{"id":5988,"date":"2010-05-27T21:24:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T03:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2011-02-10T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T19:06:34","slug":"conquering-group-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/05\/27\/conquering-group-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquering Group Exercise Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"group exercise class\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6302\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"group exercise class\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/group-exercise-class.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>When you are intimated, overwhelmed or frustrated in a group exercise class, should you give up and opt for the elliptical or stick with it, hoping you&#8217;ll pick it up?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple answer: Three Strike Rule!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most class styles, formats and instructors take some time to adjust to. \u00a0I&#8217;ve never taken a class &#8211; dance, workout or otherwise &#8211; that I wasn&#8217;t lost and confused for at least part of it. \u00a0Remember that most everyone else in the class is a regular, which means they know the flow of the class and have probably learned &#8216;the standards&#8217; used by the instructor. Give yourself at least 3 classes before moving on and deciding that kickboxing\/spin\/step is not for you. \u00a0Keep in mind, personality plays a big role in a class so if the instructor isn&#8217;t speaking your language on cues or motivation, then simply take action and find one that does!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trainer Tip:<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you get lost in a class, keep moving! It doesn&#8217;t matter if you don&#8217;t know the combination \u00a0&#8211; KEEP MOVING! :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are intimated, overwhelmed or frustrated in a group exercise class, should you give up and opt for the elliptical or stick with it, hoping you&#8217;ll pick it up? Simple answer: Three Strike Rule! Most class styles, formats and instructors take some time to adjust to. \u00a0I&#8217;ve never taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,12,921,23,9,595,594,873,370,922,21,846,13],"class_list":["post-5988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-exercise","tag-exercise-classes","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-group-exercise","tag-group-fitness","tag-health-and-fitness-tips","tag-personal-fitness","tag-personal-trainer-advice","tag-withamymac","tag-womens-fitness","tag-workout"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}