BLAME: Client Excuses for Not Exercising and Solutions to Retrain Their Behaviors
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BLAME: Client Excuses for Not Exercising and Solutions to Retrain Their Behaviors

There’s always a reason for not sticking to the exercise goals your clients set for themselves. And some of these reasons aren’t even true! Research tells us that their perception of why they do not stick to exercise may be just as valuable as the truth. Based on original and existing research, this workshop explores the stories clients create to explain exercise noncompliance and how to retrain their BLAME (attributional retraining). We’ll review the research and then break into groups and experience a four-part process shown to increase exercise motivation and adherence.

Rick Richey, PhD

Rick has worked in the fitness industry since 2002 as a trainer, licensed massage therapist, college and university adjunct professor, NASM faculty instructor, author, and creator of the “Type 2 Diabetes Fitness Specialist” course via the MedFit Education Network. He has presented at numerous fitness conferences within the US and internationally. As an entrepreneur, he is the owner of Independent Training Spot, NYC-based personal training gyms and co-owns ReCOVER, a recovery business focused on minimizing physical and cognitive stress. Rick hosts the NASM CPT Podcast and holds a master’s degree in exercise science and a doctorate in health science.
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Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the importance of client attributions for failure.
  2. Discuss common excuses clients and trainers give for failure to adhere to exercise.
  3. Introduce Bernard Weiner's causal attributions.
  4. Explain how to apply a research-backed blame (attributional) retraining process.
  5. Describe original research supporting the blame retraining process.

Course Procedure

  1. Enroll in the course.
  2. View the course content.
  3. Take the test. (You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
  4. Print your certificate of completion.

Course Content

  • BLAME: Client Excuses for Not Exercising and Solutions to Retrain Their Behaviors
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  • BLAME: Client Excuses for Not Exercising and Solutions to Retrain Their Behaviors