MetaKinesis Coaching relies on a protocol of dialog to help the client discover what they hope to acheive, the resources they are willing to invest, and the paths they are likely to commit to in order to reach their goals.

We no longer have the luxury of leaving  physical activity to the athlete or the laborer.  Society is becoming more and more sendentary.  The generic goals of “losing weight” or “getting fit” are losing ground without either intervention or collaberation.

The Personal Trainer is of the intervention model.  I train very few people personally anymore.  It can be very effective when the personalities are matched well and goals are clear and reasonable.  It is an authoritarian model though and generally does bode well with my natural teaching style.

As a MK Coach, I help bring out the true aspirations of the individual.  The “why” is just as important as the “what”.  In fact the “why” may very well determine the definition and application of the “what”.  Do you work out alone as opposed to with a partner or a group?  Why?  Is it better to steer a client who is shy subdued into a boistrous group class, rather in a one on one with a trainer?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  That’s why the dialog and the collaboration is so important.

There is more to an active lifestyle than shedding bad habits and devloping constructive ones.  Depending on the activities one may engage in, there are mental and emotional processes, engaging unfamiliar muscle groups, building new musculature where it may be lacking, develop new central nervous system responses to unfamiliar stimuli, et al.  It can overwhelm a strategy strictly based on habit reformation.

The key goals are core changes in  physical, mental, social and maybe even spiritual well being.  A head above a flatter belly or bigger biceps.