Fitspo of the week: Fitspo of the Week: Trang Le - How Did I Become a Fitness Instructor?

“There is a book titled ‘A life like a pathfinder’ by Phan Van Truong. This book is about the continuous progress and continuous development of a person at any age. It suits young people like me who are always hungry to move forward, relentless and never afraid to fail.”

Trang Le opened the interview about her life and career story with Mansion Sports Vietnam like that. The fitness enthusiast community is no stranger to this name. Trang Le is a well-known fitness trainer and also a role model followed by many people on social media.

What led you to fitness and become the successful trainer you are today? How has Fitness changed your life?

When I first started fitness, the industry was very new. That was about 10 years ago. The subjects of training are usually people from a high intellectual and conditional class. Luckily, back then I also had the chance to know gyms when they recruited coaches. Through a few acquaintances, I signed up. As soon as I entered, I knew I belonged to this environment.

I am not only an active person, I consider myself very good, very passionate about movement. I decided I was going to go professional. Fitness has changed me a lot, for example, to healthier habits. Health is definitely better. More disciplined, have a better figure. I feel that I am always a valuable person in the eyes of people.

I am always an example for people to remember, people always ask me about training and eating. In general, I was a health coach for people.

What challenges have you faced and overcome in your 10-year journey?

The biggest challenge was probably when I decided to build content on social media platforms. I’ve been here for about 7 years. Work pressure is a lot.

I have to teach 15 to 20 fitness classes per week, while learning and developing more professional knowledge, while building multiple platforms. The pressure is immense. It’s physically exhausting, it’s stressful mentally.

I remember correctly that around 2018-2020, I felt a lot of pressure. I don’t have much time to play and I’m always in a state where I have to learn and do. However, I am very grateful for that time because because of it, I changed a lot.

What about fond memories?

For me, those aren’t awards or degrees. What I feel most impressed with, happiest and most valuable to me is the change of each student. They consider themselves relatives. I have older practitioners as well. Success is when they improve their health, not only better than when they were not training, but sometimes even stronger than young people the same age as their children and grandchildren. Thanks to training, their health changes dramatically.

I feel very proud to bring a huge improvement in health to my aunts and uncles. Besides, when we teach and change the lives of others, they know how to love themselves more properly and are more motivated.

Someone cried, and told me they were grateful for what they had done for them. It is these stories that I will never forget, and also motivate me in my work.

One piece of advice for those preparing to embark on the journey of becoming a fitness trainer.

One is that we will always have to grow professionally. Of course, this is very important. We must be good at expertise to bring the most value to customers.

Secondly, I think that it is not only this coaching profession, but every profession, always requires the “mind”. When you have a mind, you have a vision, and when you really focus on your work, you think more about your client than about the benefits of money or about yourself. You will go very far on your career path with such a mindset.

When I first started making content on social media, I also had a lot of people supporting me but also quite a lot of criticism and negative reactions. Back then, I was psychologically affected by the words on social media. Then I finally managed to pass on to continue on the path I chose.

One of Trang Le’s inspiring stories on social media is when you share about your pregnancy. Dealing with the physiological and psychological fluctuations during this time is never easy.

During the 3-month election, I began to fall into a serious mental state. When I was pregnant, I could no longer do the same jobs as before, completely at home. It feels natural that our worth is not what it used to be.

The second is that I am free, going out, going around, when I am pregnant, I will have to limit a lot. I have to give up hobbies. I feel distraught myself. I am far away from my parents, so I am almost alone, because my husband is very busy, often traveling for work. I’m sad, but luckily, I still have friends who do their best to make time for me, even though everyone is very busy.

In addition, maintaining exercise helps me overcome psychological problems. This helps me keep my confidence and not gain weight too controllably. So, around the 6th or 7th month, I can enjoy more about becoming a mom.

I advise pregnant mothers that during pregnancy, we should still maintain exercise. Except for those who have difficulty getting pregnant or have problems with the short cervix, difficult to get pregnant, then suffer from diseases or we have to use IVF (In Vitro Fertilization – in vitro fertilization method) to limit.

Mothers who are completely pregnant can consider exercising. This process helps us secrete more hormones that people call “happy hormones.” Keeping your fitness and weight under control also makes childbirth easier.

How has your life and work changed after becoming a mother? How can you balance work and life?

I haven’t changed too much because I’m a work-from-home person. However, my personality is not someone who likes to spend 100% of my time taking care of my children. There are grandparents, there are maids to support me so that I can return to work.

I’m not going to cook rice or porridge for you. I’m not the one to wash or change diapers either. I have very little time to work. When I eat, sometimes I just feed my children.

Of course, although I do not take care of my children every day, I always observe and pay close attention to everything to ensure that everyone helps in the right direction that I want.

At first, I also wondered if I was a good mother. But then, I realized that there are many people like that and for everyone’s situation, sometimes it is better, more appropriate. Although I do not have much time to do small things every day to take care of my child, when I have time to play with him, I will devote myself wholeheartedly to him. Love isn’t always around. I take care of my career because of my family. If we neglect our work because of childcare, we lose our value, and also the economy.

Stealing my baby is amazing. Everywhere you go, you have to praise him for being extremely obedient, polite, intelligent, articulate, and articulate even though he is only 20 months old. I’m so proud of you.