UPCOMING TRAININGS
Earn 13 AFAA CECs and 1.3 NASM CECs upon completion of our live or virtual training and our home study program.

Sunday, April 25, 2021
Trainer: Deanna Horvath
Time: 6am-1pm PT/9am-4pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Sunday, May 2, 2021
Trainer: Lindsay Mzaouakk
Time: 9:00am ET/6:00am PT
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Sunday, May 16, 2021
Trainer: Lindsey Miller
Time: 6am-1pm PT/9am-4pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, June 12, 2021
Trainer: Jeff McMullen
Time: 8am-3pm PT/11am-6pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, June 26, 2021
Trainer: Katie Freeman
Time: 7am-2pm PT/9am-4pm CT
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, July 11, 2021
Trainer: Deanna Horvath
Time: 6am-1pm PT/9am-4pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, July 11, 2021
Trainer: Deanna Horvath
Time: 6am-1pm PT/9am-4pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, August 15, 2021
Trainer: Lindsay Mzaouakk
Time: 9am-4pm PT/6am-3pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, September 18, 2021
Trainer: Jeff McMullen
Time: 8am-3pm PT/11am-6pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, October 10, 2021
Trainer: Deanna Horvath
Time: 6am-1pm PT/9am-4pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Saturday, November 6, 2021
Trainer: Jeff McMullen
Time: 8am-3pm PT/11am-6pm ET
Location: Virtual on Zoom
MEET OUR TRAINERS

Lindsey Miller
Director of Master Trainer Education
Upstate NY
ACSM-CPT, RYT-200, BA-Psychology

Carol Murphy
Master Trainer
Upstate NY
ACE Personal Trainer, ACE Group Fitness, ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist, NASM Personal Trainer

Katie Freeman
Master Trainer
Houston, TX
ACE GFI, ACE fitness nutrition

Jeff McMullen
Master Trainer
San Francisco Bay Area
ACE- Group Fitness, AFAA- Group Fitness and PT, NASM-PT

Lindsay Mzaouakk
Master Trainer
Boston, MA
ACE- Personal Trainer, AFAA -Group Fitness , CPR-AED, ACE Weight Management Specialist

Deanna Horvath
Master Trainer
Cleveland, OH
NASM-CPT,CNC AFAA-GFI
EARN 5 AFAA/NASM CECs WHEN YOU COMPLETE OUR TRAINING PROGRAM!
WANT TO TEACH PLYOJAM? JOIN OUR MONTHLY BACKSTAGE PASS!
When you join our Backstage Pass membership, you receive all of this:
- A one on one welcome video chat with a PlyoJam team member
- Instructor profile on PlyoJam website
- 5 New Routines Every Single Month
- Access to over 275 PlyoJam routines in our choreo library
- ACCESS TO MASTER PLYOJAM SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
- Access to PlyoJam marketing materials to create social media and newsletter content
- Access to the private PlyoJam Instructor community
- Access to instructor resources, tips, tricks, and more
- OPPORTUNITY FOR PLYOJAM INSTAGRAM TAKEOVERS
- Quarterly Zoom Conferences with Founders for continued education
- Gain the support and camaraderie of a very tight knit team

