Weight Loss: 'Should I Invest In A Gym or You!'

That was the question posed to me at a recent business networking event.

For those not familiar with attending networking events here’s the normal format to start an event off.

Quick introduction by the chairperson, followed by each person standing and giving a 60 second presentation about his or her profession.

So my turn came up I stood and introduced myself as a ‘Weight Loss Performance Coach’

…. Silence, ….a cough & choke on fried sausage, ….a splutter into a coffee cup , ….a chuckle of guilt and a..please excuse me a moment. Don’t worry I get use to this and it always makes me smile as I know the one’s responding in this way need it more than anybody else and at some point they may realise it as well.

Anyway as I spoke about a recent success of mine a 55-year-old man losing just over 2 stone after only 15 sessions I could see one rather large gentleman looking intently at me. Now he was either pretty hacked off with what I was saying or had some level of interest. I was pleased it was the latter.

We sat and spoke for 10 minutes well actually I asked some questions and listened. This was his first question: ‘Should I Invest In A Gym Membership or You!

Well I admired his frankness. Here’s pretty much how the conversation went

Me: ‘What time do you go to work?’

Him: ‘ I leave home at about 7am’

Me: ‘What time do you get home?’

Him: ‘About 7pm’

Me: ‘What’s your family situation?’

Him: ‘I have a wife and a young child 18 months’

Me: ‘How do you think your wife will feel if you get home at 7pm and then go off to the gym for an hour or so three to four times per week?’ (That by the way represents a good use of a gym memberships)

Him: ‘hum I see what you mean?’ (I hadn’t actually recommended anything at this point, but he could see what I meant, interesting don’t you think)

To cut a long story short I suggested that he considered setting up at home gym as he had the space. After reviewing an article I sent him on ‘How To Set Up Your Own Home Gym’ he said Erak I would like to use your services.

Well for those that now me I don’t make it that easy for clients to work with me, they need to first of all prove to me that they are really ready to make some changes. So I directed him to my website to complete my FREE online consultation form.

Now here’s the interesting thing at the time of writing the first draft he had yet to complete the FREE online consultation form. So here was a man about to invest £65 pounds each month on a gym membership (£780 for a year) that hadn’t really taken his family situation into consideration or his time restraints. Come on if you can’t even fill out an online questionnaire that takes only a few minutes what chance would he have had of using his gym memberships ZERO! So by my reckoning I probably saved him about £780. How many of you have spent this and more over the years on gym memberships or slimming clubs etc only to find yourself back to square one? Now don’t get me wrong I am not getting at this fellow after all he had the guts to at least speak to me about what is a very personal matter so I take my hat off to him for that.


So what’s my point?

Don’t be a sheep! & Don’t Kid Yourself!

Every day gym memberships are being cancelled and diets are being shelved why because people act like sheep and follow what the ‘MASSES’ are doing, guess what the ‘MASSES’ have no idea. Or worse still some people repeat what they’ve done in the past expecting a different result (Isn’t this classed as some form of MADNESS?)

If your serious about weight loss and improving your fitness levels, go back to the questions I asked this man or ask similar questions, which fit your situation. Your honest answers will give you a very good starting point.

Then get some advice from somebody that not only knows what they’re talking about but has helped others achieve it and walks the talk themselves. An overweight nutritionalist or slimming club leader lacks I think any real credibility.

It often makes make smile and sigh when I see somebody that is prepared to spend hundreds even thousands of pounds on sorting out their car, but resent or would never think about getting some professional advice about how to take care of their most precious possession themselves their bodies, because without it where do you think you’d be? Sadly many people are happy to cart around an aching, overweight and tried body and whinge when they’re laid up with back pain or need to start taking medication for diabetes or high blood pressure.

At this point you may be thinking well here comes the sell, well if your interested in working with me or one of the other coaches then we would be delighted to hear from you. You can however simply download my FREE ’16 Tips For Maximum Weight Lose & Increased Fitness In Minimum by visiting: http://www.coachmeslim-trim.co.ukBy following through using these simple tips consistently you will literally transform your body. How do I know this? Because this are the same tips I use when coaching and training clients.

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