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April 2008
the x-factor...
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 2:24 P GMT-08
all this talk recently of how I got into teaching fitness brings to mind that age old question: What makes a good fitness instructor? I'm sure many of you readers have taken a fitness class at least once. Maybe it was step aerobics, spinning, a b
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Seattle sights...
Monday, 28 April 2008 1:32 P GMT-08
We had a wonderful weekend in Seattle. Where no trip is complete without a visit to the public market. The mushroom shot is for my friend Connie in Houston. True morels for a mere $49 a pound. "True" in this case meaning *insanely
having said all that....
Friday, 25 April 2008 9:25 A GMT-08
teaching did NOT come easily for me at first. In fact it's probably a miracle I'm still doing it. Let's rewind to when the small neighborhood step instructor told me I should teach. She was QUITE pregnant at the time and unbekno
two roads..
Tuesday, 22 April 2008 4:31 P GMT-08
Or.."How I made the unlikely jump from Point A to Point B (being a fitness instructor)". I was an active kid but not exactly "athletic" growing up (despite my seemingly athletic build). In fact I was solidly terrified ab
goin' down...
Monday, 21 April 2008 6:52 P GMT-08
It probably was a HUGE mistake making that statement last week. Something to the effect of "yeah I haven't been sick this year at all". I had a sore throat come on last Monday..completely overdosed myself with vitamin C for two days and
coach vs. participant
Saturday, 19 April 2008 12:56 P GMT-08
The age old debate as far as teaching styles go. I see it discussed at the fitness chat boards I frequent and see it played out in gyms around me all the time. As group fitness instructors we *generally* tend to fall into 2 camps (of
Lately..
Wednesday, 16 April 2008 2:44 P GMT-08
I've had my nose to the grindstone. Just been busy I suppose. Teaching my own classes and subbing quite a bit too (22 classes total last week). Since the middle of March the weeks have been going by very quickly. Can't wait for May when we
now I remember...
Wednesday, 9 April 2008 1:50 P GMT-08
it's not just the prospect of chronic taibone pain that makes cycling not amazingly fun to teach for me. It's the HOURS I spend combing through music, putting profiles together, only to tear them down, rearrange them, find new musi
perplexed...
Tuesday, 8 April 2008 3:04 P GMT-08
I've got a member in my 30 minute senior fitness class that asked me today after class if she can wear ballet slippers next time. She says her balance is off by wearing shoes. Mind you this is a circuit style workout involving low impact ca
master disappointment...
Saturday, 5 April 2008 10:58 P GMT-08
I was asked by my director to do an aqua master class up at one of the big twentyfour hour fitness clubs in Portland today. One in a 3 part series, it was designed for sharing ideas with other aqua instuctors and for introducing land instructors to a
a new "spin" on yoga...
Wednesday, 2 April 2008 12:59 P GMT-08
I rolled out my new fusion class of indoor cycling and yoga last night. It was basically a compromise for me after having to give up my yoga classes at the studio to take on cycling classes in the same time spot at my local gym. I figured why n
April Fools...
Tuesday, 1 April 2008 10:22 A GMT-08
During the cooldown stretch of my pump class this morning I had all of my members grab a tube with handles. I told them I had been doing a lot of reading lately about the mind/body connection and how it relates to resistance training.