There is a quote, probably apocryphal, that changed how I thought about working with clients when I read it. <blockquote "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. " </blockquote -- Henry Ford Many clients come to us thinking they know what they need to change...
For the week of April 23, 2015 Habit-based coaching often requires us to debunk long-held beliefs about behavior change All of this week’s authors are doing just that — on the topics of food rules, failing to go to the gym, mindfulness, and before/after photos. Let’s start with James Clear, who, by...
In this episode I interview Steven Ledbetter aka Coach Stevo. Steven M. Ledbetter, aka “Coach Stevo” is a bonafide fitness nerd. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, an MA in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist,...
<blockquote "People don’t want to build a foundation." </blockquote <blockquote "Everyone wants a ‘quick fix.’" </blockquote <blockquote "How do I convince clients that there are no shortcuts?" </blockquote <blockquote "They want to get in shape in no time." </blockquote At every Motivate Summit,...
Well, people. We wrote a damn book. A really awesome book of which we are hella proud. It's 204 pages of the entertaining and evidence-based goodness that you'd expect from Habitry, Co. It's got dozens of tips, lots of great stories, and pictures of Coach Stevo as a 14 year-old. What's it about?...
Motivate OAK, June 27-28, will be unlike any other conference in the fitness industry. There will be no set agenda. No keynote speakers. Like Motivate SLC and Motivate NYC, our one and only goal is to provide a space for the most passionate people in the fitness world to come together and talk...
Crazy good week for client-friendly articles. Thanks to everyone in the Motivate Forum. Our featured article is from the Moms Done Dieting blog and enjoyed a lot of attention and discussion. Check out what Lauren Koski has to say: “I know, you’ve seen the AMAZING before and after pictures, but...
Good habits are, ideally, your life’s work. Translating wellness and fitness goals into habits means focusing on process over results. And like a good ultramarathoner or mountain climber does, practicing a habit also means putting one foot in front of the other, over and over, possibly millions of...
What’s the converse of the Golden Rule? If you treated yourself the way you would like to treat others, what might happen? Being generous with yourself might get you further than judgement. The brilliant Georgie Fear explains : [aesopimage imgwidth="435px"...
In the words of this week’s featured author, “It's so important to take back fitness and allow it to encompass health- mental, physical and emotional.” Here’s a vulnerable, inspiring —and for the fitness industry, unusually rational — story from Michele Burmaster: “About a week after I submitted my...
If you are reading this blog, it’s probably first and foremost because you want to help people. In 2010, I was helping people as a personal trainer and decided I wanted to expand my toolkit to help people change their behavior. So I started thinking about graduate school for Psychology. When I told...
Editor: James Mills might be a candidate for "Most Interesting Man in the World." He is a coach, a Lawyer, and his background is in professional ballet and union contract negotiations. He is also one of the smartest people I know, so when he asked me if he could write an article about his coaching...
This week’s themes: focusing on reality, staying positive, and doing things that work instead of things we feel expected to do. Warm up with a tip from Habit Lab: Fat Loss Habit #173 - Exercise Before Breakfast Kat exercises before breakfast because it feels better that way. It’s important to pay...
At the 2nd Motivate Summit this Saturday in NYC, it was 14 degrees with a wind chill below 0. The weather forecast showed 20mph winds and 3 inches of snow were en route to Mark Fisher Fitness. But so were 2 dozen coaches from California, Denver, Detroit, Boston, New Hampshire, Toronto, and all over...
The Habitry Collective loves books. We ask every new member of the Collective “what is your favorite coaching book that is not a health and nutrition book?” and we’ve kept a list of the 141 (and growing) answers. I also maintain an Amazon Wishlist for books on behavior change that has 22 titles on...
Editor: Sean McBride is one of the smartest people I know, so when he told me he was doing 10,000 swings and using a clicker like Seth Munsey, I knew I wanted to get his thoughts on the experience. Luckily, Sean is also a great writer! Last September I went to Utah at the invitation of Coach Stevo....
Here at Habitry, Co. we make communities. We make communities for the simple reason that communities work better. They work better than one-on-one. They work better than “groups.” Communities change people because humans are social cognitive learners (Bandura, 2001), mirror neurons are a thing...
Editor: Michele, a very active member of the Motivate Collective, contacted me about an outlet to tell her story. I was happy to help because I think that these lessons apply to anyone who's thinking of making the leap to owning their own place and following their passion. I hope you enjoy reading...
One of the best features of the Motivate Collective, in my opinion, is that it is a safe space to get advice about what to do with clients that happens to be populated by the best habit-based coaches in the world. Needless to say, the advice is insanely good. Yesterday, a coach asked for help with...
This weekend, there’ll be a run on snacks at your local grocery store. So it’s time for a snackable edition of Articles for Clients! First, help your clients be prepared to stick to their plans when they shop for Super Bowl Sunday by encouraging them to make a shopping list: Fat Loss Habit #60 -...