Monday, February 11, 2013

Ketchup 1: Shadowing

I have quite a few blog thoughts to catch up on, but instead of having one massive blob of blog I wanted to break it up; at least this one.

Last week I officially was granted the Personal Training position at Bloomington North, so I started to do some shadowing with the other fitness professionals.  Since I do not have specific Personal Training experience (other than the numerous experiences of being on the receiving side, and my experiences in the Health & Wellness field), I sought out the opportunity to shadow basically as a brief internship.  I began this experience also to start preparing myself for my new schedule and getting up at 5:00am.

The first morning was amazing.  Instantly I fell in love with this profession, and pretty much had perma grin all day.  I was asked what demogaphic I thought I would work most with; and I honestly don't know, time will tell.  I enjoyed working along side all of the clients this week.  Ranging from those in Boot Camp, to assisting an incredible older gentleman rehabilitate from a total knee replacement (something I have a lot of experience with "thanks to" my mom's numerous knee surguries), to observing a myHealth score and other metabolic assessments.  I love it all.

I am so excited to get going on my onboarding week, once I kick this sinus infection and chest cold!  Before Personal Trainers are let loose to change lives at Life Time, it is required that you attend a week long certification program.  That will start next week, and I'm oh so anxious!

Again, stay tuned for more on my journey!

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