Nutrition Guidelines

My personal trainer (mentor) Brenda Prokop gave me informational papers to help me gain knowledge on my nutrition. On one of the papers "Key facts for each food groups" it talks about the food groups like proteins, dairy, grains, etc. It tells you what variety of foods that you should be eating and it also gives you tips on which foods should be replaced and avoid. For example, it says protein foods with high solid fat should be replaced with the ones that are low in solid fats and calories. The second paper "Healthy Nutrition Guidelines", it gives you tips on how to balance calories, which foods to increase/decrease, and how to design a plan that will help you eat healthier and better. I found this papers very useful, because now I can give my body a better nutrition that will help it function better. By following this guidelines it will help me get better results on my training.

Blog 6 - Second Interview Preperation

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?

My mentor is Brenda Prokop. She is a personal trainer at the 24 Hour Fitness Center, at the City of Industry. 

2. What five questions will you ask them about their background?

1. What made you decide to become a personal trainer at the 24 Fitness Center?
2.  What is your background with personal fitness? 
3. How many years have you been a certified as personal trainer? 
4.  What is the best and worst thing about being a personal trainer?
5. What is your philosophy when it comes to nutrition and physical training?   

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflection

1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

 

I actually changed my senior topic the second week of school to fitness, since than I have been doing a lot of research on where I could do my mentorship at. I decided that the best place to do it was at a gym, so I singed up for a membership at the 24 Hour Fitness  Center, in the City of Industry. While applying for my membership I met one of the managers  Kyle, whom was really nice and is helping me get a personal trainer to be my mentor for my project. At this point I'm just waiting for his call. 

2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

 

The most important article I have read so far is from  Rock Hard Nutrition  by Stiefel, Steven. This article contains a lot of information about what is the right nutrition to eat on your workout days and rest days. It teaches you the amount of calories a person should be getting depending on how much they weight.  It also gives you tips on how to build muscle and lose body fat, by showing you different workouts that you could do.  I find this article very helpful because it has thought me the basics on how the body works and the benefits of a living a healthier life