WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.720 Welcome to the Transformation Station podcast. I'm Christina, owner, operator, 2 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:12.839 and founder of the Transformation Station, and this is where 3 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:16.399 we talk about getting stronger while navigating real life. If 4 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:19.280 you're trying to stay consistent through the ups and the 5 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.440 downs and everywhere else in between. This is for you. 6 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:33.840 Welcome back to the podcast. Before we jump in, I 7 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:36.719 just want to set the stage for today's episode because 8 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.159 the title might have surprised some people once they saw 9 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.920 that it was uploaded. Just to be clear, today's conversation 10 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.600 is not about politics or convincing everybody or anybody for 11 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.920 that matter, to own firearms. I recently attended a firearms 12 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:55.719 safety course this past weekend and it made me a 13 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.320 beginner and it reminded me what it feels like to 14 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.200 be a complete beginner again as well. So that's what 15 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.760 this episode is truly about. It's about the learning, the coaching, 16 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:08.719 what it feels like to be in a room where 17 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:11.920 you're kind of put on the spot, and also how 18 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:15.680 to gain confidence and why. Also, I think that Finnis 19 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.560 professionals should occasionally put themselves in the situations where they 20 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.239 are the student rather than the teacher in whatever capacity 21 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:25.799 or learning that they want to explore all right. So 22 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.319 for a couple of days, I was not Christina, the 23 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:32.159 owner of the transformation station. I was not the trainer 24 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:36.959 or the coach. I wasn't somebody who needed to own 25 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:41.120 or control the room at all. It was different. It 26 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:45.959 was nice. I was the beginner and I was someone 27 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.400 who was just there to ask well a lot of questions. 28 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:51.359 If you know me, you know I asked a lot 29 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:52.920 of questions. If you don't know me, now you know 30 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.120 I like learning, now, like figuring things out. Yeah, so 31 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.719 I wasn't. I wasn't the in charge person. I was 32 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.040 a beginner. And it's funny like when you become a 33 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:09.560 student again. And I generally take courses that are on fitness, 34 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.520 on nutrition, on stuff that I pretty much already know 35 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:15.639 how and what to expect and how what to do 36 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:21.159 in a nutshell. But in this case, I have used 37 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:26.879 firearms before legally, of course, for sport, and that means 38 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:29.560 that I like to shoot paper targets. Although I am 39 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.919 a spouse of a hunter, that's not necessarily for me. 40 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:37.039 So yeah, I literally walked in knowing pretty much absolutely 41 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:38.719 nothing because I didn't know how to clean the gun, 42 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:40.879 I didn't know how to keep it safe. So yes. 43 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.840 So walking into the classroom, like a lot of those 44 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:46.360 things were things that I've never heard before. I'd say 45 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.719 like ninety nine percent of the terms that were being 46 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:53.080 thrown around there not thrown around controlled around those terms. 47 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.639 I had no idea zero. The equipment's very different, of course, 48 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:02.240 versus a gym. There's incredibly strict safety procedures and rules, 49 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:05.680 and there's an order to every single thing that every 50 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:08.319 single thing needs to be done. And how so I 51 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:13.360 had to pay attention every single second. It wasn't just 52 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:17.199 like pretending to be interested or like losing focus, Like 53 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:18.879 you can't just go through the motions when it comes 54 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:24.680 to firearms. And that reminded me of when someone is 55 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.439 entering the gym for the first time. Let's say it's 56 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:32.000 their first fitness class. They think about it, they're like, okay, 57 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:33.919 I'm going to go. Eventually they end up doing a 58 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:35.919 drop in pass, or some people just jump in right 59 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.439 on a membership. They come into a new space. They 60 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:41.280 don't know where to stand. I hear that quite often, 61 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:44.360 like am I standing in somebody's spot? Girl, I own 62 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:47.360 the gym. I don't even have a spot, So stand 63 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:49.439 wherever you need to stand, it's not going to be 64 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.800 someone else's spot, and over time it won't become your spot. 65 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:57.039 I know. Sometimes it feels like that there's no spots 66 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:58.360 and no one's going to be mean to you. If 67 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.000 you stand maybe where someone's