WARM-UP PRO TRAINER Showcase
What’s your favourite section of the Personal Trainer Specialist course
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MIKE KELLY canfitpro Programs Taught: PTS
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Why did you become a PRO TRAINER? As a trainer, I’ve always been very pas- sionate about helping people get healthier and as an extension of that, teaching other new trainers how to do this, enables me to reach more people. I truly care about my students and get a great sense of fulfilment when I’ve come up with an alternative way to look at something, as so to help a student better understand a concept they might otherwise be strug- gling with. I can say, as an “older” trainer, who recently went back to school myself, teaching with passion seems to be in short supply these days. Teaching for canfitpro is great as much of their fitness philoso- phy aligns with my own.
What have you learned as a
PRO TRAINER? I’ve trained and certified a lot of people over the past ten years with canfitpro and despite that; I’ve learned not to make any assumptions that each course will be a carbon copy of a prior course session. The fact is, students are differ- ent and as such, have different learning styles – some may be kinaesthetic learn- ers, while others may be more auditory - I try to teach in whatever way helps an individual student understand the concepts at hand. As an active trainer, myself, at my own studio gym in Ottawa, I draw on many years of training a wide range of people, from athletes to every day and mom & pops looking to lose weight. To improve my PRO TRAINER teaching credibility, I’ve also learned that it’s beneficial to practice what I teach - otherwise it’s difficult to tell people how to get fit, if you’re not fit yourself (a great motivator).
and why? Teaching how the various planes and anatomical movements work in concert together would be my favourite section of the course, as it’s very interactive. Un- derstanding how the body is designed to move has always been awe inspiring – the problem most people have in the gym is that they don’t understand how the body is supposed to move, so they can end up with chronic injuries from working out (all while limiting their potential). Think of a simple dumbbell curl to work your bicep – in this case, your arm is designed to move through a certain direction/angle, yet so many people get it wrong, possibly ending up with epicondylitis. I also like to teach by way of analogies, so I’m constantly working to come up with methods to make difficult concepts more easily understood for students.
What motivates you to be the best PRO TRAINER you can be? There are far too many people in Canada in their 30s and up, that are hurting physically and mentally, all while slowly becoming trapped in their bodies (as they age and/or become obese). As such, I’m on a mission to get as many people back on the right track as possible – although I’m writing a book that looks at fitness in a different way as so to reach the masses, I think I’ve made a good dent already, by way of all the new trainers I’ve helped bring into the market place. In addi- tion, when I receive a testimonial from a student telling me that I’ve helped change their life or made a topic they’ve found so difficult to understand, seem a lot simpler, I feel great.
In a year from now, what do you hope to achieve? With obesity on the rise, we can’t expect the pharmaceutical industry to save us from ourselves, so we need good trainers to help safely guide clients on their fitness journeys. If one thinks of the number of certified trainers compared to the number of obese individuals in Canada, there is a shortage of trainers required to fill the massive ratio gap. I’ll always be teaching, so in the next year, I want to continue to empower more people to be knowledgeable and passionate about helping others get fit. I’m also a voracious learner, having recently started back to school for a psychology de- gree (a valuable tool when helping people get fit) and I hope to be that much closer to achieving my education goals.
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