I am dreaming up an article that talks about dwindling class sizes in some clubs.  Why are we not seeing the participant base that we should in class?    I know that the participants are out there.  A gym in my area has completely full classes more often than not while running 3 studios at the same time.  Yet another club in the same city is lucky to have 5 people in the same class.  And the answer is not as simple as 'quality of instruction' - I have taught at both.  The instructors have fairly equal amounts of training and experience.  What are the reasons?  Are there solutions?

I am still working on my article for American Fitness Magazine.  I am super excited to get the opportunity to do this - even if it won't be publushed until mid 2007.  I think it will really be useful for a lot of instructors, plus it will get the name of the website out there, which is always a good thing.  The article will give a brief overview of the 'teach to radio play music' that we use on this site.

My July workshops are coming up next week here in sunny (hot) Columbia, SC.  I have seen a lot of participants signing up online - I always love to see that email in my inbox that says 'Registration' - it makes my day.  We are going to have a great time and learn a ton!