I worked for an organization that contracted out fitness instructors to various gyms, apartments, churches, etc.
So I would go to their classes to pick up moves. There were also various certifications and conferences (SCW).
I got started in lifting weights ironically enough because I was a short (still short), fat (I got better), kid with a computer (still a software developer…sort of) and had cerebral palsy (still do).
While I didn’t have any coordination to play sports (my CP basically effects my left hand and a very slight limp), I could “lift things up and put them down” with the best of them and my “physical therapy” turned into weight lifting at 12 and I was paired with a personal trainer early on.
When properly conditioned as an adult, I found that I could run up to 9 miles (a 15K) in races and come in the middle of the pack (a little more than 6 miles an hour) before my legs gave out on me.
At my old age of 49, I wouldn’t put my body through the kind of training it takes to do anything above a 10K and probably no more than a 5K.
I also took advantage of remote work to buy a “Condotel” unit in a resort in Florida for half the year specifically because it had 3 pools (swimming is much easier on my body) and a gym.
The other half of the year, I “nomad” and fly around the US and stay in hotels instead of AirBnbs partially to have access to gyms and pools.
My wife took up the mantle a few years ago and now she teaches dance/fitness classes.
So I would go to their classes to pick up moves. There were also various certifications and conferences (SCW).
I got started in lifting weights ironically enough because I was a short (still short), fat (I got better), kid with a computer (still a software developer…sort of) and had cerebral palsy (still do).
While I didn’t have any coordination to play sports (my CP basically effects my left hand and a very slight limp), I could “lift things up and put them down” with the best of them and my “physical therapy” turned into weight lifting at 12 and I was paired with a personal trainer early on.
When properly conditioned as an adult, I found that I could run up to 9 miles (a 15K) in races and come in the middle of the pack (a little more than 6 miles an hour) before my legs gave out on me.
At my old age of 49, I wouldn’t put my body through the kind of training it takes to do anything above a 10K and probably no more than a 5K.
I also took advantage of remote work to buy a “Condotel” unit in a resort in Florida for half the year specifically because it had 3 pools (swimming is much easier on my body) and a gym.
The other half of the year, I “nomad” and fly around the US and stay in hotels instead of AirBnbs partially to have access to gyms and pools.
My wife took up the mantle a few years ago and now she teaches dance/fitness classes.