The negative and critical statements that your clients say about themselves during training sessions is only a drop in the bucket of how much and how frequently they are making those statements to themselves. This negative self-talk can blind your clients to their own progress, sap their motivation, and drain you, as their coach. In this presentation, we review the nature of negative self-talk, how to know when your client is struggling with it, and what to do about it. Lessons learned from this presentation will help you to feel less burnt out and drained by negativity, and will help your clients to enjoy improved motivation, recognition of their achievements, and best of all, their workouts with you. 

Why are we still dealing with rising Obesity rates? With all the diet books out on the shelves, why aren't more people successfully losing weight and keeping it off? It must be something wrong with the diet. It must be something wrong with the person. They just need to have more willpower and just follow the meal plan that I wrote for them. Or are we approaching it completely wrong from the beginning? Trent will share the top 3 strategies he uses for nutrition coaching with Spurling Fitness' clients. 

Most women understand the importance of strength training - intellectually. But there is a giant gap between helping women understand the benefits of strength training, and helping them buy into an activity that many women find intimidating. In her talk, Kim will discuss strategies to help female clients overcome the intimidation, fear, and misconception to help women not only become comfortable in the weight room, but feel empowered to strength train with confidence.