the day before, don't even 68 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.520 worry about it. Also, when someone's new to the space, 69 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:08.240 they don't necessarily know where all the equipment is, they 70 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:12.560 don't know what to grab. Thankfully, there's always like really 71 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.520 super over zealous members in our space that are like, oh, 72 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.279 I don't recognize you, let me come and help you. 73 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.160 So I love that as well. Of course, the coach 74 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:23.079 is always there to help to Sometimes even before I 75 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.279 can drink, get a drink of water and turn, there's 76 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:28.759 already someone helping somebody who's brand new get stuff and 77 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:30.839 explain to them what they need, and thank you for 78 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:32.759 doing that. I really appreciate that. I will always go 79 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:34.839 over and say hi, I'm Christina and shake somebody's hand 80 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:39.120 or give them a high five. Anyway. So sometimes even 81 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.360 they don't even know what the programming says. They don't 82 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.519 know what an e mom is every minute on the minute. 83 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:48.680 Maybe they don't know what weight to use and or 84 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:53.079 whether they're doing something correctly. And it's interesting because sometimes 85 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:54.680 you'll be in a class and there's someone else who's 86 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:56.680 brand new to fitness, or sometimes during a class and 87 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:58.319 you look around and it looks like people know what 88 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:02.000 they're doing and they know exactly what's happened. That's because 89 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.160 they were beginners at one time as well, and somebody 90 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.600 was kind and showed them the ropes too. And I've 91 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:10.439 seen that look on people's faces when they come in 92 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:12.720 and they're like, I don't know what to do. I'm 93 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:16.519 little bit nervous. It's okay. It's okay to be nervous. 94 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.040 The same thing I'm telling you is the same thing 95 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.439 that I tell myself. It's okay to be nervous and 96 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:24.000 to be a beginner. And I reminded myself so many times, 97 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.199 like I'm learning. I was frustrated a few times where 98 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:29.040 I'm like, oh, I'm never going to the first like 99 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.959 five minutes of learning how to prove a handgun safe, 100 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.199 Like I'm never gonna remember even what the barrel is, 101 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:36.800 never mind the chamber and the trigger and all these 102 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.399 other things and the bore, Like there's no way I 103 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:40.759 know what any of these things are. And I'm never 104 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.879 gonna remember it. After listening for five minutes, I expected 105 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.920 to be a professional. Sometimes it's like that with the 106 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:51.319 fitness too, like we do like one structure or one class, 107 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:52.879 and like it were like, oh, we should have got 108 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:55.600 it perfect from here on out in the first five minutes. 109 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.920 That's not what learning is. And learning is so mentally 110 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.759 exhausting sometimes. And like when I got home yesterday, like 111 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:06.920 it was it was a long day, Like I don't 112 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:11.680 sit well. Thankfully, the instructor was so great, like such 113 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:16.560 such a charismatic character kind of personality, Like I was 114 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:19.800 engaged the whole time, like the way the instructor was, 115 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.519 And I hope that I can always be this kind 116 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:26.480 of person too. The instructor is in Marcel, and Marcel 117 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.040 is not secret because he does this for work. Marcel 118 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.959 was so incredibly engaging the entire class, like he made 119 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:37.120 me want to learn. And and I don't sit well. 120 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.720 I don't sit in a classroom for ten hours, twelve 121 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:43.079 hours a day, right, Like that's just not my favorite 122 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:44.600 thing to do. I like to be loud, I like 123 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.879 to have fun. And when it comes to these things 124 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:52.000 that I know are serious, because on one poor mistake, 125 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.439 there's really big consequences when you're talking about firearms. I 126 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.680 don't think I need to explain that. So the way 127 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.439 he described my personality today was that I am very 128 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.360 like I come across as very stoic and like I 129 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:11.360 know things because in that classroom setting, when I am 130 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.360 engaged and learning, I still ask five thousand questions even 131 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.839 today because of we today. The course that I did 132 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:22.279 was for my restricted. Yesterday was my non restricted passed 133 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:25.399 ninety eight percent. Today Restricted also passed again ninety eight percent. 