Artifact Reflection

University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Title of Experience/Artifact: University of Wisconsin-Platteville Exercise Among Maturing Adults
Personal Training
Date Experience Completed: Fall Semester 2013
Description:
My artifact is a sample of a workout plan I prepared for my elder adult in my Exercising Among Maturing
Adults class. The workout consisted of a variety of moderate exercises that were age appropriate for my
mature adult. The artifact shows how I started each workout which was with a simple warm-up that still
got her heart rate up. After she got a good full body stretch, we were always doing different kind of
workout sessions because she didnt want to keep doing the same thing each time we met.
UW-Platteville Health Promotions Standard Alignment
The artifact I have best fits with Health Promotion Alignment Standard 4, Diverse Learners. The health
promoter understands how clients differ in their approaches to learning and creates a variety of
education/training methods that are adapted to diverse learners. I wanted to show my mature adult
that being able to have the opportunity to train her for a semester for this specific class was very
important to me. She had goals that she wanted to achieve by the end of the semester as well as did I. I
knew this was going to be a different experience for me since I was still new at learning being someones
trainer, as well as adjusting to making workout plans for an older adult who needs more moderate
workouts. Communicating with my client was a very important part of training her because I had to
make sure that she didnt have any sort of injury, medical issues, on any kind of medication that
prevented her from doing certain aerobic/anaerobic exercises, etc. Having this kind of information
made it more comfortable for both of us so we could adapt, and still do a variety of fun, hardworking
training.
Health and Physical Educations Knowledge, Skill, Disposition Statement Alignment
My artifact aligns with KSD3.e. Demonstrates Flexibility and Responsiveness. The candidate has the
ability to make appropriate adjustments to his/her instruction and accommodates clients questions and
interests while being aware of clients differences and difficulties, and can use a wide range of resources
and strategies to meet all clients needs. I think my artifact best applies to this ksd alignment because I
was able to make adjustments and be aware of different difficulties my client had. I wanted to make
sure I communicated with her accordingly so there wasnt an issue about injuries, etc.
What you learned about teaching/learning from this experience:
From this experience, I learned that I do enjoy getting to adapt to a variety of cliental like working with
more mature adults. Getting the opportunity to meet with someone older who still wants to achieve
health goals is such a great feeling since sometimes us as health promoters cant get young adults to be
active.
What you learned about yourself as a prospective educator as a result of this experience/artifact:
I learned that though it is fun to be able to train a variety of people, it is still difficult to adjust to
different kinds of people and all of their goals. This experience has definitely taught me that I cant just
assume that my clients are capable of doing a certain workout or not capable. Everyone has different
strengths and I think working with a more mature adult, I assumed that her strength wasnt as proficient
as someone younger, but she proved me wrong. Im looking forward to more future cliental that can
prove me wrong in different aspects of health and fitness.