>> Writing and speaking and engaging with people is something that you will never be trained
to do in certifications and even in the coursework at a university most of a time,
that is such an integral part of setting you apart from everyone else in the industry.
You can just be a strength coach or a nutritionist,
or you know, or whatever in that realm.
But if you can't connect with people and you can't get people to understand
and buy into your ideas, you will lose business.
So if someone's interested directly in the career that I have,
I would suggest go and taking these basic classes.
Do you necessarily need the specific classes?
That's a different story.
But taking care of your basic sciences, your chemistry, your physics, biology,
organic chemistry, that's made my life tons easier now.
But the broad education that I did get allows me to answer questions in a very different way,
and think about problems in a completely different way than any of my colleagues.
The best way to say, get into like a collegiate strengthening conditioning environment
or even a professional environment with elite athletes is to go and be there.
Contact coaches.
Contact schools.
And in a sense, put in your time.
Be an intern and recognize that the glory associated with working
with elite athletes doesn't always come with money -- it's rare.
So you have to put in lots of free time.
That free time is immensely rewarded in the experiences you gain.
But knowing that coming in would really help.