134 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.720 So I got those because I was paying attention and 135 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:31.360 asking a lot of questions. And I left there with 136 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:35.839 so much information that wasn't on the exam, but I 137 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:37.959 wanted to know. I wanted to know every single tiny 138 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:41.319 detail of everything, and I still have more questions. I 139 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.439 did actually have the manual that was printed of over 140 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.759 three hundred and fifty pages, and I cheerfully had that 141 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.639 put together in a binder for me, and I was 142 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.639 able to mark on the page because I owned the binder. Yeah, 143 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.800 so I went over prepared, but I'm still glad that 144 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:00.720 I did. But when I went home, I was so taught, 145 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.319 just mentally, because I was concentrating constantly on something that 146 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.079 I had zero clue walking into the room. I had 147 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:10.279 to listen, I had to remember, I followed directions, I 148 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:13.199 made some friends, I had to double check everything, and 149 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:17.959 I had to try to remember audibly and visually and 150 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:21.360 sometimes intertwined, which is my favorite. But that's what happens 151 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.959 to someone who is their first few classes and weeks 152 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:29.040 at the gym, because sometimes people think that they're tired 153 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:32.399 because they just exercised, but sometimes they're also tired because 154 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:35.720 their brain has been working to be like, oh what 155 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:37.759 am I doing? What do I need to get? And 156 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:42.519 as coaches and as Finnis professionals, I think sometimes we 157 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.360 tend to forget that. So when you put yourself in 158 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.759 that beginner's thing, like walking into a brand new place 159 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.759 for the same for the first time. Thankfully, I have 160 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.879 grown into a confident individual that I do enter a 161 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.000 room and I'm not afraid of if people are going 162 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.720 to like me. So that used to be me, but 163 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.440 now I'm like, no, I'm going this is what I 164 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.840 have to learn if I can make friends. I'm going 165 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:08.559 to make friends. I'm going to try not to be obnoxious, 166 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:11.600 and I'm just gonna sit here and I'm going to 167 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:16.759 be what people perceived as stoic. So I've never been 168 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:18.720 called that in my life in case you needed to 169 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.639 know that, But I really appreciated it in that context 170 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:26.639 because I was like, oh, I fagettition is great. Yeah. 171 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.480 The nice thing too, is in this course, like how 172 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:33.399 the instructor was with us, like nobody expected us to 173 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:35.919 be fast, Like he didn't just dump everything on us 174 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.679 and expected us to be like, Okay, no, hurry up, 175 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:40.399 go and do it. Like the expectation was simple. It 176 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:44.200 was be safe, follow the process, take your time, ask 177 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:48.240 questions if you have questions, And that to me applies 178 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:51.639 about being in a fitness class because sometimes people want 179 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.240 to rush, they want to lift heavier, they want to 180 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:56.559 move faster, they want to advance before they've mastered what 181 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:00.399 the basics are. But a strong foundation, just like arms 182 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:04.639 training and just like fitness, a strong foundation always comes first, 183 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:10.279 like you earn speed through good habits. So yesterday I 184 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.559 did the non restricted and by the end of the 185 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:18.200 day I could prove safe a firearm, a rifle, shotgun, 186 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:21.159 like I knew what I was doing my entire life. Well, 187 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.600 maybe not that fast, Okay, that was a little bit 188 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.720 extra confidence that I sprinkled on that one. But how 189 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.159 it was before when it's like, oh, remove the magazine, 190 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.440 to remove the magazine, remove the magazine, and I'm like, 191 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.320 with magazine. We haven't had magazine since nineteen ninety five, 192 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:39.080 just kidding, we had J fourteen in like two thousand 193 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:44.759 and two. Anyway, the magazine. I figured out what that 194 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.639 was and eventually I'm like, okay, this is the magazine 195 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:49.679 comes up first. Okay, cool, this has this, this is this. 196 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.960 Before you do anything, you clean the board, make sure 197 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.360 your safety's on if it has a safety like, there's 198 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:57.240 certain things that you have to do before you take 199 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.320 the next step. And that's the same like in fitness. 