As all of you know I’m a personal trainer….I didn’t go to school for this, nor did I plan this is as my career when I was a kid but it’s how the bills get paid. Every now and then I find myself defending my career choice and explaining to people why I chose a career outside of my field of study. Well…I got my bachelor’s in psychology for no fucking reason….I have no idea why and if you’ve asked me why I chose psychology as a degree I probably gave you a bullshit answer. In the last year or two I found myself giving in to the naysayers and wanting to hang up my Underarmour hoodie and Nike Frees and put on a tie and some slacks on to sit behind a desk for the rest of my life….or at least I thought that’s what I wanted, or maybe I just wanted people to respect my profession. More recently I’ve come to the realization that these assholes aren’t going to pay my bills, the critics aren’t going to sign my paychecks, and these pricks aren’t going to be there to even lend a helping hand….these are the McDonald’s eating, binge drinking, pencil pushing, poor posture having assholes I would never aspire to be in a million years. I don’t look at accountants and tell them their jobs are worthless, I don’t go up to the finance guy and tell him he has no soul, I don’t go up to the HR manager and tell them their job is pointless and they should walk off a cliff…I don’t….why? well two reasons….1) I don’t believe that, I think if it makes you happy you should go for it and all professions are commendable and useful if you’re good at it and 2) I don’t give a shit what you do to pay your bills as long as you’re not stealing. But for some reason my job is under cross hairs from every Tom, Dick, and Asshole who feels their opinion matters to me.
I love what I do…There has yet to be a day where I wake up not wanting to go to work, I enjoy meeting new people, making a difference in people’s lives, and helping people become the BETTER version of themselves. With the exception of grabbing a guy’s hairy sweaty leg for a hamstring stretch, there isn’t anything I dislike about my job. When I see a soccer mom’s bf% go down or a HS wrestler’s dead lift increase by 50lbs I GET EXCITED OVER THAT SHIT!!!!!!!! The money’s great, I get to work out on the clock, and I get to choose my own schedule… I work with amazing trainers who I learn from each day….I go home and read articles, journals, books, and watch instructional videos to help me become a better trainer…how many accountants do you know who go home just to read more accounting magazines???? Maybe Judas Mireles, I don’t know. Now I’m not picking on anyone’s profession or saying mine is better than yours or anything of the sort….I’m just defending my own. This past weekend I went to a party where I assessed a shoulder injury, prescribed a supplementation stack, and picked up a new client and I was more than happy to do all of it!!!! I love what I do and I hope to be involved in this industry for the rest of my life. While I have aspirations for post graduate studies and move into a more complex field (physical therapy) I am blessed and grateful for the fact that I get paid to teach people what I love, do you?
