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Letter to the editor
Fitness leader effectiveness
  1. Rob Lyon
  1. Regional fitness Manager, 16 Keighley Avenue, Kingswood Estate, Sunderland SR5 4BT, UK rob.dionne@virgin.net

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.35.5.364-b

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      Editor,—While conducting research for my Masters degree in Counselling and Guidance, I was particularly interested in the approach adopted by fitness leaders/instructors when dealing with people wishing to start exercising.

      My experience, and consequent understanding, of the typical approach used in fitness facilities is that the fitness leader adopts an “expert” role when dealing with beginners and underestimates the ambivalence felt by anyone …

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