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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Advice from group exercise instructors please
Zumba, step, hip-hop, line dance, etc. How did you get started? What advice would you give an inspiring instructor (or obstacles to look out for)? TIA!
Re: Advice from group exercise instructors please
I've been teaching fitness classes for 11 years.
My suggestion is that you don't get a "one trick pony" certification---you won't be very marketable. First step is to get your CPR/First Aid Cert. You'll need this prior to ANY certification. Then, I would look into either ACE (American Council on Exercise) or an AFAA (American Fitness Assoc of America) for a general Group Fitness cert. You'll have to take written tests and study for them. AFAA used to require a practice teaching test as well, not sure if they still do.
Then, you can get specialty certifications from there....Since I did my ACE in 1999, I've gotten certified by Maddog for Spinning, IndoRow, numerous Step Reebok certs (although this is oooooold news!), BodyPump, WillPower & Grace, Peak Pilates MVE, Peak Pilatestick, and a few other one day things. You'll need to get about 15-20 hours of training every 2-3 years to keep your certification up, so all of those little certs will add up and you'll be able to double dip.
HTH!