Apr 2, 2021 | Articles, Blog Posts, Muscle Conditioning, Technique
For the last 15 years, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) have conducted surveys with thousands of professionals around the world, to determine health and fitness trends for the following year. The survey for 2021 experienced a 40% increase in responses,...
Feb 28, 2021 | Aqua, Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals
Discovering My Passion From a young age at school, I enjoyed helping other children struggling with schoolwork. It was a way that I felt accepted. However, growing up in a community with little ethnic diversity, I didn't fit in. My parents were not comfortable with me...
Jan 18, 2021 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals, Mindset
Unveiling the Impact of Lockdown on Fitness Professionals Changes in our operations during lockdown have exposed many fitness professionals to social media-induced self-doubt. You’re worth so much more than fleeting clicks, writes group fitness guru Marietta Mehanni....
Jan 5, 2021 | Blog Posts, Gymstick, Gymstick Articles
Resistance bands were not my thing I was first introduced to resistance bands early in my teaching career in the 1990s. This long piece of elastic was recommended as a portable and effective form of resistance training. Having only used weights for resistance...
Nov 12, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals, Mindset
Take care of yourself - no one else will do a better job. Reflecting on 2020's Impact For the majority of people on this planet, the world went sideways in 2020. The new normal became a concept, and words like pivoting and virtual became popular business words. Even...
Sep 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals, Instructor Issues, Mindset
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. The big one with its backside in your face. The one that you can’t miss but trying to avoid looking at. GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTOR MENTAL HEALTH It is an interesting conundrum because, as an instructor, you are not physically...
Aug 18, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the only global conversation in 2020, and the big question is whether you have pivoted. The Evolution of Online Group Fitness During the Pandemic If you are in the group fitness industry, your gym most likely has closed or has reopened...
Aug 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals
'The best way to predict the future is to create it' a quote by Peter Drucker, whom is one of the best-known and most widely influential thinkers and writers on the subject of management theory and practice. His quote is something that struck a powerful chord with me...
Jun 8, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals, Mindset
Reflecting on Life BC (Before Covid) and Beyond Like most people around the globe, everything completely changed for me when Covid-19 lockdown came in. My usual daily routine evolved to a new rhythm. It has now been long enough for me to have looked at my life BC...
Apr 10, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fitness Professionals, Mindset
I received an email asking about my secret to maintaining positivity and showing up on Facebook daily. So, I'm going to share my answer with you all. I feel that mental health is very similar to physical health. If we think about physical health, we ensure that our...
Apr 8, 2020 | Blog Posts, Staff Training
You may have already heard this word, but if you haven’t, I predict that this word will become the 2020 buzz word. Have you pivoted? How did you pivot? What was your pivoting strategy? Well, what does all of this mean? Pivoting is a word often used to describe when...
Mar 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Instructor Issues
Dear Marietta, Just wanted you to know that your attendance numbers have been lower than expected, and your class has been red flagged. What!?  Being red flagged The concept of being red flagged was introduced to the group fitness industry in the late 1990’s...
