Step and Choreography Certification

Group Exercise Fundamentals

** This course is required before you can take Group Cycling, Group Sport conditioning, Group Choreography & Step, Pilates and Tai Chi**

A minimum 8 hour course covering topics specific to leading group exercise classes. Topics included are: leadership, trends and media, history, legal responsibility and accountability, class components, music, movement and cueing, developing movement combinations, exercise analysis, and special populations. This course may be combined with a specialization practical designation course such as Choreography/Step, Group Cycle, or Sport Conditioning.

Please note that Group Exercise Fundamentals and Designation courses may be taken separately or as a combined offering.

Choreography/ Step Course

A minimum 12 hour course covering topics specific to leading group exercise choreography classes. This practical based course will cover specific information for planning and developing floor-based and step based choreography classes. Topics include: history of floor-based group exercise, research and guidelines, class structure and content; planning, class components, use of music, leadership and choreography; movement combinations, instruction and cueing.
*May include, but not limited to high, low, moderate impact, combination, step, bosu, cardio kickboxing