[kfisherx]

Update from class last night. First let me say how grateful I am for having this board and all of you are resources and also for having the teachers that I have in my life right now. My first trainer was awesome and this new teacher is nothing short of amazing.

He is building a 10,000 sq ft gym (it is in build-out phase right now) that is serviced based instead of sales based. In our first class he taught us a bit about his philosophies on this and it was a total shock to me to hear what he had to say. Of course sales are important to the extent that they are to get people to buy but the service is stressed over the sale here. I am totally blown away. Also his training philosophies seem to be spot on to what I am learning here and also from my first trainer. I am excited as hell to go through this course and to learn from him.

With respect to the machines, he pretty much confirmed what you guys said RE doctors writing the material and that it is a bit outdated BUT he also stressed that he doesn't subscribe completely to the new "fad" of complex movements only. He then went on to explain to me how some clients come into the gym in such bad shape and coordination that just to get them to move safely that a machine may be the best answer. We went over so many concepts such as how to breath and move during a rep. When teaching a client these things if they are very uncoordinated it often helps that they do not have to think about balancing db over their head while catching the rep and pushing it and breathing. Using the machines for a microcycle may allow them to gain the confidence and technique required to move onto the more advanced sort of movements. He stressed that everyone is unique and that we have to be able to play these things by ear. He said if someone walked into a gym in the condition that I was in, he would obviously put them under db right away even if they were new to lifting.

Anyway I am pretty jazzed about the class and about the future right now. It sure feels like there are great opp ahead for me to do some real good with all this mentorship.