My alma mater, the University of Alberta, send me a magazine 3 to 4 times each year. Unlike some alumni magazines, the U of A one is actually a really good read. In the latest issue there was a brief article (Young, 2018) about the work of Obesity Canada, asking the question “Do you have …
A critical discussion on exercise professionals – are we really professionals?
I came across this term at a conference recently – a term I hadn’t encountered before. Sure, I recognised its meaning and valued the concept, but I hadn’t thought about it in exactly those terms. Whatever your work is as an exercise professional, relationships are a crucial part of practice whether you deliberately notice of …
So much information Could I have been that arrogant, that stupid? Turns out yes I could – in spades! In fairness, I’d been raised on a steady educational diet where knowledge was king; knowledge was power. It never occurred to me that it could be any other way. Certainly, none of my teachers or lecturers …