Thomas King

Major: Kinesiology and Health
Company/Organization: 515 Fieldhouse
Company/Organization website: https://515fieldhouse.com
Destination: Grimes, Iowa
Timeframe: Summer 2026
Advisor/Coordinator Email: dpower@iastate.edu

Responsibilities

-Create a structured workout plan for the group fitness classes -Assist with daily cleaning of facility -Meet with director at end of week to go over content -Assist kids and instruct them on proper form

Accomplishments

-Helped two kids with no lifting experience coming in and helped them set some personal records -Helped couple baseball pitchers gain more velocity on their pitches and higher exit velocity as well

Learning experience

Communication. Always asking questions is better than no questions. I would ask my director plenty of questions on how he wanted content run and the best way to do it as well. This helped me to be a successful trainer for the kids and helped grow my leadership skills as well.

What advice would you give?

Try something new. Staying on the same path might limit how many doors could be open for you to be successful in life, so do something that can make you nervous at first but ends up being super successful for you.

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