As a personal trainer I have inspired and trained many
people and I have been passionate in developing my relationship in the fitness
world. Plan or no plan, my training career recently took a turn. I have spent
the last three years educating, and exploring my place in fitness, and one day
without even seeking, everything felt more right in what I was doing than ever
before, my niche found me.
Golf Fitness became my passion. And though I was still
working with clients customizing programs to meet specific goals other than
golf, I began exploring the ideas of NOT just creating customized programs for
just anyone and everyone, but instead making myself an expert on one program
for one group, that being golfers. What started as a side thought, almost a
hobby, I began to create what I called PAR-Fit.
I must admit the idea came from living with a family who
eats, sleeps, and breathes golf. My husband has golfed his entire life, and I
really mean entire life, he started at around 4years old playing with his dad
and granddad and went on to play varsity golf winning numerous metals and trophy’s
and most of all maturing and learning things about life that can only be taught
out on the green. Golf played and integral role in my husband’s life, and
sports and fitness played a huge role in mine. All three of our children have a
natural love for the game of golf. And now that they are older and playing more
competitively, I wanted to help them with a way to stay strong, healthy, and
improve their game, without losing focus of what is most important, having fun!
I was finding myself more and more passionate about this one sport and fitness.
I wasn’t sure where it was going but I decided to get certified in Youth
Fitness as well as Nutritional fitness, and took a course in speed, agility,
and quickness, not only to continue my education, but to support my passion for
my PAR-fit idea.
I remember sometime during this my husband had decided to
enter the Remax long drive competition, he was hitting the ball close to 310
yards, we only had about 10 weeks of training before the event (he decided to
do this last minute) his goal was to hit 330yards which is a huge gain in golf in
a short amount of time, my goal was to get him there, using an
Isometric-stability training method, as well as incorporating a Plyometric
routine on the range. I tracked his progress each day, knowing this method
would increase his fast twitching muscles, increasing his club head speed in a
short amount of time. At that event he more then met his goal, he hit the ball
a long 340 yards, he didn’t move on to regionals that year, but we both left
the event feeling pretty good about ourselves. After that day my niche
had chosen me without me even really knowing it.
I began to design exercise programs, and nutritional plans
that were customized for a golfer. I began teaching my kids about smart goal
setting, planning, and motivating them to understand their own journeys. I have
seen a drastic change in their energy, positivity, accountability, and most of
all they stayed inspired, improved their game, and was continuing to have fun
at their beloved sport.
We spend most of our summers at the golf course and during
off season living in the Midwest it takes bounds of determination to run drills
and stay golf fit. I love finding new ways to hold us accountable, and making
it fun .Today I have notebooks full of research, proven methods, and a whole
new outlook on my personal training career, and I have learned more about golf
then I ever thought I would want to know. I might be taking a risk and even may
lose opportunities honing in on a specified training program, but rather than
cater to everyone, I want to apply an expertise as a professional certified
trainer to my PAR-Fit training program for professional, amateur, adult, or junior
golfers.
What I love about golf in relation to fitness, and life, is
it is not about being the best, it is about being better then you were
yesterday.
Amy Jene Clark |
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