Fitness professionals, experts, specialists and any other name we might want to call ourselves(I personally like Exercise Scientist) we have FAILED. We have more than quadrupled in number over the years, become more scientific and we have even provided a variety of different kinds of exercises and workouts, but what do we have to show for it? A steady rise in obesity and lifestyle diseases. Postural problems are like a badge of honour(You know, for the one who sits the longest in the office) and more and more people are moving a lot less. We are associating physical movement with poverty, ( "I've made it in life, so neither I nor my children shall walk anywhere ever again"). I miss those days when children only suffered from childhood;hyperactivity, bruises, broken teeth from a tree climbing gone sour, bumps on the head etc. Back then, kids would tolerate everything including lactose and gluten. And I would know this because I spent my early life as a child.
So where are we going wrong? Trying to save the entire world because we have the knowledge and the know-how is where we are going wrong. If there's anything I've learnt over the years by increasing my knowledge it's the revelation how so very little we know.
Here's the problem with trying to save the world, THERE'S NO WORLD. There's only 7 Billion of us, and 7 Billion different understandings of the world. My goal should be to change only ONE person's understanding (That is you) and show you how powerful and capable you are so that you can in turn change another(How you come in and help us, as exercise scientists) and we replicate this cycle until the 7 Billion are reached.
Wellness Solutions have already discovered this little secret. They are corporate wellness company that LITERALLY teaches people in the corporate circles how to put them(Wellness Solutions) out of business.
Let me explain. They are experts in work place analysis and postural assessments. (I know they're experts because I send clients with postural deficiencies or chronic back problems to them before training them or prescribing any exercise to them). They go into an organization and pick a few people from the organization, later to be known as wellness coordinators and train them to do what they do in the SIMPLEST most effective way possible. This makes the process more individualized and engaging. It arouses curiosity and creativity in the participants;the two ingredients that are the engines of achievement. EXACTLY WHY FOR US TO ACHIEVE, WE NEED YOUR HELP.
Wellness Solutions would go into a said organization, do individual tests, to reveal what needs to be addressed;if its slouching on your computer, sitting/standing for long hours, carrying heavy equipment with improper posture etc. From there on they'll train the wellness coordinators from the said organization on interpretation of the tests and what to do to address that.(If it's getting Laptop Raisers or pedometers to remind you that you need to cover a certain number of steps a day or something as simple as stretches). At this point Pro Wellness Solutions LEAVE your organization under the capable hands of the wellness coordinators to see through what they've started and only come in once in a while to check in on the wellness coordinators, help when needed and do a retest to find out if the recommendations are working.
Their aim is that within 2 years or less an organization knows what to do on their own, and they are not needed anymore.Things like backaches, neck and wrist strains will be a thing of the past. (Prevent instead of treat).
THAT RIGHT THERE, IS PURE GENIUS.
As you pick up the phone to call Wellness Solutions today to your office, I'll be job shadowing, because they are probably the only people dealing with humans as a human system and not a mechanical system. They understand that a human system depends on certain conditions to thrive.
They practice Climate Control and not Command & Control(Used when handling Mechanical Systems). They create a Climate of Possibility where people will rise to it and create things beyond their expectation, instead of just saying "Drop and give me 50".
Call 0733 783 255 or 020-5286079
Info@pro-wellness-solutions.
Info@pro-wellness-solutions.
Challenge of the week, help us reach at least the 10 million in Nairobi only.
Today at YMCA, Deliberate Fitness, we'll be discussing Nutrition after training. 5.25pm is the time.
Cheers!
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