Group Nutrition Class Space for Dietitians

A small group nutrition class works in a private hourly space when it seats four or fewer, because the larger FlexSpace Plus at Carmel City Center holds up to four guests. A class of five to eight is possible, but only by running two back to back sessions or asking about two rooms. Plan the class around that ceiling before you build the curriculum, the way you would plan a fitness workshop around its hard cap.

How many seats a space actually holds

The numbers decide the format. A FlexSpace Standard is about 150 square feet and suits one or two guests. A FlexSpace Plus is about 200 square feet and takes up to four. Neither is a classroom, and neither pretends to be.

If you want to teach four to eight people, you have three honest options:

• Cap the class at four and charge for the depth, since a table-sized group lets you answer every question.
• Run two sessions in the same booked block, four attendees each, with a short reset between them.
• Ask about two spaces at the same time through the pro support team, which is the only way to answer the multi-room question accurately.

Hours run Monday to Friday 5 AM to 9 PM and Saturday and Sunday 7 AM to 4 PM, which leaves room for an evening class after the workday and a weekend morning one.

What the screen has to do

Every space has a TV or monitor and WiFi, so the screen is already there. The question is what you put on it. A class of four reads a screen from about the same distance as a laptop across a table, so slides built for a projector wall are overbuilt. Use large type, one idea per slide, and a plate or label photo rather than a paragraph.

Keep a copy of the deck on your laptop as well as in the cloud. A booked hour is short, and a login problem eats the first ten minutes.

Plan the clock too. A tidy hour for four people might give ten minutes to the core idea, twenty to a hands-on task such as reading labels together, and the rest to questions, so the screen never carries more than the room can absorb.

Handouts that earn their paper

Handouts carry the class home. For a small group they work best when each one answers a single question the attendee can act on that week:

1. A one page plate or portion visual.
2. A grocery or label-reading checklist.
3. A blank log page for the first week.
4. Your contact line and what a follow-up visit covers.

Print them before you arrive. Bring a spare for each attendee plus one for a guest who turns up unannounced.

Seating and guest entry: ask before you sell seats

Details like furniture layout and how group guest entry works at your booking belong to the facility, and they can differ room to room. Hourly facilities typically work this way: you book the space, your guests come in under your booking, and anything beyond the room itself is arranged ahead. For the specific answer on your date, ask the pro support team at prosupport@flexwerkfitness.com or use the app, and settle it before you advertise a price per seat.

The first hour is free for fitness professionals, so a trial run with a friendly group of three costs you nothing to learn what the room does well.