Connecting Moves?

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Connecting Moves?
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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 12:07pm
In a class like Jen mentioned where you do a lot of plyometrics, jumping jacks, etc. how do your instructors connect the moves?





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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 12:49pm

the class i used to take like that it was basically "do this for 3 minutes" ... "ok, time's up, do that for 3 minutes"


there was no attempt to connect the moves. if you don't want people just stopping and standing still in between, you can have them always come back to a basic move to keep their heartrate up, like i do in cardio kickboxing with "bob and weave" or "boxer's shuffle". maybe like a "jog-in-place?"

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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 1:49pm
Does the instructor talk during the 3 minutes? That's been my problem w/ holding intervals for long.





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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 2:04pm

in the class i took, the instructor didn't do the activity for the whole time. he'd show us what to do and then just "coach" - he wasn't like "woohoo,"

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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 2:16pm
I can fill a minute with cues and things but other than the occasional "good job" or "keep going", it can be pretty quiet.





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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 2:19pm
Oh, does the winded feeling ever go away while you're doing intervals and trying to talk?





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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 2:42pm
You don't have to "woohoo" to verbally motivate them. Walk around giving individual motivation & feedback, tell them once in a while how much time is left, talk about some of the benefits they'll receive, etc. People don't want to hear us talking constantly but they came to class not just for a workout but guidance, motivation & comraderie (sic?).
Soleilune
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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 2:53pm
After all these years of taking classes, you'd think I'd remember what instructors do, but now I'm having to stop and pay attention. It was all transparent to me as long as I sweat, I didn't think about it.





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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 2:53pm

it's always harder to teach the class than to take it so if you design a class that is as hard as one you'd like to take, you will always be quite out of breath while teaching it. i think you do get somewhat better at speaking with training, but it's like any other kind of training - if you only teach once a week (like i do) it's really not enough to get a training effect. running while talking to a running partner or singing to yourself would probably help.


don't forget you don't have to do all the intervals! make yourself NOT do all of them.

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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 3:02pm
You know, I think that's one of my problems--I've been trying to teach classes that I'd like to take.





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Wed, 06-08-2005 - 3:30pm
I don't know how much sense that post made!





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