Chris Harnish, M.S.

Lee,

I think Jerry is pretty much on here. My impression is that Euro's like
to call coaches trainers and in the US we like coach. However, neither
should be confused with a personal trainer in the US. These are
generally people who workout with you and who may, like coaches, be
supremely qualified or supremely unqualified. The best thing to do is
to check those references, their resume and their certifications. I
would also talk with any coach before working with them, as well.

Best,

Chris Harnish, M.S., HFI
Exercise Physiologist & Coach
ESP Training Systems
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:44:50 -0700
From: Jerald M Powell
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] trainer vs. coach
To: "Lee Bautista"
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
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Lee, a coach, at least one certified in a sport like cycling, is
generally there to assist you to achieve a level of satisfaction with
your performance that you define. He or she may or may not be a "day
of the race" coach, and he or she may or may not be a team manager
and/or strategist. Generally, the coach will be competent in most
areas of human performance that are specific to the sport. A
certified trainer, on the other hand is more specifically trained
(somewhat depending on the certification) in biomechanics and
exercise physiology, often with multi-sport applications. That's way
oversimplified, but it's probably an OK working definition.

Many coaches (at least certified ones) also have some trainer
certification or some other sports related certification. Of course,
there are a lot of folks out there marketing themselves a either
trainers or coaches (or both). There are also some coaches (and I
suppose 'trainers') out there with no particular certification at
all, and may be very expert or may be total shams. Certification,
either as a trainer or a coach, simply assures you, as a consumer,
that the person has a minimum level of knowledge and competency. In
any case, check out the references and make your own judgements.

Jerry

On Sep 28, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Lee Bautista wrote:

> > i can't tell the difference between a trainer and a coach. are they
> > one
> > in the same? examples? tia, lee
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