Fitness coach

What it is and how it can help women reach their fitness, weight loss, personal, and professional goals
Coaching is a partnership between the coach and client.  Coaches act as:
Guides
Supporter
Cheerleader
Accountability partner
Co-create fitness and wellness plans
Lifestyle fitness coaching: a combination of life coaching and personal fitness training
Process of inquiry and personal discovery to help clients develop awareness and sense of responsibility
Identify realistic goals
Strong focus on action 
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Provision of strategies, feedback, and structures to support forward movement
Addresses client�s fitness and wellness as either primary or secondary objectives
Either looking to enhance wellness and fitness  only or seeking increased fitness and wellness  in order to achieve a personal or professional goal[http://www.pamelabrowncoaching.com/ personal development ]
Ultimate goal of coaching: have clients function effectively on their own without needing constant direction from a coach by enhancing a client�s self-regulation and self-monitoring skills
Self-regulation: the ability to work toward one�s short and long-term goals by effectively monitoring and managing one�s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
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Other goals: 
Discover internal motivations, coping strategies, meaningful goals, and action plans that will help person maintain healthy lifestyle and realize personal and professional potential
Increases client�s engagement, enjoyment and lifelong pursuit of  maintaining healthy behaviors
Empower client to effectively realize co-determined goals by creating awareness of inhibiting patterns of behavior and by uncovering strengths, resources, and opportunities thus far realized.
Notes from Lifestyle Wellness Coaching: Second edition , Lifestyle Fitness Coaching, First Edition, and Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psycholoagy: First Edition.