senior project day 6

 Today was the start of the senior project's second week and it started with resuming my classes. The classes today covered nutrition and how to eat certain foods to reach goals, whether building muscle or trying to lose weight. The second class focused on the business aspect and legal issues that may be faced in personal training. Today I also talked to my gym owner, a twenty-three-year-old kid who started his own gym. He told me about the business behind owning a gym and the prices it cost to keep it running. He opened his gym two years ago and he told me he spent well over $700,000 to open it. He plans to open more and it is something that I could see myself doing as well in the future. Getting experience working with the trainers and talking to a business owner will prepare greatly for when I start to come up with ideas for my future in the fitness industry.

Hours:4.5

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

senior day 7

Image
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
Read more

Senior project day 1

Image
Today was the senior project's first day, and I set up my account to get my personal training certificate. The program I will be using is called Action and they are a personal training course that a personal trainer friend of mine recommended. I plan to take online courses every day, there are fourteen each being around an hour and a half. I also met with my mentor Matt today, who is a certified trainer that works with the Exeter hospital. We met to talk over a plan and come up with some ideas that he felt would be beneficial for me to know. I plan on shadowing him during sessions, learning about on boarding with new clients, and the business aspect of personal training. The training course will take me longer than the two and half weeks I have but it will get completed. Hours completed 5.5
Read more

1st week reflection

 This week was a very full week and had a lot of new experiences and learned a lot. I got through many classes and was able to take some practice tests which will help me understand what I will need to work on for when I take the final exam for my verification. The first week of classes mainly focused on anatomy and physiology and getting to understand the body. This involves learning terms used in the personal training field. Also understanding injuries and how to avoid them when working with clients. Next week is more about setting up a routine and getting the client to meet their goal and get better. Working with the personal trainers in Hampton was a really cool experience and I was able to learn a lot and see what it’s like to work directly with clients. I also saw how onboarding works when they get a new client and what they have to do to asses a client and create a program for their specific needs. The high point of the week was working with them and really getting to ask the qu
Read more