Lift, Train, Fitness
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Because mums cancer started in the bowel, I have to have a colonoscopy every 2-3 years (Instructions from mums oncologist), the screening check is not adequate. Mums cancer was not picked up until she had a slight anomaly on a liver function test. I have other relatives who have also died from bowel cancer. When they go in they are not only looking for cancer but polyps which have the potential to become cancerous, If they find polyps they burn them off during the procedure.
When my brother turns 40 he will also have to have them done on the same schedule.
I am sure the test kit they send out when you turn 50 saves some lives but waiting till 50 and doing an unreliable test may just be too late.
We fly to Canberra on Saturday, then hubby and my son will drive my sons new car home with bub in the back. I have not booked a flight home yet.
Feeling in a bit of a rut, messed up emotions from my trip to see mum.
considering returning to study to do a degree in sports and exercise science. I have qualification that are all over the place, assorted sport and exercise certifications, sports medicine qualifications but also diploma of E-business, programming and my first one Electronic engineering (Designing computer circuit boards).
considering returning to study to do a degree in sports and exercise science. I have qualification that are all over the place, assorted sport and exercise certifications, sports medicine qualifications but also diploma of E-business, programming and my first one Electronic engineering (Designing computer circuit boards).
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Tru, you are amazing! I can only dream of doing what you do. I must admit to feeling really disappointed when I was told I shouldn't lift anything heavy again. AGAIN! EVER! By a Cardiologist.....I have always been strong- not in your league, but something I was proud of.......you, however, are AMAZING!
Viv
Tru, you are amazing! I can only dream of doing what you do. I must admit to feeling really disappointed when I was told I shouldn't lift anything heavy again. AGAIN! EVER! By a Cardiologist.....I have always been strong- not in your league, but something I was proud of.......you, however, are AMAZING!
Viv
Was looking more closely at the university courses, and talking to hubby, I am looking at doing the diploma of sport and fitness at the uni including 2 nutrition subjects, this can be done in 1 year full time but I will do it as part time study, when completed it will take a year off the sports and exercise science degree.
no matter my experience and certifications, it is not the same as uni qualification in the subject for differentiating yourself from other trainers. fitness trainers are a dime a dozen so to speak with a lot of them seemingly getting their certification out of a cereal box and it show with the lack of trust the public put into personal trainers. It is hard to overcome the mistrust in the fitness industry and to get good coaching clients without the higher level training.
at the same time hubby is looking at doing a teaching degree to supplement his science qualification to move from doing pure lab work at the school where he work to teaching.
no matter my experience and certifications, it is not the same as uni qualification in the subject for differentiating yourself from other trainers. fitness trainers are a dime a dozen so to speak with a lot of them seemingly getting their certification out of a cereal box and it show with the lack of trust the public put into personal trainers. It is hard to overcome the mistrust in the fitness industry and to get good coaching clients without the higher level training.
at the same time hubby is looking at doing a teaching degree to supplement his science qualification to move from doing pure lab work at the school where he work to teaching.
There are SO MANY awful personal trainers out there. People pay a lot of money and get... less than nothing, because with nothing they may at least have been uncertain/careful enough to not harm themselves.
yes and because of this it is harder for good trainers, I also have the problem of being female. I have lost count of the times people (not just men) have asked at the gym about powerlifting coaching but when the office tell them who I am the next question is "do you have a male coach? and where in town would I find a male coach ?". I am the only qualified powerlifting coach in the area.
one example of a poor quality trainer is a young bloke the gym hired as the best of a bad pick, he is well known to me as he is the same age as one of my sons. when asked what he disliked about his personal trainer course in his interview told the gym owner "having to learn stuff I know, like hypertrophy" when asked a few basic questions he actually had no idea, bear in mind he was the best of the bunch. The gym will not let him near the gym floor, all he is used for is group exercise classes under supervision and he is not even allowed to write programs for group classes but these types of trainers are all over the place working for themselves and doing all sorts of harm.
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Cate
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This makes me angry. Do you think the world will ever really change? Why don't they know how lucky they are?
This is soo true, and you see it all the time online the uneducated telling people to only use personal trainers who have "the look" and not to choose one who may not be perfect in appearance. getting older takes away that perfect look but gives us far more experience. the person with the most perfect physique often has no idea how to teach others or even why they look the way they do.
What gets me is that it is not just men but the ladies as well. I can sort of understand men being worried about a woman's ability to spot the heavy weights (should not be a concern but it is) even as a woman I will have 3 spotters on a max lift, but this is rare in training.
Today I have to get my sons car in to have the brakes done so rego can be changed over to QLD plates, so need to walk to the gym from the mechanics.
Starting on a new bench program today, will be tough as there will be planned sets to failure, good thing the ladies in the office (all trainers) can spot. There are no male trainers in the gym except for the poor young one,
Cate
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& that is really disappointing!
Training went well, car all ready for change of rego
could have shot hubby yesterday, at the kiddies park with bub, she was trying to work out how to climb a ramp wall with a climbing rope, hubby would not demo so I did, the bugger took a photo from the most unflattering of angles and posted it to Facebook.
at least I have the upper body strength to lift my own weight on a climbing rope lol
could have shot hubby yesterday, at the kiddies park with bub, she was trying to work out how to climb a ramp wall with a climbing rope, hubby would not demo so I did, the bugger took a photo from the most unflattering of angles and posted it to Facebook.
at least I have the upper body strength to lift my own weight on a climbing rope lol
Ooo, that's just nasty! I'm often saddened by how few parents join in when at the playground. First: it's fun, why sit it out? Unless it's crowded and you'd get in the way of course. Second, as with food: how are kids going to believe it's a good thing if you don't want it?
revenge is a dish best served cold, I will get him back eventually lol (all in good fun of course)
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Get even, Tru
I was typing the above when you posted. Your husband is a cheeky bugger!
A few years ago he seriously embarrassed our eldest son, he was dressed as wally (waldo) for a party and went into maccas with our son, of course there was a mix of students and my sons friends working there, son was so embarrassed by his dad he never went to that fast food place ever again lol