[Jco]

I made the mistake of asking class "Do you want MORE???" during Stomp! and an agonized "NO" rung out. I burst out laughing and told them that they had to answer in Pump lingo, and in Pump language, Wooohooo is the equivalent of No.

I use things like "Lock and Load" for dead rows, "bring on the sting" for the last set of anything, and their favorite "pushups are our friends!!" I like the last one, because when there is heaps of pushups I can point out that we are reaaaaally popular!
In the squat track, I've used "Stick your butt out like you are mooning someone. Not that I would know what that's like...*innocent look*"

I love the warm up in 66, it's just rich with opportunity to use song specific motivational cues. "Muscles thirsty for change" "Set your expectations" "Rise to the demand" etc.

[Nick in NZ]

We have a Pump instructor here, who often says during the Lunge track
"Are your legs burning? - Do I need to call the fire department"?
it makes me laugh sometimes, but it is very motivating



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I was going to say another Pump instructor sometimes says during the back track, when we've just done 2 lots of triple rows
"What comes after 3? SEVEN!"

[Wendi]

I know this is an old thread but I found this thread to be one of the greatest and most helpful. I took some of these back to my own classes - I do have to be careful what I say, however, because I teach at the YMCA.

[DavidMK]

I had to add this, as it made the whole class ROLF during lunges:

Instructor: "ah lunges, it's times like this I wish I only had one leg........oh God, I really should think before I speak!"

It certainly made the lunge track more bearable for me!

[Tiger75Paris]

We have an instructor that said to us once in a BP class. Imagine that it would be your last BP class, what would you do?

Really motivating then!