EMPOWER! Fusion
March 22, 2012 - March 25, 2012
Intercontinental O’Hare
5300 N. River Road Rosemont, IL 60018
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ph. 847.544.5300
2012 EMPOWER! Fusion Weekend Fitness Celebration:
March 22nd– 25th at the Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago O'Hare
Earn up to almost 20 continuing education CREDITS with most providers by participating in the main event! more if you partiipate in a pre or post con.
The event we have planned for this Spring is more exciting than ever – check out just a few highlights:
- Don’t miss the only opportunity you’ll have to see many of the industry’s top presenters in Chicago in 2012 including Shaun T, Petra Kolber, Patrick Goudeau, Jonathan Ross, Sherry Catlin, Calvin Wiley, and Greg Roskopf.
- Schwinn® Indoor Cycling Instructor Training Course and lots of great Schwinn sessions
- Step with Petra Kolber and Patrick Goudeau perhaps for the last time!
- Enjoy SPRI®, Schwinn®, BOSU®, Zumba®, R.I.P.P.E.D., TRX, Savvier,ACE & S.T.R.I.D.E. programming, all back by popular demand!
- Experience programming from SPINNING®, Peak Pilates®, Body Blade®, Resist-a-Ball®, Gymstick, Powder Blue®, Core Transformer®, NASM & Body Bar for the first time!
We’ve been working hard with our sponsors and presenters to provide for you an experience you’ll never forget!
This year’s event will be at the beautiful Intercontinental at the special rate of only $119 for a single or double or get a junior suite for just $194.00. There’s a complimentary shuttle from the O’Hare airport and hotel parking is only $5.00 with in and out privileges.
Thursday is training day - with a wide variety of pre-conference events. You’ll also have the opportunity on Sunday to get certified in S.T.R.I.D.E. with Shaun T. and Zumba level 2 with Tony Witt & Erick Santana.
Friday through Sunday - enjoy a complete event with even more outstanding continuing education opportunities for fitness professionals and enthusiasts.
Just click on the session titles below to expand the descriptions.
See You There!
The EMPOWER! Team
Event Information
Thursday March 22, 2012
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8:00 am - 5:00 pmPeak Pilates®: MVe® Chair for Small Group Training w/Renee Spriggs, $159.00, 8 CECs Peak PilatesRenée SpriggsPilates
Peak Pilates®: MVe® Chair for Small Group Training w/Renee Spriggs, $159.00, 8 CECs Peak Pilates with Renée Spriggs
Learn how to integrate the MVe Chair in a small group or one-on-one format. This workshop teaches you Body Positions, Alignment Tools, Pilates Principles and a variety of MVe Chair exercises tailored to challenge clients of all levels. Review two sample workouts that will help you gain valuable knowledge and skills to provide your small groups with a balanced upper and lower body and core workout that complements their current cardio and strength routines. This workshop is open to all certified fitness professionals. A background in Pilates is not required, although to get the most out of this workshop you should have experience teaching group classes or personal training sessions. It’s also great for Pilates teachers who are not familiar with the chair. This workshop will provide you with the tools you need to practice and prepare to teach your first MVe Chair class. This workshop is open to all certified fitness professionals. Fee includes an MVe Chair instructor manual.
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8:00 am - 5:00 pmBoot Camp Instructor Certification w/SGT Ken Weichert, $219, .8/ACE, .8/NASM, 6.25/AFAASGT Ken WeichertPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Boot Camp Instructor Certification w/SGT Ken Weichert, $219, .8/ACE, .8/NASM, 6.25/AFAA with SGT Ken Weichert
Boot Camp fitness instructors lead the fight against obesity, challenging civilians and soldiers to become their absolute best through the use of highly effective and exciting functional fitness training. The results are body fat loss, improved strength and stamina, increased confidence and higher spirits. Developed Ken Weichert (a.k.a. “SGT Ken”) and certified personal trainer Stephanie Weichert, this course utilizes highly effective physical training techniques practiced by elite military forces. Participants will be immersed in proper form and safety, planning and executing functional fitness programs for outdoor and indoor environments, cadence calls, circuit fitness training, military-style obstacle courses and fitness tests, fitness games, partner-assisted exercises, individual tracking techniques and diet and nutrition. !". Included in the course: Instructor training and testing, Instructor manual & a reference library on a DVD.
