In New Zealand we have a saying – It’s “Yeah Right!” It means “No, I do not agree!” and it’s used in a humorous or satirical manner. A favourite of mine is when students tell their teachers, “I’ve been studying all summer”. The repy is, “Yeah Right!” Or when your partner says, “of course I’ll clean up the flat” when you know he’s going to be watching the match on TV all afternoon. We laugh and say, “Yeah Right!” New Zealand’s Tui Breweries has run a very sucessful billboard campaign using the “Yeah Right” slogan.
So, of course, the title of this article is a joke!
I’ve been reminded this week of how little I actually know; how much there still is to learn. I’ve learnt how to put customers through the Safety Program correctly, making sure they get into perfect position and correct as necessary so they stay in position and get all the benefits the training gives. I’ve updated the knowledge needed to assess a new customers needs based on their answers to medical and injury questions on the Health Screen they complete when they first come into the studio. I’ve worked with customers to achieve great results ranging from fat-loss and fitness gains to injury recovery, core strength and more.
Yet each day I come across a situation I am tested in. A customer with knee pain, a customer who feels faint during the program, children who find it difficult to play quietly and instead try to run about the studio; these are the simple conditions I deal with each day. The more difficult ones like medical conditions that might affect how a customer copes with the vibration training program or how they are affected afterwards, things like auto-immune conditions, then I am able to ask for help from Lloyd Shaw, who is my boss and the owner and developer of the Vibra-Train brand of machines. All the Vibra-Train studios have the same access to help and even other brands of vibration machine owners call from all around the world to get advice in specific situations.
