How does CCP Coach Sam Smith manage 100+ clients while maintaining a healthy lifestyle? Learn Sam's tips for a fulfilling (and sustainable) coaching career

All too often coaches doubt themselves, play the comparison game, and waste time overanalyzing their program designs. But coaching isn’t about knowing everything. It’s about knowing who you are and not trying to be someone else.

Apart from the challenges of not making enough money and not having the flexibility to take paid time off (last week, we sent you an email on why this doesn’t have to be the case!), another major reason coaches hit a wall and burn out is because they’re trying to do it all!

“Previously, women couldn’t even try out for something like being a Navy Seal, and when new opportunities like that opened up to women, it became obvious there wasn’t any kind of programming to accommodate female biology and female hormonal profiles,” said the 34-year-old Cruz, who lives in North Carolina.