by Joan Kent | Mar 2, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN
My college roommate used to turn down yogurt, saying, “I never eat rotten food.” Now, there may be reasons not to eat yogurt, but the fact that it”™s rotten isn”™t one of them. Maybe a better term for “rotten” is fermented. Fermentation is highly beneficial for the...
by John | Feb 27, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Engage Your Students, Instructor Tips and Tricks, Music
I've been getting much of musical inspiration from Movie soundtracks as of late. I'm still digging Zack Hemsey — Vengeance that I first heard used in the movie The Equalizer. The beauty of the Internet (at leased for now) is how easy it is to find best soundtracks,...
by Joan Kent | Feb 16, 2015 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
As a nutritionist who coaches many clients with sugar addiction, I find myself talking about willpower frequently and thinking about it a lot. I used to take a hard line against willpower — or rather, against people”™s view of it. On behalf of my clients, I resented...
by John | Feb 7, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Engage Your Students, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Music
I'm pretty excited. I'm subbing a Cycle Sculpt class tomorrow! Cycle Sculpt is a branded class format at Life Time Fitness, designed to attract the crowd who would be interested in a SoulCycle like class. This won't be my first time teaching this format - a little...
by John | Jan 21, 2015 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, Learn Leadership Skills, Master Instructor Blog
You need to have read part one of this series where I laid out two scenarios and asked the question; Why do Breathless Betty and Chatty Cathy not behave the same way that you and Susan did at WSSC? It's my worldly perspective that the major difference between those...
by Joan Kent | Jan 19, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog
“I don”™t stop when I”™m tired. I only stop when I”™m done.” It surprised me to learn that the above quotation came from Marilyn Monroe. How many times have we heard those words in connection with athletics? In the training and weight loss program I taught for 14...