Yesterday I had this great opportunity to drive traffic to the site.  At one of the gyms I teach at one of the managers had sent an email to all th instructors about microphone and stereo volume.  Since I have an article on the site about this topic, I hit 'reply to all' and sent the link to the article.

That article - Microphone Mistakes - talks about balancing the volume of the music with the volume of the mic so you don't hurt people's ears.  But it doesn't really address music volume.  I'm not sure how you all feel about this, but I like it loud.  I feel like it helps the participant get lost in the moment and stop watching the clock.

A little while later I get another 'reply to all' email from another manager at the same gym talking about a complaint she had gotten from an older member.  The lady had said that she would never take a certain instructor's class again because the music was so loud and apparently she didn't care for the content of the music either.  The email said that we need to watch what music we play too.

The thing is, I think that instructor she was talking about might have been me.  I remember an older lady staring at me through a cycle class that I subbed a few weeks ago and just hating my guts every second of it.  And I think it was the music.  Oops.  I hate that someone had that terrible of an experience in my class that they would feel the need to take it to management.  But this person was also very used to (and probably very loyal to) another instructor, and you can't please all the people all the time.

But the most embarrassing part is that I sent that link out, acting like I actually knew something, and then comes the crash.  The manager didn't mention names in the email - so the team in general doesn't know it was me.  But I do.  And the manager does.  Open mouth...you know the deal.