This weekend I’ll be taking 24 of my student personal trainers and instructors (ranging in age from 18-23) to Virginia Tech for the annual Southeast Collegiate Fitness Expo, a conference for student instructors/trainers. I love this weekend each February and look forward to it each year. It’s a great way to connect as a team (thanks to those instructors/trainers staying behind to run our programs) and be inspired by the passion my students have toward fitness and changing population health. This weekend always entails staying up a little too late, doing something crazy (like pulling off the road to take pictures with funny road signs or in the past South of the Border) and falling in love with my career all over again!
I’m sure that you’ve seen the images circulating about on Facebook revolving around the perceptions of many different careers, below are those of a personal trainer and student affairs professional. Contrary to what many think, I do more than pass out basketballs for money (although I wish that I did), much of what I do is routed in leadership theory and learning outcomes. But mostly what I hope to do is inspire my students half as much as my mentors inspired me.
Cheers to your weekend of fun and if you have nothing fun planned- get up, get out, and get moving!
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