by John | Jun 3, 2012 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog
I don't know about you [wlm_firstname], but one of my biggest challenges when I teach is getting accurate feedback that I'm being understood. Teaching with power has me off the bike a lot more than I had in the past - which was almost never. Now, multiple times...
by John | May 6, 2012 | Big Box Instructor
I love it when a plan comes together! I had listed my thoughts about how to successfully audition for an Instructor position at Life Time Fitness in an eariler post. It was in response to a question from an ICI/PRO member. Here's an update: Hi John, Just wanted to...
by Doug Rusho | Apr 21, 2012 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training
Coming Home Recently, during a visit to my parents, I had the urge to visit my old High School. Upon arriving, Track was in session, so I took a walk down glory lane as memories of my High and Long Jumping career came rushing back. Surprisingly, all 3 of my track...
by John | Apr 20, 2012 | Big Box Instructor, Music
In my post yesterday about auditioning as a Life Time Fitness Instructor, if I only had three minutes to show my stuff... what music would I use? I suggested that you should use a track that you enjoy teaching to. Now I'm re-thinking it... I actually auditioned at...
by John | Apr 5, 2012 | Big Box Instructor, PRO Podcasts
Functional Threshold Power, better known as FTP, is the basis for establishing individual training zones using power/watts. Now that I'm teaching power based classes I've developed some questions about FTP and asked STAGES Indoor Cycling's Cameron Chinatti to answer...
by John | Jan 18, 2012 | Big Box Instructor, Promote and Build Your Class
They describe Net Promoter Score (NPS) as The Ultimate Question: How likely is it that you would recommend this Club/Studio/Class/Instructor to a friend or colleague? As a Life Time Fitness Instructor/employee I hear about our NPS scores frequently... and if you don't...