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Hi All,
Just when you thought Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness could not possibly fit any more into his day, he has gone ahead and proved you wrong. He has just launched the awesome undergroundwellness.tv, a on-line TV channel dedicated to what Sean does best, wellness, nutrition and fitness!
Well worth having a look! It debuts on March 15th!
Here is a clip from one of his shows
Look out for a review of the site in the next few weeks!
TOM
Manchester shine is a night walk event held annually in Manchester in aid of Cancer Research UK. This event has got bigger and bigger over the years and now has many dedicated followers.
The great thing about Shine is that is open to all, so get your walking shoes on and join in. You can choose to do the full on 26 mile walk or the 13 mile walk in and around Manchester city centre. If you would like to see the full route have a look at this map.
For more information have a look at yourshine.org
Foresight Personal Training Manchester, will be doing a series of Q+A for those involved in Manchester Shine 2010. Look out for the link!
To enter and support this great event all you need to do is click here.
This is a great, fun, but challenging event. Why not join in and help Cancer Research UK raise some much needed cash!
TOM
On Friday myself and Mark Bowness of dontbythismanapint.com fame appeared on Channel M last Friday. It was a great experience, we got the opportunity to talk about Mark’s exciting challenge to give up alcohol for twelve months and embark on a period of self improvement. He will use this time to improve both body and mind.
So on Friday we went down to the Channel M studio at Urbis to talk about the project.
Here’s the You Tube clip of the news segment.
While Mark is doing all this he is also trying to raise awareness of the SOS Children’s Village charity, a great cause and one well worth supporting.
Mark’s story is truly inspirational and if you would like to follow in his footsteps give us a call and see how we can help you make positive changes in your life to help you live a happier, healthier and longer life.
Look out for regular updates on here and dontbuythismanapint.com.
Tom
Hi All,
Just came across this video from Coach Brett Klika from FitnessQuest10 in San Diego. It outlines the basic motor skills that need to be developed before starting to squat, bench press, or train using many of the olympic style lifts.
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What do you think? Please do comment!
TOM
Hi All,
I hope that you all had a great New Year and that you are motivated to ACIHVE your goals this year. It is vital that you have clearly defined goals, and a rout plan to achieving them, doing these two things will greatly increase your potential for getting RESULTS!
To help you with this I will re-post my article on goal setting later today, if you have any questions about goal setting and how you can use it effectively in every part of your life please do get in contact.
I hope that this year brings you all you wish and that it is a step on the road to a happier, healthier and longer life.
Tom and the Foresight Personal Training Team
Hi All,
After qualifying I did the usual and worked part time for a number of gyms in Manchester and Cheshire in a range of positions from Personal Trainer, to Gym Manager. At this time I also decided that it was probably a good move to go to uni too, as I loved Personal Training so much I was sure it could not last as a career, who ever has a job they love? How wrong could I have been?
I decided as a back up to do a BA (Hons) Business Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, the course was aimed at those who wished to start and run their own businesses. This course seemed an idea complement to my Personal Training. The course was great fun, and once again I landed on my feet and had some great tutors who never minded me molding questions to make them more relevant to the fitness industry. The course helped me to realise exactly how much business knowledge and skill you need to run a successful company. This course has been a constant help to me over the years, and has more than paid for itself.
While studying I continued working at a gym and also started seeing a few private clients, this helped me to keep my hand in with all the fitness stuff. I found that my degree actually helped me a great deal in how I dealt with and managed the relationships with my Personal Training clients. With me covering areas such as marketing, accountancy, operations, etc… I was able to build up a great business plan for how to take my business to the next level, and then more to the point make it work!
Slowly over the years the business grew and I gained more and more clients, within a year of leaving university freelance personal training was my full time job. I was able to then use the business skill gained at university, coupled with my practical skills to launch the business, and gain a number of clients very quickly.
I established Foresight Fitness Services formally and looked at ways that I could make my services open to a wider segment of the community. I set out with the goal that Foresight Personal Training should look to offer a leading range and quality of personal wellbeing services at an affordable price. But will leave it there before this turns into a sales pitch! IF you would like to see more about what we offer and info about how we work, have a look at the website. All you would liek to know is on there and if you have any questions do please just drop us a line!
Since qualifying from the Premier Diploma I have ensured that I continue with improving my knowledge base and I have added qualifications to my list from NCF, Premier, and YMCA. I feel that this is vital to being a successful personal trainer, in this industry ideas, theories and methods of best practice are constantly changing, and it is vital that you stay ahead of the game. Also it would be impossible to know it all so by constantly adding to your knowledge base you can become the best possible trainer you can be!
I am also always looking for new ways to take my wellbeing message to new audenaces, all in all I love the industry I am in and feel that I am here to help as may people as possible to live a happier, healthier and longer life.
Tom
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Hi All,
I thought I would start off by telling you a little about myself and my background in the world of health, fitness, nutrition and personal training.
I started off in the fitness industry working at the Galleon Leisure Club in Didsbury, at the young age of 17. I had only had a very low level gym qualification, but it gave me the basics. I started off as a gym junior, basically doing all the cleaning jobs/keeping the place ticking over and helping out with members questions. This involved alot of cleaning and sweaty towels. This experience made me really appreciate what a great place a gym is, I really enjoyed the atmosphere and had the opportunity to work with some great people.
After a month I knew this was what I wanted to do with my life, I decided to attend the BAWLA Instructors course, and once I had passed this I was made a Fitness Instructor. I loved it, I got to do so much more than wiping down the machines and filling the water cooler!! I was finally let loose on the members, designing very basic programs, doing inductions and still my share of the cleaning! Again working more closely with the members allowed me to meet some great people and help them in my small way to achieve their personal wellbeing goals. These small improvements that I helped clients to make is where I got my first exposure to what great personal rewards being a personal trainer can give you.
Even though looking back I now see how little I actually knew, but it gave me that grounding in knowing how gyms worked and how to work as part of the fitness team. After a six months or so, and a shock to myself in that I had found a job that actually enjoyed, I got into a conversation with one of the personal trainers about what it took to become a PT. He recommended that I look at the Premier Diploma in Personal Training and Sports Therapy as a good course to aim towards, and after a bit of research I did just that.This would allow me to start working as a personal trainer and give me a very strong foundation in the theory and practice of sports science.
These course was not cheap and cost in the region of £3,000 for the full time course, so I had my goal, I just had to raise the money. So I just worked and worked, I took all the shifts I could and saved up for the course and a bit extra to see me though.This involve living on a very tight budget, but looking back now it was well worth it.
As soon as I had the money I booked on the course, and I was on my way to my dream of becoming a personal trainer!
The diploma was again another of my great experiences in this industry, I was with a great group of people and I could not have asked for a better tutor. Who if anyone is interested in becoming a persona trainer, still teaches the course based in Manchester. The course was grueling, early starts and late finishes (two busses and a hour walk each way!) and most nights I got home and felt like my head was going to explode from all the information Doug had crammed into my brain. But again after a lot of hard work I managed to graduate, I had finally achieved what I wanted so badly. To be a qualified Personal Trainer! In a later blog I am planning to cover how to become a personal trainer, as I am often asked. So I will look at what is covered on a PT course in more detail then!
I however realised that compleating the course is just the start the real hard work was just about to start as I strugged to start my business, and the emense amount of work that goes into helping clients to really get the most out of thier time with me. Not to mention the continual learning an self improvement.
Well going to leave it there for today, will move on to part two of my ramble about me on Thursday!
TOM