Jo’s Motivational Thursday – Part 1

Welcome to Motivational Thursday! Over the next few weeks I will introduce you to some of the simple concepts of human thought processes and how you can use these to help yourself and those around you.

Step 1:

It’s all about you – how do you treat yourself? 

Questions:

If you spoke to your best friend the way you speak to yourself, how long would they be your best friend?

How can you expect to achieve the things in your life that you value when you are self sabotaging through your daily self talk?

Did you know that everyone has days where they doubt their abilities? 

You can use this to your advantage to realize that you are not any different to anyone else and that your doubts and fears are normal. 

The key is to use these moments to make you stronger and determined to achieve what it is that is important to you. 

Step 2:

Identifying appropriate goals – ask yourself, ‘what are my core values?’

Keep reading over the next few weeks to determine what your true motivators are.

Goals set without connecting to your core value systems will either be unfulfilling when achieved or may never be completed as you will lose motivation before reaching the goal.

Step 3:

Setting yourself up for a successful outcome every time.

This will be a series of successful methods to help you deal with success and failure.

Step 4:

How to stay focused when life gets in the way.

The next step will focus on time management and how to prioritise your hour, day, week, month and year.

Step 5:

The last step will be how to have more fun and enjoy every moment – learning the skill of staying present and how this will reduce the stress in your life plus help you achieve the things you value and desire.

See you again next week for more on step 1.

Till then try this fun challenge:

Smile at every person you walk past – the gift you are sharing will make them feel better and costs you nothing (and the best part is it makes you feel better too!).

Bec completes her first training session!

Well….. There you have it…..  Bec has finally succumbed and completed her first personal training session with Jeff, one of our teachers here who runs his own personal training studio.  I know, it’s a bit of a shock for all involved, but it’s good to see that she is getting serious about the upcoming wedding and future lifestyle change.  I decided to have a chat with her after her session to see how things went.

Previously, Bec has not been a very active person with not much interest in participating in formal exercise.  She has been getting into a little bit of Wii Fit to increase her activity levels and start towards the ultimate goal…..  The Wedding Dress!  Now, she has set herself a realistic goal of 6 months to achieve this result and needs to ‘up the ante’ a little.  Hence the training sessions with Jeff.

Today’s session was the first. It lasted for 30 minutes and the session focused on the chest muscles.  Bec chose Jeff as her trainer due to their working relationship and also because she has heard remarkable things about his ability to assist people in achieving their results.  The exercises that they completed were: Bench Press, Flyes, Pec Deck and Vertical Chest Press.  While Bec was training, she said she felt fantastic but complained the entire session as Jeff was making her hurt.  A sign of a good training session!!! 

The interesting thing about the training session for Bec is that through all the complaining, the pain and the ‘jelly like’ feeling afterwards, she is ready, willing and able to go back and do it all again.  Well done Jeff; Bec is looking forward to her next session!

Gaining Credit For Your Previous Studies

This is an interesting fact for people that are interested in getting started in the fitness industry.  You may be eligible to gain credit for your fitness qualifications from previously completed studies.  There are a couple of ways to go about this: 

1. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for those people that not yet working in the industry, OR
2. Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) for those people that have completed previous studies or are currently working in the industry and are needing to update their qualifications for registration.

Both RPL and RCC are great ways for interested people to increase their skill and knowledge sets and are both based on your worth within the industry.  The process for both is the same and a qualified staff member from Online Fitness will certainly be able to guide you through the steps required for you to start the upskilling process.

What we require from your side of things, is a copy of all of your education that you feel is relevant to your case.  Ideally we require a course outline to enable us to credit map this efficiently.  Also, have a think about any work experience that may lend itself to the process and provide that as well along with any exercise programs, health screens, strength and conditioning programs, stretch routines, anything at all that will show us your level of understanding of the theory behind the fitness industry.

This may be a good way for you to see what you’re worth within the fitness industry!

What to look for in a Personal Trainer?

Having worked in the fitness industry for the previous 10 years and with my current role as Careers Advisor for Online Fitness, I often get asked by people – What should I look for in a Personal Trainer?  After doing a quick survey around the office, we have come up with the top 3 aspects to look for when thinking of working with a Personal Trainer.

1. Qualifications- always check to see that your trainer has the appropriate qualifications, registration and insurance to be training you.  This will give you the peace of mind you need to focus on your training and achieve your results.  Ask around at a few gyms/studios to find out which Training Providers are being recommended and which ones to avoid.  You will always find Online Fitness being recommended.
2. Experience- what sort of experience does your trainer have?  Ideally you should be looking for the experience that your trainer has had working with clients that have had similar goals to yourself as you are the one wanting to achieve the results.  What sort of life experience have they had? You’ll be spending a fair amount of time with them!  If you have any physical or medical issues that limit your training, make certain that your trainer has had experience working with these issues.
3. Personality- make certain that you are comfortable with your trainer.  You will be sharing personal and sensitive information with your trainer so the need for comfortability is paramount.  Also, you need to enjoy training with them and look forward to spending time with them.  It’s easier to do this with someone you like.

There are plenty of other aspects to look at when finding a Personal Trainer such as client results, nutrition advice, their ability to look the part, training specialisations and the list can go on.  Essentially what it comes down to is what is it that you are looking for?  Make sure you have this set in your mind before you start your Personal Training journey.  Begin with the end in mind.

Feedback for our course please

Our sample Online course has gone live and we are excited about gaining some feedback from people interested in having a look at a unique and exciting way of learning health and fitness theory.  Go to www.onfit.com.au and follow the links to our sample course.  Once you’ve had a play around and gone through both sample courses, jump back here and complete the poll for us.  We’ll really enjoy hearing your thoughts on the course.

Stumbled across something…..

Was surfing the net, as you do, and stumbled across a really fantastic article about a 10 minute waistline workout.  It’s short, sweet and to the point with great technical cues.  Have a read of that article and any others that may interest you at http://www.fitforlifeonline.com.au/menshealthandfitness.html

What’s It All About?

Online Fitness specialises in providing Personal Trainers who are trained properly and industry ready.  We are able to achieve this through our Certificate III and Certificate IV in Fitness. 

To maintain the high standard of course information and materials which Online Fitness is synonymous with, we are constantly updating our information to keep in accordance with the Fitness Industry Code of Conduct.

Through constant feedback and educationally monitoring, we are able to provide all our students with the latest and current information on such aspects as Sport and Recreation Law, Special Populations, Exercise Science, Gym Instruction and Exercise for Older Adults to name a few modules.

One of the most changing disciplines is Exercise Science; we here at Online Fitness pride ourselves on keeping up with the trends.

Contact one of our Online Fitness Careers Advisors today on 1300 557 637 to discuss more aspects of the Certificates and how to enroll.