Markos, not sure if I mentioned it, but one day DC came in and was working out on his own, I boasted about him a bit to another trainer.
She said, "Steroids?"
"No, just milk."
"It has to be steroids, those sorts of gains are impossible without them. I've never seen it."
I was pissed off now, so I said, "So in other words you've never got those sorts of results with your clients?"
I don't think I made a friend there. Point is, as you say eating better and lifting more is so rare and unusual that when people do it they get results other people think can only happen with magic or drugs or something.
As for telling his mates, he already dragged his dad in for a session, dad came for his own session afterwards, he hasn't signed up but has gone to the gym and worked out regularly since. Another guy working out has been watching and asked me about training him. This is not really a good time of year to get people signing up, though, have to wait for the Resolutioners in the second week of January.
I still have around 15 clients at the gyms so I am doing alright. Of course the sessions will drop off around Christmas/New Year, and some people won't come back, but others will come. Once I have 15-20 regular clients at one workplace I can just work there, going between the two workplaces is doing my head in.