The Evolution of the 80s Workout Tapes - Live Streaming Workouts
On the 154th episode of Speedify LIVE we take a look into the world of Virtual Fitness with Christina Dorner of CDornerFitness, who live streams daily virtual workout classes on her YouTube channel!
We chat about her stream setup and how she evolved her Workout Class livestreams, building a community and partnerships, and some of the challenges that come with running online fitness lessons!
Here are our 5 takeaways from our talk with Chris Dorner:
- Chris’ setup has evolved a lot over time: previously using Restream to stream to both Facebook and YouTube, now she uses OBS to stream to YouTube only to make it easier to interact with her community. She has a couple monitors to read chat during streams, and uses a ring light, as well as some GVM stand lights and colored spotlights in the background to give her basement studio enough lighting.
- When it comes to creating new routines for her classes, Chris makes sure she keeps up the variety! She often puts the workouts together the day before, and tries to make things at least a little different each time.
- We learn that one of the most challenging things for Chris has been getting her audio right! She had figure out how to have music and her mic audio come in equally and sound good, especially with being in a basement, and having dogs upstairs, but she managed with a small mic headset connected to a GameDay Tailgater speaker.
- One of the most striking things about Chris is her positivity! She says that while there are days when she has to “turn it on” for the camera, generally she has a positive attitude, and just likes to think of the things that make her happy and grateful - one of those things being her community and how they motivate her every day!
- We get some helpful advice from Chris for those starting their own Fitness Streams: you can start with your phone and use Restream, or just use a laptop and OBS like Chris does, as it’s free, and tutorials are easily accessible. She says it’s been a lifesaver using OBS!
