Personal training

Today I woke up and logged on to do the last day of my online classes course. The final class talked about the physiology of personal training and what it takes to keep clients engaged and focused during their training. It also went over how to keep younger clients interested, and that was to make a game out of the training and adding in competitive stuff if they are in a group. Another way to keep the clients engaged is too have a workout buddy that can push you. Sometimes when you workout with someone else if makes you push harder in your workout. Today I also did my poster board for my final presentation and pretty much finished it just need to add some finishing touches. Tomorrow I will be heading back up to Proctor and will have all my stuff completed.  Hours: 6   

This week was a much better week, I fully knew how to do my project and what I needed to get done to be successful. The first week of working with the personal trainers was more shadowing and watching what they were doing. I consisted of taking more notes than actually getting to work with the clients. During this second week, I feel Luc the trainer I was working with gained trust in me to work with clients and really show the experience that I have with fitness. Classes this week were also different, the classes in the first week focused more on the real overview of what personal training is and not so much on how to be a personal trainer. This week's classes went over more on how to create programs for clients' specific needs and how to help a client achieve their goals. An interesting part I learned is that keeping the motivation for your client may be hard so you need to come up with ways to keep them motivated. This may be someone who is overweight or a younger client. . T

  Today I got up and decided to take practice exam instead of classes, I learned what I will need to work on for the final exam and what sections I already have down. I also researched areas where I will have to go to take the final exam because I will need to do the final exam in person. The final exam is three hours long and is 250 questions. I took the lower body anatomy lesson today and it focused on exercises for the lower body and the best way to avoid injury because the lower body is so important. Talked about how important warming is and how there are different warm ups for different age clients. For example older clients should do more stationary joint warm ups while younger clients or athletes should more riding the bike or stretching warm ups. The last class of the online program was the psychology of personal training and how to keep yourself and your clients motivated. Some examples are having a workout buddy, family workout weekend, weight watchers and fitness classes. ho

Today I worked in person with Luc who is a personal trainer at the Exeter Hospital athletic training. Today I did more stuff with the clients, like demonstrating exercises and answering some basic questions they may have. Today there was more of a range of clients, in the morning there was a Division 1 soccer player and in the afternoon there were mid to older clients. The soccer player mainly focused on agility and strength training while the older clients focused on rehabilitation or balance. I noticed that no matter their age or experience in lifting, they all did some exercises with a band. I asked why and they told me using the band helps strengthen stabilizer muscles that don’t usually get worked. I also learned about fat grip which is an attachment you can put on a barbell or kettlebell and this also helps strengthen stabilizer muscles. The highlight of the day was working with the clients and sharing some experiences that I already have and have learned from the past few weeks.

 Today's classes went over trends in exercise and personal training, it also went over the anatomy of upper body exercises. The major trends I learned today were common ones but there were some that I had never heard of before. The most popular trends in exercise are boot camps, small group training, weight loss challenges, mommy and me classes, and working with seniors and recovering cancer patients. The upper body exercise anatomy went over terms that are used when working the upper body. For example pectoral muscle, latissimus dorsi, and Bicep. It also went over different types of grips for example pronated is when the palm is facing down and supinated is when the palm is facing up. Tomorrow's classes with be focusing on lower body movements and the physiology of personal training. hours 6

Today I worked with Luc who is a personal trainer for the Exeter Hospital, I shadowed him working with groups and single sessions. Today he had me do more example of stuff with the clients so I was showing exercises and setting up stations for future use. I brought up to Luc that I wanted to open gyms when I am older and he has a lot of experience. He has opened three business in his lifetime and two of them were gyms. His other was a cycle shop which he still owns, and he was a professional biker for ten years. He gave me some really good advice, like try to start your company younger rather than older. He also said that trial and error in business is the best way to learn. He also said something funny which was, never name your company with your name. His example was never call your business like Simons gym. The highpoint was learning all the new stuff about business and that error helps create stronger business owners. Hours 5