r/Corepower

Hi everyone! For those who work full time, how do you manage daily classes? What’s your schedule like?

Hi all,
I will be teaching my first class soon, I have taken soo many sculpt classes but teaching is soo different.
I am putting together my playlists and sequence and I wanted to see if anyone had any tips for me or suggestions.

My music taste is R&B, rap(female rappers mainly), and some pop (lots from early 2000s).
But I know that is not everyone’s vibe, so I would love input!

For sequencing ? I take a lot of classes where teachers don’t teach exactly the YS1 sequence because they have been doing it for soo long and they have made it their own. So I want to start with the skeleton of the YS1 and add on.
But any tips ? Should I add exercise moves to sun b+ or keep it basic.
Please any tips!

I love this studio as it’s the one where I started at 10 years ago while going to Cal.

But what on earth is going on with the bathroom/sink area? The water that comes out of the sink is HOT. And the damn hand dryer smells like old moldy cigarettes.

How much does it cost to change the hand dryer?!

The whole dressing room and bathroom area is in desperate need of renovating but, damn. When we pay so much it’s just so odd that they won’t just do a few upgrades.

Also: side note - but if you sweat a TON at least bring multiple towels and wipe you and your area off. Don’t just spray everyone around you with your sweat and have it land in your neighbors face and mat. Ugh.

Okay rant over!

Hi! I’m currently in DC and recently got the All Access membership when I joined SET, and I’m loving it so far. I lifted for the last 4 years but have fallen out of love with it. I still have my gym membership but it will expire on September 1st, and with DC prices, I can’t afford my gym and the membership (even with SET discount, I got student loans lol), so CorePower is about to become my main workout. For those who really only do CorePower as well (and cardio, I have a treadmill in my apartment), what’s your weekly split look like? I want to focus on preserving some of my muscle and overall just feel good!

How are you ladies keeping your hair up during class (especially cardio-heavy ones like sculpt)? I always find myself having to redo my bun after jumping jacks. I tried a braid but I hate having hair touch my back… any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Recently tried a new Studio and had a class with an instructor that played alt rock the whole class. At first, I thought maybe I had signed up for a special alt rock class, but I checked after and it was supposed to be a regular core power. Not only that, but she was also blasting the music so loud. I tried to get her attention multiple times in the class, and when I finally did she turned it down for a song and then turned it back up. I almost walked out of the class because of how frustrated I was. Rethinking the experience makes me so mad because she literally was playing the Black Parade and it was just such a mood killer for me - too sad of a song :(

Should I tell the manager?

I love sculpt and have been doing it for a few years and whenever I ramp up my consistency my thighs bulk up. What are tips to minimize this? I.e. certain techniques or form for certain movements, modifying certain movements, doing movements differently/ replacing movements with others, etc. I am aware yoga sculpt naturally makes legs stronger and that is a beautiful thing, and inevitably will happen - so don’t need the sassy comments! Just looking for tips how to help mitigate the bulk.

Thank you :)

I have had a few concerning interactions with an instructor in Manhattan beach/Hermosa and am curious to see if anyone else has experienced the same? I think he’s in his late 30’s, glasses, used to be called a “lead instructor,” bald, and he’s been around for a while apparently. Anyone?? Just trying to see if I’m insane or not

Been hearing it’s best to weight train for long lasting results. I’ve done Corepower now for about 7 years and while my body is fine it’s never been “snatched”. I’m not quite sure If yoga sculpt is considered weight training?

I’ve been using 3-5 lbs.

If I upped mine to 5 for the light and the 10 for the heavy (example), will I notice more results of greater fat loss and more tone?

Thanks.

What are our thoughts on people chatting inside the studio before class. Especially situations where everyone is silent, except for 2 people (who inevitably are loudly whispering)?

I can't stand it, but I'm also generally sensitive and have misophonia.

I have walked out of way too many C2s that were basically C1s/CoreRestores lately.

I take C3s when I can, but there aren’t many on the schedule. Please tell me your list of kickass C2 teachers still around!

Hi yogis. I occasionally go to CP and have found that some people bring their phones into the class and are scrolling away up until the nanosecond before class - and then the moment class is over they reach for the phone again.

Granted, the volume is off but the sight of it seems to take away from the calm space (escape from the world outside).

I guess there are no formal rules for this? Thoughts / opinions? Thank you.

Hello corepower community, , I have been a core power member for many years previously and have completed over 300 classes but took a hiatus for about the last year from the studio. I got an email recently for a free week so I signed up and was able to restart my free week because I have not had a membership in a long time. I signed up for it under my existing account with no issues. Is that a common occurrence that you can do a free week after you haven't had a membership for a certain amount of time?

This happened a little while ago but I'm still dealing with the ringworm so I've decided to share my frustrations. I signed up for my free week in June and absolutely loved it so I bought my intro month with full intention of continuing for the foreseeable future.

One thing that really bothered me about corepower was the cleanliness of the shared weights/blocks, but I decided to just not think about it too much because I made sure to thoroughly wipe down my equipment since I didn't trust how the studio was cleaning. The weights always seem to be damp and the rubbery material just feels like you can never get them fully clean.

After only 1 week into my intro month, I noticed a red patch developing on my upper thigh and thought it was eczema but it wouldn't go away. I finally decided to go to the doctor to get it checked after seeing other people in this subreddit experiencing similar issues and was officially diagnosed with ringworm.

I stopped going to classes immediately and cancelled my membership because I was just too grossed out. Has anyone else at this location had the same experience?? The membership price is way too expensive for people to be dealing with sanitary issues like this. This was the only communal space/workout I was doing at this time so I'm almost certain I could not have gotten this anywhere else.

Never been to corepower but want to start. Should I get a mat towel and also should I bring a separate towel.

Hi friends! I’ve been teaching at CorePower almost three now and I love it so much. I found out this month our studio manager is leaving and that our studio coordinator is becoming manager, meaning we will have an open studio coordinator position.

I am really interested to get more involved in my studio. I work a remote 9-5 but my hours are pretty flexible due to different time zones.

I was wondering if anyone who has been a studio coordinator can share what all it entails and if you worked part time (I have had a full time and part time studio coordinator before) what the hours were like.

Thanks friends!