In this episode we will explore what happens when we stop making excuses and start doing more than the bare minimum. Yes, our members are more excited, our members come back with more regularity, and our class numbers increase. When all of these happen, we feel more energized for the tall task of leading group exercise and that passion shows to our members.

Continuing education is the key to becoming the best instructor you can be, yet many shrug it off as just another thing to do. Tune in to learn how continuing education can truly benefit you as an instructor and how it can help you take your job (yes, at the end of the day it is a j-o-b) as a group exercise instructor more seriously so you can excel to higher levels.

Listen in to learn about crosstraining in different formats and how that will increase your value to your facility, will increase your longevity in this career, and will help to stave off burnout (ugh, that dreaded thing). We will talk about how to strategically diversify your skill set and when enough is enough in terms of diversifying.

We all want to deliver classes with maximum impact without spending maximum time putting them together, right? By creating a workout skeleton (template, whatever you choose to call it), you give yourself some predictable parameters within which you can unleash your creativity. Les Mills does it. Your favorite TV/streaming series do it. Why not you? You'll be amazed at the increase in impact your classes have when you are delivering them from a skeleton that you created (so one that works for your brain and your class format) so you can be more focused on delivering the class with a BANG and not be so bogged down in reinventing the wheel each time you plan a class.

Let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start). And now some of you are singing in your head. You're welcome. Learn the basics of cuing to lay the foundation for the success of your class participants. We will cover the what, why, and how, as well as start to touch on motivational cuing and reading the room. If your foundation has cracks in it, they will amplify the further you build on it, so let's start fresh and with the very basics to rebuild stronger than ever.

You think you know your department, but do you really KNOW your department. From your individual teammates to specific data points, this episode focuses on how knowing your sh*t within your department helps you build a better rapport with your team and helps you gain the respect and dollar of the leadership above you to invest in your department. Listen up to learn keys to committing small things to mind to create big impacts.