Latest Group fitness instructors Podcast Episodes
How to make more money as an instructor in 2024
Group Fitness Real Talk - January 18, 2024 08:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsWe ALL live in hope that 2024 will be the year that instructor pay improves. But… this podcast is called group fitness Real Talk, and the real talk is that any big shifts - not matter how well deserved - don’t seem very likely. So how exactly can you make more money as an Instructor in 2024? ...
Pre & Postnatal Fitness - What Every Instructor Should Know
Group Fitness Real Talk - February 28, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsAs a GX Instructor, you’ve undoubtedly had pre and postnatal people in your classes. This is why it's important to have a solid foundational knowledge in how to provide these members with a safe and effective workout. In this episode, Will speaks to Danielle Spangler, an industry expert on pr...
What Instructors NEED To Know About Social Media
Group Fitness Real Talk - January 25, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday on the podcast, I'm talking with Rachel Holmes about all the things Instructors NEED to know about showing up on social media in 2023. Rachel is both a fixture in the UK fitness circuit and also smashing it on social media right now, so I really wanted to pick her brain and get her top tip...
How To Package Your Proposition with Kelly Coulter
Group Fitness Real Talk - December 13, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday on the podcast, I'm back with repeat guest, Kelly Coulter. Last time, Kelly came on to talk about the three biggest business building mistakes that Instructors make when they start out teaching online. If you haven’t heard that episode yet, be sure to give it a listen (you can find that he...
The Science Behind Creating A Killer Playlist
Group Fitness Real Talk - November 30, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsThis is one of those episodes where we’re going to keep it REAL and hit you right up front. We think that a lot of Instructors listening to this podcast have entirely the wrong idea about rights-included music. We get it! You like to use the music that you hear on the radio in your classes. Bu...
Pump No More? The New Rules for Strength Classes
Group Fitness Real Talk - November 17, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsProgramming real strength development training in a group fitness setting has always been a challenge. But if you can do it well, it can be the biggest opportunity for you as a group fitness instructor to attract a broad audience of people to your classes. The question is, how exactly do you ach...
Menopause and Fitness: What No One Tells You with Tracy Minnoch
Group Fitness Real Talk - October 18, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsHere at SH1FT Fitness, we like to make sure we are giving our instructors what they want in terms of education, product, as well as the topics they want to hear about on this podcast. We recently conducted a global instructor survey and were really stunned by the number of instructors who wanted...
How to be Extraordinary as a GX Instructor with Jayne Nicholls
Group Fitness Real Talk - October 04, 2022 08:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsYou may have noticed I took a break from the podcast over the summer to recharge - but I'm back and super excited for the shows we are bringing your way for the rest of 2022. Today's guest, Jayne Nicholls, is a fixture of the UK fitness industry, an International Fitness Presenter and the crea...
How to Teach a GREAT Cycling Class with Sarah Stoneley
Group Fitness Real Talk - August 02, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsHere today on the podcast is a cycling expert who you may recognise from our R1DE format, Sarah Stoneley. Sarah is a Master Trainer at 1Rebel and currently the Head of Brand Development for 1Rebel Saudi. I met Sarah back when I was the General Manager of ClassPass. At that time, I attended a nu...
How To Stand Out and Reach More People as a Fitness Instructor
Group Fitness Real Talk - July 19, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsThis week, we're doing something a little bit different. We are giving you a bonus episode, and this time, the tables are turned! I’m being interviewed by Ann-See Yeoh, a yoga and mindbody expert and teacher, for a special seminar series she hosted for Mindbody Fitness Professionals. Ann-See and...
“I can make ANYONE passionate about exercise” with Bevan James Eyles
Group Fitness Real Talk - July 05, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday’s guest is a good friend and one of my Group Fitness role models, Bevan James Eyles. Bevan has been a world leading Instructor for a LONG time and one of the things I love most about him is that he still has just as much passion and gets just as much joy out of teaching today as he did 20 ...
Every Fitness Instructor NEEDS to Know About This
Group Fitness Real Talk - June 01, 2022 03:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsThe fitness industry has just had a big shake up and if you aren't yet across it, you NEED to be because it's a complete game changer for instructors! On the podcast today, the tables are turned and Will is being interviewed by guest host Richard Playfair. Why? Because Will's got a story to tel...
Accept No Limitations with Laura Ellis
Group Fitness Real Talk - May 24, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsWe talk about diversity in fitness a lot, and that applies to culture, ethnicity, body shape, and age. But it also relates to disabilities and physical limitations, too. Today’s podcast guest is Laura Ellis, a SH1FT Instructor. As you're going to hear, Laura was diagnosed with scoliosis at 11 y...
How to Nail Teaching Virtually in 2022 (Part 2: Tools & Equipment)
Group Fitness Real Talk - May 10, 2022 06:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsThis week on Group Fitness Real Talk, I'm back chatting with Richard Playfair, founder of SweatLife Films, for Part 2 of "How to Nail Teaching Virtually in 2022". In case you missed it, go back and listen to Part 1, where we talked about the marketing and business elements of running a digital f...
