As a Fitness Professional, I play a huge role in promoting strong bones to my clients. If you have strong bones, you have a strong body. Having a healthy diet and exercising in the right ways will help decrease the risk of Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones become weak and brittle. This occurs more in females rather than males.There has been ten million females diagnosed so far, and osteoporosis effects Caucasians and Asian’s most. This condition cannot be cured but treatment is necessary and could help. I want what is best for my clients health. If I happen to get a client who has the condition, Osteoporosis, I would still have to check with their doctor and make sure they are cleared and okay to do certain exercises. For some older people with this condition, when doing some exercises, you might want to stay close to a wall, and make sure you have a room that has lots of space. Most osteoporosis-related fractures occur in the hip, spine, and wrists. The two most serious are the hip and spine. As a fitness professional, I would recommend to my clients that they need 1,000 mg of calcium per day if they  are between the ages of 18 and 50. They need good sources of Vitamin D such as Milk, certain fish, breakfast cereals and orange juice. It is also better for some people to sit rather than stand because my clients’ bones could be weak and you need to work up to it. This is the role I have as a fitness professional.

It is very important to have great Customer Service in the Fitness and Wellness industry. This is because it’s what the customers will remember when they walk away, it puts a great impression on you, and it shows you care. “The customer is always right.” This is a saying that has stuck with me when dealing with some situations. If you keep this in mind, you will remember to keep a positive attitude, and have empathy towards your customer or client in this case. The only way to keep your customer’s loyalty is to meet and exceed their expectations.

You want to be trustworthy and understanding and maybe your client will talk about how great their service was. While you are being content with the customer and trying to satisfy them, you also need to keep in touch with your companies policies. It is very easy for the customer to get frustrated and/or upset with you or the ways of the company. This is something you would want to try and avoid. The customer can do anything to try and get under your skin such as making fun of you. Even during this, you want to keep a positive attitude and do the best of your abilities to keep them happy. if you cannot maintain this, it is possible to lose your client, which would not be good for you in your position with your manager, and your job. This is what the role of Customer Service is for a Fitness and Wellness Center, and for anywhere you will ever have a job.

Over the last few days, my class has been learning how to read and take blood pressure. It has been very helpful to me. Hypertension is when your blood pressure is abnormally high, and is also known as the “silent killer”. It is known as this because there aren’t any noticeable symptoms. “White Coat Syndrome” is where anxiety and stress kicks in while in a medical environment, which is a factor of hypertension. Where I come into this, is my family. A lot of people on my mother’s side have diabetes and often have high blood pressure. Now that I have a good bit of knowledge in this, I can inform and now help them if needed. I would recommend getting your blood pressure checked regularly, to be cautious.

My first semester at FCC went better than I thought it would. I was so shy and nervous coming here, not sure how how things would go. So far, I have made many new friends, and a new family. I absolutely love it here, my grades are so much better than they were at my home school. People are so much nicer and there is a LOT less drama. Lab is obviously the best part of the day, because I get to spend time with my closest friends, and the best teacher at this school! I hated biology at my old school, along with the teacher, but I love Anatomy this year. All the teachers here are great, and I cant wait to grow with everyone and see how far we have become at the end of senior year! Sad to see some of us leaving, and not coming back… ):

In my own opinion, everyone is successful at least one time in their life, some more than others. If you have the desire to improve things, you will strive to do better and soon be successful and achieve your goal. If you  have confidence, and are optimistic, you will believe that you can do it and wont have a negative outlook on  life. If you have a goal in life, go after it. You’ll never get anything done if you don’t have a plan to get there. These are a few reasons that I believe make a person successful. Thanks for reading!(:

Multi-Lab Zumba was such a blast! It was neat to see how many people actually participated and enjoyed doing it with us. I think we should do that more often. Seeing everyone that was smiling and having a good time just made my day. Tracy and Hayden did a great job leading us in a song, and Daja and Jawuan made me laugh when they decided to jump up there as well! Zumba is probably my favorite thing so far to do which is probably why I liked it so much. I hope that we can do that again sometime, with more songs, and maybe even some new moves!

Hello! My name is Taylor Azbell. I am 16 years old and a student in Exercise Science. I love the feeling of  being able to help people do the things they would like to do, that they normally couldn’t do by themselves. I want to be a Pediatric Therapist because I love little kids. Coming to the Career Center was a great decision in my opinion. I have learned so much already and I’m only a junior in high school! I have made so many new friends and my grades are so much better here. Everybody is so nice and the teachers are great!