Qualifications
Qualifications? Well, my PB deadlift is 5 plates a side, 225kg, done in Washington at Bally Total Fitness in Nov 05, the day the Redskins beat the Eagles 17-10 and Terrell Owens got suspended for dissing the organisation and his team mates.
I squatted 4 plates a side to step, 185kg, for one rep, at the Windsor Castle Gym under the railway track. Saw stars for a while after that.
And I rowed a 6.28 2K on the ergo at th 2003 Grand Prix at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. No training, no prep, but I had a really gobby rower in my club a few days before braggin about how fit he was, so I made a bet with him that I could break 6.30 any day he liked. So I did. Passed out and threw up, but I did it. And I am more proud of my 5k time, 17.11. I urge you to try it.
Before you read the long list below, let me tell you this. Of
all the courses I have done, I can only say I have any pride or
use from a handful of them. The standard of courses in the fitness
industry today is a joke, an absolute joke, and just another way
for the government to get money from people like me.
We are forced to renew qualifications every few years, not a problem.
But, when the person taking the course doesnt have clue, then what
you end up with is a huge pool of people with paper qualifications
and no idea about what they are actually supposed to be doing.
How have I learnt what I know today? Because I have seeked out the
top people in each field, spent time with them, listened, learned
and listened some more. Roger Semsch, husband of Angie Semch (above)
has given me so mmuch information of worth, Mike Francois has been
a real inspiration and helped simplify the world of pumping iron.
Richard Bandler and his amazing NLP techniques has an impact on
me when I listened to him, and I use them all the time, sometimes
without even knowing it. Steven Covey, Anthony Robbins, they are
great teachers of how to run a life.
I must have read every book, every magazine, every website I could, to make sure no stone is left unturned.
- WABBA Fitness Instructor / Senior Fitness Instructor
- WABBA Instructor of the Millenium, 2000
- Future Fit Personal Trainer
- Paul Mckenna Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner
- Diploma in NLP
- Premier Body Massage
- Diploma in Sports Nutrition, Rusland College
- Diploma in Sports Psychology, Newcastle University
- Diploma in Psychology, Open University
- Diploma in Biology, Open University
- Metabolic Typing Intermediate Level Advisor
- Exercise to Music RSA Stage 2
- Studio Cycling Instructor
