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Guillermo ALVES
Working on fitness Industry.
Interested in mental and physical health.
Location Valencia-SPAIN
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Je partage ce point de vue, je pense qu il faut être d abord un grand observateur, être accompagné par des professionnels qui ont l habitude de cet entourage.
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Prudence, patience et risques à calculer dans ce "jeu" d achat/ventes de titres.
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Thanks for the contents and thanks to all the peers for sharing their experience, thoughts and ideas. Wishing the best to all of you.
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Hugh, as an NLP trainer, I think cards or any simple technique could be a good preparation before delving into the trauma itself. As far as I am concerned, the interesting point of these techniques is to establish a connection or what is also called a rapport with the client, also known as a state of responsiveness. Sometimes it can be very useful to address...
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There are several steps taken from NLP, others very similar, not applied as deeply as an NLP practitioner would, although interesting as a first approach.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Erica R
Good job Erica, wish you the best in your life, for you and for your daughter.
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@AdrieFourie Have a look at the RAPPORT concept in NLP, hope it will usefull for you!
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Jess Johnson
@JessJohnson Right, there are principles of NLP
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As far as I'm concerned and for all who are brand new in this subject, I would recommend to start with simple thing just to observ what are the benefits for example of having an habit of being in silence with ourselves 10 or 15 mns a day, drinking a coffee or just trying to reduce the internal noise of the mind.
Terms as mindfulness have became very...
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Sounds really interesting all the contents of this course.
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As far as I'm concerned, I have converted this pdf (to avoid printing so much) in a word one. So I can take some notes but in a digital way.
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I do suppose that taking notes still a good way to learn and review some notes, great idea.
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What if problems were solutions in themselves?
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I have been working from home for more than 10 years. My company is 500 km away, not everything is advantages, without discipline, without a real place set to work, without endless productive habits, distractions come quickly.
Now you eat, get up when you want, exercise by organizing yourself, and have time for family and friends.
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Thanks to Paddy for having shared his own experience and thoughts.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Natasha Plug
Hi Natasha, kind of interesting this new sport, I don't think it exists in Spain for the moment. It seems to me that this sport requires interesting mental approaches, for sure this course will help, wish you the best.
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I'm not surprised, it's all about being a better person to be a better coach, pesonal mastery continuum is at the end a beautiful purpose in life, very interesting comments in this video.
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There is a logical evolution in these 3 points of view.
I do believe that the best purpose is to have a job that is not considered as such due to the fact that we feel it and live it as a personal vocation.
Depending on the period, economic need and personal maturity we go through these 3 visions-
If the call pays well, it's perfect! -
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As for me, it makes no sense to know something if it is not applied for the benefit of others, for oneself, of course, but to help others to grow as human beings, to improve their level of health, physically as a personally,
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Totally agree, at the end of the day own strenghts depend on the athletes, on the contrary the ones of the opponents not, so they will do their best also to compensate their own weaknesses.
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I always frame the objectives in 2 ways, differentiating the quantitative from the qualitative.
For example, if a person wants to lose 10 kilos, he asks about the quality of the loss, seeking healthy, realistic and achievable goals. The final goal of 10 kilos would mark the way to go in the training planning quarter, having in turn a few minimum goals to... -
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As far as I am concerned and taking into account that I only train people individually, my coaching practices are related to those visible and invisible to individuals.
The feedback at the level of emotions I do in each session asking the client to ensure a continuous recification of the skills that will allow us to reach the proposed objectives, objectives... -
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I'm quite surprised of the lack of applying basic principles of coaching in teams as asking athletes, listening them, respecting their thoughts and opinions, make them accept as part of the process that mistakes are oportunities to grow as athlete and also as persons. Make them focus the good results they achieved in a match rather reminding all the time the...
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From an individual perspective and beyond a sports concept, I believe that focusing the right effort in the present moment is the only way to achieve the best result. We have been so long oriented as coaches or as athletes to obtain the best results that frustration has been in many cases the main result.
