Be green.
There's nothing like a 3 week trip to Japan to make you realize just how wasteful and careless our society is with our side of the planet. We've finally caught on to the whole "Green Movement" but for some reason it seems like we are only trying to use it to make even more money. Supposedly greener cars, grocery bags, and paints? Is a clean environment even on the agenda?
We live in a little bubble of wastefulness that we call North America. We eat too much beef and poultry. We rely too much on the WalMart's of our society to give us the best deal, regardless of the consequence, just so that we can buy more of the things that we don't need. We take up so much space and do everything on such a large scale. Our cars, our groceries, and carbon footprint.
Two weeks later, back in Montreal, my life here will never be the same. As I follow the disaster that has hit Japan merely a day after I left, I am relieved with the belief that if any one nation can come out of such a tragedy with the greatest degree of efficiency, it most definitely is Japan. (And no, they are not using these nuclear reactors to create weapons of mass destruction - I couldn't believe this comment when I heard it last week).
So I'll be doing my part. The Green Movement to me will not just be about buying green products. It will be about sustainability. I will be buying less, and making the most of what I already have. Isn't that what we mean anyway when we say: reduce, reuse, recycle?
Sherry Shaban
Monday, May 23, 2011
Mr and Mrs S
I love what I do. I love what I do because as a scientist, therapist and strength and conditioning specialist, I have the type of job that creates a perfect balance between the three. I love my job because every day is a new challenge. I love my job because every day I get to meet new incredible people. Montreal is LOADED with the coolest people!
But most of all, I love my job because I get to see first hand just how much impact my profession creates in a person's life. This is a little story about Mr and Mrs S. Not quite sure how they'd feel knowing that I am blogging about them, so let's just call them that.
I met the "S"'s nearly 4 years ago (I can't believe it's been that long) when their daughters were finding a way for them to become more active without the whole gym-environment-thing.
When we first started working together, a mere squat was quite a challenge. But they were determined, stubborn and more motivated than I had ever seen before. In a matter of 6 months, Mr "S" was chugging through sets of ballistic push ups without a huff or a puff, while Mrs. "S"'s balance and propioception during her one-legged dead lifts desperately needed the attention of a camera. Did I mention that the "S"'s are in their sixty-somethings?
They took their training programs with them on every vacation and family trip and stuck to their exercise like it was white on rice.
In early February they kicked me out (only kidding!) for a few months while renovating their basement.
Clearly I started this blog talking about how the thing I love most about my job is seeing the impact of fitness in a person's life, right? Well, 3 months later, the "S"'s have done a wicked job to their basement incorporating a well designed and carefully planned out training studio. The "S"'s have actually gone so far as to equip the studio with shock absorbing floors and pocket doors to close it off from the rest of the room. (Nice job with the decor, J) Although it was a joke, I have to say that I was touched to see the Be Training logo sitting in a frame on the window sill.
I have no doubt in my mind, that with or without my guidance, the "S"'s journey to fitness will continue. I hope this little story has inspired you as much as it has me.
Sherry Shaban
But most of all, I love my job because I get to see first hand just how much impact my profession creates in a person's life. This is a little story about Mr and Mrs S. Not quite sure how they'd feel knowing that I am blogging about them, so let's just call them that.
I met the "S"'s nearly 4 years ago (I can't believe it's been that long) when their daughters were finding a way for them to become more active without the whole gym-environment-thing.
When we first started working together, a mere squat was quite a challenge. But they were determined, stubborn and more motivated than I had ever seen before. In a matter of 6 months, Mr "S" was chugging through sets of ballistic push ups without a huff or a puff, while Mrs. "S"'s balance and propioception during her one-legged dead lifts desperately needed the attention of a camera. Did I mention that the "S"'s are in their sixty-somethings?
They took their training programs with them on every vacation and family trip and stuck to their exercise like it was white on rice.
In early February they kicked me out (only kidding!) for a few months while renovating their basement.
Clearly I started this blog talking about how the thing I love most about my job is seeing the impact of fitness in a person's life, right? Well, 3 months later, the "S"'s have done a wicked job to their basement incorporating a well designed and carefully planned out training studio. The "S"'s have actually gone so far as to equip the studio with shock absorbing floors and pocket doors to close it off from the rest of the room. (Nice job with the decor, J) Although it was a joke, I have to say that I was touched to see the Be Training logo sitting in a frame on the window sill.
I have no doubt in my mind, that with or without my guidance, the "S"'s journey to fitness will continue. I hope this little story has inspired you as much as it has me.
Sherry Shaban
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