Network Magazine Spring 2017 | Page 56

GX SKILLS INSTRUCTOR OR COACH? BE A LIFE CHANGER A subtle yet powerful shift in mindset can dramatically alter the impact you have on your class participants, writes Caroline Hynes. he key to a successful and fulfilling group fitness career is really knowing why you’re in the game in the first place, and then uncovering all the tools, both obvious and not so obvious, that will enable you to maximise your impact on those around you. So, are you a Group Fitness Instructor, or have you taken it one step further to become a Group Fitness Coach who purposefully encourages others along their path to greatness, in club and then in life? If you haven’t yet become the latter, what will it take to do so? Well, firstly, it doesn’t require you to do a fancy coaching course or spend a fortune to T 56 | NETWORK SPRING 2017