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Paddy's reaction to a different workout is proof of his correct use of emotions.
Observing the athlete, let him train in the way he sees fit. With modesty, he ends up asking the athlete the keys to the reasons for this form of training. Here too some self-pity acknowledging that he had been wrong in his traditional strategy. Very striking that reaction, for... -
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This personal review is quite interesting, it is based on several psychological steps such as Acceptance: The coach accepts the mistakes of his team or athlete as an opportunity to grow as an athlete or as part of the team. There is an understanding on the part of the coach that leads to a more productive empathy and that moves away once again from the...
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All four quadrants are important. Each one is like a gear that fits the next to advance learning and continuous improvement based on these 4 pillars.
My focus is rather on what is not visible due to my experience and training. I think, as said in the video, that it is not given enough importance because by tradition the formations have always been more... -
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As Paddy says in the video, I do agree with the fact that there is not a better approach than another, I just think as a Coach that we have several tools to shape the performance of each atlethe.
As a personal coach the metrics I use with each atlethe are several, I have the basic ones based on experience, science and experience: planification for example... -
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Visualization and relaxation are some of the best techniques I know of to improve sessions.
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It is clear that being a coach today requires specific training.
Psychology in elite sport is increasingly present through well-trained coaches and also with a good back ground, making athletes participate more in reflections. -
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I wonder if letting a player for a moment being the coach to review strategies could be useful for both parts: players and coach himself. Each player could react as they would like to see reacting their own coach.
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That learning circle seems good to me, although in my case and surely because of the way I do things, I would put a basic plan before play in order to have a direction and minimum objectives. I think the athlete would be more focused.
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The main benefit I want my clients to achieve is greater self-esteem and resilience.
Lack of physical care is often a consequence of poorly managed emotions.
Sports coaching often serves as a hook for me to teach personal coaching. -
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Experimental learning circle catches my atention!
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What are your key takeaways?
The landscape of coaching has changed for sure, in fact as any discipline it's part of a mature process, it has learnt the mistakes from the rude method of "old school" and has turned more in psicological way.
For me it's interesting to maintain what works for each person or team that is coached.
It's true that each method has... -
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I do agree with Paddy's approach as regards coaching nowadays.
At the same time I think that a good coach has to use sometimes technics from "old school" otherwise as a coach we can be perceived as an inquisitive person, it's occuring a lot with people called themselves coachs but don't have any technical training.
There is a certain intrusion with... -
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As far I am concerned and taking in account that my clients have to run to loose weight but they don't have any experience at all as runners and they often don't like this activity I would say that my pie chart would be as this one:
Instruct: 30%
Mentor: 15%
Advise: 20%
Abdicate: 5%
Coach: 30%I have to ask the opinion of a coachee, the perception...
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It seems to me that both have missed a certain empathy from their coaches.
Would they have taken more advantage of their respective skills?
That is the question I ask myself.
It is clear that they had no choice, they had more than respect for the coach, a certain fear, that coach model has no place today.
What could be do differently is for sure working in... -
This type of behavior of the coach can be effective once as a therapeutic shock, I would say, as a technique that players are not used to, as a trick to empower them, however it seems to be the product of the coach's personality. A way that frustrates the player instead of empowering him.
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I currently sit in the middle and my tendency is to move further towards the end of the age of knowledge of this continuum.
Expertise, asking a lot and I would say also listening and observing a lot would be my basic "know-how" -
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I am missing a chart where the experience and specialty would come from.
Because information is available today, the profiles of coaches are diverse and can create confusion in the minds of the clients.
I am not particularly comfortable in one or the other, as I usually train one on one, I would say that each person requires a different approach. -
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I think most of the participants are mature and smart enough to get the most out of this course or any online course from Deakin University or any other university in the world through Future Learn. As learners, I believe that we have a moral obligation to properly express our thoughts without trying to show off with any specific knowledge or experience. For...
