oh, and I forgot to say, yes I do go to the gym, 3 days a week. But again, my son has to come with me because he doesn't go to kinder. I'm just lucky that the gym I go to is in our apartment building so there's no problem taking a child in there. And no, it's not possible to go in the evenings after my son's bed time, he often wakes after he goes to bed and I'm the only one he will resettle for, plus I usually have housework to do at that time and I prefer morning workouts anyway, that's when I have the most energy.
I'm guessing you don't have kids, right? That sort of comment could only come from a childless person. Don't worry, you'll know what I mean when you have your own, and parents are very used to childless people judging us so I don't take it personally
My son has just turned 3, he is not in childcare, our choice, I am a full time stay at home mum. He son has dropped his day nap most days, maybe has one about once a week. If he does sleep I usually cook, fold washing, tidy toys, do our household filing, vacuum, mop, take rubbish out, etc etc. I choose not to get on the computer while he is awake, so from about 7am to 7pm he is awake and I either do housework (see above), take him on a walk, do grocery shopping, go to mothers group, play with him, cook meals (no packaged food in this house, all made from scratch).
I do get some time to do my own thing in the evening, but I also have a husband, so the evenings are the only time we get to actually talk (it is just not possible to have a deep conversation with a 3 year old needing attention, especially my son who is what you would call a 'spirited child').
That's great that your sister can manage more working 4/5 days a week with 2 kids....lucky her to get such a huge break from the kids 5 days a week! I don't get such a break, I've got my little fella with me, needing me, 24/7.
And another thing, which I probably should have mentioned, is that there is no urgency in me actually becoming a personal trainer. I would like to at least do the course this year or next year. My son is not starting kinder until next year, so for the next 2 years I'm limited to doing RMIT's part time course which runs on Wed evenings and all day Saturday. My husband is gone from 8am to 8pm weekdays so he will have to finish work early on Wednesdays once I start.
It's not that I don't have hours in the day to potentially do stuff, but I make a conscious choice to not sit on the computer while he's awake, unless absolutely necessary to pay a bill online or something like that. I just refuse to neglect him like that.
You people without kids just don't know what it's like (time management wise), so you may as well stop making assumptions on how we manage our time or choose to raise our children. I will be a personal trainer, but there's no urgency. So what if there's been a month between the initial post?? Who cares? I've got 2 years or more to sort it out, which is how long it is until my son goes to school, and therefor giving me time to pursue a career for myself. But for now, I'm very happy to be a stay at home mum, and enjoying looking into doing something for myself.
Oh, and re the poaching thing. Yes it is a threat to bodybuilding.com to poach members. You see, if I need bodybuilding advice, I now have 2 choices. If I come here, I'm not at bodybuilding.com, therefore not reading their ads, so it is indeed called poaching, even if I don't have to cancel membership there. I am a member of a parenting forum, and we're not allowed to even post links to another parenting related forum, because it is competition for their advertising. You should be so lucky that I don't report you to bodybuilding.com
btw not 100% sure what happened earlier in this thread but i dont think kyle was trying to be rude, he can sometimes come across strong with his opinions but he always means best. he does put time into his responses to try and help those asking questions so dont take things too personally but i dont find his responses rude.
You people without kids just don't know what it's like (time management wise), so you may as well stop making assumptions on how we manage our time or choose to raise our children. I will be a personal trainer, but there's no urgency.
I gave three respectful and informative answers, directed her to websites and threads where she could get more information, and offered my private email to discuss any concerns or questions she had at length.If there is one aspect of this forum that fails is the lack of respect And support shown to new members.
Kyle and shrek you need to pump your brakes.
Absolutely. I've heard that the actual words we speak form about 7% of people's impression of us, the other 93% is tone, body language and so on. The number seems suspiciously exact to me, but we can fairly say, "only a little bit of people's impression of you is in the words you speak." So that leaves us in the poo a bit in discussion forums, where all we have is words. I mention again the example of Markos' wife saying that if all she knew of Markos was his newsletters, she wouldn't go to PTC.But it does take just a quick glance maybe three seconds for someone to evaluate you when you meet for the first time,
It's ironic that I seem dogmatic to you now, because in my long thread about becoming a personal trainer, I was accused of being too open-minded. "If the client doesn't like that style of training, tell them to fck off."Because of the Internet common sense seems have taken a long holiday and people are generally very confused, in my experience it all works there is no one way, are very respected here but at times you appear dogmatic my apologies if I'm wrong.
Kyle has offended me once or twice but instead of jumping down his throat i sit back and have a look at it and come to the conclusion he was just offering his opinion in his own no bullshit shoot from the hip way.Get over it.this is a body buliding forum.Aren`t we all aiming to be rock hard men/women?If we get pissed off over comments made on the net how the hell would we respond to real criticism.
If you really want to show how hard you are attack what the person says and debunk it but don`t resort to sandpit tactics and attack them.
This comment of we are bodybiulders therefore we are tough is silly.
You're quite right, Silverback. I should note that I'm not the only one who gets frustrated with people who don't listen, right, Silverback?
Again, I don't judge the woman's time-management abilities, I don't know her pressure or situation. If she says she's flat-out, she's flat-out. I simply note that if a person has no time for research or study, they're going to have a hard time during a course of education. Of course they may say, "well I'll make time for the course." So... no time to make sure the course is right for them, but do have time to do the course. Hmmm.
That's like someone who reckons they have no time to read (for example) Starting Strength, but do have time to do the workout. Is the issue really time, or something else?
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