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PlyoJam Instructor Training FAQs
Unfortunately, trainings are non refundable. The moment you sign up for the training, you gain access to private information regarding our brand’s science, format and ethos. However, you CAN switch to another training date that works better for you. There is a $50 administrative fee for a date transfer. Please contact [email protected] if you need to switch the date of your training.
Great question! You do not have to be a professionally trained dancer to be a PlyoJam instructor! However, it is important that you have great rhythm and musicality, some understanding of music theory, particularly 8-counts, an ability to learn and memorize choreography, stay on beat and execute mid level dance combinations!
It is also important that you feel comfortable in front of groups and have leadership skills that will enable you to inspire and motivate. Often times, becoming an instructor can help shine a spotlight on these fantastic character traits that you possess.
You will reap the same fabulous benefits at both trainings as you will have a highly skilled Master Trainer guiding you through the content, practical application and education.
VIRTUAL TRAINING – Done from the comfort of home. You will need a laptop or tablet, strong WiFi and the ability to block out 7 hours of time on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. You will be asked to submit a video of you performing one routine after your Virtual Training.
IN PERSON TRAINING – Some education completed from home online, plus a seven hour in person training with a Master Trainer. No video submission necessary.
A membership to the Backstage Pass membership is required to teach PlyoJam. This membership keeps instructors up to date on new choreography, best practices, safety, education and more.
The membership grants you not only the ability to teach PlyoJam, but it also grants you access to our backend support: choreography, marketing materials, tips and tricks for social media, access to the private instructor group on Facebook, and your bio and schedule on the PlyoJam website.
By maintaining your membership to the Backstage pass portal, the license allows the licensee (the instructor) to teach in person PlyoJam classes, pop-ups, demos, festivals, etc.
Licensees (the instructor), or the venue (gyms, studios, rec centers, etc) at which you work, may NOT film and record PlyoJam classes with the intent to sell access to online/digital PlyoJam courses on any kind of platform.
Licensees (the instructor) may teach LIVE virtual classes via Zoom, Instagram Live, or other Live streaming platforms. Again, these workouts may not be recorded and used for later use as part of a paid membership.
You may cancel your membership at anytime and the NEXT monthly licensing fee will not be charged. However you may not be refunded for a licensing fee that was just charged. Upon membership cancellation, you will lose immediate access to the PlyoJam instructor portal.
A typical one hour PlyoJam class includes 14-15 routines, including your warmup and cool down.
Because we use the hottest hip hop and top 40 hits, we are unable to provide music to our instructors. We have compiled a PlyoJam playlist on Spotify that contains just about all the music we use. The music we use can also be found on iTunes.
The training fees are non refundable. If you don’t think you want to teach right away, not problem. You may join the Backstage Pass membership within one year of your training, and you do not need to repeat the training.
When you feel confident with the choreography and feel ready to teach, start approaching gyms, studios and rec centers in your area to get a class started! You will likely have to audition or even offer to teach a free demo class! Or you can even rent a studio and teach a class to your friends and family for practice! Reach out via email or just walk in! If you need help with approaching locations, let the PlyoJam team know! We might have connections or ideas in your area!
COVID NOTE – In this current Covid world where many instructors are not teaching in gyms or studios, we are encouraging and allowing our instructors to teach virtual classes to their students. If you don’t already have existing students that you were teaching to before Covid, then we suggest starting with inviting friends and family to classes and building and growing from there. Most instructors charge between $5-$10 for virtual classes.
See below for PlyoJam ‘s policy regarding virtual classes taught by instructors.
Payment depends on the facility at which you work. Gyms usually pay a flat rate. Anywhere between $15 to $40 an hour. Boutique fitness studios will typically pay $3 to $6 dollars per head. PlyoJam does NOT take any cut of your pay. The only thing you pay us is your Backstage Pass monthly membership fee.
For the first three months that you teach PlyoJam, we require instructors to stick strictly to the PlyoJam choreography found on the website or on the YouTube channel. This is so that you become very familiar with the expected pace, design and expectation of a PlyoJam routine and to ensure adherence to and understanding of the PlyoJam brand.
After three months of teaching, you may choreograph your own routines, but routines must be recorded and submitted to the PlyoJam team for approval prior to the routine being taught in a class!
We often have choreography contests for cash!
We understand things come up which sometimes force instructors to pause their instructor memberships. In order to avoid paying the up front training fee, you must rejoin our membership within 12 months of pausing. Past 12 months, you will have to start over with the training process.
No! PlyoJam does not charge gyms or studios to carry PlyoJam classes. The only payment to PlyoJam is the instructor training fee and monthly Backstage Pass fee!
Yes! You will earn 8 AFAA CECs and 0.8 NASM CECs upon completing the in person or live virtual workshop. You will earn an additional 5 AFAA CECs and 0.5 NASM CECs for completing the home study portion of our program.
By maintaining your membership to the Backstage pass portal, the license allows the licensee (the instructor) to teach in person PlyoJam classes, pop-ups, demos, festivals, etc.
Licensees (the instructor), or the venue (gyms, studios, rec centers, etc) at which you work, may NOT film and record PlyoJam classes with the intent to sell access to online/digital PlyoJam courses on any kind of platform.
Licensees (the instructor) may teach LIVE virtual classes via Zoom, Instagram Live or other Live streaming platforms. Again, these workouts may not be recorded and used for later use as part of a paid membership.