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I had the opportunity to shadow a personal trainer named Josh Henderson. He is a personal trainer on the side, while working for a healthcare company for his main job. Some background information about Josh is he is from South Carolina and loves to lift heavy things. Every 3 months Josh competes in a regional or national powerlifting competition. Recently he got 2nd place at the 2016 Empire classic for strongmen in the heavyweight class. He not only makes goals for his clients, but trains with his clients for goals for himself. His goal now is to get his bodyweight below 220 pounds by August 20th to qualify for a Beach Classic in Seattle(I forgot exactly what the name of the tournament was). Josh is very passionate about personal training. …show more content…

I then asked a series of questions. For example, I asked how long he had been a personal trainer? He responded for about 4 years. He also said at first, he was just a trainer without a certification for people he knew for two years, then he decided to get his certificate and became certified. What had gotten him interested in personal training was his passion for weight lifting and perfection. He loves to see proper form at the gym from everyone, and doesn’t like to see anyone …show more content…

After the workout, I asked Josh how long he knew the client, he said this was the second time they had met. When I asked how he knew her so well, he said he didn’t. I was puzzled, he said he found something they had in common and went with it. To me, this interaction looked like it had been in the making for at least two years. The workout seemed to me that it worked for the client because as an initial or baseline score, the client was able to complete it and not be “tortured” to much. Josh used the word torture as being the absolute limit of work the client could

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