200 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:00.840 If you come in and you're like, oh, I'm just 201 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.559 gonna lift heavy and do all these things, but you 202 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:06.159 haven't mastered the basics first, then it's going to be 203 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:10.279 a disservice for you. Thankfully, in fitness, the worst comes 204 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.240 to worse is you end up getting hurt, which we 205 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.919 pride ourselves on people not doing that within our four walls. 206 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.679 That's why the coach coaches the room and walks the 207 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:20.360 room and make sure that everyone is doing their form 208 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:24.000 properly and safe. Also not embarrassing anybody and giving them 209 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.360 the confidence and the tools to be able to move forward, 210 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.720 to build their strong foundation, and also for them to 211 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:34.679 learn and take the time to master the skill. Just 212 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:39.399 like with the handgun training, I had to practice disengaging things, 213 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:44.080 moving things, checking things before it became faster and stronger 214 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:47.879 and until I also I needed to master the non 215 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:52.000 restricted firearms before I got into the restricted stuff, So 216 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.960 that to me is literally a direct parallel. And to 217 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:00.000 me also, the best coaches and your best trainers, regardless 218 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.159 what you're doing and where it is that you are, 219 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:04.960 the best coaches and trainers are the ones that make 220 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.960 you feel safe. That's something that I noticed so much 221 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.720 this past weekend is the instructor. And this isn't like 222 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.159 you know, like when you go to a restaurant and 223 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:15.240 they like review you. So this is a review by 224 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:18.960 any means. But Marcel today he answered the questions very calmly. 225 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:23.320 And I know that my brain, if it has a question, 226 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:25.919 it picks on things like I'm like, I cannot leave 227 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:28.279 here until I know the answer to this question, because 228 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:31.320 I don't forget. So I asked so many questions things 229 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:36.080 that were not pertaining to the exam. Primarily, the one 230 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:40.240 thing that I found incredibly fascinating the different styles of bullets. 231 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.039 There's like hundreds of different styles and they all do 232 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.440 certain things and they work for specific things. And what 233 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:48.440 the consequences are if you use the wrong thing, and 234 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:50.039 the wrong thing is what I'm going to call it. 235 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:51.840 I do know what it is, but I'm not going 236 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.159 to stay on a podcast. But yeah, so, like he 237 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:58.399 answered all my questions calmly. He never made me feel stupid, 238 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.039 He never made anybody feel stupid. He didn't roll his 239 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.080 eyes at anybody, and he didn't act like we should 240 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.919 already know everything. Like it was such a good experience, 241 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:11.679 and that is something that I've always believed to be 242 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.480 true as a good instructor and a coach. Like yesterday 243 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:18.000 on the podcast episode, we were speaking with coach Tina, 244 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.919 and that's something I said, what is one thing that 245 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.559 a fitness professional can do? What is something that a 246 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:27.919 trainer or a coach or an instructor, what's a quality 247 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:31.080 that they can possess that is the most important in 248 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:33.919 your opinion? And she said listening. And I one hundred 249 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:38.279 and twenty percent agree. The way that Marcel was in 250 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:42.200 this firearms safety courses, both of them on both days. 251 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:46.120 He listened and he made people feel good in the space, 252 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.559 and that to me, like you can have knowledge and 253 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:52.279 deliver knowledge, but how you deliver it, the capsule that 254 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.480 you move it from you to the other person, that 255 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.200 to me is equally as important. How you make people 256 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:02.519 feel matter just as much. If I walked into my 257 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:06.360 firearms safety courses yesterday and then the second one separate, 258 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:09.320 but second yesterday was a prerequisite if you chose to 259 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.399 do the one today, and I want it all. I 260 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:16.320 want the full everything. So if he mistreated me or 261 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:18.519 made me feel stupid yesterday, I would not have showed 262 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.519 up today. And the same thing as when you go 263 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.759 into a fitness class. We have people that come back 264 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:27.200 class after class after class because we hope our number 265 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:31.320 one thing and this is our This is the foundation 266 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:34.200 that the entire gym, the transformation station is built on, 267 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.240 