Day-to-day operating brief
What Group Exercise Instructor (Les Mills/Body Pump) work looks like in practice
A BodyPump or licensed group-exercise instructor delivers choreographed resistance classes using music, bars, plates and steps. Terms should define current programme certification, licensed releases, venue and timetable, equipment setup, class capacity, loading guidance, technique, adaptations, music use, release training, substitute cover, cleaning, first aid and restrictions on altering branded content or presenting the class as clinical rehabilitation. BODY PUMP delivery depends on current programme releases and controlled barbell repetition rather than improvised maximal lifting. The instructor must manage plate selection, collars, bench layout, technique cues and rapid fatigue across a full room. Terms can identify licence and update requirements, approved music, release mixing, microphone use and storage of bars and plates. Employers should also set capacity by equipment and floor space, define regression for shoulders, knees or pregnancy within competence, and require isolation of bent bars, cracked plates or unstable steps before the class begins. Release notes, teaching observations and continuing education can form part of quality assurance, but feedback should focus on safe coaching rather than forcing identical personality or performance style.
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.