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Maybe a high-reps, low-weight format such as Les Mills BODYPUMP[1]? I started, with great hesitation, taking Pump classes about four years ago. The results were nothing short of life-changing[2]. A couple of years later, in love with the format, I became a certified instructor and now teach classes 4 days/week. Relating back to the OP... every 2–3 weeks I rotate the material I'm teaching. The memorization was extremely difficult at first: an instructor needs to talk (through a personalized script) for nearly an hour straight, while watching and giving feedback to everyone in the room, and while verbally staying about 10 seconds ahead of what's coming, which involves having every movement and every musical track firmly memorized (brain and muscle memory). It used to take me 16+ hours to memorize a "release" (a calendar quarter's material). Now, I can re/memorize, practice, and be ready to teach fresh material in about 3 hours. Something in my brain changed. :-) On top of that, I currently teach 3x Les Mills formats per week (BODYPUMP, GRIT, SPRINT) so nearly triple the amount of bi-monthly memorization effort compared to 2 years ago. I don't find it difficult at this point, but it is a no-shortcuts time commitment, to be sure. I also work full-time as a contract software developer; and, yes, my improved memory has had a big positive impact in that area of my life as well. [1] https://www.lesmills.com/workouts/fitness-classes/bodypump/ [&] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oix05plG51k [2] It's important to push oneself with respect to weight selection, after about 3 months of developing proficiency with the movement and timing patterns. |