Don't Be Nervous
I get nervous before every training session.
I hear that at least once a day from a client. I call it the “Tummy of Trepidation”. Even as you’re putting on your workout pants, you feel…nervous.
Butterflies in your tummy. You know you NEED to do it, you know you CAN do it, but…you have sweaty palms. And you need a potty.
But I feel strong AF when I’m done. And that’s why I keep coming back.
I also hear that every day.
When I started coaching, I trained out of this one spot where I would get a complaint nearly every class I taught. To be clear, the complaints weren’t about ME, they were about my programming (the class was too hard).
I took it SO personally at first, even when my management said that complaints about the classes being too hard weren’t anything she necessarily cared about. To her, that was a reflection of people not going to the class that was the best for them - but that’s a blog for another time.
I was told to NOT stop how I programmed my classes because clients would either level up or level out.
Ultimately, the clients who became my regular clients learned:
Ya it was hard. But HELL YES are you stronger when you leave.
Kinda makes the sweaty palms worth it…
Intrinsically we know when we’re pushing ourselves and when we’re selling ourselves short. We also know that when we sell ourselves short, we don’t feel as accomplished as we do when those workouts are absolute bears.
It’s that sense of accomplishment that ultimately makes the trepidation worth it.
