Coaching practices for Rpe Coaching Communication

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• When I tell my coach a session "felt hard" they can’t tell if it was the weight or just me being tired, and we keep talking past each other
• When I replay my coaching conversations I’m talking way more than the other person
• I give my team a sharp, accurate read on what’s going wrong and exactly how to fix it, and they nod and walk away
• I only ever coach in the rare formal sit-down and then default to firing off answers in every quick hallway exchange
• I start each coaching conversation from scratch and never circle back to what the person said they’d do last time

Practices that may help

1. Use RPE as a communication language with coaches and training partners
   A shared RPE vocabulary turns subjective experience into objective programming data that a coach can act on.
   The RPE Scale
2. Maintain a high question-to-statement ratio throughout GROW
   Ask questions far more often than you offer statements — the coachee’s thinking is the product.
   The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
3. Raise awareness and build responsibility simultaneously
   Help the person see their situation more clearly while also connecting them to their ownership of it.
   The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
4. The RPE Scale
   The Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale translates subjective exercise intensity into a standardized number that correlates reliably with heart rate, lactate, and VO2. Using RPE alongside or instead of heart rate lets you autoregulate training load based on how you actually feel — accounting for fatigue, stress, sleep, and illness that devices cannot detect. The scale’s validity is well established in exercise science.
5. Use GROW in brief leadership conversations, not just formal coaching sessions
   Apply GROW structure to 5-minute hallway conversations and 1-on-1 check-ins — not only to hour-long coaching sessions.
   The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
6. Close the GROW loop with session review
   At the start of the next session, review what was committed and what actually happened before setting a new goal.
   The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
7. Powerful open questions at every stage
   Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
   The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
8. Obstacle anticipation before close
   Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
   The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
9. Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical
   Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method reframes planning around three questions: What do I want (Result), Why do I want it (Purpose), and What’s the most efficient path (Massive Action Plan). The "why before how" sequence is consistent with motivational research on purpose and implementation intentions. RPM is a practitioner framework rather than a formally studied protocol.
10. Rewrite internal-focus coaching cues as external-focus equivalents
    Audit your coaching language and convert body-focused instructions to effect-focused ones.
    External Focus of Attention, Made Practical

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