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Exercise coaching is different than personal training in many aspects.
Personal trainers are responsible for initial and ongoing fitness assessments, program structure, technique, application, programming updates and exercise science.
Exercise coaches are responsible for uncovering the client's motivational strategies, building rapport with the client, educating the client, creating meaningful dialog, using questionnaires to determine likes, dislikes, immediate, intermediate and long term goals.
Think of coaching in terms of tactics, strategies and methodology; and personal training in terms of applied science. Just like on a professional sports team, you have the 'Head Coach' and the 'Head Trainer'.
At BODYCONNECT we provide both coaching and training.
In many cases, clients will greatly benefit from a combination of personal training and exercise coaching. If an individual has more experience with exercise and but lacks motivation, more emphasis is placed on training rather than coaching. When a person has little weight training experience, but well defined and appropriate goals, and shows consistent motivation, they will likely need more coaching and less oversight of their daily fitness program.