TEACHING A
DEAD LIFT WITH A “Dead Poets Society” attitude.
The deepest
possible sense of satisfaction comes from coaching others to achieve.
An equally
deep sense of gratitude surges through you when you realise people want to
spend time with you and learn from you.
And . . .
when you coach or teach anyone anything, that is when you learn the most about
yourself and understand your motivation to pass on your skills.
That is exactly
what Club Trainer Intensives are all about. Learning how to learn.
Revisiting
concepts, ideas and ideals and seeing them again through a fresh new
perspective; through the lense of your peers and through your own reflective
vision.
In other words; Taking experiences and learnings and passing the
baton.
Every time I
conduct a Club Trainer Intensive I am blown away by the willingness and passion
of the BTS teachers who sign up for three days with me to explore what it takes
to recruit, train and mentor group fitness instructors for their clubs.
And even better, when we reach the understanding that we are not just training new
group fitness teachers. We are doing a lot more than that.
We are
learning how to form effective relationships, how to adapt our personality
behavior traits to help our club trainees find themselves amidst the theory,
practices and protocols. To find how
they too can relate to their clients, class members and ultimately their
friends in a productive and objective way.
The BTS Club
Trainers who have attended these intensives over the past few years have all
been outstanding individuals. I am constantly amazed that the weekend intensive
always seems to attract just the right mix of people. And one outstanding
feature shines through every time.
The quality
of caring and compassion that each Club Trainer brings to the training.
Everyone I have had the pleasure to work with at the BTS Club Trainer
Intensives has reached a stage in their careers where giving is more important
than receiving.
Giving of
themselves in a very holistic fashion. Giving of themselves physically,
emotionally and in many other ways. It reinforces to me the age old saying
that: “water finds its own level” because we never experience conflict during
these events, we always have a sense of bonding and alumni that lifts the learning
and understand of everyone present. We always seem to leave these trainings
enriched by the contribution of all who attend. That is what Club Trainer
Intensives are all about.
The work
that Club Trainers are now doing back at club level is equally enriching. The Club Trainers are helping new members
join this crazy and wonderful world of “group fitness” learn way more than how
to do a step touch or a dead lift.
They are coaching, teaching and sharing of
themselves in a DEAD POETS SOCIETY fashion. Long may we pass on the baton.
