Life in the LongWhiteCloud

Emotions: Tired, fresh, regret (not flirting more with new girl at work) Having overcome the feelings over overwhelming stress from the week previous and changing my language around my work to a lighter viewpoint, focusing on the benefits such as continuous learning and skill development, studio access, culture etc I feel a lot better about my position in life in Auckland. Changing from a fuck it attitude, I understand although it may be the harder path, it will make me a better person for it.  Ocean beach and twin harbour were two incredible weekends and pretty much made my summer. Months of practices with countless turnovers, late nights, pain and frustration came together in a somewhat perfect tournament for me, notably Sunday. Don't be afraid to fail in practice, Got thinking today about travel around world, especially to Japan, europe and london after learning a few languages first. When could I do this? 1 years time? After a worlds campaign? Possibly meet up with S...

Emotions: angry, annoyed, tired This week I feel angry at my work, vision because of the big commitment this has, and the impact it is having on the rest of my life, ultimate, social life and my icebreaker job. My initial though response to this stress was to quit for a more manageable lifestyle work work, sport and social elements. After opening up with some of my colleagues and boss, I let them know my life has been hard over the past year, and the reason behind my dip in motivation, body language, negative attitude over last week. We talked about language and the thought process behind this being a key influence in how we approach challenges in work and establishing a good life balance. After a great weekend at Ocean beach I can to appreciate my friends in the ultimate community and those close ones from high school. These were brought together for a great weekend of ultimate and fun at my favourite small corner of the world, up in Whangarei heads. I guess coming down off this h...

A fantastic weekend with a great team and family. Great bonding with both groot and rocket over weekend. Good to be the cream of the crop team and take out the trophy though, felt exhilarating to win a final and contribute a decent amount. Overall felt I played the best I have over the past mixed and current open season, and feel ready to build into an exiting finale at Nationals in Wellington. I also had a great last week at the PT studio, running an awesome group class and getting positive recognition from Dean which is no easy thing. The class went so well due to applying all I had learned from the previous class, and designing multiple different circuits for variety, and doing all the 'little things' right, such as timing, communication, technique feedback and music. My overall weekly goal for the studio was to get team MVP, which I did. Reasons behind successes: I feel the reasons behind my success this weekend were not by chance but due to careful mental preparation...

Emotions this week: Frustrated, disheartened, unsure, regretful. PT Development Boxing Boxing training going well, with multiple sessions done this week. Points of interest were pad holding technique, timing/number of reps and explanation of exercises. Explanation: Ask about injury E.g Jasmine groin, affected running. Explain components engaging core, such as straight jabs (core engaged) and hooks, uppercuts (hips, obliques) Explain entirety of program before start, E.g. warm up shoulders, chest on grinder, followed by straight jab sets (20-30), and then moving into combos (slips, hooks, uppercuts) and then moving to 50 straight jabs, uppercuts, hooks and highs (Oscar) or moving combos Holding Technique: Keep pads lower on uppercuts, resist moving upwards Keep pads lower and closer to client on hooks, resist moving sideways Timing/Reps Limit hook and uppercut exercises to pairs as much as possible, can put in singles.  Face the clock, bring a wristwatch ...

PT Career Lately have been focusing on the money and financial side of my young career, through thinking about property investment and saving money. Although it is good to look ahead and plan my moves, its had the effect of also enjoying the job less, and becoming disinterested in the mentee program, which is providing me with important skills for my long term career, in the NZ sport industry (client interaction, weight training knowledge, nutrition, goal setting). Although most of these are related mainly to weight loss, it is true the foundations of these skills can be transferred to strength and conditioning for sport. Skills to transfer: Boxing technique  Weight training variables (supersets, dropsets, rest periods, time under tension, core activation cues) Actions to focus on: Staying in the moment, just enjoying training clients and learning more to implement in my sessions Less emphasis on money, I'm earning a good weekly amount.  2016 is my sport industr...

Its Wednesday already, week is flying by and need to keep track of progress so I can use experience to learn, and apply key improvements every day at the studio.  Remember:  always chasing the big goal, leadership, being significant in the strength and conditioning industry.  Keeping options open for wider fitness industry, vision has a massive potential market within NZ Key learnings from this week so far (experience, what I failed at, plan of action) Thinking ahead Being forward thinking in this job is crucial. For example: setting up equipment for next exercises, planning conversation about clients lifestyle, along with important nutrition and exercise probes. Keeping goals realistic and achievable. Would you be able to do that in 9 weeks? If lose track one week overcompensate next week (2 accelerator days).  Action plan: Be more confident, and professional in PT sessions.  1st priority: Results (look up each clients background ...