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>> Writing and speaking and engaging with people
is something that you will never be trained

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to do in certifications and even in the
coursework at a university most of a time,

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that is such an integral part of setting you
apart from everyone else in the industry.

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You can just be a strength
coach or a nutritionist,

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or you know, or whatever in that realm.

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But if you can't connect with people
and you can't get people to understand

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and buy into your ideas, you will lose business.

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So if someone's interested
directly in the career that I have,

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I would suggest go and taking
these basic classes.

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Do you necessarily need the specific classes?

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That's a different story.

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But taking care of your basic sciences,
your chemistry, your physics, biology,

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organic chemistry, that's
made my life tons easier now.

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But the broad education that I did get allows
me to answer questions in a very different way,

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and think about problems in a completely
different way than any of my colleagues.

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The best way to say, get into like a collegiate
strengthening conditioning environment

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or even a professional environment with
elite athletes is to go and be there.

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Contact coaches.

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Contact schools.

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And in a sense, put in your time.

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Be an intern and recognize that
the glory associated with working

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with elite athletes doesn't always
come with money -- it's rare.

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So you have to put in lots of free time.

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That free time is immensely
rewarded in the experiences you gain.

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But knowing that coming in would really help.