A fun perspective on teaching group exercise – why you might not want to adjust your cueing style.

“When is it too cold to exercise in the water?” This decision must be made based on safety concerns regarding how the cold weather affects the physiological processes, causing safety risks and health concerns to arise.

Three key lessons for fitness instructors who work with seniors.  Seniors are a wealth of knowledge and insight; I learned to ‘slow it down’ to interact at their pace and then I was best able to learn and take the journey with them!

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, no wrist-worn heart rate monitor is able to mimic the accuracy of a chest-strap monitor on land, let alone in the water, with most wrist trackers declining in accuracy as exercise intensity increases. This article reviews some of the best chest strap heart rate monitors for measuring fitness in the water.

Options to keep you, the group fitness instructor, active during a time that can be both mentally and physically challenging.