I am a personal trainer and I am trying to get my clients to eat healthier. I always have them keep a food diary. For example, if someone only eats 2 meals a day, I would get them to slowly improve their eating habits by adding 2 healthy snacks per day. If they succeed for a certain period of time, what can I offer them to continue?? Obviously, they will reap physical benefits, but I want to offer them something other than free p.t. sessions. I want to develop some type of pyramid. Any serious ideas are welcomed! Thanks!!
2006-07-13 08:10:43 · 11 answers · asked by fitgalmel1 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
You might be able to find a way to combine the incentive with something that may benefit you, like a free massage. If you can find a massage therapist that is just starting out, he or she may offer you a great deal for your clients that achieve this goal - maybe a kickback or freebies for you! The massage therapist will be getting new referrals, too!
2006-07-13 08:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by Speedo Inspector 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, you cannot make someone want to eat a healthier diet. Offering them incentives may only provide a temporary solution to a long term habit that you are trying to encourage in your clients and may make them more dependant upon you than you really want them to be.
Instead, work on effectively presenting to them the consequences of NOT eating a healthy diet, the many diseases and deaths related to poor nutrition. Convince them of the problem, and they will flee and cling to the solution, a healthy diet. They will only appreciate and appropriate a healthy diet as much as they are convinced and concerned of the consequences of not eating nutritiously.
Lead them by example by practicing what you preach. Don't hold yourself accountable or beat yourself up for what people don't decide to do. Presenting the information that will cause them to flee from an unhealthy diet will make your clients less dependant upon you, and more dependant upon the principles that will carry them to better health. They will respect you for fulfilling your responsibility to INFORMING them and trusting them to make decisions that will empower them to healthy living. Your practice will grow with loyal clients for your faithfulness. This is a much healthier alternative for both you and them.
Best wishes,
adamray
2006-07-13 08:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by Adamray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use a pyramid myself with my clients and it works very well. It's basically a combined calorie intake and body fat reward system. For every week that a client stays within their calorie intake or achieves a body fat goal (bi-month) they receive points that go towards earning free sessions, power walks, PT workshops for their work, gift certificates, awards and even trophys depending on what level of points they achieve. It works every well and people are more motivated to reach their goals.
One of my prizes is even a dinner out "on me" at the restaurant of their choice. That one is always a popular one they strive for.
2006-07-13 08:28:46 · answer #3 · answered by FitGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you're a personal trainer in the sense that you also provide them with an exercise regime, I think a nice "perk" would be that they could choose one exercise to skip. Something gruesome that you make them do, that they hate doing, but is good for them. That would be a nice perk.
2006-07-13 09:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by charliebrown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
offer points or something that could add up to earning gym equipment or something extra like a certificate for running shoes or something smaller too. or put the clients names in a drawing for something big and they get more names subittmed depending on how well they do
2006-07-13 08:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could start with little things like a bottle of bubble bath for the first success, and then maybe a health conscious recipe book, and from there, a gift certificate for a massage.....any little things to make them pamper themselves a little.
2006-07-13 08:20:01 · answer #6 · answered by princesscherytart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they reach a goal, reward then with some free gym time...people are usually motivated by money.
2006-07-13 08:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
healthy snacks they can make at home you could make them some then share recipes so they can continue on their own i find that sugar free recipies are pretty good once you get used to them go to .............
jello.com
theres alot there
2006-07-13 08:19:27 · answer #8 · answered by Leveler 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about getting some lapel pins made up with the last one that they earn being real gold.....each pin could have a letter on it...I DID IT the "T" being the gold one
2006-07-13 08:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
amusement parks...allmost anything social...to answer your question correctly...we would have to know alil about your clients life styles...how about a discount on there monthly bill..
2006-07-13 08:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by GyVuPhaYs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