PRs Matter & Measure Progress Toward Client Goals - Coaching Success - #481

<div> <p>PRs measure progress toward your clients' goals - so you need to track & celebrate your clients' PRs, because PRs matter.</p> <div> <h3>PRs Measure Progress Toward Your Clients' Goals</h3> </div> <div> <p>PRs matter.</p> <p>Consistency underlies success. PRs pave the road to your clients accomplishing their goals.</p> <p>Why?</p> <p>They provide dopamine hits that encourage continued work toward building habits that move lifters toward their goals.</p> <p>Early on, PRs tend to be easy - easy to track, celebrate, and establish.</p> <p>The lifter's squat increases, the athlete can do more push-ups, the runner can run their mile faster, or the client's waist has shrunk.</p> <p>Over time, establishing PRs becomes more difficult, as the PRs are not so clear.</p> <div> <h3>Ensure PRs Connect to Your Clients' Goals</h3> </div> <div> <p>PRs measure progress toward your clients' goals.</p> <p>Your clients' goals change over time, so you must ensure the PRs you're tracking and celebrating actually matter to your client.</p> <p>If you continue to push the client's deadlift 1RM, but she wants to lose weight, you're missing the point.</p> <p>PRs may track:</p> <ul> <li>consistency</li> <li>healthy habits (sleep, water, steps)</li> <li>nutrition (macros, protein, drinks of alcohol, number of meals prepped)</li> <li>strength (different rep maxes, tonnage, PRs for different lifts)</li> <li>hypertrophy (leanness, size of muscles)</li> </ul> <p>You should know your clients' goals. PRs measure progress toward your clients' goals, so you should know your clients' PRs that matter and help assess movement toward their goals.</p> </div> </div> <p>This podcast is brought to you by TurnKey Coach. Enhance your coaching effectiveness and efficiency with TurnKey Coach. You can learn more by going <a href= "https://turnkey.coach/">HERE</a>.</p> <p>Check out <a href= "https://barbell-logic.com/academy/coaching-101/">Coaching 101</a> - the new Academy course designed to cover the basics of coaching. It's leaner and tighter than our ot