Health and Human Performance e-Newsletter
- TEEM's Wellness Retreat
- Stellar-tude
TEEM's Wellness Retreat...More updates on TEEM's first Wellness Retreat. It will be held on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 from 8am to 6pm at the UMASS-Boston Campus Conference Center. Non-students = $95 for the day or $10 per session. Students (must show student ID) = $45 for the day or $5 per session. These values are great, considering how much you would save if you went to each class individually! Breaking it down, it would roughly cost $200 if you went to a nutritionist, massage therapist, and participated in a group fitness class and did not belong to a gym. Even if you belong to a gym, massage therapy and nutrition are extra amenities.
So, this retreat is for the attendees and is conveniently set up well before the holiday and ski seasons to allow time for you to connect on what is special to yourself as the year ends and 2012 arrives.
Vendors who are set to come through include: Zumba, Nutritionist, Sport in Society, Massage Therapy, with more fun and plenty of learning and collaborating. I will also be instructing some lectures and classes. Workshops, lectures, and fitness classes. You are free to enter and leave as you please.If you are in the Boston area that weekend, come join the activities.
Stellar-tude...An attitude is great thing to have. A good attitude is even better to attain and maintain. An example of a good attitude as it pertains to topics found in these e-newsletters is not quitting on an exercise because you think you cannot make it through. In addition, an example of a stellar attitude (or stellartude as I like to call it) is not quitting on an exercise for the same reasons as previously mentioned and then autonomously working on that exercise to become more proficient. This type of attitude goes a long way in customer service as well. A good merchant will occasionally show his or her annoyance with an irate customer. A merchant who exudes a stellartude will not show his/her annoyance and will additionally make that customer feel more welcome than he/she imagined - experienced and hectic shenanigans while never talking behind the customer's back.
A stellartude is difficult to practice because of temptation among other things. But, this stellar attitude is a prime TEEM value - it puts clients in a position to do better than his/her best.
Below is a continuation of words and phrases to eliminate or limit in portraying a stellartude:
"I can't" - This phrase is simply a "no-no" in health and fitness. Even if something seems drastically difficult and the results look meager, putting a great effort forward is optimal.
"I won't" - Hopefully, we can all learn to limit this phrase. "I won't" sometimes translates and transforms into "I did".
"I don't care" - We do care, but we may not like a certain physical or behavioral circumstance. Mix it up with caring about the overall well-being of what is accomplished, but getting through the "dislike" phase in an orderly fashion.
"Who cares?" - We care. All of us care; otherwise our minds would not be filled.
"I don't know" - As in..."I don't know what my problem is with eating late?" - You could know, but the effort must be there to find out how to make necessary changes.
"It does not matter" - As in... "It does not matter to me what I eat at night" - Oh, it most certainly does matter whatever the circumstance. It is more important to think and say that our actions do matter, especially when we try to make a change or graduate to the next level in a fitness routine.
"You can't teach that" - As in..."You can't teach that move to an athlete" - Well, with all of the research and different methods of training athletes, many things that we thought coaches and trainers could not teach are, in fact, teachable. I don't like it when announcers say this phrase.
"Always" - Plain and simple, but we should know that everything is not always suitable in exercise, wellness, or in athletics.
"Never" - Plain and simple, but we should know that everything is simply never suitable in exercise, wellness, or in athletics.
"So what" - Whether it is used with a "?" or "!", limit this phrase as it could reflect a non-caring-tude.
"Should have"- As in..."We should have worked out yesterday" - We cannot change the past.
"Could have"- As in... "We could have worked out yesterday" - We cannot change the past.
"Would have" - As in... "We would have worked out yesterday" - We cannot change the past.
"What if" - When it applies to the past it falls in the category of the "should haves", "could haves", and "would haves". Apply it to the future as a way of reflecting or engaging a process or new progress.
"I don't make the rules here" - A phrase that is entirely on behalf of a merchant. The customer can at least receive some reprieve on a matter despite a lack of details.
Face rejection/dejection well - When we face rejection well, we can face acceptance well. For example, a weight loss goal of 10lbs by the end of November may fall just short, but perhaps regular attendance at a gym or with personal training was manifested in the process.
Remember: Saturday, November 5th at UMASS-Boston's Campus Conference Center from 8am to 6pm.
Take care of yourself,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS
Founder, TEEM Performance Training
Strength & Conditioning Specialist
http://www.teempt.com/
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