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I am used to doing courses with future learning, in fact, with Deakin University I already did one and, in my experience, the more you share with the students, the more you learn.
It is a unique opportunity to meet professionals from anywhere in the world to share opinions with respect and passion when it comes to the sector that we are passionate about. -
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Hi Paddy, hi everyone.
I have been in the fitness industry for over 15 years.
I am the Business Manager of the Spanish company that I represent. We are manufacturers of strength and cardiovascular machines. I am trained as a NLP coach and coach trainer.
I've been doing weights for 25 years and as many as a runner.
I have my own line of business as a... -
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Changing human behavior actually requires specific strategies like the social marketing approach.
I am surprised by the insistent idea of respect for those who suffer the main problem, I agree with that point but it seems to me that stakeholders and marketers have more responsibility than subjects who need a real change in their behavior. -
Totally agree, obesity is an important issue and requires this kind of process, for sure.
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Involved in the fitness industry and also as a trainer coach, there is so much to say on this subject that I will say to summarize that the map is interesting and that each factor must be worked, taught and controlled by specialists-
Each section has to become a gear that works by itself and that in turn influences the correct functioning of the next one by... -
I agree with you, although it seems at first a creative alternative, I wonder if it has woken up some changes. For this I think that this type of strategy always has to change for a more creative one every x time.
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Interesting approach
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Dear Mohammed, I like your point of view, just give an example of the concept of truth you're talking about. Are you talking about facts or believes?
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Great focus Cecilia, mental health is one of the main priorities of physical health today, we have to look for mechanisms to enhance these concepts beyond the general ones.
As a coach, involved in the Fitness industry, it seems essential to me to establish a new framework of understanding of basic fundamentals such as healthy eating, moderate and supervised... -
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Hi Everyone, I'm Guillermo from Spain, working in fitness industry, Nlp coach and coach trainer also.
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Regardless of the covid moment we are faced with around the world, these tips are important and healthy to always keep.
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Hi all, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in Fitness Industry-
I've been working from home for about 10 years, this course will help me improve certain habits of mine. -
There's a point who calls my attention especially: Dr. Den Bulck talks about being clever with the distraction of devices as a mobil phone.
I think this point is quiet important, being clever with ourselves to look after our good quality of sleep. -
Regularity schedule is the secret of any regular habit in relation with health.
Of course as it's mentionned in this conversation it's not always easy. -
Guillermo ALVES replied to Liz wright
Right, so many sleep disorders, I'm quite surprised.
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Ina, these short naps are part of our spanish culture and are very healthy.
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Jennifer, unfortunately this situation occurs in many hospitals in many countries.
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Hi everyone, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in fitness industry, business manager also coach trainer. Sleep is a fundamental pillar of physical and mental health, meaning deep rest. Interested in knowing more and knowing different opinions.
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Quite intersting the Jami's opinion as regards the fact that people has to be opened in their own work place, being "prepared for anything", being honest when this statment a few years ago would have been out of context during your daily job.
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Asking good questions, the only way to have good answers.
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There are some simple rules to respect from my own opinion to maitain a good communication.
First of all understanding that our nature is wise, we have two ears to hear twice as much as your mouth can speak. That means we have to listen quietly. -
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Hi Everyone, I'm Guillermo from Valencia, Spain. Working in fitness industry as business manager and also personal coach.
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Thanks for all these links-
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Not surprised at all with the results assesment, interesting questions.
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A personal choice for sure.
But would it give better results even if it were a moral obligation?
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Part of my daily life too, always interesting to listen to new ones.
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The good point with mindfulness practice is that each one has his own god or whatever to be thankful.
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@ElizabethKeogh of course it's important to find the right balance
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Yes, I sure have felt the same
It has to be a professional and beneficial habit to be graceful.
It would be a very helpful practice during this pandemic. The time has come to introduce it into our daily lives. -
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Receiving gratitude with grace has many benefits for both parts.
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as a coach I'm looking with this teach-out for the best way to help improving the mental and physical health of my clients.
