Pandemic taught us how important is it to prioritise our health, and we learned it the hard way. Gyms closed made it hard for the workout enthusiasts to carry on with their exercise regime. Social distancing kept regular joggers out of the parks and prompted them to explore new ways to maintain their fitness routine.
It is not just the health enthusiasts looking out for newer pastures, but the instructors too.
ZIN Aswathi Ranjith, Zumba instructor from Kochi, Kerala, did not consider conducting online sessions a possibility during the first lockdown. Not a surprise as the turn of events disoriented the whole world, and it took time to figure out a way forward. But with the second wave, she had no doubt or hesitation as the lockdown happened in two months after initiating her Zumba classes.
“That was a wise thing to do. Other than India, now I have clients from UAE, UK, and Singapore. Most of them are professionals.”
Online workout sessions are a rage among professionals. Enjoying a work-life balance that remote working made possible, they embraced the workout sessions in the confinements of houses.
But online classes never fall short of attendance. So I have decided to keep this going along with my other classes when we get back to normalcy.
Aswathi recalls her classes before the outbreak of the pandemic.
“I had four classes across the city. Mostly what I have seen is that the enthusiasm of the first-timers wanes soon. There had been times when I have taken a class with a single attendee. But online classes never fall short of attendance. So I have decided to keep this going along with my other classes when we get back to normalcy.”
Experts predict the hybrid model of functioning for sectors like job and education to stay for the post-pandemic world. Professionals like Aswathi prove that it is much beyond that.
