Swain

Name: Jessica Swain

Guiding Question: Would I like to be a personal trainer at some point in my life?

(optional) Use this space to list possible activities, tasks, experiences. Remember everything you do should help you answer your Guiding Question.

(Required) This plan is a “best guess” as to what you and your mentor think you will be doing. It is not meant to be a hard and fast schedule for your Exploration. The plan should illustrate how you intend to complete a minimum of 80 hours.


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 * = 5/9-5/27 ||= YMCA ||= 50 ||
 * = 5/9-5/27 ||= home/planing ||= 20 ||
 * = 5/18-5/27 ||= Actually Training ||= 15 ||
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//** Journal # 1: May 18 **// =As my exploration has been coming to an end I keep learning more and more workout plans. I never expected a personal trainer would have to research so many different workout plans in order to make sure each client of theirs is satisfied. For example we have a heavier woman who works out and John writes down every weight she is at and makes sure to push her more than his other clients in order to make sure she has maximum progress. Since I have been personally training some of the women at the school I know that when I am researching their workout plans I want them to get the best results they can possibly get so it literally took me two hours to piece together a workout plan for them the other night. On top of the workout plans you have to research the diets etc. to make sure not only are they working out but they have to be eating healthy as well.= Journal #3:June 1
 * So the first week was a little odd because I was simply trying to figure out how everything worked and my timing and such. However, by the end of the week I found it really easy. I go into the Y for a couple hours a day and then around 7pm I go and I train some of the women that work in the main office. At the Y, it was not truly what I expected, I don't really do THAT much hands on work but it passes the time. The training sessions at night are fun and easy and they help me develop skills for personal training. **
 * // Journal #2: May 30 //**

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During the last week I was able to develop more of any understanding for the personal training job. If I wished to pursue this as any type of career I would need to learn a lot more. For example one of my clients needed to know how to stretch a certain muscle/ wanted to know what the muscle was called that was hurting her and I had absolutely no idea. For this to be a successful job I believe I would need to know a lot more about the anatomy as well as athletic training techniques. Overall this has been a very good experience that I may be interested in doing as I get older. One thing I would also like to note is that as a personal trainer you need to know a lot more than just simply how to work out. There are many factors to this job. ======

6/6/11 POL successfully completed. Mentors evaluation has been requested will be delivered later this week. Thank you written and will be delivered by Jess. R. Bernard