I’m a new coach with no personal workout facility. I wanted to know or hear suggestions about how to train athletes/triathletes at gyms I am not a member at. Sometime the logistics to evaluate athletes is hard without seeing them at a gym. Plus, I’m in the Midwest so outdoor workouts are almost over at the track or parks because of the weather.
Thanks for any help or ideas.
Anthony
Most gyms/pools have a daily usage fee of $5-$10. Add that into your fee schedule.
The ethical way would be to approach the gym manager (along with your client) and tell them you would like to come in to evaluate a client, and will pay a guest fee in order to do so. Unfortunately they will probably tell you no because as an outside trainer/coach it takes business and potential revenue away from them and their training department (even if they have crappy trainers). Ongoing training is usually a big no no unless you can work something out, but it is rare.
The unethical way is to go in as a guest when you don’t think any managers are on duty and train the person hoping that you don’t get caught and thrown out, along with your client potentially having their membership cancelled. It is kind of unprofessional and can lead to being embarrassed.
Another option is to buy the equipment you need yourself and set it up in your garage/basement.
Thanks for the info. Hopefully, next year I’ll have enough cash flow to remodel my basement but until then I’ll have to figure out alternatives.
This comes up for me too, I suggest doing it on the up and up.
Talk to the management or something ahead of time and ask. You will almost certainly be told no. Do everything on the up and up and people will respect it.
I use my living room on rare occasions but parks mostly.
For swimming you’re going to need to bite the bullet and rent lane space or something at a local pool. Or, find a swim instructor you trust and have them do the evaluations for you.
What kind of coach?
My focus is triathlon coaching so the major issue is swimming and finding a pool.
Who’s *coaches *this guy on his equipment choices (or lack thereof) from your website?
http://www.trimbletriathlon.com/index.html
Website images are stock photos not of any athletes I coach. Thanks for noticing.
you should also hot link the various addresses in your page, I’m too lazy to copy and paste
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I know enough to be dangerous with websites. What is hot linking and how do you do it?
I should be able to hover over any phone #, email, web address, twitter name and click in it and it should bring me to that destination. your little logos are hot linked (some to incorrect destinations) but your stuff at the bottom isn’t
I’m not a web designer so don’t know how to explicitly do it but I can code a little and it should be simple and since everyone else does it you look lame w/o it
Most coaches that I know, just offer some plan without watching their athletes work out. Don’t know the ohio area, isn’t there some sort of YMCA or other public pool that you can go with a client and watch them swim if that is what you are planning on doing.