Archive for August 2003
Fast Foods Done Right
Food
Prepare tantalizing and healthy meals in less time than it takes to teach your cycling class.
Fast Foods Done Right
When time is at a premium, food choices are often the first casualties. We munch snacks on the fly or graze on processed convenience foods when we get home late, because cooking a real dinner seems daunting. Finding the time and energy to prepare healthy, balanced meals can be โฆ
Crafting the Exercise Class Proposal
Instructor
By Catherine L. Tully Distinguish yourself as a professional.
Crafting the Exercise Class Proposal
Youโve reached a point in your career where you are comfortable with your knowledge, skills and ability to motivate. Everyone describes you as adaptable, outgoing and consistent. Youโve been around long enough to have your own style and, thanks to ideas you came up with while attending fโฆ
Make the Mind-Body Connection
By Irene Lewis-McCormick, MS
Make the Mind-Body Connection
How many of you took group fitness classes in the 1980s? Do you remember exercises that mimicked the โdownward dogโ and โploughโ poses? During those years, many fitness instructorsโspecifically those who taught aerobics when it was associated with veterans Jacki Sorensen and Jane Fondaโused yogaand Pilates-based movements in their classโฆ
Building Socialization Into Choreography
Building Socialization Into Choreography
Facilitate interaction in your older-adult classes.
By Ken Alan
C
reative choreography is both an art and a science. It can even act as a catalyst for social connections in older-adult classes. As participants age, developing new friendships can be difficult. People want to connect to other peopleโand group exercise provides this connection. Choreog-
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Read MoreClimbing the Wall Between Instructors and Personal Trainers, Problem Solver
Climbing the Wall Between Instructors and Personal Trainers
Q: A:
Like many other group fitness instructors, I am making the transition to personal training (while keeping my classes). However, I am sensing resistance from the personal trainers at the club where I work. They act as though I have no knowledge, skills or industry longevity. What can I do to climb the wall dividing โtrainersโ from โฆ
Read MoreBuilding Socialization Into Choreography
Creative choreography is both an art and a science. It can even act as a catalyst for social connections in older-adult classes. As participants age, developing new friendships can be difficult. People want to connect to other peopleโand group exercise provides this connection. Choreography is a perfect vehicle for social growth as well as physicalโฆ
Read MoreMake the Mind-Body Connection
How many of you took group fitness classes in the 1980s? Do you remember exercises that mimicked the โdownward dogโ and โploughโ poses? During those years, many fitness instructorsโspecifically those who taught aerobics when it was associated with veterans Jacki Sorensen and Jane Fondaโused yoga- and Pilates-based movements in their classes without knowing it. Today,โฆ
Read MoreClimbing the Wall Between Instructors and Personal Trainers
Like many other group fitness instructors, I am making the transition to personal training (while keeping my classes). However, I am sensing resistance from the personal trainers at the club where I work. They act as though I have no knowledge, skills or industry longevity. What can I do to climb the wall dividing โtrainersโโฆ
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