Counting macros is the next level of nutrition coaching that takes your client’s understanding of food and their diet to a whole new level. Whether they’re looking to lose fat, build muscle, or both, macro counting is a sustainable, realistic approach to reaching their health and fitness goals.
Macro coaching is a quickly growing industry. Many health and fitness coaches are jumping on the bandwagon to capitalize on the huge potential of this booming business model. However, a lot of these coaches aren’t doing it right. And because of this, they’re causing clients to become frustrated and confused, and ultimately, failing to meet their health and fitness goals.
If you want to ensure your clients are on track to succeed with their macro coaching program, you can also set rest day goals for them. This will automatically calculate their rest day protein, carbs, and fat based on their daily goal and inputs. You can choose to use the percent or grams method of calculating rest day macros.
Once your client has a solid understanding of how to calculate and count their macros, it’s time to start working on their goals! And to do this, it’s important that they first have a week of observation. This is a week of data collection, and it allows them to get used to tracking their meals and getting comfortable with using a food tracker.
A week of observation is an essential part of the macro coaching process, and it’s also where your client will learn how to adapt their macros based on their progress. Depending on their goals, they may need to lower or raise certain macros, and the macro coach will teach them how to do this. They’ll also learn how to break a plateau and re-establish their progress.
