Lift Free And Diet Hard with Andrew Coates EP #116 Dr. Trevor Kashey: Skill Acquisition
Mar 15, 2023
Dr. Trevor Kashey discusses focusing on high value efforts in fitness, navigating the industry, tribal behavior, reevaluating weight loss systems, expertise misconceptions, and importance of skill acquisition in coaching for lasting lifestyle changes.
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Approval Isn't Efficacy
- Audience approval often becomes a proxy for efficacy when you lack objective outcome measures.
- That incentive structure steers creators toward pleasing audiences rather than solving problems.
Utility Versus Technical Validity
- Speaking to broad audiences forces simplification that can sacrifice precision but increase utility.
- Evidence-based debate often targets mechanism labels, not whether an approach actually helps people.
Begin With Their Actual Problem
- Start coaching by asking the client what problem they actually want to solve.
- Use Socratic questioning to reveal true goals and mismatches between stated desires and underlying problems.