I’m applied to two fitness instructor jobs yesterday not knowing if and when I’d heard back. Well I heard back from one this morning. I have an audition on 11/5. I’m scared and excited! Of course she wants to see me teach a little of the squat, chest, back, lunge tracks AKA none of my training tracks. Luckily I’ve been working on back and lunge already, but I have work to do to get ready for it!
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Any advice for a first time instructor audition?
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#lesmillsbodypump #bodypumpinstructor #newbieinstructor #fitnessmotivation #goals #purpose
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It is both frustrating and lovely to be trapped in the high 170s for the essentially the last 3 months.
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The light blue are my actual weigh ins and dark blue is my trend weight.
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I’d rather be here than stuck in the high 180s or 190s which I’ve known AALLLL too well over the last 8 years. Slow and steady wins the race.
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I need to remember to shift my mindset and also count not gaining a bunch of weight these past 3 months as a victory too. I’d STILL love to see 168 by New Years Eve, but I won’t be devastated if I’m not there. I just don’t want to be too hard on myself and “give up” until I can 100% refocus and restart after the holidays. I’m determined to stay on the wagon! So Giddyup!
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Todays’s WIW: 177.5
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Wise words from my mentor @cscdanmason
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This quote is part of Dan’s Life Amplified podcast intro each week and it wasn’t until I listened to episode 43 over the weekend that I was really smacked upside the head by this line that I’ve “heard” but didn’t really “hear.”
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Perhaps it’s because I’m on the other side of reckoning with some deep-seated pain and finally feel like I’m stepping into my purpose.
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Without the pain I may not have had the courage to get to where I am and more importantly where I’m going!

Shadowed my first full Body Pump class today and led my training tracks (triceps and biceps). I’m currently working on choreo/cues for lunges and shoulders. The peak heart rate was me doing lunges with a plate the whole time. I’m on a high!
Later today I’m getting re-certified for CPR/AED, all part of my quest to become a full fledged fitness instructor.

Another gut punch from “The Drama of the Gifted Child.”
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I made a choice some years back to not have children. The overarching cycle of generational “abuse” is just too much for me. Working in higher education we talk so much about generational shifts, but parenting just like education is slow to change.
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For me bigger than the giant concern about my own ability to be a better parent than mine is the deeper concern of dealing with other parents (and especially how judgmental they can be). My inner child just is too broken to handle that..
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Instead I nurture my students, my relationships, and my dog. These things fulfill me and I have peace with my decision.
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