Young

Name: Jermaine Young

Guiding Question: Can I withstand the rigors of a pro-style off-season without a coaches guidance?

(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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 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Observe John Train, Clean Machines, Work out ||=   ||=   ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Observe John Train, Clean Machines,Work out ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Observe John Train, Clean Machines,Work out ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Observe John Train, Clean Machines,Work out ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Observe John Train, Clean Machines,Work out ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Observe John Train, Clean Machines,Work out ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Workout, Clean Machines, Assist Training ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Workout, Clean Machines, Assist Training ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Workout, Clean Machines, Assist Training ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Workout, Clean Machines, Assist Training ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Workout, Clean Machines, Assist Training ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/Workout, Clean Machines, Assist Training ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Train John students, Workout ||= 5 ||
 * =  ||= Central YMCA/ Train John students, Workout ||= 5 ||
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Journal:
 * Journal 1**

My plan of action with my trainer has gone basically as planned. With my trainer things are very consistent and structured so the timing has not needed much changing from the initial plan. Through the first week we spent roughly 15 hours Monday-Friday. This time includes observation, workouts, and cleaning of various machines and weights.

I also had an event with my nutritionist during Wilmington Day. The five hours I spent here were filled with hands on work which was much unexpected. Along with Emma Pohl, I learned some basic nutritional information as well as prevention techniques for heart disease and diabetes. We distributed flyers and pamphlets, and for the last hour or so were left alone to run the stand that we had been working at the duration of the day.

There isn’t much progress to answering my guiding question seeing as I am only 1 week in. I haven’t had much difficulty thus far besides the early hours required by trainer John Wallace. I’ll have a better idea in the coming weeks. The discussions with Isaac, the nutritionist were informative. We didn’t much get into the ins and outs of his profession but during the workday with him we came across many people who were not pleased to be informed about their weights. He explained to us the normalcy of this and it seemed odd but was very understandable seeing as it is a personal subject with overweight people. John explained more the simplicity of his work. There is a time for observation, training, workout, and cleaning. If these objectives are met then the job works well. I have more concerns going into more with nutrition than personal training, however none are glaring thus far.


 * Journal 2**

Week two came into a slip-up when Isaac cancelled the Zumba class that Emma and I intended to take. This took away from time that planned for this portion of my exploration. Also, there was no meeting because of the cancellation so I have no notes for week 2 (the meeting is planned to be rescheduled).

Personal training went smoothly as expected regarding timing and I was able to obtain another 15 hours. The earlier hours have become very taxing as we have had workouts as early as 4 am. This brings me closer to answering my initial question of whether or not I could undergo an NFL style off-season. New difficulties with time constraints and amount of work that goes into the trainings have shown themselves, as well as the extremely early hours.

I am still enjoying my experience because the intense work is well worth the results that have been showing themselves. I can appreciate hard work when I reap the benefits of it. My only concerns now are making up the time with Isaac and keeping up with the workout regimen from John.

In the last week I was again not able to meet with Isaac the nutritionist, luckily I did not need his meeting to complete my exploration hours, nor was this the main focus of my project. Still much was learned in the first meeting with him as well as the emails and calls back and forth.
 * Journal 3**

John stayed consistent with the early and brutal hours, but week three went by smoothly as the workouts became habitual while still helpful. It is safe to say that I will be able to continue the pattern of regimen that he has laid out for thed remainder of the summer until training camp.