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Upstate NY Small Business Thriving in Quarantine Upstate NY Small Business Thriving in Quarantine

By Michelle Knezovic

Michelle: brittany dietz was teaching 6 spin classes a week until quarantine hit. About three weeks in she starting to spin at home and post videos on social media, and the response she got sprung a new business plan for her

Brittaney: “brittany you should totally teach you should teach virtual classes, I would get a bike I would buy a bike. And I was really shocked at a the fact that so many people already had bikes or were willing to buy them.”

Michelle: one day deitz’s husband decided to give her the kick she needed.

Brittaney:”I saw he had turned one of the rooms into a spin room. And was like I think we may be able to make this work for you.”

Michelle: and then she was off to the races. She made a facebook page and started teaching classes for anyone and everyone who wanted to join.

Brittaney: “It gives them that little piece of accountability, I found it that before I started doing these online classes but there was no accountability. No one would know if I was here or there. I was just doing whatever whenever I could”

Michelle: once she realized that this way of teaching was becoming so popular, she knew that this wasn’t just going to stop after quarantine.

Brittaney: “In my community where I teach, my classes would end up getting wait listed and people would get frustrated like uh I can never get into brittanys class, so I need to. So I think I really saw the power of how many more people you can fit in a class.”

Michelle:her clients can range from california to canada to maine. A bigger clientell then she would’ve ever had teaching in the studio.

Brittaney: “Its so important to have a live class thats interactive. I can see them they can see me. I can encourage and call people out and make jokes, there is definitely more of a connection then pulling up a random video on youtube.”

Michelle: and ofcourse teaching has other perks as well.

Brittaney: “Living in upstate new york I think of those cold winter mornings where you have to go out in the snow or maybe class is even canceled. Now class doesn’t have to be canceled.”

Michelle: she is also a middle school teacher, and thinks that virtual working will not be as foreign as a concept moving forward.

Brittaney: “I think they’re realizing all this work were doing can be handled from home and a lot of these meetings can be done virtually. I definitely think this covid situation is going to change the world moving forward in how we work and how we look at things.”

Michelle: brittany dietz next steps are going to be fully creating this into a business and having memberships for clients and also of course finding the perfect name. If you’re interested in getting involved you can head over to ncc news online. Reporting in ballston lake, back to you nick and sarah

BALLSTON LAKE, N.Y. (NCC News) — Brittaney Deitz has been a spin instructor for years now, teaching about six classes a week. That changed very quickly when gyms shut down due to COVID-19.

During quarantine, Deitz started to spin on her own and post videos on her social media channels, and she couldn’t believe the response she got.

“People said you should teach virtual classes, I would get a bike I would buy a bike, and I was really shocked at a the fact that so many people already had bikes or were willing to buy them,” said Deitz.

She told her husband that everyone loved her workout videos online, so one day he surprised her by making a small in house spin studio.

Spin Studio — Deitz’s home spin studio

Deitz made a Facebook group and in just three months already has over 1,000 members.

“This is the biggest spin class I have ever taught in my life, ” said Deitz.

She plans on moving forward with this business even after quarantine is over. She is still working on figuring out that perfect name for her business, and figuring out logistics.

In addition to teaching spin, Deitz is a middle school teacher and thinks that working remotely may become a part of everyone’s new normal.

“I think they’re realizing all this work we’re doing can be handled from home and a lot of these meetings can be done virtually. I definitely think this COVID situation is going to change the world moving forward in how we work and how we look at things,” said Deitz.

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