Your Class Has a Plan—Do Your Cues?

Ask any group fitness instructor what they’re teaching tomorrow, and you’ll likely hear about the muscle groups they’re targeting, the music they’ve curated or the choreography they’ve planned. Now ask that same person how they plan to cue the class and you’ll most likely be met with a confused look and a head tilt.  Cueing is a teaching skill that is incredibly important yet often overlooked. It’s how we shape our participants’ experience, energy and results. Yet most instructors rely on intuition or repetition rather than intention. That’s where a cueing framework becomes a game-changer.

A cueing framework is a structured, repeatable system that guides every word you speak—from alignment and muscle activation to emotion and energy. It ensures your cues are clear, purposeful and layered in a way that builds both safety and inspiration. Just like your class plan follows a logical arc, your cueing should as well.

Why You Need a Framework—Not Just “Good Cues”

In the SculptXV Teacher Training, we teach a cueing framework designed to make every cue intentional, effective and rhythmically aligned. It gives instructors a roadmap for delivering powerful, succinct instructions that create real-time change in form, focus and feeling.

What sets this framework apart is that it teaches you how to construct your sentences- not just what to say, but how to say it, so that it lands immediately and drives synchronized movement.

From Rambling to Rhythmic

Imagine saying: “Okay, now we’re going to do squats. Make sure your knees don’t go over your toes and your chest is lifted.  Oh, and don’t arch your back. And think about keeping your weight on your heels.”

Now imagine instead: “Place your feet at hip distance, shift your weight onto your heels and inhale as you lower.”

Same intention, but radically different delivery. The first overwhelms the brain. The second sparks instant action.

With the SculptXV cueing framework, you’ll learn how to drop filler language, front-load your cues and match sentence structure to movement rhythm. You’ll speak in clean, directional beats that allow your class to move together quickly and confidently, without stopping to process.

Conduct Like a Pro

Once you’ve mastered cue construction, the real magic happens: you become the conductor of the room. Just like a maestro leading an orchestra, a slight change in your tone, timing or word choice produces an immediate shift in energy or alignment. A single well-phrased cue has the intended impact, leaving you with plenty of time to scan the room, connect and even have fun! And the best part? This isn’t just for SculptXV classes. Our framework is universal and can be applied to cycle, strength, HIIT, barre, yoga, Pilates and everything in between. It’s a plug-and-play language system that elevates any class format you teach.

Cueing Is a Skill—Not a Personality Trait

A common myth in our industry is that cueing is something you either have or you don’t. This simply isn’t true. Like any teaching skill, cueing can—and should—be trained. That’s why SculptXV dedicates an entire module to the Art and Science of Cueing in our On-Demand Teacher Training program.

You’ll learn: layered cueing strategies that teach without overwhelming, vocal techniques that create mood and momentum, psychology-based phrasing that motivates rather than critiques, practice labs using real SculptXV class footage and sentence construction drills to build clarity, brevity and rhythm. The goal isn’t to script your classes. The goal is to free your brain from overthinking so you can lead with confidence and connection.

Are You Ready to Lead with Intention?

As instructors, our words are our most powerful instrument. And when you know how to use them with structure, rhythm and purpose, you elevate the entire experience for yourself and your class.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start cueing with clarity, I invite you to explore the SculptXV On-Demand Teacher Training. Our trademarked cueing framework will sharpen your teaching, amplify your presence and transform the way people respond to your voice—no matter what format you teach. Because when you speak with intention, people move with purpose. And that’s how we change lives!