1237: Why Most Group Exercise Classes Suck
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin discuss the pros and cons of group classes.
- Group Exercise Classes: The good, the bad and the ugly. (3:38)
- The origins of group exercise classes. (8:25)
- Why is there such a pull to take these classes? (10:34)
- The Pros of Group Exercise Classes. (14:45)
- Cardio with weights. (17:18)
- The risk vs reward of yoga classes. (18:28)
- The detrimental effects of being a cortisol junkie. (20:00)
- The biggest mistake people make. (23:58)
- Regression vs Progression. (25:52)
- The difficulty to individualize. (27:40)
- Do NOT ignore your body’s signals. (31:15)
- The popularity of Orangetheory and F45, the difficulty to teach it & MORE. (33:15)
- The importance of educating yourself before you invest in group exercise classes. (45:32)
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- Are Group Fitness Classes Just A Trend? - Mind Pump Media
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Brendon Ayanbadejo (@brendon310) Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this controversial episode of Mind Pump, we talk about group exercise classes |
| 0:20.0 | and why we're usually not fans of them. |
| 0:23.0 | Ooh, put on your helmets. |
| 0:24.0 | So we talk about the origins of group exercise classes |
| 0:27.0 | and what it's looked like throughout the years. |
| 0:29.0 | We talk about the pull of these classes. |
| 0:31.0 | Why they attract so many people, and we talk about some of the positives. |
| 0:34.0 | There are some positives to group exercise classes, but then we get negative. |
| 0:39.0 | And we talk about all the bad parts of group exercise. |
| 0:43.0 | Why we've seen high rates of injury, why they're typically inappropriate classes for most people, |
| 0:49.0 | why they attract the wrong type of person, and why... |
| 0:53.0 | And why we think they need to change their approach. |
| 0:58.0 | And we give you some advice. |
| 1:00.0 | If you're somebody that wants to take group exercise classes, we kind of help you out on picking the right one. |
| 1:05.0 | And if you're a group exercise instructor, we also give you some advice on how to make your group class a better one for most people. |
| 1:12.0 | Now this episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Keon. |
| 1:16.0 | Now Keon is the company owned by Ben Greenfield, our good friend. |
| 1:20.0 | He's like the biohacker extraordinaire. |
| 1:23.0 | In fact, he's the only best one that exists, the rest of them are all fake. |
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