As I alluded to this morning, I have some news to share with you guys! I wanted to wait until I got the official call before I shared anything and since I heard the good news this afternoon, I feel comfortable letting you guys in on the latest development in my life.
Right after I got my personal training certification through NASM, I began searching for a fitness-related job in Ocala. Unfortunately there are a limited number of gyms in Ocala and therefore a limited number of jobs. (One day I accidentally typed Orlando into craigslist and thought I finally hit the job jackpot! Not the case.)
The jobs I found near me were still a solid 45-minute drive away, so when a personal training job finally opened up at a local gym within 20 minutes of my house, I was so excited.
I applied immediately and went in to talk with someone right away. The week before we left on our vacation, I had my first formal interview. Yesterday I had a follow-up interview with two more people and found myself getting more and more excited about possibly joining their team. We seem to share a similar fitness philosophy and they were extremely receptive to my desire to eventually transition into instructing group exercise classes when I have that certification and feel comfortable. (And we talked about BodyPump! I think I may even be able to lead the charge to bring that class to the gym which would be amazing.)
I go in on Monday to fill out the paperwork and do the whole drug test thang, but I should be starting at the gym very soon! I’m really looking forward to a new adventure and more human interaction. I’ve missed being around people every day and think this will be a great new challenge. I’m nervous and excited all at once.
So now that the news is out, let’s fly through the rest of the day, shall we?
Lunch
Leftovers for lunch!
Last night I made a giant batch of Easy Orange Chicken for dinner and reheated two drumsticks for lunch today after I arrived home from an afternoon Taste of Ocala meeting.
I served the drumsticks with a sweet, crisp apple and roasted broccoli and cauliflower that I tossed in olive oil and the leftover orange sauce.
Now I’m off to continue working away on a PowerPoint presentation. Fun stuff!
![\"Quantcast\"/](\"//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-1e3-7hOJ_U8Bg.gif\")
wohoo congrats!! You will make an excellent personal trainer and fitness class instructor!!! They are lucky to have you on the team!
Congratulations! That’s really great.
Yay! congrats:) you will be awesome I can’t wait to hear about all the new things you will be doing!
Congrats! I’m so excited for you. I knew you were a perfect fit. Looking forward to seeing you around.
Congratulations!!!!! You will be a great personal trainer and group teacher. Look forward to hearing about your journey. As always, thanks for what you do!!!! Best, Robyn
Congrats!!! I wish I lived closer so I could have you as my personal trainer.
Way to go Julie! You should be super excited as that is such great news 🙂 What does that mean for your blogging? Will the personal training job be full time?
AWESOME!! Congratulations Julie!
Great news! As a writer too, I understand what you mean by needing a little more human interaction in your life! What a nice break.
Very Awesome and Congrats.
congrats!!
Congrats! It will feel good to get out the house everyday and be productive. Hope you get to lead the BodyPump!
Congrats, Julie! That is so exciting!
I’m sure you will start working with a wonderful new team!
Congrats Julie! I think you’ll make an awesome BP instructor (and trainer to of course!) The Les Mills culture is so inspiring, so I wouldn’t be surprised if you soon decided to pick up another program like Body Combat or Attack!
How exciting! I am so happy for you! I wish someone would bring Body Pump to my tiny town :(. Can’t wait to hear about your adventures in your new job!
Congratulations, Julie – that’s so great!! You’re going to be a wonderful trainer.
Congrats! That is really awesome news and I’m sure you will make a fabulous personal trainer.
Congrats ! Exciting news 🙂
Congrats Julie! You’re going to rock it!
Congratulations!! I only wish I lived in Ocala-I’d hire you as my trainer immediately!
Congratulations!!! How wonderful to find a job you’re so passionate about! Do you know much about group fitness certification or are you still planning to look into it? I think NASM doesn’t have a group fitness certification but ACE does… maybe? I’m currently being trained by a local dancer/fitness instructor who created her own line of classes which are AWESOME, but I’ve thought about looking into a more nationally-recognized certification to make this one seem a little more “legit”… would love to hear your more-knowledgeable thoughts! 🙂
Congratulations! I can’t wait to follow your new journey! You’re going to have SO much fun 🙂
Congratulations, Julie–you are a fantastic inspiration and motivation to us all!
Congratulations!! That’s AMAZING news! Body pump would be awesome! I wish our local gym offered it. Definitely one of the best group exercise classes, in my opinion!
Congratulations Julie! That’s so awesome! I wish I lived near you so you could be my trainer 🙂
Yay! That’s so awesome! Hope that BodyPump thing works out so you can do it again!
Congratulations! 🙂
Congrats! That is so great:). You will be an excellent trainer!
Awesome news! Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but… Drug test?! They make you take a drug test?!
Congrats! Very exciting!!
Congrats! Good for you for trying new things 🙂
Congratulations! This is such exciting news. Training can be a very difficult field at first, but it definitely gets easier and SO rewarding as time goes on. You will do amazing 🙂
Congratulations! Very happy for you
Yay! Congrats! I’d take a fitness class with you 🙂 You’ll be great!
Ahh!! Congratulations Julie 🙂 so proud of you for following your dreams and not settling for anything less then your passion. You go girl!
That is such wonderful news Julie, Congratulations!!!
yay congrats on the new job. that is so exciting!
That’s great! I think you’ll love interacting and encouraging other in the fitness arena!!
Congratulations! That is so exciting. May your new adventure open many more door toward your dreams!!!!
Congrats Julie! That sounds like the PERFECT job for you! 🙂
I need a new personal trainer!!! (Mine totally blows…) I guess I now have to move to Florida because I just know that you’d make such a wonderful trainer! 😉
Congratulations!
congrats! that’s so exciting! i’d take one of your future body pump classes if i lived in your area. 😀
Congrats on the job! How exciting!!
-AJ
FitTravelerAJ.blogspot.com
That’s great, congratulations!
Congrats! This seems like such a perfect fit for you, especially since you love BodyPump so much. You’d make an awesome teacher!
Congrats on the new job! That is fabulous news! 🙂
Congrats! Sounds exciting and fun! 🙂
Ah! So very happy for you! I have been following you for a while and this news just makes me happy! 🙂
congrats!