This is Amanda’s second audition with us. They do their own programming and workout designs, because I believe that it’s giving them the chance to express themselves through their movement choices - almost like a dancer. I never tell the Coaches what exercises to perform. This style of fitness is performative, it’s expressive, one could definitely make the case that it’s artistic. It’s related to being a professional athlete or even actor. The Coaches that take this on are doing it because they want something more. It’s another leap outside of the normal coaching comfort zone. It’s a lot to get thrown into.This filming process takes you a few steps beyond just being a personal trainer. When there are no edits, there is nowhere to hide. There is a lot going on, given that there is also a camera in your face that is just one continuous shot without edits for the full workout. Add to this our fat incinerating weighted vest, and the HIIT tempo of our workouts, and you have something that is extremely challenging to pull off effectively. In our BodyRock workouts, our Coaches train with you, while also talking you through each movement. They do some example reps and then bounce around talking, but they aren’t working out. A lot of Coaches that have taught virtual classes elsewhere don’t actually do the full workout. One of the biggest surprises for new Coaches is just how difficult it is to talk and lead a class on camera. Are you on time? Do you have your workout prepped? Are you organized? These are all the boxes that you would have to check in almost any job interview. What am I looking for? What would you look for if you were on set with me? When I’m auditioning a new Coach, I always shoot 2-3 workouts with them as a test. I just uploaded Coach Amanda’s second audition workout ( here is the link). I’ve had top trainers (and I mean the original trainers that started Barry’s Bootcamp in LA) tell me that they are aging out of the industry at 35, because the next crop of eager 20 year olds are willing to teach their classes for less money and devote themselves 24/7 to growing their social media. There is a level of pressure on your physical appearance that rivals the modeling or entertainment industries. It’s your client’s workouts, and then it’s your own personal workouts at the end of long days that start with teaching 6am classes. When we say ‘it’s their job’ to be fit, it’s often said with a dismissive tone, like if we were being paid to exercise, we’d look great too.Īnyone that is truly going to excel at anything, particularly in a highly competitive field like fitness, can’t take a 9-5 approach towards achieving excellence. We want to be stronger, look leaner etc, but it’s their job to be these things. Our Coaches - really any coach, and certainly all of the trainers that I have ever worked with, have exactly the same vulnerabilities as the rest of us, and sometimes more. We tend not to think about what our Coaches are striving towards, because we perceive them to already have what we want - a strong body, a higher level of fitness, a tight waistline - whatever that might be. Obvious right?Ĭoaches also have their own personal fitness dreams and goals, and they are every bit as real and pressing as yours, or mine or anyone else’s. Fitness can be so personal, and trigger so many of our hopes and insecurities, that companies trying to sell fitness often just have to nudge their way into all of this emotion to elicit a reaction. We all have goals, we all want things for ourselves and those we love. Fitness is in large part about people’s dreams.
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