THE QUICK READ
• Being more open about yourself in
response to questions from genuinely
interested clients can help to 'humanise'
you and create a stronger bond
• Sharing details of your own training
aspirations may actually motivate
clients to work harder to achieve their
own goals
• Share information that you feel
comfortable divulging, but be mindful
not to overshare and make the session
too much about you.
I made sure I used the time I blocked off in
my schedule to prepare my meals and eat
at the scheduled times (every three hours). I
shared pictures of my meals and my weekly
body check-ins, video clips of me prepping
my foods and energy-burning tips and tricks
I learnt along the way.
When clients become players in your personal
goals, it can actually motivate them to work
harder to achieve their own goals
Pro Sports Model 2018 in Huntington Beach California. I truly felt
as though my win was a victory not only for myself and our country,
but also for my clients. My new motto is ‘team work makes the dream
work’ because I now believe this more than ever. It takes a team
of people behind the scenes to turn dreams into goals and goals
into reality – and that’s a truth that applies equally to us as to our
clients.
Katelyn Bartlett
One lunchtime Katelyn walked out of her corporate workplace in tears of
frustration and found herself outside the Australian Institute of Fitness. After
completing her Cert IV she turned her passion into her new career and hasn’t
looked back. katalistpt.com / fb.me/katalistpt / instagram.com/katalistpt
A bigger 'why’
I’ve now competed in numerous regional,
national and international competitions
and won several of them. Each year I’ve
competed I’ve been motivated and driven
by my clients to be better than the previous
year. When I prep for shows, it’s no longer
just my own personal goal: I’m trying to win
for my clients as well. Having this bigger
reason ‘why’ I want to achieve my goal
helps me stick to my food and training plan.
Knowing my clients will ask me how my
measurements went each week and having
them ask me what I did regarding my food
has kept me at the top of my game.
A word of warning here: when you share
your own fitness goals with your clients,
there is no turning back! You’re accountable
now, and you need to finish what you have
told them you are going to do. Clients view
their personal trainers as role models,
looking to us for inspiration. When they
become a player in your personal goals, it
can actually motivate them to work harder to
achieve their own goals.
Recently my clients shared in my
celebrations when I brought home gold for
Australia, winning the title of WFF Ms World
Katelyn Bartlett
winning the title
of WFF Ms World
Pro Sports Model
2018 in Huntington
Beach California
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