Talking during workouts
TL;DR: A client consistently talks throughout their workouts, even while performing reps. Even though they still maintain proper form and are progressing in strength, is this something that should be addressed/corrected?
Hello all - I am pretty new to personal training and wanted to get some input on a situation with one of the clients that I've been working with. This client has been making consistent progress in their strength and we have a good relationship, however they are very chatty and will talk through the reps - like as they are doing the exercise/lift. Other clients of mine might talk while performing the lift, but typically this would be to finish a thought/conversation we were having during the rest or to ask a question. With this specific client, it's not uncommon for them to speak throughout the duration of the set (sometimes 15 reps).
My first thought would be that the resistance is not challenging enough, but I'm hesitant to increase the weight too quickly as they are relatively new to lifting and have had some minor injuries in the past that I don't want to risk re-aggravating.
So instead, I figured I'd work on doing a better job of refocusing them back to the task at hand. Something like "let's hold that thought for a moment" or "try to focus on the squeeze/[target muscle] on this one" to gently redirect their attention to the lift.
Here is what I'm curious to know:
As mentioned, this client has been making good progress since we've started working together and even when they do talk during the set, they don't have any breakdown in their form and report "feeling the burn" in the target muscles. I've received very positive feedback from the client regarding our sessions and we've built a solid rapport with one another. I obviously want to keep clients happy and enthusiastic about coming to train, so as long as we're seeing progress each week is this chatty-ness something that I need to be concerned with?
Would love to hear get some additional input/experience with something like this.