While I was training a client the other night we started discussing my health and wellness blog and she mentioned that I should write a blog on training mature clients. So lets dive into this topic!
It is seemingly a lot different to train mature clients as opposed to younger clients. Often times, young clients are pushing for a new goal or goals quarterly and may have performance as their otucome. They expect results almost instantly and are willing to do pretty much anything to get required results. This is a great thing! But, it can be fundamentally different than training mature clients. Often, mature clients train for weight maintenance or for maintenance of their strength. This also is a wonderful thing. However, sometimes mature clients have traveled the competitive road involving hours and hours of rigorous strength or endurance conditioning. Due to the accumulated stress demands on the body, as they mature or "retire" from their competition, they just want to train for health benefits, to feel great or to simply socialize with their trainer and/or fellow mature clients while working out at the gym.
Training mature clients can be a completely different ball game as they have significantly different needs than say an 18 year old client training to compete or medl nationally. Mature clients bring both experience and intelligence to the table, having "been there, done that". Whereas younger clients often bring a "go get it" attitude to the table.
Basically, as trainers, teachers, sons or daughters, we can learn a lot from mature clients. We can learn life lessons and new tips we may not have ever learned before. We can learn how to stay healthy and fit as age creeps up on us. Most importantly however, we can learn more about ourselves as younger individuals and how important it is to train sustainably well into the future. Be educated. Exercise Sustainably. Follow my blog.
Ryan Fahey
B.A Human Kinetics
CPTN Canada
Canfitpro
NCCP Canada
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