Aug 23, 2021
Enjoy the panel Q&A that ended the 2021 BLOC Party. Listen to Dr. Puder, Matt Reynolds, Gillian Ward, Niki Sims, Andrew Jackson, & CJ Gotcher answer questions from the BLOC Party attendees.
Topics include nutrition post-vacation, finding clients in a new location, training to looked more jacked, and countering the effects of sitting.
0:00 Introduction
2:20 Finding Clients in New Location
Deliberately seek out communities and meet people. Go to the same
places and talk to people and get to know them well. Build
relationships. Talk to your barber or stylist and have them help
spread the word. Don't spread yourself thin, but rather seek out
the places where the type of clients you want to coach will be.
Social media can also help. Make it super easy for people to find
you and sign up for your coaching on social media and search
engines. Lastly, the people who are asking you questions about
lifting & coaching are potential clients.
5:47 Identifying & Helping Clients with Suicidality or
Depression
Some people may be chronically suicidal. If you find out that that
person has a plan, you may want to escort that person or ensure he
or she gets help. Lifting and training will help them feel better,
but it might need to be easier and meet them where they
are.
For depression, you might see change of appetite, loss of interest
in things, express guilt or shame about just about everything they
do.
9:19 Missing a Week on 3-Week Program
For something like this, can usually do the previous week over.
When you come back, you should probably lift heavier weights than
you think but less volume than you think.
10:33 Psychological Hurdles to Training & Healthy Habits
People can develop just about anything to avoid discomfort. You
might just need to get people walking. Dr. Puder specifically is
very repetitive and will discuss movement, exercise, and moving
toward training. It's about little wins.
It helps to have them identify as a lifter and see themselves as a
lifter.
Also, what is the meaning people ascribe to what they are
doing?
Also, as a lifter, Dr. Puder has noticed that Matt is great at
giving Dr. Puder positivity when he needs it. He has a bad workout
or a miss and Matt is positive, and that has been refreshing and
encouraging.
17:18 Getting Back on Track after Vacation
Don't go deprive yourself and starve yourself. Get on track with
the normal plan as opposed to swinging the pendulum hard in the
other direction. Guilt serves no purpose. Enjoy the vacation, and
then return to the plan. Don't try to make up for the caloric
surplus immediately.
20:02 Introducing Supplemental Exercises
Start lighter, want them to learn the exercise. The stress is the
novelty of the exercise.
24:48 Looking More Jacked?
Talk to your coach, if you have a coach, but the huge contributor
here is nutrition.
25:45 Mentorship Program?
Your starting point is your coach if you have a coach. Your coach
is your initial mentor. Obviously, if you've signed up for the
Academy you can also reach out to CJ and the instructors.
Also, they discuss the PBC process and how nice it is to submit a
platform evaluation video. Why? Because the evaluating coach can
show exactly what they saw and also the coach getting evaluating is
coaching in his or her environment, as opposed to having to yell
over other coaches.
33:46 Countering the Effects of Sitting
Moving during the day can certainly help. It's a big change if
you've been active.
Also, are there reasons your posture stinks (for example, you're
breaking down videos and have to be hunched over to talk into a
microphone).
38:53 Why the Change to Discord?
It's newer, better, and it stores old conversations.
42:09 Templates in the BLOC App
It's surprisingly difficult to get this working, so it's a high
priority and should happen soon...but, on promised timeframe.
50:41 Helpful Informational Source for You
Lots of different and interesting answers...probably not what you'd
expect.
55:30 Smart MED Programming on the App?
Easy MED changes at the end of novice LP. It's not some complex
programming system, but a way to plan the machine-learning
programming needs as LP stops working.
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