Be A Healthy Role Model At All Times

I know this is sort of a "no brainer" but its important to remember that people are watching you all of the time and that as a fitness professional you are constantly making an impact on others. I was at the grocery store the other day. I put all of my items on the conveyer belt and I was waiting for my turn to pay for my items. This really nice middle aged woman was in front of me. She glanced at my items and said, "Wow, you sure look like a healthy person." I glanced over at her items in front of me and saw that her items mainly consisted of canned goods, frozen weight watchers meals and other various convenience processed foods.

I looked down at my items and noticed that my items did consist of all fresh vegetables and fruits. Of course these types of encounters are always a nice lead in about what you do for a living. After we struck up a conversation I told her that I was a personal trainer and handed her my business card. I told her about my Complimentary newsletter and answered a few of her other questions regarding exercise and food. Then I went on to say that I know that cooking and shopping is time consuming but in the end it is worthwhile because we only have one body and I believe that my body is worth "real food etc."

These types of encounters happen to me on a regular basis. So, always be prepared, always have business cards with you and remember that by simply being a healthy role model many people will automatically gravitate towards you and want to ask you health and fitness questions.