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8:00 am - 4:00 pmACE Small Group Training w/Jonathan Ross, $159, CECs - .8 ACE, 8.0 ACSM, .8 NASM, .8 NSCA, 6.0 AFAAJonathan RossPersonal Training and Group Fitness
ACE Small Group Training w/Jonathan Ross, $159, CECs - .8 ACE, 8.0 ACSM, .8 NASM, .8 NSCA, 6.0 AFAA with Jonathan Ross
Often, a primary challenge of working as a full-time personal trainer is having access to clients only three times a day when they are typically available to devote time to fitness training: early morning before work, during lunchtime, and after work. An additional challenge faced by trainers is the limitation of receiving compensation from working with only one client at a time. Discover how you can maximize your earning potential as a certified fitness professional with small group training – a fun and dynamic way to lead exercise programs by training more individuals during the times in which they are available. In this dynamic workshop, you will uncover specific strategies and techniques for designing and marketing small group training programs based on the innovative and application-based ACE Integrated Fitness Training (ACE IFT™) Model. Additionally, find out how small group training can enhance exercise adherence among your clients in this unique one-day workshop.
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8:00 am - 4:00 pmTRX Rip Training Course w/Pete Holman, $250, CECs: ACE .8, NASM .8, NSCA .8 Can Fit Pro 4.0Pete HolmanPersonal Training and Group Fitness
TRX Rip Training Course w/Pete Holman, $250, CECs: ACE .8, NASM .8, NSCA .8 Can Fit Pro 4.0 with Pete Holman
This 8–hour course, teaches Rip Training fundamentals and beyond. It covers the science and benefits behind Rip Training with foundational movements that can be progressed and regressed for clients of all levels. Participants also learn how to use the Rip Trainer to deliver a dynamic total body workout so they can integrate it into client training programs. Attendees will be able to: • Correctly set up and use the Rip Trainer, in various environments • Use the Rip Trainer to get a dynamic total body workout • Safely and effectively instruct others on the Rip Trainer • Clearly articulate the science and benefits behind Rip Training • Join the official TRX Directory
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9:00 am - 3:00 pmYoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball Practitioner Certificate w/Jill Miller, $189, .4 ACE CEUJill MillerGroup Fitness and Yoga
Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball Practitioner Certificate w/Jill Miller, $189, .4 ACE CEU with Jill Miller
This certificate course empowers you to help clients of any level of fitness to adopt a simple and effective self-care regimen. The Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls can be used as an adjunct offering within personal training sessions, stretch, pilates, wellness coaching, yoga, massage therapy, kids or special populations. The balls put the power of self-myofascial release into your clients' own hands. You will learn 6 proven head-to-toe series, approved by pain medicine doctors, Physical Therapists, chiropractors and massage therapists to affect profound change in the rotator cuff, upper back, neck, jaw, hips, lower back, IT Band, calves and feet. Detailed visual guides and a series of audio CD's go home with you so that you are able to easily replicate the specific therapeutic sequences detailed in each section. You will learn specialized ball rolling techniques that penetrate into common high-tension areas.
