Physical fitness coach Drew: Move Well, Live Better

The 25-year-old Coach Drew is not only a personal trainer, but also a heart rate coach for a well-known brand and a physical fitness coach for many national-level players. How did he, who has more than 20 international training certificates, achieve success in a short period of time? How about your own continuous growth or progress? Physical fitness coach Drew is looking for the true meaning of training

Drew has been fond of sports since he was a child. He has been involved in various sports such as baseball, track and field, and swimming. During school, he I also interacted frequently with the school team and practiced together. Not only does he play sports, Drew also likes to watch football games and follow the players' training life outside of games. Whenever he watched the training videos of these players, watching them work hard, sweat like rain, or even get injured, every scene and every detail made him very interested in the word training again and again. Before he decided to pursue the path of sports, Drew had dreamed of becoming a doctor to help more people, but perhaps God had already arranged it. With good grades, he could never get into the ideal major no matter how hard he tried. In the end, He decided to change direction and chose sports therapy, his second interest, which happened to correspond to his favorite training. Drew, who is well-planned, already knew clearly what he wanted to do in the future. He seized the opportunity to contact players, participate in their training, and understand their lives. During college, he also began to find one-on-one senior coaches to help him with various tasks. different training projects. Most of the purpose of fitness for ordinary students is to maintain good health or build muscle, but Drew asked the coach to help him arrange the players' menu as a reference training, so that he can better understand the true meaning of training, and at the same time, he can learn from the contact. , and understand more about how to help injured students return to their original expertise and life in the future. Follow the player-level menu to train for yourself and find training tracks from life

During this period, in addition to training and learning on his own, he also worked hard to gain opportunities to increase his experience. Serious people will be seen. While in school, he got his first opportunity to work with track and field athletes. In the process of helping them train their physical fitness, Drew saw not only the training status of the players, but also the running methods. Running exists in most sports, so people who are good at running often have a better foundation, but there are many people who get injured due to poor running movements, so from this cooperation experience, plus working with coaches With his continuous study, how to help others run better and how to help others through training became his lifelong mission. Drew said happily: "I like running, and I like to make people run better!" Drew likes running, and I like to make people run better

He even applies this to his life, walking On the road or taking the MRT, I accidentally start to analyze the movements of passers-by and think about what kind of training should be used to help them. When watching football game broadcasts with friends, I often analyze which players have changed their movements due to what sports injuries. In this way, he creates more connections. Not only do others learn from him, but he can also continuously absorb new knowledge. In the process of continuous improvement, he has obtained more than 20 international certificates before graduating from college. These certificates not only include fitness-related certificates, but also include fascia relaxation, Pilates and other various certificates. Certification related to such sports fields can be said to be quite hard. The serious Drew is currently a trainer for Flexi-Bar Education. His attention to details is the most valuable thing about Trainer

After graduation, he continued to devote himself to sports career in the direction of Trainer. Compared with when he was in college, he Since then, he has come into contact with a wider range of students and players than in the past, so it is also a new challenge for Drew. But there are always ups and downs in life. Even if you are good at and familiar with something, you will inevitably make mistakes. Regarding training, in addition to studying and accumulating experience, details actually connect all the problems you may encounter. In every class and every certificate, what teachers value most is not how much experience you have, but the details. Did you notice. When I participated in FISAF's physical fitness instructor training, because it was not my first time to take a similar certification exam, and I was busy with work at the time, I took the important technical exam without giving my best, and the result was The examiner was a senior he knew and a killer examiner recognized by previous coaches who had participated in the training. As a result, he, who originally thought he would pass smoothly, unexpectedly needed to make up the exam... This was quite a big deal for Drew, who had always been confident in exams in the past. The blow he had been full of confidence collapsed at the moment when he knew he needed to take a make-up exam... He was so eager to reflect and calm down, and decided to muster up the courage to ask the teacher what he needed to correct. The teacher said to him: "What I want is not that you know how to practice, but that you know why you practice." Even if you are a coach with 20 years of experience, the details will always be your new topic. For the same kind of training, everyone's situation is different. If we want to be a good training coach, our attention to details is our most valuable aspect.

These suggestions woke Drew up hard, and he also began to rethink the importance of basic knowledge. It turned out that because he already had some training experience, he ignored the basic rules and concepts, so even if he had taught the same movement N times, No one has the right to ignore an action or command. So in the days to come, he became more cautious, kept in mind the coach's teachings, and strictly regulated every detail of himself.

Even if the same movement has been taught N times, no one is qualified to ignore a certain movement or what the key point is to practice it

A good training coach should know how to combine physical fitness with I can make a simple classification: healthy physical fitness for the general public and competitive physical fitness for athletes. The biggest difference is whether the coach should let the client try to challenge the unknown intensity and the class schedule for professional baseball players will never be given to me. It is operated by office workers and mothers, but the training content of this student may be adjusted for players, depending on the period of time the players are in. Never give new and challenging training exercises to clients just to do them. This will often ignore whether they are suitable or not in line with the goals. The key point is "what to practice for." With these experiences, Drew is helping more and more people. The one who impressed him most was a foreign cyclist. A car accident not only caused him to gain weight rapidly, but also lost a lot of muscle strength. Drew said: "When he first came to see me, he needed help even getting on the treadmill." But after his customized training menu and detailed adjustments, this cyclist was actually able to get on the treadmill in 3 months. After a month, you can ride 400 kilometers back and forth in one trip. For Drew, this is not just about helping a student regain muscle strength, but more about helping him regain his passion. This is his biggest purpose in becoming a good training coach. "For training, establishing clear goals is the most difficult thing," Drew said. For those who are just beginning to join the fitness ranks, he suggests that if you can’t find a goal, you can start by establishing an exercise habit. Group classes or one-on-one teaching, there is no better choice. It mainly depends on what kind of goal you want to establish. If you want to establish exercise habits, you can start with group classes. One-on-one teaching can directly cut into the details and move towards the goal. Move forward. The true meaning of training is training for a reason. Simplicity is the ultimate in delicacy

When it comes to the future, Drew does not ask himself to improve himself in a certain sport. Instead, he wants to continue to ponder his current major and make it better. purely. He said: "When I walked out of the training center, I was just an ordinary person who had skills but could not help others." So he would share the content of several training sessions he had participated in with his colleagues to provide coaches with more skills. Training their students is how Ddrew can help more people at the same time. Move Well, Live Better is what Drew reminds himself from time to time when he is a student, coach, or lecturer. No matter what role he is in, it is closely related to the true meaning of training. Since you want to learn, then just You must know why you study. If you want to teach, you must know why you teach. If you want to practice, you must know why you practice.

Simplicity is the ultimate in delicacy, which is Drew's attitude towards teaching

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Written by/Yingying Photography/Deng Yingqian