so, you are looking for a good group program and a suitable instructor. Of course, By exercising in a group, you can achieve such popular fitness goals., how to lose weight and get healthy, yes, you can have fun too.. Point of view, when all, besides the gym is denied for complete inefficiency gives away, so to speak, one-sided approach. But your group program will work, only if you approach not only the choice of class, but also choosing an instructor wisely.
Attention to the client
Quality number one in any work with people. If the instructor ignores your existence, how it will help you achieve your goals? In the "old" aerobics groups, it was customary to get acquainted with the instructor, just coming to class. This practice is very helpful., and you can adopt it.
A skilled professional will always notice new faces, introduce yourself, and ask, at least, what is your name. Build it up – come back after class and ask questions, if you have any. Feel free to get in touch, and state your goals. maybe, group exercise instructor and not the best nutrition and lifestyle expert in the world, but you will receive certain recommendations from him.
Besides, drawing attention immediately, you can expect attention in return. Your equipment will be tracked, what is important in these areas, like Hot Iron, HIIT and functional training.
Good basic education
Courses instructors courses strife. Today is good - at the Federation of Aerobics, ITS Russia, Yes, perhaps, at the Association of Fitness Professionals. Various online courses and other products of modern civilization work well in combination with a large personal training experience., and experience, eg, in choreography.
Many say, that having a certificate of course completion is not an indicator at all. I do not think so. Against, strange, that a person did not even bother with basic education in the profession, who earns his living. This is me about the lack of a certificate. Against, course completion, visiting conventions testifies, at least, About, that a person is interested in his profession and learns something new in the field of fitness.
And the fact of certification usually means the ability to work with music. Don't know, how are you, but a couple of times I came across a wonderful phenomenon - the music plays by itself, the instructor commands himself, at the group, of course, the cognitive dissonance, but they repeat something there ... So not for long and get confused.
Ability to teach
The Elusive Criterion, according to most people. But if it's not there, you will immediately notice. The instructor will simply turn on the music and walk, without explaining or showing anything. The maximum methodical thought here is the notorious “like this”. It is not possible to understand. At the dawn of a misty youth, I went to a hip-hop aerobics group.. Not for long, generally. The instructor and the old-timers danced like this, that Britney Spears would be jealous, but here's an explanation ... You can complain as much as you like about your own "oakiness and non-plasticity", but the problem arose for almost all beginners. That group, by the way, became quite a well-known stage group, I still don't like hip-hop.
Ability to teach, by the way, is not a gift from the universe, but by skill. On good courses, just, learn how to show movement, how to explain the work of muscles "in a nutshell", and how to fix the technique, without running from client to client. To understand the difference, you can go to any class of a certified BEST fit or Hot Iron instructor.
Ability to create a balanced program, without complicating
You know, which I personally consider the height of unprofessionalism? These are twisted ligaments, which none of the clients, generally, does not understand and cannot repeat. And a set of tricky exercises "to strengthen muscles", consisting of incomprehensible twists in the joints, wild jumps in two planes at once, and push-ups with an anatomically controversial hand position. Yes, this is how professionals from choreography and “functional” have fun, being in a cozy narrow circle of "their people". But to give this in a group ...
The exercise program should be clear to you. From the beginning to the end. If you don't understand her, The class is designed for any skill level., it's better to change the class, and don't suffer.
Here, Truth, there is a fine line. A certain percentage of clients are so accustomed to pretending to be athletically untalented, that finds simple steps incomprehensible, lunges and squats. We will not discuss this case here., Everyone knows, when the program is really too cleverly twisted, and when, sorry, laziness prevents understanding.
Ability to communicate the physiology of the process in simple language
Of course, the instructor does not have to explain to you, which hormones are released when, and what muscles to the fiber work in each exercise. But he should be able to answer the basic "Why". Say, if the expert cannot explain, why you need to do push-ups not from your knees, and squat - not a third of the amplitude, this is some controversial.
No one requires the instructor to perform linguistic studies during the lesson, but the right motivational speech usually includes the name of the working muscle groups, and relevant recommendations for increasing intensity, and even relevant nutritional advice
About the last, by the way, i have a personal item. I try not to work with people, confident, what not to eat after six, don't eat after aerobics, and generally speaking, desirable, never eat at all. It is usually not possible to convince "such", it is something akin to religious feelings and unconscious aspirations of the soul to the Absolute. But seriously, use the services of such specialists, of course, can. Regarding training, if they are good, incendiary and work personally for you. But for nutrition, it’s better to turn to those, who will still teach you how to make the right choice from a variety of food. Still, man has not yet learned to sublimate solar energy, and everyone will be healthier, if you eat right.
Elena Selivanova
