My trainer's group fitness classes usually run along the same lines as most football field training, bootcamp-ish PT, sprinting and such. He's not a typical women's aerobics class instructor, which is why I prefer his fitness classes to begin with. Standing in a single spot the whole time annoys me.
Anyway to a new person, he is most effective in restoring balance, coordination and equilibrium in those first few weeks. Earlier last week a woman tripped and fell while jumping rope. Today another trip and fall, sustaining a broken wrist while "shuffling".
The grumbling behind the scenes was along the lines of "he's too quick", "the basketball court is too hard", "we can't do that", "she shouldn't have fallen". Last Autumn it was a complaint he caused shin splints running up and down the bleachers and 100 yard dashes.
First and foremost we all signed a waiver for his classes. Secondly that very first day you get a real good idea of how it's going to go.
I suppose I really don't have a point to all this. Can a fitness instructor be too difficult? Or is it the attendee's responsibility to find a better class more suited to their individual ability? In other words, do you reduce the class intensity or politely tell them to GTF off the court?
FWIW, last week's fall gamely got back up without complaint, a few "ows" but she returned. The complaints were by others.
Anyway to a new person, he is most effective in restoring balance, coordination and equilibrium in those first few weeks. Earlier last week a woman tripped and fell while jumping rope. Today another trip and fall, sustaining a broken wrist while "shuffling".
The grumbling behind the scenes was along the lines of "he's too quick", "the basketball court is too hard", "we can't do that", "she shouldn't have fallen". Last Autumn it was a complaint he caused shin splints running up and down the bleachers and 100 yard dashes.
First and foremost we all signed a waiver for his classes. Secondly that very first day you get a real good idea of how it's going to go.
I suppose I really don't have a point to all this. Can a fitness instructor be too difficult? Or is it the attendee's responsibility to find a better class more suited to their individual ability? In other words, do you reduce the class intensity or politely tell them to GTF off the court?
FWIW, last week's fall gamely got back up without complaint, a few "ows" but she returned. The complaints were by others.
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