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At the end of it all I will be a registered sport and exercise scientist as a member of ESSA. ESSA is also the governing body for Exercise Physiologists. There is a big crossover with the 2 degrees, mine has a more performance-based focus rather than clinical.
I currently hold Student membership of ESSA which is only open to those studying qualified degrees.
So unlike the term personal trainer which is an unprotected term that anybody can call themselves, registered sport and exercise scientist is protected and you most definitely need to be qualified.
In the same way, Nutritionist is not protected, every man and his dog can call themselves nutritionists but only highly qualified people can be registered dietitians.
We were shown a few charts from studies yesterday showing most people claiming to be nutritionists have less than 10 hours of study in the topic, this nutrition uni subject we are expected to be putting in 12 hours a week or roughly 156 hours over the semester. The tutor has a nutrition PhD and won't advise people with eating disorders because she doesn't know enough about that area and refers out. The graph showing the types of nutrition advice commonly given by personal trainers was horrifyingly out of scope. Also the study comparing nutritional knowledge across various certified fitness professionals to dietitians and the general public indicated that most fitness professionals do not have any more nutrition knowledge than the general public and about half that of a dietitian.
It makes fitness and weightloss a minefield for desperate people to venture into.
I just got little miss signed up for another 6 weeks of Hockey, she loved it at the start of the year but does not yet have the skills to be signed up for propper games yet so will do the introductory program again. A lefty plaing a sport right handed take a bit more dedication but when she gets older she will have a better chance of mastering skills where the ball on her left and needs to reverse stick.
Tax return time, I am the proud owner of a new Hockey stick. I will be able to practice better with little miss now, it is a long time since I actually played hockey and I am a bit out of date with the rules but with a stick of my own she can practice more than dribbling the ball around an obstacle course. I may still need to get shin pads as I don't know how wild she will get going for ball here at home but during the introductory 6 weeks at the start of the year she had no fear getting in with the stick to tackle.
Shin pads sound like a very good idea! I miss hockey 
I loved being a goalie.
Hockey went well practiced with little miss beforehand. She looks so serious in the video I took but in a mini game afterwards her competitive streak was on full display lol they rearanged the teams to stop the group she was in from dominating.
While this was all hapening hubby was calling roadside assist for his car which blew a head gasket while driving up the coast to attend a fire training course
While this was all hapening hubby was calling roadside assist for his car which blew a head gasket while driving up the coast to attend a fire training course
Ouch on the car issues but I'm not AT ALL surprised Little Miss is impressive in sports
The hard part is that she wants to play ALL the sports lol she had a notice about baseball come home from school that she wants to play as well as wanting to play football (Soccer) and Cricket and football (Rugby) and Squash with her dad etc. we have all of the sports gear here at home because her eldest brothers cricket gear is in the shed from when he was little, as is all the baseball gear including catchers equipment as D played catcher in baseball, all of her brothers played all forms of football. The problem is all the sports are on at the same time.
Tonight she told me that one day we would be able to watch her on TV playing hockey. This is one little girl that does not lack confidence.
Absolutely, there is a lot of pressure to specialise, but it is not good when done way too young. Some of Australia's best sportswoman excel at multiple sports even crossing over at the elite level and example of this is tennis No 1 at retirement Ash Barty who was an amazing cricket player.
Learning a wide range of skills is a benefit in the long run with far less chance of picking up major injuries and imbalances from early specialisation.
Last week we had a mid year parent teacher meeting where she was described as being a free spirit with a very strong sense of self.
Having just come back from shopping down the coast, I managed to get a new pair of shorts from the mens section of the sports store, ladies shorts are just not made to do a full range of movement in unless they are leggings (yuk). I was also able to get a new toy, a cable bar to open up a few more rehab prehab exercises but to also use with bands to mimic traditional barbell exercises. It unscrews to be easiliy portable for mobile clients.
I also have ordered a copy of Dr McGills book on the lower back, looking at injury prevention and rehab. It has been on my wish list for a while and it was discounted by $50 in the online bookstore. Reading his research papers and covering a lot of his research at uni I see the rather high price tag as an investment. Especially as it also comes with a LOT of online content including videos.
I find it hard to empathise with people that have back pain having never experienced it,
Face to face uni day today, spent a lot of time in nutrition class using 6 different formula to calculate RMR and TEE based on data from a Bodpod output. followed by learning how motor units inhibit movement to prevent injury. Also looked at postactivation potentiation and postactivation performance enhancement.
Cate
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I had never thought about this, but that is maybe why I didn't sustain any injuries at school from sport.
I love this!
Men's clothes & shoes are just so much more practical
You are so fortunate. It is debilitating as you get no respite. I used to "put my back out" , lifting cartons of beer (usually long necks) out of our cool room back when we had a pub. It was always when I was in a hurry, leaving the bar unattended. There was always stuff stacked in the middle of the floor as well. Bending over, twisting & lifting- such a great big no no.
I think you will love nutrition class, by the sounds of it.
I just got a whole ton of data into excel to calculate estimated Total Energy Expenditure using a variety of different formula as well as the Australian health guidelines method (educator guide)
The spreadsheet is not exactly pretty but is functional. if there is an interest I will zip it up and post it here as a draft because I am sure I will want to add more calculations to it as the semester continues.
The spreadsheet is not exactly pretty but is functional. if there is an interest I will zip it up and post it here as a draft because I am sure I will want to add more calculations to it as the semester continues.
For the nutrition class we were told we could use a spreadsheet for calculating answers but we had to make our own so that is what I have done.
Some calculations are just formulae but the Australian health guideline section has a lot of table lookups in it so that rather than digging around the guide to pull the info from a heap of charts the spreadsheed does it for me based on a couple of drop down selection boxes. I don't do a lot of XLOOKUP or INDEX commands usually so it did take a bit longer than I expected to get it done.
All within Government guidelines as per scope of practice.
Some calculations are just formulae but the Australian health guideline section has a lot of table lookups in it so that rather than digging around the guide to pull the info from a heap of charts the spreadsheed does it for me based on a couple of drop down selection boxes. I don't do a lot of XLOOKUP or INDEX commands usually so it did take a bit longer than I expected to get it done.
All within Government guidelines as per scope of practice.
things are still a bit up in the air as far as the car is concerned repair cost for replacing the engine is too high but hubby is considering doing a salary sacrifice lease through work to get a new electric car as there are a lot of government subsidies for government employees to go electric.