Nicole Gilbert

Hi there and welcome to my page! I thought I should tell you a little bit about myself. I grew up in Ontario and grew up playing many sports. I played baseball, soccer and hockey. I also am a big animal lover and wanted to work with animals growing up. I first tried to go to University and become a veterinarian but that quickly got crushed and I failed my first two classes ever! This took a big piece of me! I had never failed anything in my life! So I started looking for oth...er options and came across the veterinary technician course. The following semester I was enrolled and starting a new. I managed to graduate with a lot of help in 2018. I met the love of my life and made the decision to move out to BC! I was so scared as I had never been that far away from my family before! I got hired over the phone for my first ever job as a technician and I had no idea what I was getting into. I had not done any research on the place or anything! I just new I wanted to be with my love so I took it. Packed what I could in two suitcases and my parents drove me to the airport. That was in 2008! I have learned a lot about myself from taking that leap! Working as aveterinary technician, I never knew Or realized how demanding of a job it was. I was working 10+ hours 5 days a week plus being on call. I was getting tired and worn out. We then made the decision to move to Alberta in 2015. I was scared to have to start over. I continued to work as a technician but 4 days a week and thought that would help. Even though I was working 4 days I was working almost 12 hour plus days and once again I was getting worn out. Then I had my little man and went on maternity leave. That was a whole other struggle haha. After maternity leave I returned back to work three days a week. Now keep in mind the average veterinarian technician only lasts about 5years. I was once again getting tired and burnt out, missing bedtimes, arguing and just plan grumpy. I missed the happy, fun loving person I was before. I started looking for something else. I came across a digital marketing course and decided to give it a try, what did I have to loose? I completed it and received my certificate. Now I have the skills to be able to market anything I want online. I have since joined a group of amazing women and am looking forward to using my new skills and help empower other women! Thank you for visiting my page. If you have any questions or would like more info just send me a message! Enjoy! See more

Let’s talk about cardio. I know cardio is no fun and most people dislike it. Myself includes! Did you know that cardio is described as anything that elevates your heart rate above a resting heart rate? This can be anything from walking, running, cycling, cross country skiing, swimming, dancing, skating etc. There are two different t types of cardio. They are aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic is anything where your goal is to maintain a steady pace and intensity for the entire duration of the workout. Anaerobic are more high intensity zone workouts. So you are elevating and maintaining your heart rate above 70% of you MHR I much prefer aerobic then anaerobic unless I’m playing hockey. How about you?