As personal trainers, working personally with one or two people comes easy; it is what we signed up for. We are able to use our 6-inch voices inside a weight room surrounded by dumbbells and machines – we feel in control of the situation. How do you step outside of your comfort zone in the personal training world? One way is to train 20-30 clients at once – Boot Camp style.
Looking back on my first week of instructing boot camps makes me laugh. I would spend one to two hours strategically planning what I was going to do with this huge group of people. I was constantly second guessing my plans. Whoa, is that too many burpees? What if it rains? Will this make an old lady pass out? Then, I would show up an hour early to browse the location and maybe test out which patch of grass would be best for lunging. I kept thinking, “These next four weeks are going to be exhausting!”
This reaction is NORMAL for the first week, and the good news is it does not take long to get into the swing of things. Soon enough, you will be throwing together workouts as you drive to the session and you’ll be showing up at the same time as everyone else.
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