The Importance of Being A Healthy Role Model At All Times!

by Machelle Lee
(Santa Cruz CA USA)

I know this is sort of a "no brainer" but its important to remember that people are watching you all of the time and that as a fitness professional you are constantly making an impact on others.

I was at the grocery store the other day. I put all of my items on the conveyer belt and I was waiting for my turn to pay for my items. This really nice middle aged woman was in front of me. She glanced at my items and said, "Wow, you sure look like a healthy person." I glanced over at her items in front of me and saw that her items mainly consisted of canned goods, frozen weight watchers meals and other various convenience processed foods.

I looked down at my items and noticed that my items did consist of all fresh vegetables and fruits. Of course these types of encounters are always a nice lead in about what you do for a living. After we struck up a conversation I told her that I was a mobile personal trainer and handed her my business card. I told her about my Complimentary Get Fit E newsletter and spent some additional time answering a few of her other questions regarding exercise and food. Then I went on to say that I know that cooking and shopping is time consuming but in the end it is worthwhile because we only have one body and I believe that our bodies are worth eating "real food etc."

These types of encounters happen to fitness professionals on a regular basis. With that said, remember to always be prepared, always have your business cards with you and remember that by simply being a healthy role model many people will automatically gravitate towards you and want to ask you health and fitness questions. Why not turn these encounters into paying clients!

This particular encounter led to one of my current clients and I'm happy to report that she is now a "healthy person" at the grocery store!

Machelle Lee and Ryan Andrews own and operate The Invisible Gym.
www.the-invisible-gym.com

Our frustration with the lack of resources for the mobile trainer led Ryan and I to start presenting at Health and Fitness conferences and we also created a resource manual called, The Mobile Fitness Guide To Business Success!
http://www.the-invisible-gym.com/mobile-fitness-professionals.html

It is our hope that mobile training become an integral part of the health and fitness industry and we are trying to create a mobile training community!

If you have any questions about mobile training you can contact us at: getfit@theinvisiblegym.com

Keep a pair of sunglasses handy, the future of mobile fitness training looks bright!