THE BLAME GAME
Have you ever dealt with one of those clients who blames you for her inability to achieve her fitness goals, while she continues to ignore everything you tell her to do? You know the one. She wants to eat whatever she wants, exercise as little as possible – or, cheat on the machines and call it a workout – and yet she still expects to see results. It’s the proverbial case of wanting to have your cake and eat it, too. Except in her case, it’s real cake. With real frosting. And real ice cream on the side.
She Plays The Blame Game
It’s frustrating when you know what it takes for your client to achieve the results she wants to see, and she’s paying you to tell her, but she continues to ignore you. But it gets worse. She’s angry with you. She blames you for her failures, reminding you of all of the promises you supposedly made back when you were trying to snag her as a client in the first place.
“You told me I would lose twenty pounds in time for summer! How am I supposed to wear a bikini on the beach in Aruba looking like this?” she asks, pointing at the flab around her midsection, and you see her point.
You’re The Professional Here
Forget for a minute that she can afford to go to Aruba, while you will be lucky to afford that beach chair for your back yard. Forget that you have been watching the Wal-Mart circulars for the last three months, even though you know full well that those things went on sale last September, and they will not go on sale again until this September. Forget about all that, because you do not want to lash out at your already irate client with your own frustrations. And you *definitely* do not want to agree with her – at least not out loud – on the bikini comment. Unfortunately for you, you’re the professional, here.
But at that very moment, it can be easier said than done to keep your mouth shut. Yes, she is frustrated, but so are you. It is even more frustrating when this chick is a mom. Or a businesswoman. Or a flippin’ rocket scientist. You’re thinking, crap, lady. You obviously know the meaning of hard work and what it takes to achieve your goals. In fact, the rocket scientist probably makes way more money than you’ll ever see as a personal trainer, but we won’t get into that again, because it will get you mad again and tempt you to throw out comments about spare tires.
Applying Hard Work Principals To Fitness Goals
You focus back on the point. The point is that she works hard everywhere else, and you can’t understand why she won’t apply those principles at the gym.
She’s delusional, that’s why. She has fooled herself into thinking she *is* applying those principles. But old habits are hard to break, and she continues to fall into the same routines.
Inconsistency will not earn her the tight body she wants, but she continues to try over and over, even though she lets herself lapse in between ineffective periods of laziness. It’s the proverbial definition of insanity, which is doing the same things over and over again, but expecting different results. Except in your case, it’s real insanity. With real straight-jackets. And real padded walls.
And now you’re in the loony bin, trying to remember why you thought becoming a personal trainer was a good idea.
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