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Get me out of the classroom and make me interact with different fitness tools, equipment and products and I learn so much better. Its one thing to be able to design a program for someone from what you know but its only once you have tried the exercise and experimented on how to make it harder or easier that you can believe in the exercise and offer it to others. Plus you become so much more creative, which is what happened today at the #aif (Australian Institute of Fitness). We were given a task to design and implement an outdoor training session. For me to be able to participate I MUST adapt and modify the exercises so I can join in. It got me thinking about the mindset of trainers and of people with limited mobility that dont go to the gym. There is no reason that anyone with an injury or a disability or even someone who is really unfit cant join a class at their local gym. It should be a simple transition. All they need is a trainer that can look outside the box, can think on their feet quickly, someone who is adaptable, patient and willing to include. It inspires me to change the mindset of trainers to a more inclusive, adaptable and accepting way of thinking. There is no excuse for someone that has limited mobility doing a boring, run of the mill program. There are so many ways to adapt and the best way Im learning that is by doing it myself.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 08:00:00 +0000

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