{"id":6572,"date":"2016-03-09T17:06:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitproblog.mysites.io\/education-training\/"},"modified":"2016-03-09T17:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:06:43","slug":"education-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/education-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Education or training: What’s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the difference between education and training?<\/strong> As managing editor at FitPro, the fitness education company that works with some of the industry\u2019s finest educators, it\u2019s a question to which Fiona McAuslan<\/strong> has given a lot of thought. It may be that you feel it\u2019s a question of semantics and that one is equal to the other, but she\u00a0doesn\u2019t believe so.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want a linear journey that takes you from a starting point of being unqualified to the end point of owning a piece of paper that says you can work with clients, then I\u2019d argue that what you want is training. You\u2019re probably after the quickest, cheapest route to a qualification as a means to an end. And congratulations, whatever your ability you won\u2019t find this hard to achieve \u2013 the fitness industry is currently well set up to churn out instructors at a rate of knots. However, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s enough: if you want to be great at what you do, you should aim higher and I\u2019m confident that, if you\u2019re reading this, you think so too. Education gives you something different. When you start to educate yourself about a subject, you\u2019re not just sitting down to learn a set of facts \u2013 you are seeking knowledge about that subject in its entirety: what the history is, which research (old and new) has influenced the discourse around it, what the beliefs, interests, prejudices and business interests are of the individuals teaching you, and what the contested knowledge is (which means learning about all the different shades of grey that exist between the polar opposites of black and white, right or wrong). If you\u2019re educating yourself, this means turning up to a lecture or workshop and listening to everything and questioning it \u2013 does it make sense? Do you think it\u2019s right or wrong? And asking why you think that. You\u2019re not turning up just so you can regurgitate it on your own blog or at a bemused client two days later only to forget it next month.<\/em><\/p>\n

More than anything, the one thing that seeking education implies is a passion for your subject. This brings me neatly to FitPro LIVE London on 8-9 April. This is the single best opportunity you have this year to soak up new ideas, techniques, arguments and research \u2013 the essence of fitness education. It\u2019s also the perfect opportunity to meet the faces behind FitPro. Many of the articles in the spring issue of Fitpro magazine have been written by the presenters at the event and I hope you use it as a jumping-off point. Ricky Hatton\u2019s Boxing Academy details a boxing drill for circuits;\u00a0Fitpro columnist Paul Mumford gives an in-depth interview with award-winning fit pro and FitPro LIVE London presenter Katie Bulmer-Cooke and asks her all the questions about her life and work that you\u2019ve ever wanted to know; and we have nutrition opinions from Ben Coomber. One interesting area that we\u2019re featuring in both the magazine and at the event is how personalised genetics can help you tailor your programmes for individual clients.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Alongside this, contributions from our regulars include an exploration of running economy from Tony Lycholat \u2013 a fascinating area of research, much of which has been gained working with English long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe. Equally intriguing is the chance to find out what your class members really think about their instructors in Olivia Hubbard\u2019s article Dish the Dirt. Both in Good Shout\u00a0and Aislinn Kelly\u2019s feature on new age fitness, you\u2019ll hear from and about instructors who are working with clients in their 50s, 60s and beyond. This is a key demographic for the industry and finding ways to build better programmes and market classes without patronising them is something that any canny fit pro should be doing now.<\/em><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to agree with everything that you read \u2013 in fact, I hope you won\u2019t \u2013 but I think it will pique your interest, engage your mind and your body, and make you want to come to our event and join in the dialogue about the subjects that will make you the best at what you do.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0Get Fitpro <\/em>magazine on your iPhone now.\u00a0<\/strong>Visit fitpro.com\/app\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

View our FitPro LIVE presenters<\/strong> here<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Fiona McAuslan, managing editor<\/p>\n

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