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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
FAQs about The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast:How many episodes does The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast have?The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.
November 23, 2021Episode 23 - Programming Mistakes 5In this episode, I talk about the misapplication, misuse and misunderstandings of corrective exercises. This will hopefully clear a lot of things up for a lot of people. ...more7minPlay
November 21, 2021Episode 22: Programming Mistakes 4In this episode, I talk about the extremely common mistake of letting our own biases into the program design progress. Quite often we let what we think the client needs take over what they actually want. In this episode, I talk about how to achieve the best compromise between the two. ...more8minPlay
November 18, 2021Episode 21: Programming Mistakes Part 3Following arbitrary strength standards has made a comeback in the fitness industry. This is a mistake I see a lot of trainers make, where they forget about the client in front of them at the expense of the so called “standard”. In this episode I discuss the pitfalls of this and also how you can use these standards without being dictated by them. ...more8minPlay
November 17, 2021Episode 20: Programming Mistakes Part 2In this episode I discuss the next most common programming mistake that many coaches aren't aware of - matching the strategy of progressive overload to the clients nutritional status and current lifestyle. ...more10minPlay
November 15, 2021Episode 19: Programming Mistakes Part 1I've been writing programs for 17 years now. In that time, I have made nearly every mistake you can think of. In this series, I go over the most common mistakes I see and how you can avoid them in your own personal training practice. ...more9minPlay
November 12, 2021Episode 18: Don't Nocebo Your ClientsThe placebo effect is powerful. The nocebo effect - maybe more so. In this episode I talk about how our communication can negatively impact our clients into thinking they have things wrong with them that they certainly don't have. ...more9minPlay
November 10, 2021Episode 17: How to communicate that you don't knowOne of the hardest things as a coach is admitting we don't know something and communication that to our clients. In this episode, I go over exactly how to do that!...more8minPlay
November 08, 2021Episode 16: Improve your Communication By Recognising Cognitive BiasesWe all have our own cognitive biases and these can often be a direct detriment to our ability to successfully communicate with our clients. In this episode I discuss the Confirmation Bias and the Selection Bias. ...more10minPlay
November 05, 2021Episode 15: Stop Trying To Impress Your ClientsI see a lot of trainers trying to impress their clients with how smart they are. In this episode, I discuss the downsides of this approach and a better way to go about it. ...more6minPlay
November 02, 2021Episode 14: The Fixer NarrativeIn this episode, I discuss the "Fixer" narrative. I see this all over social media, where people claim they can fix others problems. In the podcast, I discuss why this is a disempowering approach and a better way to approach things. ...more8minPlay
FAQs about The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast:How many episodes does The Complete Personal Trainer Podcast have?The podcast currently has 103 episodes available.