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9:00 am - 7:00 pmSchwinn® Indoor Cycling Instructor Certification w/Julz Arney & Shannon Fable $199 .8 ACE 7.25 AFAAJulz Arney
Shannon FableIndoor CyclingSchwinn® Indoor Cycling Instructor Certification w/Julz Arney & Shannon Fable $199 .8 ACE 7.25 AFAA with Julz Arney and Shannon Fable
This power-packed day offers you the industry's finest and most comprehensive one-day indoor cycling instructor training. You’ll get all the tools you need to become a successful and sought-after instructor including bike fit, cycling science, class design and the Schwinn® Cycling Coach’s Pyramid, a system that makes teaching indoor cycling simple for you and more exciting for your students. In this course you’ll learn to teach knockout classes on any bike, but you’ll get to ride the new Schwinn® Authentic Cycling Performance Bike and experience the bike's MPower™ Console which measures wattage, mph, heart rate, calories and more! Included in this course: • Two complete workouts • A comprehensive training manual • The NEW Schwinn® Cycling workout DVD featuring Jay Blahnik and the Schwinn master trainer team • 13 pre-planned class designs and authentic cycling video clips • Coffee and snacks
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmNASM Metabolic Conditioning w/Fabio Comana, $199, .8 CECs ACE and NASMFabio ComanaPersonal Training and Group Fitness
NASM Metabolic Conditioning w/Fabio Comana, $199, .8 CECs ACE and NASM with Fabio Comana
Come learn the NASM approach to boosting metabolic burn for health, fitness and performance. P90x™, Crossfit™ - You know the names, but what are they all about? Metabolic Conditioning is hot, and while many fitness professionals grasp the concepts driving these training philosophies, many misconceptions exist in understanding the real physiological principles that deliver safe and effective programs for success without injury or attrition. Although metabolic conditioning varies by purpose, for most it involves strategies to boost metabolism, burn more calories and transform the body from fat-to-fit, but are they snake-oils or do they deliver results? In this interactive, one-day live workshop learn cutting-edge applications derived from metabolic research, and develop a bullet-proof training philosophy built around neuroendocrine, psychological and emotional responses to stress that accelerates results while avoiding injury, attrition and failure.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmSPINNING® Instructor Orientation w/Raquel Schmidt, $325, CECs: 8.0 AFAA/.8 ACERaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING® Instructor Orientation w/Raquel Schmidt, $325, CECs: 8.0 AFAA/.8 ACE with Raquel Schmidt
Become one of the world’s most sought-after fitness instructors—a certified Spinning® Instructor. Topics include bike setup, the five core movements, three hand positions, choosing music, creating a 40-minute Spinning journey, safety considerations, teaching techniques, Spinning philosophy, heart rate training and a three-phase instructor training program. After completing this Orientation, you will be qualified to teach the Spinning® program at any official Spinning center. Certification will be awarded after completing the self-paced instructor training program and successfully passing the assessment. Please bring a heart rate monitor, water bottle, energy food, towel, clothes for two rides, bike shorts, stiff-soled shoes and a pen or pencil. Registration fee includes the Spinning® Instructor Manual. Certified instructor card will be issued upon successful completion of the assessment. To register by phone call 800.847.SPIN (7746) or 310.823.7008 online visit www.spinning.com.
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9:00 am - 6:00 pmTabata BootCamp Instructor CertificateMindy MylreaPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Tabata BootCamp Instructor Certificate with Mindy Mylrea
w/Mindy Mylrea, $199, .9 ACE & 8.0 AFAA Mindy’s Tabata Bootcamp is a sustainable fitness and eating program that truly changes people’s lives by turning traditional fitness protocol on it’s head. As a Tabata Bootcamp trainer your mantra will be “more is not better – better is better”. You will learn how you can lead this amazing body transformation program and generate an amazing income stream owning your own 8-week total body turnaround bootcamp business. Empower your clients with the Take 3 eating method that will change the way they eat forever. Tabata Bootcamp will allow you to create a business for yourself and permanent change in your clients. Includes 8 workout programming DVDs, 3 eating strategy DVDs, instructor manual, resistance tubing, web membership for you to house your entire program for your clients, and unbelievable ongoing support (at no additional fee –you will receive everything you need ) and a complete turnkey program to grow your own Tabata Bootcamp business.
