The Problem with Group Fitness Classes
I'm going to go on a bit of a rant here, but this may just save you from an injury down the road.
Last week, I took a yoga class that was really good except for one thing.
She told the class of 40 people to try and get into birds of paradise pose.
If you don't know what that is... it's basically cirque du soleil type contorting under guise that it is a good deep stretch.
Guess what...
99% of humans can't get into that position.
And 100% of humans don't need to beyond stroking the ego of the instructor who gets told after class how hard it was.
Which brings me to my point.
Group fitness strips away the needs of the individual.
Which leads to injury and frustration with lack of progress.
If an instructor says to do something and you don't know any better, you'll do it.
You'll definitely do it if the rest of the class is.
Now let me be clear... I like group fitness.
I've taken it and taught it.
But I believe it to be a worthwhile exercise and investment to get personal coaching or small group training so you can learn what's good for your body and what's not before jumping into a class.
That way you can take your personal needs and overlay that with what the instructor is asking.
Which allows you to recognize BS that will get you hurt and confused.
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