southpaw14

hello i am in my first year of high school and have been forced to think of my future and what i will do. I love sports and i love boxing and want to be able to go pro. I like in canada, nova scotia and need to know what courses i should take throughout high school related to becoming a fitness trainer or somone working in a gym? After high school what courses would i take? Is there a really good collage to go to for this? How long does it take? thank you for any information it would be greatly appraciated

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"a old man down in Ontario told me, "85 percent of boxing is road work the other 15 percent is skill."

Sagacious Lu

A good friend on mine has an bachelors degree in Exercise Science. Now she's the general manager of a health and fitness club. I ask her advice about nutrition and different training methods all the time, she has a lot of great information. I remember shortly before she graduated she interned at a gym where some of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Hawks train in their off seasons. I did a quick google search for "Exercise Science" and found a collection of links that look good although I haven't explored them:
http://www.uni.edu/hpl/links.html

If you are genuinely interested in this field you should do some research on which universities and colleges offer undergraduate programs. Then you can see what you have to do as a high school student in order to get into the school you want to go to. Whether or not you ever realize your goal of boxing professionally this would def. allow you to have a rewarding career long after you are too old to compete personally.

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Tom Yum

Hey man, you should go to the gym and tell your coach about your interest. He could probably tell you the ins and outs of what it takes to go pro.

If your going to college, you might look up sports medicine or kinesiology as a major.

Ask Tim. He should be able to give you some direction as well.

Good luck!

Oraenor

Read Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad. His philosophy may reflect on money but it can also adapt to everyday life.

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