[Sportsandrec] Creating your own workout CDs

[Thornbury, Kelly]

Yes, a personal trainer can be expensive, so this might be a solution.
Local colleges and universities usually have physical activity classes, and you can usually either audit the class or take the class in an Adult Continuing Education (ACE) format. Most public institutions have disability offices, and the mandate that the classes be accessible as per your individual needs. In more complicated classes in the past I have requested an assistant (someone who is required to describe things), and I am always allowed to record the classes on my digital recorder...A format I can later use to study movements or use after the class ends if I want to continue what I learned at home. With a little thought just about all classes can be saved somehow in this format. Another advantage is cost, where about $100 or so depending on the school and the number of credit hours for the class, will get you about 14-16 hours of instruction. You will get out of the class the effort you put in to learn and have it accessible. If you need more information from the instructor, track them down, it is their job to help every student understand the material they are teaching. If you are not satisfied with access, talk to your disability office, that's part of what they are there for. 

Some feel that in an ideal world everything would be accessible, and we would have every accommodation handed to us...In my ideal world we as individuals who just happen to be blind, or with some other mark of individuality, would create our own accommodations , figure out our own access needs, and design and implement our own unique ways of doing things. That way we learn how to adapt what we've learned and applied in one situation to other situations in our lives. 

I know, two trains of thought there, but the first was a recommended possible solution to the problem stated on the list, the second is meant to inspire all of us to just get out there and do it based on our own experiences, knowledge, and capabilities. To empower ourselves to take charge of melding ourselves into exercise classes, and society in general. 

I'm excited to say that I am just one exam away from my Health and Fitness Instructor certification, and in my experience, vision isn't the answer to perfect form in any exercise venue, practice is. Vision will help undoubtedly helpful in acquiring the skills during that session (in the moment if you will), but learning (the relatively permanent change in movement behavior) is only acquired through practice.  The amount of practice required depends on individual ability, and yes vision affects ability, but the more you practice the better you will get, not only in that particular activity, but in many different activities...The more activities you participate in, the more different activities will be easy to learn. 

Kelly

"Give a man a fish, he eats today...Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime." 
Its not a song lyric I know, but most music I listen to either doesn't have lyrics, doesn't have lyrics that are understandable or translatable, or has lyrics not suitable to be repeated in a public forum.