Join host Amy Jo Macgowan and her entertaining guests as they explore your passion & your career as a Group Fitness and Exercise Instructor.
They didn’t need them 
I received an e mail from Pru, a listener in the UK, asking me to do an interview about advice for new instructors or “newbies” as she said. What a great idea! And I had just the person to talk with. Katie Haggerty joins me and we cover all kinds of “I wish I would have known that when I started teaching” kinds of things, along with many hints, tips and suggestions as you start your teaching careers. Katie is the Group Fitness Department Head for two Life Time Fitness Clubs in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area so she helps a lot of new instructors get confident in teaching safe, effective and fun group fitness classes. Enjoy!
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There are opportunities out there for us in the health and fitness industry.
Fred Hoffman joins me to talk about:
Taking a risk to find the job you want
What is it you really want to do?
What are you looking for in your career?
Having a “press kit” ready and what should be in it
How to present yourself
I hope you enjoy this insightful and fun discussion with Fred.
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I read this article today and it hit me. We as group fitness instructors can see many things obesity does to those around us from a physical perspective. And we know about the high risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. But now there is proof that obesity negatively affects the brain too.
More reason to keep on motivating the masses.
Next time you see someone “lingering” at the studio door, invite them in to give your class a try. We never know whose life we are going to change next.
The results, based on brain scans of 94 people in their 70s, represent “severe brain degeneration,” said Paul Thompson, senior author of the study and a UCLA professor of neurology.
“That’s a big loss of tissue and it depletes your cognitive reserves, putting you at much greater risk of Alzheimer’s and other diseases that attack the brain,” said Thompson. “But you can greatly reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s, if you can eat healthily and keep your weight under control.”
You can read the rest of the article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090825/sc_livescience/obesepeoplehaveseverebraindegeneration
