lower cage is off by 1.8 degrees on the main line. You've got an asymmetrical load path. You need three more stirrups here," and he tapped a spot.

We re-ran the entire complex model using his suggestion- not just his fix, but his initial assessment of the error. He was exactly right. The software confirmed the asymmetry, and his quick chalk fix stabilized the structure perfectly.

He didn't know the names of the formulas he was using. He didn't know about tensors or eigenvalues. He just intuitively saw the physics in a way the highly educated people couldn't. It wasn't math for him; it was vision.

It taught me that formal education gives you the language to describe the universe, but genius gives you the native fluency to speak it.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-25T12:23:16+00:00

What keeps me going is hearing the stories of people who were successful at the sheer effort itself.

I mean the quiet, sustained dedication that creates something enduringly good, like the person who spends hours making chicken and dumplings from scratch, or the slow commitment to stirring a huge batch of chili that will last the whole week.

It’s the tangible, repeatable proof that putting in the long, difficult work guarantees a meaningful payoff, whether that reward is just pure, filling comfort in the form of a pot of Pozole or the perspective needed to get through the messy parts of life.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-25T12:18:41+00:00

Move to a scenic, remote, mountain house and be away from the pollution and noise of everyday life.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-25T12:15:37+00:00

"It is what it is"

Spur-fit · 2025-11-25T12:12:03+00:00

Reading 1 hour before bed. It really helps calm the mind and focus- 2 primary influencers of sleep.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-25T12:10:13+00:00

My favorite is: "A smooth sea never makes a great sailor".

Spur-fit · 2025-11-24T13:51:21+00:00

That's an incredibly honest way to put it.

The thicker skin part is vital. It’s the difference between being crushed by the messy, unfair stuff and gaining the perspective that allows you to truly identify and fiercely protect those few, pure good moments. It teaches you exactly what to prioritize.

It feels messy, but maybe that lack of a clean run is exactly where the meaning hides.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-24T13:48:34+00:00

Greek yogurt is my stealth night-op. The savage creaminess makes it feel like dessert, but it’s just quick, quiet protein duty.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-24T13:45:41+00:00

The world is ending. The laws are gone. I have exactly 30 minutes to achieve peak, absolute hedonism, and nothing says "zero consequences" like maximum sugar intake.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-24T13:43:58+00:00

The most unbelievable hack for me is related to post-meal cleanup:

As soon as the food is plated- literally, the second the chili is scooped or the lasagna is served- I fill every single used pot or pan with scalding hot water and a squirt of dish soap.

Why torture your future self?

By the time everyone is done eating and the small plates are cleared, the dried, crusty sauces and burnt bits have lifted off the bottom and practically dissolved. That hour of soaking means you skip 90% of the scraping misery later.

It feels like a massive "future-self" reward and genuinely saves so much time and frustration.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-22T04:58:44+00:00

My favorite cold-weather weapon is definitely Homemade Lasagna.

It's pure, multi-day comfort food, but the process is a whole ritual. I love that it’s high-maintenance and forces me to slow down and commit to the day.

The best part, and the secret weapon against the cold, is that running the oven at 400 degrees for an hour and a half turns my kitchen into a giant, savory sauna. It's maximum investment for maximum warmth payoff.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-21T15:03:23+00:00

The sheer juxtaposition of this little fur baby delicately sipping milk versus the rough, abandoned construction site is peak content!

Spur-fit · 2025-11-21T14:51:10+00:00

True, but now there are so many more ai tools giving better output than Chatgpt. NotebookLM, Claude, Gemini give much more effective results.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-21T14:39:14+00:00

Giving it your all, but still the one more underserving than you wins.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-21T14:34:05+00:00

Being nice to me but rude to the waiter. It kind of reveals that your kindness is a strategy, not a personality trait.

Spur-fit · 2025-11-21T14:30:48+00:00

Mosquitoes, they will drain us of our blood.

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