[Sportsandrec] Creating your own workout CDs

[Rania]

Congradulations! I my self have 1 more practicle to go before I find out if 
I pass Massage Technique and Practice that I am taking for the second and 
final time.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thornbury, Kelly" <kthornbury at bresnan.net>
To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] Creating your own workout CDs


> 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.
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