Drawing a Client In and the Importance of Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle

Transformation Specialist/Personal Training
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Drawing a client in is the process in which a professional trainer tries to understand his or her client and their perspectives about fitness to ensure the recommended healthy lifestyle works for them. This implies developing a fitness program that emphasizes clients’ schedules, available resources, and preferences. In this way, the professional trainer can effectively realize long-term changes as well as enhance their chances of success in their craft (International Sports Sciences Association, n.d.). Drawing a client in can be conceptualized via the self-determination theory, which states that trainees are likely to engage in physical activity when they feel competent and confident that they will emerge successfully and value the results of their lifestyle choices (Gil-Píriz et al., 2021). This theory explains the concept of drawing in a client to lifestyle choices since it describes the degree to which individuals perform activities at a high reflection level and participate in actions with a sense of agency. In this way, drawing a client in ensures that they are prepared to adopt lifestyle changes.
It is vital to draw in a client adopting a healthy lifestyle. It proves to them that the trainer is reputable and professional. The trainer creates chemistry, mutual understanding, trust, mutual respect, and warmth with their clients. It is crucial to collaborate with the client based on trust, honesty, confidentiality, and mutual respect to ensure effective coordination as well as buy-in pertaining to objectives and expectations (van Coller-Peter, & Manzini, 2020). Rapport is significantly influenced by the trainer’s appearance, quality of voice, word or language choice, gestures, values, and beliefs. The trainer’s supportive skills – including patience, empathy, compassion, and warmth – are crucial in cultivating a trainer-and-cli...