I am trying to find out the best leadership styles for exercise classes. I am thinking about those Peloton ads where people are screaming various encouragements. I don't find any articles on the topic directly other than a youtube title 60+ minute Scream Sesh / Full Cycling Class.
I am wondering about this as there is an increase of raised voice yelling in my various exercise classes at the Y. there is also the demand that the class participants count down repetitions of various moves. And there's the demand for "louder" and "can't hear you".
People screaming when working out is another topic. Is it normal to scream in the gym? is a question. There are etiquette answers and then there is an academic article.
Here's the summary: People experiencing strong feelings of fatigue during exercise sometimes subconsciously yell to refocus their efforts and, thus, maintain exercise performance. The present study examined the influence of yelling during high-intensity exercise by analysing cardiorespiratory reactions and integrated electromyography (iEMG) changes in the vastus lateralis during a cycle ergometer test.
Here's the conclusion: Yelling enhances the peak O2 pulse and VO2 and maintains CO2-exclusion efficiency during high-intensity exercise. It may enable maintaining muscle activation without stronger EMG signals being required during high-intensity exercise.
So maybe our instructors yelling at us is them getting tired, and we're there for the "ride".
This picture is the Lincoln Leapers. We don't do that in exercise class.
