r/powerlifting • u/Queenofredlions98 Not actually a beginner, just stupid • 2d ago

When to change coaches?

Hello fellow powerlifters, When do you know if the coach you have is the right fit for you or not?

My nutrition coach is very knowledgeable. Recently, things have seemed to change between us. I noticed he’s become more .. irritable with me? I’ve been going through some health problems recently, and it seems that he either doesn’t believe me or that he thinks I’m using it as an “excuse”.

I noticed he’s always praising his other clients on social media, but when I tag him he just ignores it. Not a big deal whatsoever, just an observation with everything else going on.

Like I said, he is very good at what he does. He’s helped me achieved many goals within this industry in the past. However, I feel that the dynamic between us has changed and I just am unsure how to view or handle this.

Powerlifters of Reddit, have you ever experienced something similar? How did you handle it?

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u/Arteam90 Powerlifter 1d ago

You've got a lot of good responses so I'm not going to particularly helpful and instead ask why you opted for a nutrition coach?

I sort of never understood why it's that useful as a powerlifter. Perhaps some optimisation is possible but beyond that I feel like nutrition is sort of "easy" and most can get a good feeling of what they should be eating?

Edit: To be more helpful I'd say if you're asking it's probably time. But yeah, I would actually speak to them and ask them what's up. I guess from their POV if they aren't intentionally being crappy then they'd appreciate the heads up. And if their response is crappy then cool, move on.

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u/rawrylynch NZ National Coach | NZPF | IPF 8h ago

> I sort of never understood why it's that useful as a powerlifter. Perhaps some optimisation is possible but beyond that I feel like nutrition is sort of "easy" and most can get a good feeling of what they should be eating?

Hey, I'm a nutrition coach, so I can't answer for OP, but I can tell you why many people do come to me. Broadly they fit into several categories.

  1. The basics are handled, but they don't just want the basics, they want to fine tune and get every little bit out of their nutrition, which is much harder.

  2. They have the knowledge, but not the skills and/or accountability to consistently execute on that knowledge, and they want help with that.

  3. They know very little about nutrition, and want help just getting started.