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9:00am - 5:00pmR.I.P.P.E.D. w/Alex Isaly & Terry Shorter, $189 .8 ACE .8, NASM 5.5 AFAAAlex Isaly
Terry ShorterPersonal Training and Group FitnessR.I.P.P.E.D. w/Alex Isaly & Terry Shorter, $189 .8 ACE .8, NASM 5.5 AFAA with Alex Isaly and Terry Shorter
Become a R.I.P.P.E.D. certified instructor. Experience and learn about this total body workout, utilizing resistance and body weight, which masterfully combines the components of R.I.P.P.E.D.--- Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics and Endurance along with Diet suggestions to help you attain and maintain your physique in ways that are fun, safe, doable and extremely effective. The deliberate combination of the R.I.P.P.E.D. elements and how they are precisely organized in the R.I.P.P.E.D. class format provide the basis for the One Stop Body Shock System, by stimulating both, different energy systems and muscles in each workout segment. Along with driving, motivating music, participants jam through R.I.P.P.E.D. with smiles, determination and strength. No boredom here, for all levels, R.I.P.P.E.D. is effective, it’s tough yet doable; R.I.P.P.E.D. will absolutely challenge your levels of fitness and endurance!
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmGroup Fitness Instructor Training (G.F.I.T.) Certificate w/Jen Ryan and Katie Haggerty, $179, .8 CECKatie Haggerty
Jen RyanGroup FitnessGroup Fitness Instructor Training (G.F.I.T.) Certificate w/Jen Ryan and Katie Haggerty, $179, .8 CEC with Katie Haggerty and Jen Ryan
Have you ever thought about elevating your career by becoming a Group Fitness Instructor? This prep course is designed to help you start the journey. In this full day course, you will review and apply the basic science as well as practical skills you need to prepare for formal certification.
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9:00 am - 3:00 pmBody Bars and Beyond w/Sherry Catlin, $149, .7 ACE and 7.0 AFAASherry CatlinPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Body Bars and Beyond w/Sherry Catlin, $149, .7 ACE and 7.0 AFAA with Sherry Catlin
This interactive workshop is designed for fitness professionals who want to move beyond the basics of functional strength training to create innovative and progressive exercise programs. Utilizing a total body integrated training approach with the Body Bar and Body Bar Flex and becoming proficient at designing dynamic training exercises, drills and workouts for both one-on-one and group exercise. You will build on foundational skills and training techniques by incorporating balance, coordination, strength, endurance, flexibility, and speed in innovative and challenging ways. You’ll learn over 100 different exercises using the Body Bar and Body Bar Flex tools for both core and total body training and a clear method for exercise development, sequencing and progression for maximal results.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmZumba® Basic Instructor TrainingTony Witt
Erick SantanaGroup FitnessZumba® Basic Instructor Training with Tony Witt and Erick Santana
This training is the first step to becoming a Zumba® instructor as it teaches you the foundation and formula to teach a Zumba® class. You will learn the steps to four basic rhythms (merengue, salsa, cumbia, reggaeton). You'll learn how to put these steps together into a song, and how to create your first Zumba class. We''ll provide you with all the tools and resources you will need to teach a Zumba class. You must register for this session at www.Zumba.com
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4:00 pm - 8:00 pmStrength Tool Box Instructor CertificateKatie Haggerty
Kaycee DunfieldGroup FitnessStrength Tool Box Instructor Certificate with Katie Haggerty and Kaycee Dunfield
This workshop is jam-packed with new ideas, successful strategies and valuable material on implementing the toys and tools available in both the Group Fitness and Personal Training environments. Arm yourself with practical, yet highly creative ways to get the most out of products like BOSU Balance Trainers, Ballast Balls, Medicine Balls, Tubing and more to help your clients reach their health and fitness goals. Often, the more equipment we have, the less we use our imagination - but now is the time for change. A must-attend for group exercise instructors and personal trainers at any level! $89.00 click the Register Online tab above the Event Information to register
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4:00 pm - 8:00 pmHow to Pronounce Yoga Pose Names w/Cheryl Oliver, $89, 4 hrs Yoga AllianceCheryl OliverYoga
How to Pronounce Yoga Pose Names w/Cheryl Oliver, $89, 4 hrs Yoga Alliance with Cheryl Oliver
Learn the fundamentals+, as well as practice speaking common asana names with correct Sanskrit pronunciation. Enhance your credibility as a yoga teacher by de-bunking common errors (it is not “chair” pose!) and gain confidence using Sanskrit in class. For RYT(Registered Yoga Teachers), attending this intensive will provide for you 4 contact hours toward Yoga Alliance renewal.
