The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast

By Paul Meldrum

Do you want to become the ultimate fitness professional? In this podcast, former Australian Personal Trainer of the Year Paul Meldrum helps you understand how to succeed as a personal trainer. With we... more

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October 25, 2021 Episode 13: Communicating With Your Clients
Communicating to Our Clients

How we speak to our clients is incredibly important. I see a lot of trainers who do great work setting themselves backwards with how they communicate with their clients. Here are the most common mistakes I see

1. It is very common to see fitness professionals shame goals

The amount of times I see trainers post on social media bout the fact that you can't "tone" a muscle baffles me. You can't changer the game either (it would no longer be the same game) but that seems to be cool. Imagine being a client dealing with self esteem issues, you muster up the courage to see a coach to make a change and then get told your goal is wrong because of meaningless nomenclature. If a client has a goal and the share it with you, encourage them rather than shame them for using a word out of your context.

2. We then talk down to clients to demonstrate our intellectual superiority and create barriers

I see trainers using technical terms constantly and critiquing clients for wanting to try things that fall outside of the current evidence. Surely there are better ways to address this?

3. Dont get bored answering the same questions

Every trainer rolls their eyes when asked if fat can be spot reduced or if fasted cardio is better. This just makes the client feel like crap. We should try and answer the same questions better each and every time and master our communication around it so clients can ask questions and walk alway feeling empowered and enlightened.

4. Speak to the client on their level

This falls to the above point. Speak to a client using their languages, especially with training and nutrition. This is not about "dumbing" anything down, it is about effective interpersonal communication.

5. Don't promote the "Fixer" narrative - they are in charge

This applies more to therapists than trainers, but if your client believes you are the one person they need to "fix" them you have left that person in a worse state than before. This is something I will address later this week as it is something I used to pride myself on, and now slap myself for. Our goal should be empowerment of our clients.

What other communication mistakes do you see trainers make?
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October 21, 2021 Episode 12: The Multiple Applications of our Tools Part 3
Mixed modality tools are the ones we dont know where to put in a program. In this episode I go over what goals best suit kettlebells, Swiss and medicine balls, theTRX and the lauded gymnastics rings.
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10min
October 19, 2021 Episode 11: The Multiple Applications of our Tools Part 2
In this episode, I discuss how strength training can be used to achieve the following: Health, joint capacity, power, hypertrophy, nervous system stimulation, sports performance and more.
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9min
October 17, 2021 Episode 10: The Multiple Applications of our Tools Part 1
In this series, I discuss how each tool can be used to achieve multiple goals - cardio for heart health, energy expenditure, metabolic flexibility, parasympathetic recovery and more - You will learn how too apply this all depending on goal and context.
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9min
October 14, 2021 Episode 9: My Journey in Understanding and Disseminating Information Part 3
In this episode, I talk about how I now look at information and give practical takeaways on how you can improve your ability to learn and integrate new information into your personal training business.
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9min
October 12, 2021 Episode 8: My Journey in Understanding and Disseminating Information Part 2
In this episode, I discuss how I learnt about cognitive biases and the evidence hierarchy, which influenced me greatly on how I learn new information. This is extremely useful information for anyone who is trying to get better as a coach or trainer and isn't sure what information is true.
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9min
October 10, 2021 Episode 7: My Journey in Understanding and Disseminating Information Part 1
In this series, I discuss my journey in learning and integrating new information in my personal training business. This is an area where I see coaches make a LOT of mistakes so I thought I would share my lessons. In this episode, I talk about how I used to learn from gurus and the pros and cons associated with that.
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8min
October 07, 2021 Episode 6: The ROM and TEMPO Discussion Part 3
Range of Motion (R.O.M) and Tempo are two of the most hotly contested and debated acute exercise variables. In this 3 part series, I offer my take on how to use these variables to get the best outcomes for your clients. In this third episode, I go over the many different applications of tempo to get better results.
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10min
October 05, 2021 Episode 5: The ROM and TEMPO Discussion Part 2
Range of Motion (R.O.M) and Tempo are two of the most hotly contested and debated acute exercise variables. In this 3 part series, I offer my take on how to use these variables to get the best outcomes for your clients. In this second episode, I go over the many different applications of range of motion to get better results.
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10min
October 03, 2021 Episode 4: The ROM and TEMPO Discussion Part 1
Range of Motion (R.O.M) and Tempo are two of the most hotly contested and debated acute exercise variables. In this 3 part series, I offer my take on how to use these variables to get the best outcomes for your clients.
In this first episode, I give an overview and definition of both these concepts and how they apply to each goal.

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8min

FAQs about The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast:

How many episodes does The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.