Imposter Syndrome. Every instructor worth their salt has been victim to this at least at some point in their career (some for much longer than necessary). Overcoming imposter syndrome happens in small ways without us really noticing, until we have that moment that makes us feel like we have "really made it." Listen in to gain some tips for understanding what imposter syndrome is, how it can impact you as an instructor, and how you can give yourself the boosts you need along your journey to realizing you do indeed deserve the title role of Group Exercise Rockstar!

Team building can happen in the smallest of time windows. Just as we ask our instructors to check in with their members and to remember and acknowledge things about them, we should be doing the same with our instructor teams. You would be surprised to see how far a quick check in with a team member can go in terms of building a rapport with them and thus working toward building a team with more buy in as a whole. Listen in to learn different ways to touch base and how impactful that little bit of time can be.

Why are you here? Why are any of us here? Just kidding, we are not getting into existentialism, but we are looking at the different motivation styles and how that might impact how you connect with the participants who show up in your classes week after week. While there are many motivation styles, we can't cater a class toward just one style. We must adapt and adjust to connect on the spot. We don't need a PhD in psychology to start making meaningful connections and figuring out what motivates our members, just some background knowledge on the basics.

In this episode we will explore what happens when we stop making excuses and start doing more than the bare minimum. Yes, our members are more excited, our members come back with more regularity, and our class numbers increase. When all of these happen, we feel more energized for the tall task of leading group exercise and that passion shows to our members.

You think you know your department, but do you really KNOW your department. From your individual teammates to specific data points, this episode focuses on how knowing your sh*t within your department helps you build a better rapport with your team and helps you gain the respect and dollar of the leadership above you to invest in your department. Listen up to learn keys to committing small things to mind to create big impacts.

Continuing education is the key to becoming the best instructor you can be, yet many shrug it off as just another thing to do. Tune in to learn how continuing education can truly benefit you as an instructor and how it can help you take your job (yes, at the end of the day it is a j-o-b) as a group exercise instructor more seriously so you can excel to higher levels.

Listen in to learn about crosstraining in different formats and how that will increase your value to your facility, will increase your longevity in this career, and will help to stave off burnout (ugh, that dreaded thing). We will talk about how to strategically diversify your skill set and when enough is enough in terms of diversifying.

Welcome to our first bonus episode, mainly directed to Group Exercise Mangers/Directors. Listen in to learn the importance of transparency in creating a positive team culture. If we can't create trust from the bottom up with our team, then we don't have a team. Learn some strategies that have worked to help create a thriving team who feels valued, feels like they can come speak openly and honestly, and feels like they and their ideas matter.

We all want to deliver classes with maximum impact without spending maximum time putting them together, right? By creating a workout skeleton (template, whatever you choose to call it), you give yourself some predictable parameters within which you can unleash your creativity. Les Mills does it. Your favorite TV/streaming series do it. Why not you? You'll be amazed at the increase in impact your classes have when you are delivering them from a skeleton that you created (so one that works for your brain and your class format) so you can be more focused on delivering the class with a BANG and not be so bogged down in reinventing the wheel each time you plan a class.

Who are you? No, really. In your deepest, truest self, who are you? If there were no fear of external judgement, who would you be? We got real deep, real quick. In order to be your best instructor self, you have to take some time and be brutally honest with yourself. Here, we delve into the main instructor archetypes, what defines each, and how you can harness your true self to reach those in front of you more authentically to create experiences they keep coming back for.