Get Up Offa That Thing

Get Up Offa That Thing

Season 1 Finale! James Brown's words ring ever so true in the world of group fitness. Get up offa what thing? Your mat, your stage, your bike. Just get up and move through the room. Traditionally, many are taught to teach from the "instructor's spot" in the room, but so much is gained in connection when we move through our class. For this episode, I teamed up with SoulBody Fitness' Stacey Vandiver. Listen in to learn more about getting up offa that thing!

Let's Be Real

We are all humans. 100% of us, 100% of the time. But sometimes we expect superhuman things from ourselves and are disappointed when we fall short. We second guess ourselves. We don't always live the "fitness" lifestyle. We go through seasons of life just like everyone else. Our bodies don't always feel great. BUT we do love what we do, and we LOVE hearing from our participants. Let's be real here together, kind of dashboard confessional style.

Become the Master

Think about your favorite brands (and maybe some that were your favorite but lost you). What is it that you love about them. What do they do just so darn well? What are they the master of? (Or, in the case of a brand that lost you, what did they do to drive you away? Did they lose focus on what their target audience and dilute their product?). While we want to diversify ourselves, we must start with becoming the master of just one thing first. What is the one format you want to master? That you want people in the club to be like, "oh, you want a good ________ class, you've gotta go to (insert your name here)!" Listen in to learn about how to deepen your mastery of one format and how that can really impact the member experience for your core group of constituents.

Be Happy

Those 2 words sound so simple, but we know that in reality they can be quite a task, a responsibility. But just like our participants choose to show up for us, we have to show up for them. Listen in to learn how to leave the world behind and shift your mood and mindset to be the instructor you were always meant to be when you walk in the studio.

Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number

Each and every one of us has walked into a studio and made assumptions about our participants based on appearances, whether we like to admit it or not. It is human nature. Our challenge is to look past those initial assumptions and get to who people really are and what they can really do. Age is one of the easiest factors we make assumptions based upon, but what if I told you age is not the limiting factor in determining level. Function and ability are the limiting factors. Listen in to learn more about keeping all ages moving as equally and successfully as possible.