How To Do Nutrition Coaching | Steps For Personal Trainers 

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Ya if you have clients with medical issues, like thyroid issues, it’s best to refer to a dietitian. In red states I would still utilize outside sources like PN or food journaling software with clients who don’t have medical issues. You can still do that in a red state as long as you don’t overstep your boundaries.

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Thank you for the kind words and support! It’s great to focus on both, weight loss and body fat. When a client is seeing you for fat loss they should still see the scale moving downwards, even if they’re putting on some muscle mass. This is because gaining muscle mass is going to take longer than losing fat mass. We test our clients body fat every six weeks but you should still definitely be tracking their weight as well if they’re interested in weight loss. Weighing in is not perfect, but it’s simple and effective.

Initial daily intake depends on their goals but we’ll usually have clients food journal for a few days to get an idea of what/how much they’re eating, then calculate initial macros. tdeecalculator.net is a great site for calculating a baseline TDEE, then adjust as necessary.

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Good question! I generally let an app like MyFitnessPal set their macros but then I’ll make a few tweaks from there. Usually I’ll increase peoples protein a bit

Thank you! To your first question, I always say go with the more strict state regulations if you want to be as safe as possible. There are no current laws that I am aware of that directly address that issue. That being said, even in those states you can still have clients food journal. You just can’t give them as much feedback on that journaling legally. To your second question we can 100% advertise being able to help our clients lose weight. Most of my marketing is about weight loss because that’s what people want.

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation thanks Jeff. I was concerned about offering something that would put me in trouble.

I’m not sure! I think different parts of Canada have different rules

The ISSA cert is good! It’s very similar the the PN cert from what I hear

That’s correct-as a trainer, you cannot provide strict meal plans that tell them to eat “this much of this food on this day”

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation One more question, what is the benefit of doing a Diploma in Sports Nutrition? Like how can I use that knowledge in training people?

I don’t have a video on that since I bundle that together with personal training and online coaching.

I don’t have a video on that since I bundle that together with personal training and online coaching.

I do offer free consultations and we include nutritional counseling with our personal training in the studio. Pricing is going to depend on a lot of factors including where you’re located, who you’re training, etc.

I would do it very similarly virtually. Get someone food tracking and have them either send it to you or add them as a friend on MyFitnessPal. Monitor their nutrition, give them macros/targets or meal suggestions and check in on it often.

Also, chat with them via phone, messaging or zoom to discuss.

@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation ok the reason I ask is cause in writing a book on fitness and I wanted to implement an self assessment in it and talk about nutrition but not a deep dive I just know know how to add them into my book with out a super deep dive.

Look up your state restrictions. This website can be a good place to start. becomeanutritionist.org/states/

Always good to refer out when needed but general information is good! Eat lots of vegetables, eat protein, etc

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If you’re talking about a dietitian, then yeah, that partnership can be worthwhile. Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist thought, so you’ll want to be careful who you team up with.

The rules do apply if you’re an online coach. That doesn’t mean that people will actually follow them though. How many people do you know that actually drive the speed limit? It’s not a grey zone. It’s illegal to perform nutrition in certain states and countries without the proper education. The odds of being caught are pretty slim though. The only way I could see someone getting in trouble is if they recommend something to a client, and then that client gets negatively effected by their recommendation and that client decides to take their trainer to court. Unlikely but possible.

Kile Noe, The AMA lobbied for strict licensing for medical many decades ago. They said the reason why they did it was to keep the amount of doctors low which keeps doctors pay very high(supply and demand of labor). They admitted this. They said doctors work better when they get paid more money which is insane but the politicians bought it and now we see very high medical costs today as opposed to institutions carrying on the way they feel as though is correct and the AMA will not license you from any institution out of its scope and those institutions listen to AMA in regards to not admitting as many people into their programs each year to suppress the number of doctors. So I can't picture it being any different for dietitian. They likely lobbied for it in these states. So if 100,000 dietitians existed and 500,000 nutritionists existed, they just knocked out 500,000 other people which inflates their wages since they eliminated competition. Unfortunately, everything is politicized including medical which is just flat out wrong. The politicians themselves might have just woke up 1 morning and did this themselves but usually a group of people lobby for it. In the case of politicians taking it into their own hands, the intentions are there because they want to give people the best advice possible but nutrition isn't overly complicated and this is not at all needed for the general population. Our lower class has the most obese people, they make the least amount of money so they need nutrition coaching the most but cant afford it because dietitians cost so much. It's a messed up system.

Have you had them track what they’re eating?

If you’re in a green state you can call it whatever you want. Coaching, counseling, whatever. There are certain things you still shouldn’t do such as work with a client who has any condition or disease. You also shouldn’t write meal plans. There would be other things that would also be out of your scope, but in many areas a lot of nutritional work is legal to do with clients as a personal trainer.

If you’re in a green state you can call it whatever you want. Coaching, counseling, whatever. There are certain things you still shouldn’t do such as work with a client who has any condition or disease. You also shouldn’t write meal plans. There would be other things that would also be out of your scope, but in many areas a lot of nutritional work is legal to do with clients as a personal trainer.