[quote]Runr4life wrote:
I’m not enjoying it and just can’t grasp it all. I’m not pursuing training anymore. Thanks all for the realization that this isn’t for me.[/quote]
So you went from, “I’m so excited to be a trainer and glad I have my first client” to “I’m quitting the business, this really isn’t for me” in the course of 24 hours? You’re either a super-troll or have some of the lowest self-esteem I’ve seen in a while.
Dude, it wasn’t my intention to discourage you from being a trainer. It’s a learning process, part from textbooks to get certified and then a large part of learning on the job. If you can back up your decisions for the program choices you made, then that’s 100% fine. The dude’s your client, or at least was. I would train him differently than you, Cosgrove would train him differently than me, and Thibaudeau would train him differently than that.
End of the day, as long as the dude gets results, you’re doing it right. It just so happens that I don’t think he’d get results doing what you suggested. If you think he will, then stick to your guns and train him. But be open-minded enough to objectively consider changes as you go.
You might want to read a bit about being a trainer, think on it, and then decide if you really want to bail out. Just because you’re a runner doesn’t mean you shouldn’t train people. The main way problems will pop up is if you’re stubbornly dogmatic about sticking to what you want to do simply because it’s what you want to do.