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pmSPINNING® “THE ROAD TO KONA” w/Scott Schlesinger, $75, 2 STAR pointsScott SchlesingerIndoor Cycling
SPINNING® “THE ROAD TO KONA” w/Scott Schlesinger, $75, 2 STAR points with Scott Schlesinger
Aloha! Welcome to the big island of Hawaii and the Ironman World Championships. Once a year thousands flock to this island to test themselves in the greatest arena in triathlons. Come take a glimpse inside their world. Swim through the chaos, bike over the tarmac and run like the wind. A massive ride that will truly inspire you to step out of the mundane and have you saying - where does my next journey begin? Get ready for a mind-blowing audio/visual experience! *15% discount for SPIN® members
Friday March 23, 2012
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8:00 am - 9:00 amJust Me, Myself and IJodee Thomas HollenbeckGroup Fitness
Just Me, Myself and I with Jodee Thomas Hollenbeck
No excuses to not workout, all you need is your body! Minimize the use of equipment and learn how to use your focus, body weight, and the space available to you to get a great equipment-free workout!
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8:00 am - 9:00 amTaste of Zumba®Tony Witt
Erick SantanaGroup FitnessTaste of Zumba® with Tony Witt and Erick Santana
Remember the fun and exciting days of the original Aerobic Dance programs? A Taste of Zumba brings the fun back to fitness by combining high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the Zumba participants to dance away their worries. Zumba® is a fusion of dynamic, exciting Latin and International music.
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8:00 am - 9:00 amHIIT Training - High Intensity IntervalMindy MylreaGroup Fitness
HIIT Training - High Intensity Interval with Mindy Mylrea
Training HIIT Training is all the rage. This nonstop powerhouse session will cover current research, programming ideas, and the best HIIT exercises on the planet. Learn motivational cue and focusing techniques to engage and excite your students. Then take a turn to the deeper side of interval training with TABATA. Learn about this amazing new interval training protocal and leave with more Tabata ideas then you can imagine
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8:00 am - 9:00 amSPINNING®: The MatrixScott SchlesingerIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: The Matrix with Scott Schlesinger
Welcome to the world of the Matrix, where your choices can lead you to great rewards or great obstacles. This is a ride in which decisions dictate your journey. Influenced by the movie, this ride will be fun, interactive and challenging. This is one you can inject into your classes immediately.
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8:00 am - 9:00 amGlory! YogaJulz ArneyYoga
Glory! Yoga with Julz Arney
Yoga’s spiritual element attracts truth-seekers from all walks of life. For those whose truth is in Jesus Christ, Yoga transforms into the ultimate worship workout, speaking to both the heart and soul while benefiting the body. Glory!YOGA pairs today’s best worship music and Bible-based devotions with a playful fitness flow in an uplifting and un-preachy practice.
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8:00 am - 9:00 amBender Ball Boot CampLeslee BenderGroup Fitness
Bender Ball Boot Camp with Leslee Bender
Get ready for 2012!!! This session is all about function and how your body reacts to gravity and how to use it. You will experience the WHY and purpose of EACH exercise. This is not a course where everyone is simply a number but an individual and, learn why you move differently and which exercises will transform you. Feel and experience each exercise and be ready to be empowered by this form of training utilizing the Bender Ball, Gliding and tubing. You’ll experience how your feet are the most important part of training when you learn how to awaken them. This is a functionally safe boot camp that every athlete or regular student can perfom sucessfully
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8:00 am - 9:00 amBody Bar TabataSherry CatlinPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Body Bar Tabata with Sherry Catlin
Body Bar Tabata Challenge yourself with Body Bar’s unique approach to incorporating the Tabata method into a balanced high intensity cardio/strength interval training workout. Increase muscular endurance, aerobic fitness and anaerobic capacity as you burn fat, create definition and improve performance. Include balance, mobility and coordination intervals to round out one fine workout! Body Bar and Body Bar Flex
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8:00 am - 9:00 amOne More StepPatrick GoudeauGroup Fitness
One More Step with Patrick Goudeau
There is nothing quite like the high from an all-out, choreographed step routine, wouldn’t you agree? Well, it’s time to feel really good, one last time. Patrick is back and giving his step fanatics one more step workout! Filled with energy, loads of fun and of course a little hip-shaking too, this sweat fest will leave you wanting more, but enjoy it because you may never know step like this again. You’ll think the smooth transitions are illegal, but let go, soak it all in and just inhale. The only crime you’ll commit… is if you miss it!
