Summer Mentorship Component

L I T E R A L

1. Summer Mentorship Log
2. Maria Vilchis, Personal Trainer at Gold's Gym West Covina 502 Plaza Drive. 
Phone Number: (626)-480-7717
3.  Questions raised from mentorship:

• What has to be achieved when becoming a Personal Trainer?
• What do you have to do to tone up instead of building bulky muscle?
• Do I want to become a Personal Trainer?
• How do you motivate someone to push themselves when they aren't willing to?
• What effects do certain types foods have on our bodies?
• What exercises are most effective when building lean muscle?

I N T E R P E R A T I V E

4. The most important thing I have gained from this experience is that people have different goals when it comes to fitness. Every client Maria and I have worked with all have different body types, meaning that they have different objectives so it was imperative to know what type of training would fit the client's needs. We worked with overweight women who wanted to shed their fat and gain a healthier lifestyle, average clients whose goals were to build muscle, and underweight clients who wanted to gain weight. Before this mentorship, I thought only those with a heavier build make appointments with personal trainers because they want someone to help and motivate them to lose weight, but throughout the 10 hours I have spent working with Maria, I saw that people with different body types choose to work with personal trainers as well. They seek for the same help and motivation, but just for different things.

A P P L I E D

5. I am teeter-tottering between Pediatrics and Fitness and Nutrition. I was not able to find a mentor for Pediatrics during the summer, but it is still something I really want to pursue a career in because when I was little, my pediatrician impacted my childhood and she is someone I will remember for the rest of my life. I would like to have that impact on children as well. However, after working with Maria, I'm interested on doing Fitness and Nutrition as a topic as well because it felt amazing to motivate people on their journey of fitness. I was impacting their lives by helping them change their lifestyle and it was just a great feeling.