NCNM Day Two

Today ended quicker than expected. My gut feeling during the morning was that I was wasting my morning sitting in this group of folks. I have nothing against the people, I just feel as if I am at a point in my career that is different than many of them. Most were coming in as freshmen from their undergraduate training, some had masters and ALL were women! Beside me, there wasn't another man in the room... Intimidating, for sure!

I was the only guy there among nearly 30 women. I felt a little out of place, sort of like the only guy who goes to the bridal shower or the baby shower. It was a feeling a minority would feel and I didn't like it. I started thinking if I quit DC school and start here, not only would I be adding 2.5 more years to my timeline in school but I would have to try and find a way to integrate into this female dominated school. Please don't get me wrong, I have nothing against women, I just feel a balance is in order to get a good education. And despite what people think, men need guy friends to lean on when they are going through the rigors of professional school.

This is what I have decided - I am not quitting DC school, I will search for seminars and additional training in my areas of interest, I am going to get the Masters in exercise science from WSCC and I am going to put my energy into my academics and the planning process for my clinic/fitness facility. I am meeting with some banker friends to sort out what they need in order for me to get a small business loan in a couple years and intend on developing my equipment list this weekend. Done!

There is a time in everyones life where you have to weigh out your options thoroughly and choose the best one there is. For me, DC school fits. I thought ND school might have more of what I want but as I learned it is WAY over the top with wellness. In my opinion, we need to be wellness oriented but if it is pushed too hard there will be resistance. I will have a wellness emphasis through nutrition but primarily through fitness training. Coupling this with rehab/chiropractic and you have a nice balanced program.

As I have learned through many years of personal training, people don't adopt dietary changes very well but they do adopt fitness changes as this is much easier to do. Through adopting fitness, clients unknowingly begin feeling better about themselves and start to strive for more and more healthy choices. The cycle continues and eventually they become thriving fit people who go onto to become successful in their community.

I don't belong anywhere else and it is time to quit looking because the thing I have been searching for has been directly in front of me this whole time!

All for now