and that's making people feel good. I want you to 268 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:38.440 feel better leaving these doors than when you walked in. 269 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.000 And I believe that my instructor yesterday made me feel 270 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:45.440 like that, that I felt good walking into my course today, 271 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.200 and that's what people remember, like they remember, do they 272 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.000 feel welcome did they feel respected. If someone feels embarrassed, 273 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:54.440 they're probably not going to come back. And that's true, 274 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.720 Like it doesn't matter what you're teaching. Can be teaching golf, 275 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.399 you can be teaching football, you can be teaching sports, 276 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.759 you can be teaching violin whatever, Like I would just 277 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:04.759 pull that out of my ears, Like you can teach 278 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:07.879 anything right, like cooking. The thing that matters the very 279 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.879 most is that people feel safe and like they can 280 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.919 ask questions. And that's how you know that they can 281 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:17.240 excel within those four walls, within the space. And like yesterday, 282 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:20.080 we repeated things over and over and over and over again, 283 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:24.759 and repetition isn't boring. And the more we practice and 284 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:27.360 I didn't say like Okay, I get it, like I'm 285 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:29.159 not one of those people. I'm like, okay, let me 286 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.600 just remember it, remember it. We did a lot of 287 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.240 hands on training yesterday. I was so thankful for that. 288 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.080 We didn't just sit for eight hours and practice for 289 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.559 two hours. We went back and forth to a bunch 290 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:43.080 of things. We intertwined how we learn, Like we did 291 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.720 the hands on then we read it in the book. 292 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:48.360 We had the pre exam questions that are in the 293 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.799 manual and then we did hands on. We practice it again. 294 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.240 It's like, oh, okay, so I learned hands on. I 295 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.480 saw the charts and the graphs and the words and 296 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:59.240 why it makes sense in the writing. Then we went 297 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:03.000 back to do it again physically, like touching our firearms, 298 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:05.080 and I was like, Oh, this is the greatest thing 299 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:09.399 because there was time for the thing, for the same 300 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.960 things to be repetitive, and that that, I think is 301 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:15.360 what not. I think. I know for myself that is 302 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.399 what made me successful at the end, because I understood 303 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:21.919 why and that repetition it creates confidence. There was a 304 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:24.799 woman that was beside me, doesn't matter her name, her age, whatever, 305 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:27.919 So she was a beginner, the same as a lot 306 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.600 of us worth. I mean, there were some people there 307 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:34.639 that were like they were military prior, so in that 308 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.399 specific chorus, there was one woman she wasn't. At some point. 309 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.120 We did pairs yesterday, we did today. I loved being 310 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:46.039 in pairs. I love partner workouts, so I loved going 311 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:50.840 there yesterday and over the weekend and being put in pairs. 312 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.360 And I had a different partner one day, I had 313 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:55.519 a different partner the next day. There's some people were 314 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.000 in my chorus for the Sunday who are also in 315 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.360 my chorus on the Saturday, and then there's a whole bunch 316 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.120 of new people as well on the Sunday too. So 317 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:05.920 when we had to work in pairs, there was one 318 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.799 woman working beside me, and she was not my pair, 319 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.559 but we were both doing what we needed to do 320 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:17.400 at the same time. And when she was doing her things, 321 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.680 something that's really important is that your finger does not 322 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:23.480 touch the trigger. Otherwise you lose two points. If the 323 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:26.559 barrel is pointed at someone and you have your finger 324 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.920 on the trigger, doesn't matter if it's on the trigger 325 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:32.440 or not, you automatically fail. So when she was doing 326 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:36.319 her thing beside me, she put her finger on the trigger. 