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46. Group fitness = Safe space for everyone feat. Pieter Claes

Meeri & Siiri

*This episode is in English* Woah! In this episode we will go deep down into our heads as we talk about creating a safe space at the group fitness classes. Our special guest for this episode is Pieter Claes, who shares a big passion towards group fitness as an instructor. We share many personal stories about becoming a group fitness instructors and wonder what it takes to be a role model in front of so many people.

How can we be even more aware of the different minorities at the group fitness classes? Which minorities are missing from the classes we would like to see more? What kind of eye-opening experiences have we faced during our career that have helped us to become better instructors?  How do age, gender, sexuality and for example people who have different kind of disabilities affect the way we teach? How have the group fitness classes changed to more approachable over time and what are the things we try to avoid nowadays? How do we motivate different kind of people? And the biggest question: How to become role model?