First Journal Entry

            I have just finished my first full work, week here in London and it was better than I thought it would be.  In the eleven days I have been here, I have gone to the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, walked under a river in a tunnel, worked in the third best college in the world, and went to the only surviving palace once owned by King Henry VII that people are allowed to go inside of.  I have also gotten along with all of my fellow students very well.  Admittedly, it is kind of weird and hard at times to be the only guy out of eight girls, but I think I am doing as well as I can in this situation.  They are all pretty cool people, so it makes it all the easier.  Because we have been going one hundred miles per hour seeing and doing as much as possible I actually got a little sick so today I am just relaxing and getting small errands done.  Now that I know what my internship is I thought I could redo my learning objectives.

           

            My first objective is to learn as much as I can about how a world renown College Gym is run and what they do to improve.  I have sat through some meetings and have learned that a lot more goes into this business than I thought.  Although, I am not interested in this field for a career for now, it may be helpful later if I change my mind and it interesting even without considering it for a career.

 

            The second objective I have is to finish the research I am doing for my internship.  The location of my internship is looking to have certain South American countries train in their facilities around the U.K. for the 2012 Olympics that will be held in London.  Right now they are having me conduct research on Chile’s, Argentina’s, Mexico’s, and Brazil’s involvement in the 2008 Olympics.  I would like to finish the job and do it as best as possible so that it can help them in the upcoming years and gain some more notoriety.  

           

            For my third objective I would like to watch as many training sessions in the actual Gym part of the business and learn.  I have already noticed some distinct differences in the way American’s work out, and the way the British work out.  I believe I can learn something from the trained personnel in the Gym to improve my understanding of physical training and hopefully improve my workouts in the future.

 

            My time here in London has been great and I only expect it to get better.