How to Nail Teaching Virtually in 2022 (Part 1: Business & Marketing)
Group Fitness Real Talk - April 26, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsBack in 2020, Richard Playfair, SH1FT Fitness Video Producer and owner of Sweatlife Films, came on the podcast to share his expertise on creating a better virtual class. Things have changed a lot since then, so now he’s back to give some updated insights on some of the business and marketing as...
How to Nail Teaching Virtually in 2022, Part 1: Business & Marketing
Group Fitness Real Talk - April 26, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsBack in 2020, Richard Playfair, SH1FT Fitness Video Producer and owner of Sweatlife Films, came on the podcast to share his expertise on creating a better virtual class. Things have changed a lot since then, so now he’s back to give some updated insights on some of the business and marketing as...
How to Price your Classes for Inflation with Ollie Bailey
Group Fitness Real Talk - April 12, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday on the podcast, I'm talking about something that I get asked about a lot, which is how to set your prices for inflation. Today’s guest, Ollie Bailey from Gymcatch, is an expert on the subject. Gymcatch is a personal assistant app that helps fitness professionals manage bookings, fill class...
Reality Bites: The Best Time to Workout (And Other Myths)
Group Fitness Real Talk - March 29, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday on the Group Fitness Real Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Sam Rider for another Reality Bites episode. This new series is essentially a bite-sized discussion on one topic of concern to Group Fitness Instructors. We talk about the best time to workout, the best way to workout, the myths su...
Reality Bites: Warm Up and Cool Down with Sam Rider
Group Fitness Real Talk - March 15, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsWhat's the tea on warm ups and cool downs? Love them? Hate them? How should it be done? On today’s episode of the Group Fitness Real Talk podcast, we’re starting a new segment, Reality Bites. It’s essentially going to be a bite-sized episode where we talk with a Group Fitness expert about one t...
Screw the Metaverse! with Dave Thomas
Group Fitness Real Talk - March 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday on the podcast, I'm chatting with a good friend and co-founder of one of my favorite gyms in London, Dave Thomas from The Foundry. Dave has a wealth of knowledge on all things fitness, but today we're not here to talk about his gym. Instead, I wanted to get Dave on the podcast to talk abo...
How 2021 Changed the Fitness Industry Forever
Group Fitness Real Talk - December 28, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsFor the final episode of 2021, I am reviewing the three key predictions I made at the beginning of the year to see how they turned out. Now, if you are paying attention to what’s happening in the world right now, you will be aware that in the last couple of weeks, things have gotten a lot more g...
Delivering Fitness for EVERY Age with Kelly Froelich of Balanced
Group Fitness Real Talk - December 14, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsHave you ever put yourself in the shoes of a 70-year old looking to stay active? If you have, you might realise that more and more older people looking to keep fit feel like there is nowhere they truly belong. The gym is intimidating for all ages, but this is an age group that didn't grow up wit...
The Fitness Music Solution You Need to Know About
Group Fitness Real Talk - November 30, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsMusic is such an important part of teaching Group Fitness. It should be fun, inspiring and help people lose themselves in a class. But when COVID hit, all of the music that was once suitable for teaching classes became unusable online and music suddenly became a very confusing and stressful part...
Nootropics Are Coming...But What Are They?
Group Fitness Real Talk - November 09, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsIf you’re anything like me, you’ve probably tried a number of different products and supplements over the years to help you deliver the best possible class. Pre-workouts, a certain amount of protein within a particular window after exercise - or just a hit of caffeine before class. My guest th...
The #1 Way to Give Feedback During Class
Group Fitness Real Talk - October 26, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsToday on the podcast, I'm sharing a snackable, shorter episode dealing with one specific question that keeps coming up again and again and that is this: “How can I get participants to improve what they're doing? How can I give feedback in a way which actually lands with those people in my class ...
When an Injury Threatens to End Your Career
Group Fitness Real Talk - October 12, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsImagine you’re one of the leading Group Fitness instructors on the planet, you’re sitting at the doctor’s office and they tell you that you will never teach GX again. That’s exactly what happened to today’s guest, Lisa Osborne. If you’re a Les Mills Instructor, you’ll likely be very familiar w...
How to Create Meaningful In-Class Connections
Group Fitness Real Talk - September 28, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsOn this week’s solo episode, I'm talking about a topic that I get asked frequently by instructors. It's something that the Group Fitness industry, and also the wider community, now understand to be an important role of a Group Fitness Instructor, and that's creating community and building connec...
Making a World-Class Instructor with Jack Thomas
Group Fitness Real Talk - September 14, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsWhat makes a world class fitness instructor? That's the million dollar question. Becoming a world class instructor doesn't just happen by luck and there isn't one key trait that makes an instructor world class, as every single instructor has a different style. While there's no one-size-fits-all ...
The September Issue
Group Fitness Real Talk - August 31, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsAs anyone that has been involved in fitness for a long time will know, September is a key month for the fitness industry, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. Instructors are coming back from their summer holidays, and it's a little bit like January in that they're refreshing their approach ...
How to Find Your Joy with Kirsten Potenza of Pound
Group Fitness Real Talk - August 17, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratingsI'm so excited to welcome Kirsten Potenz to today’s podcast. Kirsten is someone that I really admire in the Fitness industry. She is the creator and founder of the Group Fitness format, Pound. Now, if you haven't heard of Pound, be sure to check them out in the show notes. Pound is unlike anythi...
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