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Interesting content.
So remarkable results in mental health. -
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Gratitude covers all the main pillars of health.
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The more gratitude you express the healthier you become, that's awasome.
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Gratitude towards oneself makes us fully aware of what we have, not only on a material level. I wake up, I know that I am living: I give thanks, I am aware as family members wake up that not everyone has a family.
I relativize more since we live in a world of relativity, I seek to improve my quality of life while still giving thanks for what I have.
Then... -
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Hi Everyone, thanks to the University of Michigan for this course.
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I agree with you, it occurs the same for me, there is no common thread in this course from my point of view...
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Pete B
Perfect sum up of this course!
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Guillermo ALVES replied to william Olano
I agree with you William, I think that for amateur athletes the ability to visualize more than one microcycle is often difficult. Adapting this model to have daily goals could be a solution for those beginners.
Until they reach a certain level of concentration, I think, generally, of course, that it is a waste of time for both parties. -
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My life is synonymous with goals, quantitative and qualitative, not only sports but in all areas of my life.
With a highly studied reward system for each achievement but also with certain restrictions in case of failures!Failures are traffic lights on the road, they indicate that you have to stop, stop for a moment to reflect and go back to taking a new...
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Graham Ellis
My man!
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Excess self talk can hide a lack of confidence in the athlete, of any sport or level, I think it can take him away from the desired result.
In MMA there is a lot of direct self talk to impress, as much as you tell your opponent that the fight is going to be easy, it does not mean that it will be. This is more of a game to impress, as you only have to watch... -
Guillermo ALVES replied to Graham Ellis
16 x 400 metre, hard session Graham, for sure! Good job and good strategy.
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I use it naturally but not at loud as many people expresses it.
I do interviews with myself as if I were a professional athlete, I explain my feelings and my strategy for the second km, I have been playing that game for years!
I do it in demanding workouts mainly to motivate myself.
It's as if I owed an explanation to an audience that I made up! -
Open-minded athletes would try any practice, be it physical or mental, as long as it ensures improved results.
If they don't try they won't know. -
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It is already present in many sports to have expert coaches in this type of technique.
That entails a different approach to training scheduling, which is not always shared by other more classic trainers, let's say. -
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As a NLP Practitionner this kind of technic is very used and helpfull.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Graham Ellis
@GrahamEllis thanks for sharing this experience!
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interesting week!
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Graham Ellis
Health check, monitored exercice, small and progressive increase, very important points, so agree.
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Totally agree, he should start slowly but surely, as a runner I can tell that his goal is not realistic, in 8 months he needs a plan based also in excentric motivation as a first 10kms race as you say.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Graham Ellis
Quite interesting your answer Graham, I believe also that Phoebes is probably facing a state of burn-out wich as this course says it's not the same as a trait. For sure resting and relaxing could be helpful for her.
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Guillermo ALVES replied to Lee Derrick
I agree with this approach, I don't think also that blaming helps.
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I generally recommend mindfulness exercises when someone I coach is feeling anxious, not because it's a step before a competition, far from it.
It's just that they want to give their best in training and that produces a state of anxiety that is usually really a visualization of a bad result that only exists in their minds, which logically affects them. Once... -
As a coach I agree with the definition of Motivation.
I'd like to share my one with all the students and Mentor: Motive+ action, to be motivated find the right motives that break your confort zone, these of course can be intrinsic, extrinsic or both.
I believe that in relation with sport being unmotivated is something very common and I would say also... -
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All these pointers are important, as I can observ there are the physical ones, the mental ones and the external ones as social factors.
It seems to me crucial to improve the ones each coachee can need to reach his own goals, the more they need to work on several of them the most complex it will be to integrate all the internal changes. -
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Hi, I'm a Nlp coach trainer and sports coach trainer also. I coach people with some mental limitations as anxiety and similar. Also involved in fitness industry representing a spanish manufacturer of strenght machines.
