Find your voice as a Group Fitness instructor
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Every Monday I am sharing some instructor tips for being successful leading group fitness classes. Teaching Group Fitness Classes isn’t always easy so today I am sharing some of the strategies I’ve learned and developed over my teaching career that will help you lead classes with more ease.
1. Be Authentic: While its great to have a favorite instructor that you want to emulate. Just make sure you aren’t trying to be them. You have your own unique personality and experiences and being authentic will help you be more successful in connecting with your students.
2. Be authoritative: you are the instructor. You have learned what you need to know in order to teach so make sure you enter the room as a leader and lead the class.
3. Teach from your experiences: Take your education and share your passion.
4. Teach to the positive: Want your class to go left tell them to go left. Avoid telling your classes what not to do – instead teach to the result that you want. Don’t forget to keep it simple as well.
5. Less is more. Try to avoid over explaining – keep it short and simple.
6. Keep a log or a journal of what works and doesn’t work. This will help you evaluate and improve your teaching. It also helps expand your vocabulary.
7. Use that journal to challenge yourself to not be so repetitive.
For more ideas watch the video and let me know in the comments what strategies you use and find helpful.
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Christine Gallagher DeFilippis is an award-winning fitness and dance expert, entrepreneur and online educator. With over 25 years of teaching experience, she combined her passion and expertise in the fields of dance and fitness to create the Red Hot Dance Fitness™ & Red Hot Barre™ award winning programs. She is certified through AFAA & ACE in addition to holding over 20 specialized certifications as well as a certified Health Coach certification through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
She is the Head Coach for the La Salle University Dance team, a Master Trainer for BOSU®, a FitFluential Ambassador, A Body Department contributor, a DanceOn partner and a continuing education provider for ACE, AFAA and SCW. She created and starred in 2 consumer fitness DVDs and has presented at industry and consumer conferences including SCW, Philadelphia Magazine’s Be Well Bootcamp and CityFitGirls Retreat.
Her mission is to motivate the world to move more through music.
