Discover the advantages and disadvantages of distance coaching.

Training habits have changed in recent months, if not years. Remote coaching is now playing an increasingly important role in the fitness market, but is it really a viable solution? Discover all the advantages and disadvantages in a detailed article by AZEOO!

The benefits:

• Plenty of space: in your gym, in the middle of the day, you can find yourself with a large number of athletes at the same time. Remote coaching solves this problem, so your customers can enjoy the space around them without having to fight over a barbell, discus or dumbbell.

• No overcrowding of classes: with distance coaching, your attention is focused on the client alone. This is in stark contrast to on-site classes, where 10-12 athletes can easily be found together. In such cases, it's rare for the coach to be able to give sufficient and effective time to each of them.
• Using different reminders: one advantage of this kind of method is that, to motivate or remind your customers, you can use your ingenuity to send them reminders. This enhances creativity and allows you to use alternative methods.

Disadvantages:

• Too much space: if your customer has more space, it also means he may find himself practicing the sport alone. However, the social dimension is important for motivation. So this is inevitably the downside of this first positive point.

• No group classes: while the coach's focus on the client is optimal, the dimension of collective effort and the atmosphere it generates is absent. Yet we know that this can be an extremely motivating factor for an athlete, and can often enable him or her to surpass their limits.

• Some reminders are missing: tactile reminders are sometimes useful with certain customers, in order to reposition them, remotivate them or give them the energy to make a final effort. With remote coaching, this is no longer possible. The social dimension of proximity also diminishes the impact of reminders, especially verbal ones.

In conclusion, there are pros and cons, and there's no quick fix. It's up to you to assess the situation according to your desires, your needs and those of your clients. With the aim of helping fitness professionals with remote coaching, AZEOO has designed an all-in-one coaching software package for better customer management and complete digitalization of coaching-related services.