Imagine if you could achieve better results with your health and fitness while spending less time and money. With online personal coaching you can do that. In today’s article we’re going to share with you the 5 biggest benefits of working with an online coach and how they can help you get in the best shape of your life.
Before we get started you may be wondering… what is online coaching?
Is it an app with workouts that I follow?
Is it a calorie tracking app like my fitness pal?
Or is it a website I subscribe to and get free videos?
While those can be helpful, they are not online coaching. Getting free workouts, general diets, and guidelines is not defined as personal coaching because what you’re getting is not individualized to your specific goals and needs and you do not have the ability to communicate in real time with a qualified professional to receive feedback and support.
What to expect from Online Personal Coaching
Online personal coaching is an effective way for people to reach their health and fitness goals while working with a certified professional over the internet.
Here’s what online personal coaching involves:
1- Initial Consultation
Every one of our clients starts off with an initial consultation between them and their online coach. This consultation takes place on a video conferencing platform like Zoom or Skype. This is when the client and trainer discuss health history, exercise background, workout preferences and equipment, and most importantly the goals the client wants to achieve.
The information provided in the initial consultation will allow the coach to create a complete training and nutrition plan tailored to the client’s specific goals while taking into consideration any challenges he/she may face and the solutions to overcome them.
It’s also a great opportunity for the client to get to know their coach, ask questions, and understand what they need to do throughout their journey.
2- Customized Plan
After your consultation, your online coach will use the information you provided and build a personalized plan for you. Your custom plan will include a full workout program that you can do at home or at the gym depending on what you have available, a nutrition program that will help you build healthy habits into your lifestyle, and access to an online platform where you can access the plan and keep track of your progress.
A client’s plan can vary from 3, 6 to 12 months, with the coach adapting the plan as the client improves and progresses.
3- Virtual Personal Training
If you join our online coaching program, you will have the ability to train with your coach with virtual personal training. Your coach will help you through live 60 minute 1 to 1 personal training sessions on ZOOM that you can do from the comfort of your own home.
Your coach will be there with you virtually and guiding you through effective and challenging home workouts that will help you stay active and keep fit. Whether you have some basic equipment or none at all, he will design a complete training program tailored to your goals, abilities, experience, and injury history ensuring you are doing every exercise safely and with proper form so you can make progress.
4- Nutrition Coaching
Our coaching clients get a custom nutrition plan as well as daily habits and strategies that will empower them to not only create significant improvements to their body, health, and fitness but also maintain their results over the long run.
5- Online Platform
After signing up you clients are invited to join an exclusive online coaching platform where they will get full access to their exercise and nutrition plan. They will also receive 3-4 workouts a week with video demonstrations and written descriptions so they can stay active in between their virtual personal training sessions.
6- Daily Support & Progress Assessments
Your coach will check in with you frequently to see how you’re doing and to answer any questions you may have. Also, you can message your coach whenever you need. We track everything from your measurements to your habits, so you can see just how much progress you’ve made.
That’s what our online coaching program involves. Now let’s at the benefits of actually working with an online coach.
5 Benefits of Online Personal Coaching
1- Accountability
Having someone hold you accountable, who you have to report to, makes an incredible difference in your execution and results.
If you've ever had an accountability partner or coach in your business, career, or another area, chances are you know the impact this can have on results. The same goes for your fitness.
How many times have you gone to bed and said to yourself, ‘Tomorrow I’m going to wake up, and do an hour workout before I get ready for work’, and then woken up and decided to sleep for another hour instead of exercising?
This is where a coach is critical to ensuring that you commit and stick to your fitness goals. If you’ve made an appointment to meet your coach for an online training session, then you are far more likely to make the commitment than if you just told yourself you were going to workout in the morning.
2- Flexibility
Online fitness coaching offers flexibility that works with your schedule. If you work late into the night, face-to-face personal trainers are limited to the hours of the gym. Our coaches are available to you at whatever time you need whether it’s early mornings or late evenings.
And since gyms are currently closed around the world due to the spread of COVID-19, you can now work with a qualified professional at any time and from anywhere since online coaching does not require a physical location you need to go to.
3- Education
With so many free workouts being posted online how do you know if that’s what you’re meant to be doing? More importantly how can you be sure you’re doing the exercises safely? The truth is, when it comes to general free workouts posted on social media there is always a risk of injury especially when done without the supervision of a coach.
Having an online coach by your side (virtually) demonstrating every single exercise, the correct posture, and exact technique is invaluable. A coach will ensure clients are performing exercises correctly and efficiently, in order to maximize results. Not only does do coaches demonstrate exercises but they also coach you through the exercises as you do them giving you technique tips and guidance as you perform every repetition.
4- Goal Setting
Everyone wants to achieve their goals straight away, whether they be weight loss, a 6 pack, building strength, or getting off medication. But these are not always achievable in a short amount of time, and if you don’t hit them then you may be discouraged and backslide.
A coach will not only help you set realistic goals that you will be able to achieve - if you put in the effort, of course - but they will also be able to keep you on track to hit those goals. For example, if your goal is to lose 10kg, it’s not just about doing push ups and running on the treadmill every day for a month. It’s about altering your diet to eat the correct foods, mixing cardio and weights to work the right muscles, and setting a timeframe in which this can be achieved.
5- Affordability
If you want an experienced trainer without making a massive financial investment but still want to achieve results, online personal coaching is an excellent option. At Brown, we give our clients the opportunity to work with some of the best coaches in the industry who have years of experience helping executives and professionals lose weight, gain strength, and get in great shape.
Is Online Personal Training Right for Me?
Given its convenience and effectiveness, online personal coaching is great for almost anyone. Online personal coaching might be that option for you since it is a proven and effective way to help reach your health and fitness goal in a time when working out at a gym isn’t possible and maintaining your physical and mental well being is more important than ever.
You’re not making progress
Maybe you’ve tried time and time again to follow the latest diets or trendy workout plans, but never quite got the result you wanted. You’ve decided it’s time to reach your goal and the only way to do it is to hire a professional. Online personal training puts you in touch with a wealth of knowledge, support, and motivation to help you succeed.
You want to work out at home
Online personal training lets you work out in the comfort of your own home while saving you the cost of an expensive gym membership. That’s more money saved for retirement goals, healthy food, or new clothes after weight loss.
You have a busy schedule
Online personal training lets you take your workout with you wherever you are. All you have to do is go on your computer or open up an app on your iPhone and get started.
You want to avoid crowded gyms
You’re afraid of being in crowded gyms once things start opening up because of the risk involved. Online coaching helps you stay on track with your health and fitness without having to step foot in a gym.
You’ve never hired a personal trainer
If you’re someone who needs that face-to-face contact with an in-person trainer, but you’re not sure if a trainer is right for you, online personal coaching can be an inexpensive way to test it out before fully committing. Remember, in-person trainers along with a gym membership can be expensive. Before you spend all that money and commit to a training contract, try online coaching and see if it’s a good fit for you.
If you’re ready to make progress towards your own health and fitness goals and would like to work with a qualified professional coach online who will guide you every step of the way then consider our Online Personal Coaching program.
We’d love to work with you and help you stay healthy and fit during these trying times. For a limited time only we are offering people with a FREE online consultation and training session with one of our coaches. This is where we learn more about your goals, outline the plan to achieve them, and give you an idea on what it’s like to work with a coach online.
If you’re interested in learning more about our program and applying for a free session, visit this page and fill out the form at the bottom of the page.