Is Your Aerobics Instructor Making the Cut?

Posted by GenaM - 10/23/08 at 12:10:33 pm

On your road to better health, you may decide to join a fitness class. Thankfully, today’s gyms offer lots of choices - aerobics, step, kick boxing, boxing, yoga and more. Mike Spezzano, Vice President of Membership and Program Development at New York City’s YMCA, recommends watching a class before joining. Here are a few pointers for choosing the class that’s right for you.

• Teacher vs. Performer - Make sure the instructor is a good teacher not just someone who can go through all kinds of complicated choreography.
• Taking Time - The instructor should take time with individuals to help them develop skills, to help them learn whatever it is they’re doing in the class.
• Levels of Intensity - Make sure the instructor gives options to modify the intensity, like easier options for people who are tired or want something less challenging. Then people can work at their own level.
• Variety - The instructor should incorporate new things to keep the class interesting-new motivating music from time to time or new choreography.
• Fun - There should be an element of fun to keep people motivated and coming back time after time. If the participants are smiling, that’s a good sign.

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