Plan and instruct the Monday 6 am Strength 45 class

What is going on

Twenty-two members are booked for the Monday 6 am Strength 45 class in Studio 1, including Karen Fitzgerald, aged 64 and new to strength work, and several regulars who like to lift heavy. A member became dizzy on a treadmill two weeks ago, the cable crossover on the gym floor is tagged out, and a plate left on the floor caused a near miss last week. The class uses barbells, plates, dumbbells and steps. Jake Thornton wants a plan with options for every level and clear safety points, and he wants you to know exactly what the emergency response procedure requires if a participant collapses mid-class.

Your brief

Plan the class on the session plan template with a warm-up, main strength sets and a cool-down, options for beginners and experienced lifters, safety and equipment points, then instruct it with clear cueing, technique correction and supervision, and review it for the next week.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the member health screening and exercise safety policy, the session plan template and the emergency response procedure, and check the equipment register for anything out of service that affects the class.
• Confirm from the member register that every booked participant has a current screening, and note Karen Fitzgerald's goals and any participant with a recorded condition.
• Write the class plan with a warm-up, main sets for the major movement patterns, a cool-down, timings, music and the coaching points for technique.
• Plan regressions and progressions for each exercise so that a beginner in her sixties and an experienced lifter are both working safely at the right intensity.
• Record the safety points: equipment set-up and spacing, load selection guidance, plate and bar handling, supervision position and the location of the defibrillator and first aid kit.
• Instruct the class with clear demonstrations, cues and technique corrections, keeping every participant in view and re-racking equipment at the end.
• Complete the review section with attendance, what worked, any participant who needs follow-up and what to change, and mark the class completed in the programs and bookings system.
• Walk through the emergency response procedure for a collapsed participant with Jake Thornton and record the steps in your own words.

What someone in this role would produce

• Completed class plan with regressions, progressions and safety points
• Screening confirmation for booked participants
• Class review and programs and bookings entry
• Emergency response walk-through in your own words