Tampa Bay News and Lifestyles. Odessa/Lutz/LandOLakes Magazine. Vol. 13, Issue 1, January 2022.

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Start 2022 Off Right with Jazzercise Lutz!

Building Relationships and Community One of the best benefits of group fitness classes is the support, sense of community and friendships you’ll build. fitness A study from the University of Southern California found that subjects who worked out with friends enjoyed working out more compared to working out alone.

Can dancing, punching and lifting with a group instead of solo really help you go from “dreading it” to “feeling it” when it comes to exercising? Science points to plenty of benefits of group fitness classes. Here are just a few that might convince you to break a sweat with your squad—and may keep you from hitting snooze on your morning alarm! Cut Out the Guesswork One of the biggest draws of group workout classes is that each class is led by an experienced and motivational instructor. That means you won’t have to figure out your own exercise plan or be a fitness whiz. Instead, all you do is show up and follow along. Each class is designed to be a complete workout, which includes a warm up and cool down plus explanations of each movement along the way.

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Get a Dose of Motivation If you’re one of those people who hates working out, then you’re going to need one that delivers extra motivation, which is exactly what group fitness classes do! The instructor’s positive attitude, along with the contagious energy of your classmates, will help raise your motivation.

Added Accountability Once your group fitness instructor and classmates get used to your presence, they’ll start asking questions when you miss a class or two. Dr. Dian Griesel, the co-author of TurboCharged agrees, stated in an article for NBC News that “Workouts with others improve consistency because they involve commitment. ‘No shows’ and cancellations get noticed by others and positive peer pressure can help curtail the urges to skip a workout…or quit.”

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