Been very busy with school lately and have not had a great deal of time to post. I’m doing a course in Training and Development this semester at university and for our assesment we have to construct and present a training session for the class. Each session has to be 40 minutes in length and can be on whatever topic we wish.
I was thinking of helping to educate the mainstream “masses” in some of the fundamental weight training and nutritional principles as well as shattering some of the common myths surrounding weight trainig and nutrition. Because of time constraints and the plethora of information we could potentially cover, I was wondering what approach some of you guys would take if you were in my situation? There are 4 of us presenting and I was thinking of just concentrating on coaching the class in the “Big 3” lifts - emphasizing how these exercises provide the most “bang for the buck” and can be included in any routine regardless of gender, goals etc. We were also thinking of splitting the class into three groups after the theory session and “schooling” them in the finer details of lifting technique.
Is there anything in particular that you guys would incorporate to make this session exciting and dare I say it, “gimmicky”. Our mark is determined by the class, and it seems that many college students judge the content of these presentations on “gimmick-value” rather than there content alone. We were thinking of doing our bit for the mag by wearing Tmag shirts, promoting the site, and mentioning some Biotest supplements that would be handy for the average Joe and Jane to take.
Sounds to me as though you have a good plan there. The “gimmick” you’re refering to should be handled by the actual “schooling” in the lifts you refer to. I think that if your classmates actually get to try the lifts, that is all you need. Doing something physical in class, as opposed to just listening about it, will go quite far. Be sure to add lots of visual items to your presentation–overheads or a power point presentation addresses both the oral and visual learner and keeps your class’ attention. If you want to demonstrate anything, ask for volunteers from the class. The more you directly involve your listeners, the better your presentation will be. Good luck!
How about laying it all out in “comic book” form? There was a panel at the Comic Con which discussed educational comic books. Just a thought. Could be printed out in B&W (saves on cost) - you could do this for the syllabus.
Thanks Patricia and GM for your comments. Just bumping this up for some more feedback and ideas.
Patricia, yeah I was thinking of using the “comic-book” idea as a supplementary handout to our presentation with training and nutrition templates, along with some helpful weight training related “soundbytes”. I was also thinking of using some of those MuscleHedz cartoons to add some humour to the presentation.
BTW, thought there were some great photos of yourself on the Tmag members board.
Well, if you know of anyone who is handy with Photoshop, then creating some interesting learning materials shouldn't be a prob. Just be kinda careful with the "MuscleHedz" cartoons - find out if you can use them, which I think you probably can. I'm just worried about infringing on the artist's copyrights (since I'm an artist, too).
