What is Fitness Motivators looking for in an Instructor:

We are looking for...

• Someone who works hard and has a goal in life.

• Someone who loves to help people... caring and fun... Bubbly and has a great sense of humor... outgoing... fun to be around and NOT a "Diva".

• Honesty is a plus... One who is willing to learn and not quit.  Who can take on something and take it to the best of their ability.

You will go through training and attend as many classes as you can (This is free to you). You will not receive pay until you are a nationally certified Instructor and after our training (except for the Zumba Fitness classes that we offer. Since we are not in charge of the Zumba Fitness workshops, we pay our Instructors that teaches Zumba Fitness for us. However, you will have to go through an audition before being accepted as a "Fitness Motivators Instructor that specializes in Zumba Fitness Only". If you plan to offer more classes via Fitness Motivators, you will have to go through our training.)

We are dedicated to helping our community. We love to help and motivate people achieve their goals. Our team is a special team. We are all very close... We are family. Family is very important to us. We are all their for each other in the good times and the bad times.
We all work besides teach fitness. Please visit our profile (under the Instructors Link) and get to know us. We are a very small company. We take pride in selecting Instructors that we think will do well with the team. We are not looking to fill hundreds of classrooms in every city like most fitness companies do. In fact, we have turned away numerous requests because of how selective we are. If you can understand what I am saying.... we believe in quality and not quantity.
We are a multiracial company. We have all ages in our group and all body shapes... We will not tolerate racism or any type of negative behavior from anyone that has contact with our group. We are a peaceful, yet fun group and will walk away from negativity.

Side Note:  It looks easy to teach a fitness class. However, once you are up there, it is a completely different ballgame!  I can assure you that it will take time and practice to know how to cue, hear the music change, talk, think, and move all at the same time while smiling and motivating the students.
It takes dedication and the will to learn something new. It is something that you will learn with time... you will get better and better with each class that you teach. You will also have your bad days where your brain will have a brain-freeze... that is okay, because we are only human!

If you like what you have read so far... please read on!

If you have the desire to become a fitness professional and think this is the way to become rich, find another profession now.  Your first and utmost goal to wanting to become a fitness professional is:

Your desire to helping others.

The key to becoming a successful Fitness Instructor should not be because of how much money you can make or how popular you may get... It should be about witnessing the successful goals of your clients... because of you.

If you feel you can be a Fitness Instructor, these links below will help you. A great start would be with either AFAA and ACE.

I highly suggest that you do not go through FiTour for your main certification. FiTour offers continuing education credits and it is inexpensive, but they are not recognized as one of the top fitness education company's like AFAA and ACE is.

As a good Fitness Instructor, you should be able to design moves that will help your students get the most out of their workout - whether a beginner, intermediate or an advanced fitness participant. 

As a good Fitness Instructor, you will want everyone to feel welcome.  Making eye contact, smiling, and keeping the students motivated during the session is VERY important!

As a good Fitness Instructor, you should be able to demonstrate each movement and make modifications for the beginner to the advanced students. You must also explain the benefits of each exercise and demonstrate how to do the exercise to prevent injury.  Your main focus should be on helping your students understand the importance of improving (or maintaining) their health and not just on looking better from the outside!

As a good Fitness Instructor, you should focus on making sure the class is fun, making their workout the best it can be and keeping them motivated. Remember... They are paying you.

As a good Fitness Instructor, everyday you will have to keep up with your knowledge in fitness, stay connected with the Industry at all times, and give up-to-date fitness/health information for your students/clients.  You will need to keep your certification/CPR up-to-date at all times too. You are not a medical professional, but you are a fitness professional that should be able to share your knowledge of fitness with your clients. 

Donna and I have been in the fitness field for over 28 years.  We love this field because we have the desire to motivate and help others.  You will hear success stories because of your involvement in your clients’ lives or hear the benefits your clients/students will have in their everyday life, because of you...one way or another!

Yes we have our own cable show, had our share of media attention throughout the years, and many events involvement, but we feel our main success comes from hearing the wonderful stories from our clients! 

If you have the desire to help others in fitness...What are you waiting for?

In Better Health & Fitness,
Debbie


 

If you would like to email Donna or myself, please do so here...
debbie@debbielim.com or donna@fitnessmotivators.com

I would like to point out a specialized fitness class that is now booming all over the country. Those that want to teach Zumba Fitness®, MUST attend a workshop to teach Zumba Fitness®. Unfortunately Zumba LLC© does not require one to have a Group certification or CPR certification.  This may change soon, but for now, it is only "optional" to have any type of fitness background. 

You are probably seeing more and more Zumba Fitness or "Zumba Inspired" classes being advertised all around the country.  However, because of these workshops that requires no fitness background, they are producing Instructors that does NOT have the experience as a Group Fitness Instructor. I feel (remember, this is my personal view) this could cause some injury to the participate and the overall experience to the participate could become negative. The inexperienced Instructor lacks knowledge in the fitness industry and the facilities hiring these Instructors is taken a huge risk and  it could be very unpleasant for those attending these classes.

Just because someone has a dance background and they "love to dance", or even has a Latin background, doesn't mean that person will be an excellent Zumba Instructor! One who seeks to be any type of fitness Instructor will need the training and especially in Zumba... you need to practice the routines every day to get real good at Zumba!

I cannot tell you how many times I hear from people who had taken a Zumba class to only be upset with the Instructor "because of how they taught... how unorganized, horrible, or boring the Instructor was".  So please, if you plan to teach Zumba, get your group certification first and gain the experience of a class setting before you teach your first class! It may look easy up in front, but I assure you, it takes skill and motivation! 

With that being said, for the Participate... Please be sure to check the Instructor's qualifications before signing up for a Zumba class (or for any other class for that matter).  Does this Instructor have a nationally, recognized group/fitness certification?  Is this Instructor authorized to teach Zumba Fitness®? Is he or she CPR Certified? The Instructor MUST be authorized to teach Zumba. For more information on the integrity of Zumba or Zumba classes, click here