327 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:38.240 It wasn't pointed at me, but I was like, hey, 328 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:40.240 your finger's on the trigger. She's like, oh my gosh, 329 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.920 thank you so much. I'm like, no, sweat, So I 330 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.720 continue to doing what I was doing. And then she 331 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:49.960 accidentally put the ammunition. She doubled up the ammunition where 332 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:51.960 it was not supposed to be doubled up. Therefore, the 333 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:57.839 semi automatic gun it jammed, so she had a color 334 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:59.640 over the instructor. I can't do anything about that. That's 335 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:02.160 not what I'm there for. I wanted to try to help, 336 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:06.039 but I don't know how to fix that. So I'm 337 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:09.279 not going to overstep and potentially break this firearm that 338 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:13.559 is a needed and required and very expensive. So the 339 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.759 instructor came over and he was patient. He didn't really 340 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:18.720 say much like he didn't make her feel bad. She 341 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:21.079 felt bad enough. She didn't need anyone to make her 342 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.039 feel bad, so thankfully, no one made her feel bad. 343 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:25.880 But I heard her say twice and she was like, 344 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.920 oh my gosh, I'm so stupid. And I said this 345 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.960 to Chris, my spouse when I got home, and I 346 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.000 was crying about it, actually, but I said to her, 347 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:36.759 and I almost cried in the spot, but I didn't 348 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.839 because I made firearms training so I didn't want to 349 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:43.640 let my crazy hangout in public. But I said to her, 350 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:48.640 I'm like, hey, you're not stupid, you are learning. And 351 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.640 she just looked at me. She goes, no, I am stupid, 352 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:52.200 and I'm like, okay, so I'm just going to keep 353 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:54.680 telling you. Do you tell me that again? I say 354 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.599 the exact same thing, You're not stupid, you're learning. And 355 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:59.440 I finished what I was doing. She finished what she 356 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:02.960 was doing the thing was fine, the gun survived, She's okay, 357 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:05.960 and then we had to go. It was ceasefire, which 358 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.640 means you make sure everything's good, you make sure the 359 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:11.200 gun isn't armed. We're training, so none of the guns 360 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:15.240 could have fired. It's very safe in firearms training. So 361 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.960 we prove the gun safe, is what it is called. 362 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:21.519 We put it down, cease fire, and you stop shooting 363 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:24.039 and you back up. So it's a few feet from 364 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:27.160 where the line is, so we were standing. We backed up, 365 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:29.119 and I looked at her and I said to her, 366 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:31.279 I'm like, the nice thing is is that you have 367 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:38.720 someone who knows firearms, someone who is registered, licensed, very 368 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:45.920 very confident and knowledgeable and experienced with non restricted firearms. 369 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:50.880 And thankfully my spouse is the exact same. So we 370 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:54.119 both know, you and I that when we leave this place. 371 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:55.400 First of all, no one's going to put a gun 372 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:58.119 in our hands. Firearm, I want to say, firearms, so 373 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:01.519 no one gets overly offended. Same but different, I guess, 374 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:05.759 And I'm like, that's not what we're doing here. Like, however, 375 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:10.160 when the time comes, if you're going hunting, I'm not hunting, 376 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:12.880 but maybe she might be. If you're going hunting. You're 377 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.640 not a one man's show and you have to have 378 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:16.119 it figured it out, and you're gonna see yourself on 379 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:19.000 the foot or hurt somebody else. You have someone who 380 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.960 is your spouse that is with you, that is going 381 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.720 to be there with you, helping you to gain your 382 00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:28.400 confidence along the way. When you pass today, it is 383 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:32.599 evidence that you are safe and you are trusted. When 384 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:35.200 you leave here, it's not like you're just alone and 385 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:38.359 you have to figure it out. The same thing happens 386 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.920 when you go to a group fitness class as coached. 387 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.640 You're not ever going to be alone. There's going to 388 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:46.039 be someone with you. If you want to ask a question, 389 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:49.720 there's time. There's a time to ask a question if 390 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:53.079 you want to understand why we're doing something like oh 391 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:55.759 what muscle group does this use? Or I really like this, 392 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.079 but I'm not understanding why like this and I hate this, 393 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:01.279 or like how come my one is lifting a little 394 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:03.599 bit higher than the other arm. So like we have 395 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:07.519 our instructors, our experience to explain that to you. There 396 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:11.400 are no stupid questions, like even if someone would ask me, 397 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.880 like hey, Christina, why do we need to drink water 398 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.119 to stay alive? That's not a stupid question. You have 399 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:18.279 to drink water to stay alive. We're like cucumbers. It's 400 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:21.079 good for everything in our entire bodies, so like it 401 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.240