When we first start out teaching — whether it’s dance, fitness, or any kind of class — most of us say "yes" to  everything . Even if it’s...

I've been thinking about this a lot recently, not only because yesterday I went to film and literally couldn't remember anything (a...

When I first started teaching, and probably throughout the first few years I felt under a significant amount of pressure (from myself) to...

My business and the service that I offer my clients has changed dramatically since Feb 2020. Add to that their change in lifestyle,...

I have a confession. I’ve been a bit quiet on the email & blog front recently… which is a little odd for me because I love writing and jus

Whilst numbers are definitely back on the up, promoting community fitness classes locally still requires effective marketing strategies...

On the daily we hear things that we don’t agree with and we probably wish our client base wasn’t exposed to. Sometimes we REALLY want to...

We’ve all done it. Scrolled through social media and seen a video of another instructor all busy and buzzing and feeling that green eyed...

There are no two ways about it, group exercise is the mainstream and people of all shapes, sizes and interests are attracted to classes...

I know, we are run off our feet most of the time. Life is a bit hectic as a self-employed class instructor, personal trainer or dance...

Oh my, we really do work in a job where we expend a lot of energy on motivating and inspiring other people to live their best lives....

All those years ago when I quit my job as a Key Account Manager for a freight forwarder, little could I imagine what lay ahead for me....

The difference between being a brand new injury-free fitness instructor versus one that has been around the block a few times is pretty...

Diary of a Group Ex instructor Starting 2022 - A little bit weird January has always been my best pick up time. I would put my timetable...

With everything we have had to deal with in group ex over the last 15 months, it’s no wonder lots of instructors are adding personal...

What a weird ass year we are coming to the end of. And to be quite honest it still feels like it should be October but instead most of us...

It’s a toughie, deciding what you should put or keep on your timetable for January, especially this January in particular. I’ve had a lot...

This has to be one of my most popular non-cardio classes. For shizzle. It’s not fair to judge our resistance classes on the same scale as...

Well, this weekend we hit FitJam, my first face to face event since Jan 2019 and it did not disappoint. I was KNACKERED before I left,...

Aren’t we so hard on ourselves?! We spend so much time worrying about what we aren’t so great at that we forget to celebrate the things...