Fitness Professional Overcomes Self-Doubt and Gains Confidence to Launch Client Programs

I joined the Flipping 50 retreat because I just wanted to do something for myself that was out of the ordinary and, because I'm an introvert, it was very much out of my comfort zone to do that. But I wanted to challenge myself, and I came to the conclusion that all these ladies that were going were over 50, love exercise, and resonate with Debra and love Debra. I decided to sign up and go, and it turned out to be the best thing I've done for myself in a long time. If there was anything that made me hesitate to sign up for the retreat was probably the cost to start with. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought, no, this is something that I'm going to do for myself. And it turned out to be one of the best investments I've done in a long time. My background is in exercise science and exercise physiology. So I've always been involved with exercise, but I've always over-exercised. And so it caught up with me. I found Debra and joined the Flipping 50 Cafe membership. And so through that, I learned about the retreat, and I thought, this is going to be wonderful! As a fitness professional, was very hesitant to even sign up and do the half day event with Debra just because I had a lot of self doubt. I learned so much. What made me say yes to working with Debra was the fact that I just resonate with everything that she was saying. I'd tried so many things before that, at midlife, were just not working. I think there's a couple things that really stand out to me about Debra and that she said, "restore before more." And I had just never heard that or believed that. Another thing that she has said is "strong can do what skinny can't." It just changed my whole perspective and my whole way of exercising. Some of the insight that I learned from the Menopause Fitness Specialist course was Adrenal dysfunction is a game changer for exercise and I learned a lot about the nutrition aspect, protein, how that is so vital in maintaining muscle as we age. Just the exercise, timing and type and frequency. Before I was cardio all the time and it really helped to retrain my thinking that that's really not necessary. Strength training is priority. Interval training. Never done that before. Love it. I'm an integrative health coach, so it just helped just reinforce how it all works together. What surprised me the most about the Menopause Fitness Specialist course was how thorough it was. It was definitely worth what I paid for it. The Menopause Fitness Specialist course improved my confidence in working with clients. It actually gave me the confidence just all the different areas that are covered gave me the confidence to actually be able to set up a program and work with clients without hesitation. For any health and fitness professionals who are on the fence about working with Debra or doing Specialist course, I would say this: Jump in and do it! Don't look back! Move forward. Go for it, because it will be worth it! Working with Debra on my business plan was eye opening. First of all, she's a wealth of knowledge. And it is a lot of information, but she breaks it down into bite sized chunks that are understandable. Everything about Debra just kind of changes your life because she makes you think about things in a different way and is such an encouragement. My name is Kim Akins, and I live in Griffin, Georgia.