Starting With a Wellness Coach 💪🏼❤️

When I got my first job in Human Resources at SUNY Geneseo (my career before I became a wellness coach)), I was greeted with flowers, a card, and an offer to eat lunch with my coworkers. I will never forget how welcomed and comfortable they made me feel. I barely slept the night before ruminating over the “first-day unknowns”, but felt so much better with their support. This exact day is what I focus on when starting with a new client. It is scary to move outside of your comfort zone, try something new and be vulnerable, especially with your health, but I promise I will support you the whole way.

A lot of clients confess after our first session together that they were really nervous when we began. Typically, these are their main concerns:

• ”I thought I wasn’t in good enough shape to start with a trainer.”

• ”I thought you were going to work me so hard I'd faint or throw up.”

• “I was afraid I’d look stupid performing the exercises you told me to do“

• “I didn’t want to let you down.”

These are all normal and to be expected. The second bullet is probably the MOST common and the farthest from the truth. Honestly, unless I am given direct instructions to push someone to a crazy high exertion, the first day is usually the easiest session. A good trainer would never start a brand new client at high intensity because we don’t know enough about your strengths, weaknesses, and abilities until we see you perform. One of my favorite parts of my job is that every single person is unique. Our abilities are affected by our gender, age, health history, genetic makeup, hobbies, career, diet and more. I need to see you in action before I am willing to truly challenge you, so total exhaustion on the first day is a myth. Second session however, I might challenge you to bring it 😘

Leading up to our first session:

1. You reach out! I have a form directly on my website linked here, you can shoot me an email (morgankeihl2@gmail.com), or send me a Facebook or Instagram message. A simple, “Hey, I am interested in improving my health" is the perfect place to start!

2. I will ask you a few questions to determine which plan will be best to meet your goals. Once we decide that together, I will send you an email template to dive deeper into your goals, health history, schedule, budget, equipment, injuries and more.

3. We set a date and time to meet up, in person or virtually! It's that simple 🥳

Your first session:

1. The first session is comprised of assessments, both passive and active. Starting with your neck and moving all the way down to your ankles, we will examine your range of motion to determine joint health, stability, and alignment.

2. From there, I will ask you to perform a set of foundational exercises to exhibit major strengths and weaknesses in the body. Not everyone will perform the same exercises; it will depend on the goals we initially discussed, your injuries, and what is portrayed in the range of motion assessment. This is the sweatiest part of the session and we will get a solid workout in, just with more rest times and deeper analysis than a traditional session.

3. Stretch and Reflect! I will describe what I saw throughout both the passive and active assessment, highlighting points of strength and areas we will want to place our focus, and describe your workout outline for the next few weeks. Then, you will have the opportunity to ask any questions regarding the session or the outline/future goals! We can discuss nutrition, rest, emotional triggers, time management and other potential barriers at this point as well. I LOVE listening to my clients, so feel free to share your life story (some totally do!) The more information I have, the more successful we will be from the beginning.

4. I create a folder with all the notes from our session and start building your weekly and monthly wellness plan. This is used to track strength gains, aerobic progress, changes in size, mental wins and other non-scale victories like being able to water ski or chase after grandchildren!

5. Many of my clients meet with me once or twice a week, now many over Zoom due to COVID or socially distanced at my home gym or yours. Others will only meet once every few weeks to evaluate the current plan and develop a new program to continue building upon progress.

Are there other options if I don’t want a 1:1 session, but want a workout plan and/or assessment?

Absolutely!!! There is also a completely virtual option where I send you a weekly or monthly workout program, with specific instruction for each day based on your goals. Then, we conduct weekly email or phone check-ins to discuss progress, hurdles and nutrition. This is perfect for someone who is too busy to meet in person, but still wants a structured program. We discuss your specific needs, including the equipment you will have access to and design the program from there. I have many clients who zero equipment, but still are able to make significant progress through at home workouts!

All of my pricing options are linked here! For a limited time, I am offering 15% off all services or buy 1 month, get 1 month 50%. Not sure which program would be best for you?

Email me and let’s chat XO