transitions...and other stuff

Buff has been gone for almost 3 weeks now, and honestly, I'm shocked how smoothly things seem to be going. I don't think Shy has had any private clients so far, but I have been watching him with his "smart start" clients, and he is blossoming! It is like the promotion from attendent to trainer has changed something inside him, and I am just now seeing the real Shy.

I've told Shy that I want to start working with him next month, and asked him to start thinking about 1-2 mornings a week where we could work together at 9am.

For the last few months, there has been an issue at the gym with lifters leaving 45lb plates on the machine when they are done. Last week I personally saw a guy do it, and approached him. The look on his face when I walked up to him and informed him that he needed to strip his weights when he was done...priceless! I told JC about it, and he called me the gym "sheriff". That's fine by me!Yesterday I happened to be wearing my t-shirt from the December challenge, and the guy came in. His eyes got kinda big, and he kept looking at me throughout his workout...but he stripped his weights. Later I realized that he might possibly have mistaken the challenge shirt for a staff shirt. It made me smile. This morning I saw a guy use several machines, leave them loaded, and walk over to the cable machine...so I approached him. Turns out that he was doing a complicated circuit, but he was cool when I explained what had been going on, and why I approached him.

Last week I got an opportunity to assist Shy with his muscle conditioning class, and I really enjoyed it! A staff member's husband was in the class, and she warned Shy that his form "wasn't great"...that was an understatement!! His form was atrocious. I'm not sure I could replicate everything he had wrong with his squat. Since Shy had 6-8 people in class, and couldn't give this guy  personal attention, I stepped in and helped him on many exercises. Later Shy thanked me for stepping in, and I told him that if he ever needed me to help he should just ask.