VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

My new boss is a friend of mine
one my friend sent me a name card  / sent a name card to me.
I said why do you send me a stranger / why do you send me the card of a stranger

He said you try to contact him, he is looking for a new coach. We had a short chat before I went to Beijing.
He said welcome to my new gym. What time can you start?
I was worried about being a freshman / lacking experience / being new to this… about being a novice  I have no experience to coach anyone. I am just a normal person who loves workout.

The lucky part is my new boss doesn’t care about my experience of coaching in a gym. He focuses on the experience of my internet industry including communication and product development.
It went smoothly (adv) / it was smooth (adj)
The past 2 months were too amazing.
I finished more than 20 classes.
The first class I though sucked / was terrible . I was very nervous and I couldn’t show myself and was afraid to make mistakes. After that James talked to me. Don’t worry about it everyone starts somewhere…
You should be confident to speak out because you are the coach. You are in control

He told me change the music when we have high intensity exercise and I need to give 3 points to teach them how to finish one exercise./ I need to keep the explanations simple / I need to be direct
After some classes I found my rhythm and more and more students choose my classes.

It is so tiring, I need to do exercises with my clients and give clear instructions and I must be excited all the time. / I must be in high spirits

Before becoming a teacher I thought it was easy, actually I need to prepare a lot of info.
I need to address some issues

they want to meet new people and socialize

This is a class 1-6. Two people are a team / people do it as a pair and do the same exercise/repeat the exercise for 2-3 rounds.
It seems it combines power and condition together. It is more interesting and funny because you have team members to help you.
Whatever you are fresh / novice or experienced, everyone can join the class / it doesn’t matter if you are novice or experience, everyone can join.

From 7:30 / half past seven.
I must go to the gym about 30mins before the class.

Before starting this work/job I thought this is the most difficult thing in my life because I talked to some bosses and all of them asked me how many customers I can bring to the gym
I have to be humble to add to my experience of this area. / to increase my experience / to gain experience in this field…
I need to know what they demand
It has been a long time since I last had English lesson / I haven’t had a class for a long time

they demand motivation and a regular schedule
Some demand losing weight.
a few of them demand advice on sport performance

I feel great after exercising

We need to practice to teach advanced clients.
We need to build up our expertise

you need a healthy diet, a good sleep, a good workout… all of them give you a good health situation and a good body shape,
The internet info may make you anxious to earn money.
they don’t have to ability to recognize what they can use.
there is too much info on the internet
I will agree with them

Vocabulary

virtuous cycle : something that gets better and better
It is a virtuous cycle for clients and for us

vicious cycle : something that gets worse and worse

knowledgeable (adj) knowing a lot about
Our clients are more knowledgeable

expertise (n) 专长
We need have expertise in this field.

expert (n) someone who has expertise in something
Jenny is the gym expert

to demand (v) to require / to ask in a strong way
Clients demand motivated teachers

to address (v) tackle /deal with / 处理
We will address the problem during the next meeting

to suck (v) to be terrible (very casual language) / 吸食
My preview teacher sucked. I prefer Jenny!
He sucks the candy

direct (adj)
I need to be direct with clients
I need to tell them directly (adv)

indirect (adj) : not direct
He told me indirectly that he didn’t like me

novice (n) 新手
I am a novice so don’t expect too much

intimidating (adj) 令人胆怯的
Going to the gym for the first time is intimidating

to adjust (v)调整
Let me adjust the weight for you

Grammar

someone is tired
Something is tiring