In this episode, Nicole Aucoin explores the essential parallels between running a gym and establishing a successful nutrition coaching program. She underscores the importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, incorporating nutrition alongside exercise, stress management, mindset, sleep, and more to prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Nicole offers valuable insights on repositioning nutrition challenges as effective on-ramps to ongoing coaching and emphasizes the significance of hiring passionate and knowledgeable nutrition coaches. Furthermore, she highlights the need for structured systems and professionalism in nutrition coaching, urging gym owners to be champions of the program and directing them to a free masterclass for further guidance in building thriving nutrition coaching programs within their fitness businesses.
In this episode, we talked about the following:
Holistic Approach: Emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to health that includes nutrition, stress management, mindset, sleep, support systems, lifestyle, and exercise to prevent and reverse chronic diseases.
Nutrition Challenges: Suggests repositioning nutrition challenges as effective on-ramps to ongoing coaching rather than standalone programs.
Hiring Passionate Coaches: Recommends hiring nutrition coaches who are passionate about nutrition and possess the necessary skills, rather than assigning the role to existing fitness coaches.
Structured Systems: Advocates for structured systems and professionalism in nutrition coaching, paralleling the approach used in fitness classes.
Gym Owner’s Role: Encourages gym owners to be champions of the nutrition program, promoting it within their businesses and sharing their own experiences with nutrition coaching to attract clients.
The MentalFit & Mindset Course aims to bridge the gap between mental health and what happens inside your gym and coaching program.
Course objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals around mental health, how to recognize when someone needs help, and clarify misconceptions
- Learn the MentalFit Framework and how it applies to life through the development of a healthy Mental Health Hygiene Routine
- Understand how to prioritize mental health for yourself, your clients, your staff, and the gym setting
- Learn how to incorporate mental health into your business to offer a holistic coaching program
In This Webinar Recording You Will Learn:
How to set up your nutrition coaching program and packages
How to find a great fit to run your nutrition coaching program
How to integrate nutrition into your gym
How to increase buy-in with your existing members