yesterday, i had a three hour exercise demonstration class by lisa westlake. it was quite interesting to hear her talk about her experience of aerobics in the eighties when it first started out, how it has progressed over the years to doing bumwalks to more specialised routines, les mills and leotards reminiscent of aerobics instructors from the eighties. she also went through the principles of teaching an exercise class in theory as well as practice. all interesting stuff. by the end of it, the whole class of fourth years were sweating like pigs in the sauna; as was i.

this whole thing made me realise how much i dislike talking let alone teaching to a whole bunch of people from the stage. there are so many things you have to think about when you're a physio teaching an exercise class! motivation, making sure there are options for those who aren't that fit or incapable of learning certain steps or keeping to the beat.

probably not where i want to end up doing, but knowing all these should be good for me...