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2004/03/29, 08:24 AM
I may have an opportunity to take a 5 week weight training class at my university this summer. Is college a good place to learn this and can one safely assume that a college instructor knows what they are doing? I can wait until fall to take the 16 week version. As a complete beginner and very shy person I'm terrified of going to a gym so this seems like a good place to start.
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Anni
Never pet a burning dog.
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2004/03/29, 08:31 AM
Ask about the instructors certfifcation. You would hope they are qualified! This may be a good way to learn form and get over shyness in a 'safe' setting.
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2004/03/29, 12:42 PM
Thanks for the encouragement asimmer. I've had some very interesting adjunct professors and that's not always a good thing. I will check out fitBuddy for what to look for in an instructor.
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Anni
Never pet a burning dog.
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2004/03/29, 02:51 PM
This class is offered regularly here at the university, I ha to take it when I was in school, and even though I was already very comfortable in the gym, I found it to be very informative and helpful. Different types of protocols were discussed for muscle hypertrophy. FORM was the most talked about concept, which to me and most of the people on this site, is key. So I would say go for it, but like asimmer said find out the instructor and go talk to him, ask him his qualifiactions, certifications, degrees, training experience, etc. If he is qualified he should have no problem telling you his experience. If he does, then you probably don't want to learn fom him/her anyway. Good luck!\
newbreed
"Work Hard, Play Hard, TRAIN HARDER"
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2004/03/29, 03:13 PM
I took a weight training class when I first started out. It really helped me. It gave me a chance to get comfortable with lifting- and a basic routine to follow. Doing new things can be really hard, especially if you're shy- more so if you're shy and female and lifting weights for the first time! I hope you do the class and it works out as well for you as it did for me!
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2004/03/29, 04:13 PM
I can tell you from personal experiance (being a phy ed major), that phy ed instructors themselves are not given a very strong background in their training. This is not to say that they do not know what they are talking about, because some have acquired a great deal of knowledge, but I would say that 3/4 of the future phy ed teachers at my college, would not be very qualified to teach people how to lift. Also, in those classes, they usually do not give personalized programs for individual goals, they are usually general programs that are not geared toward a specific goal. I would say that you should talk to you instructor about your personal goals, and see what they have to say about that.
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