Instructor Accelerator: Group Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, Cycle

Name: Instructor Accelerator: Group Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, Cycle
Rating: 4.8 (66 reviews)

Improve your Group Fitness teaching skills. You'll learn simple, effective tools to confidently deliver amazing classes!

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Created byKelsey Kerr

Last updated 2/2021

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What you'll learn

Bridge the gap between certification and actually having the tools you need to deliver a killer class, tomorrow!
This is the course I wish I had when I started teaching fitness.
Learn the 3 Pillars of Teaching & Master Cueing Techniques that change the game.
Get inside access to Class Samples, Templates, Music Hacks + Do's & Don'ts with real Class Demos
Get personalized video feedback on your teaching in this course!
This is the course I wish I had when I fell into auto-pilot after years of teaching and needed to spice my classes back up!
Gain Continuing Education Credits (CECs) towards your certification renewal.
Learn simple principles you can apply to your teaching right away, what you need, and what you don't!

Course content

11 sections • 34 lectures • 3h 5m total length

Introduction1:38
Meet your Instructor, Kelsey Kerr. In this introduction, you'll get an overview of the course content and goals. Be sure to download your Workbook in the Resources section.

Ways of Being Demo Exercises: Introduction0:47
Explore different ways of being through demo videos, observe confidence and energy levels in fitness and yoga classes, then note in your workbook and complete a quiz after each section.
DEMO VIDEO 1 of 3: Confident vs. Uncertain1:46
After watching these demos, reflect on what you noticed for each example. Make some notes in your workbook (attached in Section 1: Introduction) about what you want to implement to create more confidence in your delivery.
Demo Quiz: Confident vs. Uncertain
DEMO VIDEO 2 of 3: High Energy Class vs. Yoga Class2:58
After watching these demos, reflect on what you noticed for each example. Make some notes in your workbook (attached in Section 1: Introduction) about how you want to show up energetically in your introduction. Please note that these demos show examples of Ways of Being, which is not inclusive of all necessary elements of an effective introduction. See Lecture #9 for all components to include in your effective class introduction.
Demo Quiz: High Energy vs. Low Energy vs. Grounded Energy
Virtual Class Introductions4:16
Join a forty-five minute hit workout featuring high-intensity interval training with high or low impact options, four 45-second work blocks and 15-second rests, repeated twice, cardio-focused with lower-body work.
DEMO VIDEO 3 of 3: Rolling With Mistakes vs. Apologizing4:17
After watching these demos, reflect on the experience of the participant in a class where the instructor rolls with their mistakes. Reflect on how you might feel in a class where the instructor profusely apologizes and dwells on the mistake that they have made. Psstt... Your students don't care that you made a mistake. They're already over it, so let's roll with it and move on, friends!
Demo Quiz: Rolling with Mistakes vs. Apologizing

The 4 Rules of Cueing5:16
Build From The Base: Cueing Pyramid1:15
Auditory Cueing18:26
Combine auditory, kinesthetic, and visual cues to land instructions in fitness classes. Use technical, safety, and motivational cues with pre cueing and previewing to fit yoga, cardio, and interval formats.
Kinesthetic Cueing4:20
Learn how to cue kinesthetic learners using body awareness, touch, and tactile feedback, with self-assessed, non-prescriptive cues that focus on how movements feel.
Visual Cueing13:07
Explore seven visual cues for group fitness: hand gestures, imagery, demonstrations, exaggeration, reps remaining, eye contact, and directional cues, demonstrated through a class workout flow.
Put Your Cueing Into Practice!19:12
Practice cueing out loud, with or without a mirror, to refine teaching; use the 30 to count method and 32-count blocks to time moves to BPM.

Biggest Mistakes I See5:26
Need To Knows8:04
Interviews & Auditions5:10
Music Tips & Tricks6:43
Navigate licensing and device setup for fitness class music, and craft beats-per-minute (BPM) based playlists with Spotify, Apple Music, Yasko, and Power Music, including offline downloads and sound checks.
Virtual Classes2:35
Explore how to run virtual fitness classes with live, prerecorded, and library formats across platforms like Instagram, YouTube, Zoom, and Vimeo, and address music rights and liability insurance.

Requirements

An interest in teaching fitness or a current fitness certification (not required)

Description

The Instructor Accelerator course helps Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, and Cycle Instructors accelerate their teaching skills. It gives Instructors the tools to elevate their class experience with ease, every single time. At the end of this course, you'll have the keys to deliver an unforgettable class using the 3 Pillars of Teaching, Cueing Techniques that change the game, and easy to adopt Music Hacks. You'll gain access to Do's & Don'ts in Class Demos and Virtual Teaching, and you'll receive killer pre-made Class Samples and Templates that you can use right away. You will learn from the mistakes I've made over the last 12 years of teaching fitness, so you can jump past those hurdles and be an incredible Instructor without the down time and growing pains. Learn what simple principles to apply in every class, what you need, and what you don't to see success!

Instructor Accelerator is a course you can do at your own pace in your own way. There are a variety of video lectures, workbook resources, and unique offline resources specifically for Instructor Accelerator Students. The workbook resources alone provide 50 pages of valuable content that you can take with you wherever you go in your teaching.

This course is well suited to novice Instructors who are just beginning their teaching journey, as well as seasoned Instructors who are looking to bring the spice back into their teaching. Wherever you are as an Instructor, this course will provide valuable information and insider lessons that you can take with you, wherever you go next!

WIth 3 hours of content, you can use this course for Continuing Education Credits (CECs) towards your certification renewals.

Who this course is for:

Group Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, Cycle, Barre and Aquafit Instructors

Instructor Accelerator: Group Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, Cycle

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

The Foundation3 lectures • 11min

Pillar One: BEING2 lectures • 7min

BEING: Demo Videos for "Ways of Being"5 lectures • 14min

Pillar Two: DOING: Projection, Options & Clarity3 lectures • 13min

DOING: Demo Videos for Instruction Clarity1 lecture • 4min

DOING: Eyes on the Prize & Practice3 lectures • 10min

Pillar Three: CUEING Basics6 lectures • 1hr 2min

Building Your Class4 lectures • 33min

Golden Nuggets5 lectures • 28min

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