LIFESTYLE FITNESS COACHING 101

presented by Jim Gavin, Ph.D.

LIFESTYLE FITNESS COACHING with Jim Gavin, Ph.D.

Course Code: LFC 101
Session Length: 8-Hour weekly teleworkshop
Dates: Sept 12, 19, 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Time: Wednesdays, 12:00pm-1:00pm PST
CEC’s: .8 ACE/ACSM

MEMBERS: $795 / NON MEMBERS: $995

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Jim Gavin, professor of applied human sciences at Concordia University, has been involved in the practice of counseling and health promotion over the past 35 years. He is the author of 8 books and over 150 professional articles, including the landmark new book, “Lifestyle Fitness Coaching” (Human Kinetics 2005). Dr Gavin has been training life coaches and lifestyle fitness coaches since 1998.

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Lifestyle Fitness Coaching gives fitness professionals the tools they need to effectively deal with client resistance, barriers and motivation and uniquely positions physical activity as a means to achieve life goals. LFC helps fitness professionals easily bridge the gap from trainer to coach by providing practical tools, such as LFC’s proprietary MAPS inventory, which can be implemented immediately to achieve client results.

 

What You Will Learn from this Course:

• What Lifestyle Fitness Coaching is and how it uniquely benefits clients
• An understanding of client psychodynamics and their impact on behavior change
• Strategies to overcome client resistance and achieve results
• Tools to allow you to immediately implement life coaching techniques
• How to utilize the proprietary MAPS (Matching Activity and Personal Styles) Inventory
• Marketing tips to broaden your client base

Course Outline:

1. Becoming a Lifestyle Fitness Coach
a.) Understanding lifestyle fitness coaching (LFC)
b.) LFC is linked but not limited to physical activity processes

2. Understanding the Coaching Relationship
a.) What are the critical qualities of coaching relationships that you need to co-create with your clients?

3. Change Processes
a.) Change is not an event, it is a process.

4. Phases of Coaching
a.) Explore the phases of the coaching relationship.

5. Discovery and Dialogue Skills
a.) Building a skill base for coaching is a lifelong endeavor.
b.) The first set of foundational skills has to do with discovery and dialogue.

6. Challenging Skills
a.) Why, when and how to use challenging skills.

7. Goal Setting and Solution Skills
a.) How and when to use these skills to achieve optimal results

8. Resistance, Boundaries and Ethics
a.) How do you deal with such resistance?
b.) What are your limits in coaching?

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