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03/08/2011 1:18 pm
Creator: Jeff Krabiel
I still think it?s kind of strange that people come to orientations
who have been attending classes for years and they have no idea
about the program?s cadence guidelines. They have never been
through a cadence check or h ...
Evaluation time!
03/07/2011 4:42 pm
Creator: June Chu
Talking to my friend and fellow Spinning instructor the other day,
she mentioned that she had just received an email from her gym?s
management about evaluations being done. Their new manager had
emailed all of them to men ...
Brain overload!
03/07/2011 4:41 pm
Creator: June Chu
Panic is setting in. In ten days, our facility is launching a new
class and I agreed to be a part of the launch?at 10pm at night!
Given our gym is a college facility, 10pm is still early and in
fact, it?s when people star ...
Kinesiology - The New P.E.
03/05/2011 11:35 am
Creator: Sabrina Fairchild
I have been teaching P.E. at the community college level since
1993, and when I decided I wanted to pursue it as a full-time
career, I went back to school in 1997 and received my masters
degree in Physical Education in 20 ...
Inflammation Nation
03/05/2011 9:40 am
Creator: Doug Katona
Insulin and inflammation. You are going to hear more about this in
the future. What you eat may just be causing some serious
inflammation in your body. Diets high in sugar, refined
carbohydrates and processed foods can ca ...
Rat Hole
03/05/2011 9:19 am
Creator: Doug Katona
Went down the rat hole last week. Actually didn't find rats! Found
a few gems. Be careful if you venture down the rat hole - know what
may lie ahead and decide if you can stand the stench. The set-up: A
panel of three cyc ...
Class Objectives
03/04/2011 7:21 am
Creator: Jeff Krabiel
To teach a good class, an instructor must have a good plan. An
overall reason, theme, or purpose for class must be clearly stated
very early in the session so all students have the initial
information they need to partici ...
The Stretch Assignment
03/03/2011 8:43 pm
Creator: Corinne A. Parks
Chatting with my husband this morning about a management concept
called The Stretch Assignment, I pondered about its application to
the Spinning studio. The idea is that as the chief of operations of
unicef here in cambod ...
Changes are Good
03/03/2011 4:29 pm
Creator: Ralph Mlady
Change, some people like it, others hate it. Either way, change is
inevitable. At one of the studios that I teach, a change is about
to happen. An instructor is going taking a leave of absence and the
schedule of instruct ...
UPDATE: Monthly Class Schedules 3 Months Later
03/03/2011 2:13 pm
Creator: Linda Freeman
I hope this post will answer some of your questions. I promised to
follow up and here it is. In January we began working with a
monthly schedule of classes with designated Energy Zones.
Initially, we were met with either ...
