Internship Experience
For my internship experience, I partnered with the campus ministry Chi Alpha (Christian Ambassadors). Chi Alpha, abbreviated as XA, is a ministry located in Indianapolis, Indiana, that supports all of the local colleges within the 465 loop. Chi Alpha's mission is to be on the relentless pursuit to see people come to Christ. In my position, I was the Fitness Leader for the ministry. As being part of a church, a big aspect is being part of a community. Through fitness and exercise, we were able to expand our community by reaching individuals who are passionate about living a physically healthy lifestyle. Part of my role was designing and scheduling different activities for the ministry and other students to take part in. Some examples include: disc golf, morning runs, prayer walks, thanksgiving football, workout plans at NIFS, and sports tournaments with pickleball, basketball, and volleyball. Through this experience, I was able to use every aspect of knowledge I have gained over my four year college career. This experience was able to combine strength and conditioning, wellness coaching, personal training, group class teaching, leadership, and many others all in one!
XA Fitness
As part of the internship experience, I also took part in help building a project for the ministry. Since many Christians have a passion for being physically active but lack the drive due to a lack of knowledge and experience, we created the exercise program called XA Fitness. This will be a regular, weekly event where we initiate some form of physical activity within the student body. This program will eliminate any form of barriers people may find when conducting exercise as there will be educated pastoral coaches who will demonstrate all forms of the exercise from simple to complex. In addition, we also marketed this idea with proper exercise clothing. With generous donations from local supporters, we designed athletic shirts, crewnecks, and hoodies.
