[Sportsandrec] Creating your own workout CDs

[Ashley Bramlett]

Kelly,
Congradulations on almost finishing the certification!
Good suggestion.  But for this to work you have to have a college near you
that offers what you want.  Then you have to have an accomodating
instructor.  I totally support inclusion in exercise classes but due to
their visual nature its hard.  You have to have a willing instructor willing
to explain or show you the moves otherwise as they call them out you do not
know the vocabulary meaning.
I attempted a class at George Mason university and a community center.
AT GMU it was a self defense class.  The instructor was not helpful; He did 
not do what I asked which was to verbalize how to perform moves or show me 
during or before class.  The disability office was not helpful.
In the community center it was an aerobics class.  I did not know the 
vocabulary as it was called out.  They tried giving me an assistant but she 
had trouble explaining due to the pace.

So yes ideally, we can and should be "melding ourselves into exercise 
classes"  but you have to have the support to do so.
Sadly the ADA is not always followed and unless you sue which takes time and 
money there is little you can do about it.  I suppose I could have told my 
story to the media and next time it happens I will.  There is a class named 
cardio strength intervals at my health club.  Now that I know some strength 
moves and their names from a personal trainer, I think the CSI class may be 
doable.  I am going to talk to the instructor and get her reaction.  I think 
it will work because she may have time to show me if needed and seems pretty 
verbal.  Time will tell.
Ashley

----- 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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