I have shared many of my small group training tips with you, but today I want to focus on large group training. We have recently had some very large boot camp groups. Here are the strategies I use to ensure everyone gets an effective workout, things run smoothly and everyone stays safe.
When you have that large of a group, you need to consider the types of exercise, equipment, sequencing and how to divide the group so it’s not pure chaos. I choose to keep it really simple and perform mostly body weight exercises.
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My Large Group Training Strategies:
- Divide the group into 2 groups so half is doing some kind of cardio drill while the other half does the strength circuit (lower body, upper body, core).
- Allow 5 minutes at each station
- Having a time limit keeps things simple. No rep counting! Have everyone do 15-20 of each of the 3 exercises and keep going until the 5 minutes is over.
- Keep the exercises simple
- No worrying about too many technical cues and people can easily execute the movements.
- Exercise explanations are quick so you can get the whole group working out pretty quickly.
You can run a large group workout that everyone will be talking about…..as long as take a simple approach and follow strategies like these!,
Here are is a sample large group workout that incorporates all fitness components and is balanced your participants aren’t doing too much of one thing back to back.
- Warmup
- Squats/Pushups/Bicycles – Stairs (5 min each = 10 minutes total)
- Stepups/Dips/Planks – Hill repeats (5 min each = 10 minutes total)
- Lunges – Line Drills (2 min each = 4 minutes total)
- Cool down
Yours in health, fitness & business,
Sherri McMillan
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