Group X Instructor - Babcock

Gold's Gym•San Antonio, TX

About The Position

The Group Exercise Instructor leads and motivates members in a group environment through pre-arranged exercise formats designed to enhance overall fitness, strength, and endurance while ensuring member safety. The instructor also educates members on various aspects of fitness. The role includes delivering scheduled classes, creating a positive participant experience, maintaining equipment and the exercise room, reporting incidents and repair needs, recording hours and attendance, and attending required meetings and training.

Requirements

Current hands-on CPR/AED certification and basic first aid training.
At least six months of teaching experience in a group exercise environment, with demonstrated knowledge of group exercise principles and safe exercise techniques.
Maintain a nationally recognized group fitness certification from ACE, AFAA, or ACSM.
Provide verifiable proof of specialized skill or training, such as Yoga, Pilates, Body Pump, or Body Attack.
Knowledge of group fitness teaching strategies, choreography, safe transitional movement patterns, music, tempo, cueing technique, and rhythm.
High energy and physical fitness sufficient to complete the workout.
Knowledge of basic physiology, human anatomy, kinesiology, body mechanics, and training principles.
Demonstrated engaging and motivational leadership and adaptability at the front of a class.
Ability to create or follow appropriate choreography within the parameters of the class format.
Positive and effective interpersonal communication skills.
Professionalism and the ability to motivate others.
Ability to operate and troubleshoot audio equipment.

Responsibilities

Lead and deliver group fitness classes according to industry standards, approved formats, and scheduled times.
Teach effective workout methods by explaining and demonstrating proper techniques, identifying muscle groups, and providing appropriate methods and modifications.
Give clear verbal instructions and maintain music volume, tempo, and an atmosphere conducive to instruction and participation.
Coach and motivate participants toward fitness goals while monitoring for injury, illness, or overexertion.
Interact with participants, answer questions, orient new participants, solicit feedback, and support member retention.
Monitor participants’ form and offer modifications and variations for different fitness levels.
Maintain a positive and professional attitude toward responsibilities, colleagues, members, and guests.
Represent Gold's Gym group exercise professionally and wear appropriate attire for demonstrating movement and form.
Deliver scheduled classes and arrange a qualified, approved substitute when absent to avoid cancellations.
Provide legally purchased music appropriate to the class format and avoid music with foul or offensive language.
Check that equipment and microphones function correctly.
Keep the group exercise room clean and organized, put equipment away, and turn off the sound system when it is not in use.
Notify management promptly of equipment or facility repair needs.
Prepare incident and witness reports when necessary following accidents.
Record hours worked accurately and submit class attendance information to the GGX Manager in a timely manner.
Attend required staff meetings and training to maintain or improve teaching skills.
Uphold the company’s vision, mission, values, and code of conduct, and comply with Gold's Gym policies and procedures.
Perform related duties as assigned.