Good coaches have all the right questions

Having returned from from another CrossFit specialty certification, this one being on nutrition, you might expect me to write about the horrors of obesity, Hyperinsulinemia, gluten etc. I’m not, it would be a fair call for me to make as I’ve learned a lot from the presentation by the awesome Robb Wolf.

CrossFit Nutrition Cert: Toronto, Ontario

But what has stuck with me the most is what a great coach Robb is. He gave us great examples of how to help people with a very practical tool.  Questions. He demonstrated how three simple questions can be used separately or together to give someone practical advice and guidance.

The three he used were.

1. How do you feel?

2. How is your performance?

3. How do look?

These questions are easy and will solicit the answers you’ll need to help someone with their goals/nutritional needs.

Obviously the more you know about the person, the better but these tools can get you started or be used by an experienced coach as well.

Robb seems like no fuss kind of guy and he’s able to get skeptics to try and change they current nutritional situation, he’s quick to ask people “try it for thirty days” . While doing that he also shows empathy, because of his experience he knows how to get people kick bad habits or get them back on track if they are back to eating their old ways after a successful switch.

His sessions could easily run longer than the planned seven hours but Robb gives you all the info to get started and he’s very active on his own blog which has lots resources as well. If you get a chance to take his certification do it, you’ll not regret it.