WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.270 My name is Krista Gwilliam, 2 00:00:02.270 --> 00:00:04.390 I serve as the assistant director 3 00:00:04.390 --> 00:00:05.730 for fitness programs 4 00:00:05.730 --> 00:00:07.800 within the recreational sports department 5 00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:08.930 here at Virginia Tech. 6 00:00:08.930 --> 00:00:12.260 In my role, I oversee all of the fitness programming 7 00:00:12.260 --> 00:00:16.080 line:15% for the University, so personal training, 8 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:20.100 line:15% group exercise, small group training, 9 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:22.490 line:15% strength and conditioning programming. 10 00:00:22.490 --> 00:00:26.385 And then I also teach two different academic classes, 11 00:00:26.385 --> 00:00:28.550 through the H and FV department. 12 00:00:28.550 --> 00:00:31.900 line:15% So we teach two different types of classes. 13 00:00:31.900 --> 00:00:34.455 line:15% We teach an exercise leadership course, 14 00:00:34.455 --> 00:00:38.020 line:15% which basically serves as a prep-course 15 00:00:38.020 --> 00:00:40.520 for students who want to become, 16 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:42.145 either a group exercise instructor 17 00:00:42.145 --> 00:00:44.170 or a personal trainer. 18 00:00:44.170 --> 00:00:47.975 And so those are semester long, three credit classes, 19 00:00:47.975 --> 00:00:52.660 involving lectures and labs, and things like that. 20 00:00:52.660 --> 00:00:54.300 The other type of class that we teach 21 00:00:54.300 --> 00:00:56.050 is an activity based course. 22 00:00:56.050 --> 00:01:00.130 And so the one that we teach is titled, Weight Training. 23 00:01:00.130 --> 00:01:03.060 And so they come in, we teach them the basic principles 24 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.393 of writing a exercise program, 25 00:01:06.393 --> 00:01:09.340 line:15% get them familiar with the weight room, 26 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:12.780 line:15% and then start getting them to write their own programming. 27 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:14.700 line:15% And then basically the second half of the semester, 28 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:16.400 they are exercising everyday in class 29 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:18.570 and going through their programming that they've created. 30 00:01:18.570 --> 00:01:20.846 So every week tends to be busy for us, 31 00:01:20.846 --> 00:01:24.170 and it's all very different, 32 00:01:24.170 --> 00:01:29.170 because our staff itself is about 150 student staff-members, 33 00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:34.780 where we're typically juggling between schedules 34 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:38.200 and helping students in need. 35 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.240 I think one of the cool things about our job 36 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:42.510 is that we're helping to develop students 37 00:01:42.510 --> 00:01:44.940 in to fitness professionals and so a lot of our job 38 00:01:44.940 --> 00:01:47.770 line:15% is helping them write a work-out program 39 00:01:47.770 --> 00:01:49.440 line:15% for a particular type of client, 40 00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:52.860 line:15% or helping them program their next cycling class 41 00:01:52.860 --> 00:01:54.219 line:15% that they're gonna teach that week, 42 00:01:54.219 --> 00:01:55.720 line:15% or things like that, 43 00:01:55.720 --> 00:01:59.120 but a lot of my week and day-to-day stuff 44 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:03.760 is working with the students one on one in that capacity. 45 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:05.990 So we very much have an open door policy, 46 00:02:05.990 --> 00:02:10.990 and so, oftentimes it's from one student 47 00:02:11.040 --> 00:02:13.050 to the next coming in. 48 00:02:13.050 --> 00:02:17.300 And we really serve as an open space for them 49 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:21.700 to just kind of dive in to whatever knowledge 50 00:02:21.700 --> 00:02:22.850 it is that they're looking for. 51 00:02:22.850 --> 00:02:25.370 So, like I said, whether they've got a client 52 00:02:25.370 --> 00:02:29.971 with a particular need, that they're not familiar with, 53 00:02:29.971 --> 00:02:33.010 line:15% they can dive into the knowledge that we have 54 00:02:33.010 --> 00:02:35.350 line:15% as professionals, but then we also 55 00:02:35.350 --> 00:02:38.870 line:15% do a lot of researching and things like that with them. 56 00:02:38.870 --> 00:02:40.610 So it's kind of a shared space, 57 00:02:41.750 --> 00:02:44.090 to grow in that capacity.