Nutrition Coaching - Should Personal Trainers Do It?
When a client asks you for nutrition advice, this can be an awkward situation to be in as a Personal Trainer. You probably know more than your average Joe but equally, you know you should not really be prescribing meal plans unless you are a qualified dietitian.
As we know, diet plays a massive role in how you feel and how you perform in the gym so it is not something you can ignore in the modern day world.
In this episode, Tom & Luke discuss whether or not you should coach nutrition as a Personal Trainer, how to analyse a client's past, present and future nutrition as well as some example questions you can use as a Personal Trainer to understand your client's eating habits.
Timestamps:
1:34 - Should Personal Trainers coach their clients on nutrition?
4:17 - Advise, don’t prescribe
7:40 - Stages of nutrition
9:15 - Analysing a clients nutrition
29:24 - Question examples you can use for your clients