When is it time to fire your coach and look for a new one ? Stick around to today's quick wits to find out . Welcome to the Wits and Weights podcast . I'm your host , phillip Pape , and this twice a week podcast is dedicated to helping you achieve physical self mastery by getting stronger , optimizing your nutrition and upgrading your body composition . We'll uncover science-backed strategies for movement , metabolism , muscle and mindset with a skeptical eye on the fitness industry , so you can look and feel your absolute best . Let's dive right in .
Philip PapeThe other day , a client of mine reached out to say hey , phillip , now that I'm working with a personal trainer along with me as her nutrition coach and this is very common I have clients who work with trainers especially to get some local hands on in person coaching . She said now I realize why I've stuck with you for so long and why I enjoy our check-in and feedback process now that I've seen how another coach can do it . I said well , what's the difference ? She said well , you just make it easy , you ask the right questions , you don't make it cumbersome or take too long , and therefore I'm able to be consistent and I look forward to it . That's the special sauce right there , if you have a coach , who you're working with , and the process itself is frustrating . The process itself makes it harder to be consistent with the thing you're trying to do . It's time to think about hiring a different coach or taking a different approach . When I develop my systems and processes and check-ins for folks , I think like an engineer . But part of that is making it simple and not adding stress . Because you're coming to me wanting to probably change a lot of things in your life . I'm taking the approach of well , let's focus on one thing at a time , let's build those habits , let's expand your comfort zone . Before long , within just a few short weeks , you're going to have significantly transformed toward that identity you want to be , but in a way that is sustainable , in a way that makes sense and that feels easy and less stressful .
Philip PapeAgain , if you're talking to somebody who you want hires a coach , make sure you know exactly what they do , how their process works , how you interact . If you reach out to me and say , hey , philip , I'd love to work with you , but how do you interact ? I'm going to tell you exactly what I do . I'm going to tell you about our check-in process and how we communicate and what kind of information I'm looking for you , but you'll find pretty quickly that it's about as frictionless and seamless as it possibly can be , because I don't want to add stress to your life . That's what I am imploring you today to do is protect your time , protect your energy , protect your stress in everything you do , because we're not trying to make things harder . We want to make things fit within our comfort zone . We want to be able to make progress and be consistent , and that's the name of the game .
Philip PapeIf a coach or potential coach has a very cumbersome process or they don't tell you what it is , reach out to me . I will tell you exactly how it works , how ours works , why it's so seamless . I'll even put you in touch with my other clients , including the one I just mentioned who told me about the differences here . That's it . Well , you know when it's time to potentially fire a coach and find a new one . And , as always , thank you for tuning in to another QuickWits . Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Wits and Weights . If you found value in today's episode and know someone else who's looking to level up their wits or weights , please take a moment to share this episode with them and make sure to hit the follow button in your podcast platform right now to catch the next episode . Until then , stay strong .