Brooke
Jones
Year: 2016
Major: Health
Promotion and Fitness
Hometown: Ashland, OH
Internship:
Westfield Group Fitness Center
Location: Westfield
Center, OH
Internship
Responsibilities: My internship was at the Fitness Center for the
home office of Westfield Group. As an intern I helped with two programs for the
employees called Get Fit and Get Moving. Get Fit was for employees that did not
work for the home office in order to get part of their gym membership paid for
since they did not have a “free” facility and Get Moving was a program for any
employee to get half of their registration fee paid for if they signed up for a
walking, running, or biking event. I also helped create two bulletin boards to
help guide the employees in the fitness center. The first bulletin had tips to
help their form on the different cardio machines and pictures that showed right
from wrong. The second bulletin was a group fitness incentive that encouraged
the employees to attend more group fitness classes by handing out tickets. The
tickets were hung up on the bulletin board each week and the ticket number that
was drawn would win the prize for that week.
There was not personal training for the employees but other aspects of being a trainer were involved to help them. I did fitness assessments for any employee that signed up to become a member of the fitness center and asked for one. The assessment covered height, weight, body fat percentage, blood pressure, resting heart rate, girth measurements, muscle endurance, muscle strength, and flexibility. On top of the assessment the employees had the opportunity to get a personalized workout made just for them on software called ExercisePro. It had a picture and detailed instructions of each workout that I gave them for what they wanted to get out of their program. I enjoyed this part because each employee was different and I got to learn more about them individually and what their goals were!
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