I love group fitness! I have since I was in early high school and I would attend glasses at the club my family belonged to. I used to take step aerobics all the time. Times have changed and so have my workouts, but I still love group fitness for many reasons.

I am currently teaching 5 classes a week. 3 cycle classes and 1 Body Pump class and 1 Cardio Bootcamp class. They are all great for different reasons.

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Things I love about being a participant in a Group Ex. class

• You are motivated by the people around you
• You can zone out to a routine you know well or an exercise you are familiar with
• Or you can have to challenge your mind to keep up with the class
• The music is great (if you pick the right class)
• You can try something new with instruction (i.e. kettlebells or cycle)
• You can get a free personal training session if you push yourself and practice good form
• You can learn something that you can take with you
• An instructor usually makes you push yourself harder then you would on your own (at least a good one does).

I could go on.

There are also things I love about being an instructor of group fitness. A lot of them overlap, but in a different way.

Things I love about being an instructor

• You are motivated by the participants
• You push yourself harder because you want to give others a better workout
• You are in charge (we all know I like control)
• You get to make someone’s day better
• You get to help people feel good about themselves
• It’s teaching, and I LOVE teaching (anything from reading to cooking lessons)
• You pick them music (with the help of iTunes top singles)
• You get to motivate people to work harder and to value the time they are spending taking care of themselves.

I could go on with this too.

So my question is, what do you look for in a group fitness class? What type of instructor do you like? What bothers you about a class or an instructor?

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