Lessons learned from my coach

Coaching comes in many forms and can achieve many goals. This year I signed up for several sessions with a personal trainer or coach at my gym. I also heard a trainer talking about the best way to learn about training is to do something new, different, and challenging. After a rather tough workout, I did some journaling about the experience and those words from that trainer, who by the way talked about her experience taking tango lessons, and here's what I learned...

LESSONS LEARNED FROM COACH BRYANT:

• I need to trust my coach's plan and vision
• I need to allow the process to happen and know it's not just about what I think I want or need; leave it to the expert.
• It's okay to feel the pain, frustration and even grimace - just don't stay there!
• A good coach will see that (my pain and/or efforts), and address it with ways to work through it - providing instruction, support and information on why it's not good to "grimace."
• A good coach will also alter and adjust if necessary, yet still not totally veer off from the original goal.

I think this is a great place to start a coaching discussion...