Les Mills CXworx 09 Master Class
Raingarda Krzynowek
In order to choose a format, you should take the class as often as possible and find where your passion sits. I would not recommend training in a program that you are not passionate about. They are all very different, but they are all excellent in their own ways.
As a note: You do not need any additional or previous professional fitness experience or certifications in order to attend an initial training in the U.S.. However, in other countries, you may be required to have an additional fitness certification in order to attend training. But in the U.S., Les Mills takes care of giving you everything you need to know to teach that program.
However, I HIGHLY recommend pursuing additional certifications outside of Les Mills to diversify and further your education moving forward, such as a personal trainer certification (from NASM or ACE or other) or a general group fitness certification (from ACE or AFAA). You will be much better off the more educated you are, in addition to your live teaching experience.
Currently, the price of an initial training weekend is $299 to $349. However, if you sign up more than 30 days in advance, the price is less. With that fee, you get a weekend full of training, and you get your digital music, choreography notes and education materials.
Based on your participation, attendance and presentations, your master trainer will give you an evaluation, and you need to receive a pass (which is a 3 out of 3 on the core competencies: Choreography, Technique and Coaching) to move on to the video evaluation portion. If you do not receive a 3/3, then you will have 14 days to submit a video of yourself teaching your one track, and you will send that video directly to your trainer to assess. This is different than the official video evaluation below in the next step.
You will shoot a video (can be done very informally on an iPhone) of yourself teaching a full class, on the release that you trained on, and you have to do this in a licensed Les Mills facility only. You introduce yourself, push play on your music and teach the class with no stopping or starting the video. You cannot use any notes, and you have to know the entire class from top to bottom.
You also need to bring plenty of water, food (to save valuable practice time, have your lunch on hand), snacks, a notepad, a smart device and headphones to listen to your digital music, your choreography notes, a sweatshirt to put on during the lecture portions, a change of clothes and an open mind. Good luck, have fun and just do it!
I decided to train in CX as one of the gyms I worked at had recently had an instructor leave which left one particular time slot in limbo. After discussions with my GFM, I was given the class and arranged to train quickly so I could take it on asap. As the next training in Sydney was not going to be until the December, I decided to fly to Brisbane to complete the module.
The weekend itself consisted of the usual things that go on at module training; intros, masterclass, learning about the program, choreo, technique, technique and more technique, scripting, getting intimate with the music and finally, 3 track presentations, 1 on the first day and 2 on the second.
The scripting component was exactly as it was in my BodyVive training, in that our trainer layered it on. So the first time we presented we just had to use layer 1 cues, the second time we had to add our layer 2 cues, and the third time we had to use all 3 layers. One thing to note is there is also a theory lesson relating to the inner workings of the core and the science behind the program. CX is the most technical of the LM programs I have trained in.
We had a great bunch of people at the module. Most of us were already Les Mills trained and we really rallied around our one newbie who was actually so awesome she may as well have been teaching for years! Each instructor brought a very different teaching style to the weekend and we all learned a lot from each other. Our trainer was a real character. Very warm and encouraging but very pedantic about our technique, which is actually just what you want when you are training in CX.
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