Thanks for all of your videos and content, I can’t tell you how much of a help it’s been as I’m navigating my first year of training and nutrition coaching!
Exactly what I needed for the new year, thanks! For existing clients who have not been tracking food, but have been training with you for a while, would you start them like a brand-new client at week 1? Any special advice for clients who are resistant to tracking but "want to lose weight"?
Thanks for the support! Ya, I generally I’ll start a client at week 1 even if they’ve been training with me for a while. It’s really meant to be an accountability system so whether they’re a new client or one that’s been around for a while the accountability you provide will be similar. I cover what to do if they won’t track their food in the later part of this video. Basically, you just work on other strategies one at a time and use a different way of calorie counting.
Hey Jeff, thanks for all you do here. I was wondering if, as a Kansas (red state according to the map you posted) resident, you would elaborate a bit more on what if any nutritional advice we can give our clients. Thanks!
Thanks for the support! You aren’t legally around to give any nutrition advice in a red state unless you’re a dietitian. You could still give a client something that was created by a dietician but that’s pretty much it. I’m not gonna lie to you, many people break those rules because there’s really no way to know who’s doing what, but those are the rules.
You’re welcome! What do you mean by nutrition plans? Legally, you can’t provide meal plans in any state/online as a personal trainer. You can provide nutritional guidance with a PT certification. Online seems to be a little bit of a gray area but certifications like Precision Nutrition certainly make you more qualified to discuss nutrition with clients (guidance, macros..)
Thank you for your content, you make it simple and elegant to help PT. A question, even applying this system of nutrition accountability, what will u do if they at times are not truthful about their nutrition
Thank you! Unfortunately, if someone is lying to you there really isn’t too much you can do. You can only help someone with nutrition when they’re honest and willing to put in some work.
Do typically charge clients for nutritional intervention and how would you go about that approach? Thanks.. and I really enjoy the content you put together for trainers.
Thank you! We often include nutrition coaching in the same packages as our training. If we’re talking about that there’s no extra charge for nutrition. If someone only wants to buy nutritional coaching and not training we charge a similar hourly rate to training. We also do online nutrition coaching but that’s a pretty different service all together.
How important is it to become a certified nutritionist as a CPT? I am looking into getting certified as a CPT, and I am just wondering if I should spend the extra cash for the bundle with the nutritionist course? I plan to do NASM I think, and I want to do their performance enhancement course so I can train athletes. I live in OR by the way, so a green state.
Honestly, it’s not that important at all. Being a certified nutritionist basically means nothing. Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist because in almost all states and countries it’s not a legal or licensed position. The only benefit you get from the course is knowledge. I always advise for as much education as possible. That being said, if you already know how to help clients with nutrition than you won’t get too much out of it. Clients certainly don’t care about certifications either. If I were you I would just get the basic NASM certification and get some experience in the field and then figure out what other certs you want. Unfortunately, most of them (certs) are not nearly as useful as they probably should be.
Thanks for the information! I have a question. I have a BS in Kinesiology and have been a trainer for a year now without being asked to become a “certified PT.” I’m looking into starting my own business. Would I need to get certified? Thanks in advance!
You don’t need to get certified. A degree is certainly just as, or more effective than a cert. Just make sure that your liability insurance provider doesn’t care that you’re not certified. Clients certainly won’t care though.
Great video, however, I was hoping you could help clarify, I am a recently licensed fitness nutrition coach via ISSA, but live in Nj (a yellow state) can I legally provide nutrition coaching services such as helping them figure out their daily caloric intake, weight loss strategies like food journaling, etc.? Thanks🌻
Thanks for watching the video and for the question! First off, remember that you’re not licensed. You have a certification through ISSA. It doesn’t grant you anywhere near as much power as a license. Second, New Jersey is a green state. This means you can do all of the nutrition coaching strats you just brought up. Just don’t do them with any clients who have medical issues.
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation hi, thank you kindly for getting back to me so promptly and for your answer, very helpful. If I may, one other question, if someone approaches me about wanting nutrition coaching so they lose weight , And they do have some kind of medical issue, would I legally be able to coach them if they get cleared by the doctor? Understanding that I would not be prescribing any kind of diet or dealing with any medical issue, simply strategies for losing weight. Thanks again🌻
I just got my personal trainer certification and nutritionists coach certification from ISSA and I’m very confused about not being able to help my posible clients with meal plans 🤔
@@carlaarias4951 unfortunately writing meal plans is not in the scope of a personal trainer or nutrition coach..only a RD. Check out your state laws for nutritionists/nutrition coaches to see what you can and can’t do.
You can definitely run the calculator more than once. It doesn’t lock answers so you can change them as you go back to pages or refresh the beginning page to start again fresh.