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8:00 am - 9:00 amSchwinn® Cycling:The Power Hour!Tatiana KolovouIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling:The Power Hour! with Tatiana Kolovou
Take the ride that’s making Schwinn® Cycling Master Trainer Jeffrey Scott's classes go wild! Taught on the new Schwinn® Authentic Cycling Performance Bike with the MPower™ Console, you’ll measure watts, speed, distance, heart rate and calories - features that completely revolutionize your ride. Plus, Gregg will hand you a complete breakdown of the workout…Everything you need to teach this ride as your own no matter what indoor cycling technology you have at your club.
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8:00 am - 9:00 amBodyblade®: Power 10Renée SpriggsAll
Bodyblade®: Power 10 with Renée Spriggs
Experience the power of Bodyblade in this high-intensity workout. Using this efficient tool, you will learn a set of exercises that you can incorporate into a 10 minute workout that can be used one-on-one with a client, or in a group setting.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amDance DelightPetra KolberGroup Fitness and Dance
Dance Delight with Petra Kolber
You know that feeling when the music and the movement collide in perfect harmony. It's sheer delight. Super fun dance moves, amazing music and easy to replicate combinations all come together in this dance inspired workshop. The focus of this session is on the methods anyone can use to build super simple yet creative dance choreography that anyone can master. It removes the dread factor and elevates the fun factor. Working from a solid base of movement that is familiar to all of our participants, Dance Delight let’s everyone feel as though they are ready for the spotlight. No Equipment
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9:15 am - 11:00 amSPINNING®: Climbing The Categories: Epic Climbs of the Tour de FranceRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: Climbing The Categories: Epic Climbs of the Tour de France with Raquel Schmidt
The 5 Category rating system is an effective method for helping Spinning class participants understand the difference between easy climbs, moderate climbs, and really hard “gutbuster climbs”. Educate your students on the language used by the pros, and it provides instructors with another 5 options to fold into profiles in addition to the climbing positions used in the Spinning program (seated climb, running with resistance, standing climb, jumps on a hill, and sprints on a hill). In this workshop you will learn 5 different ways to climb based on the difficulty of the terrain, and how different teaching cues for resistance, cadence, and body position can be applied to help your students meet the unique challenges of the mountain on a Spinner.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amBeyond the Barre: By Balletone™Shannon FableGroup Fitness
Beyond the Barre: By Balletone™ with Shannon Fable
Barre classes are all the rage … but can they promise you THIS??? No equipment necessary, a barefoot experience, a vertical core workout with no assistance, as well as cardio, strength and empowerment? We love our Barre workouts, but love to mix it up with this ballet inspired workout that's been around for a decade to further enhance our fitness and our function. No tights required, no ballet shoes, no experience either. What are you waiting for?
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9:15 am - 11:00 amUnderstanding the Eight Limbs of YogaCheryl OliverYoga
Understanding the Eight Limbs of Yoga with Cheryl Oliver
From social ethics to deep meditation, Patanjali’s classical eight limbs of yoga move from the very external to the most internal. The sequence is deliberate, practical and profound, and each step is important in its own right. In this workshop we will truly experience all eight limbs as we move from the gross to the subtle, from the external to the internal. We will begin by understanding yama & niyama (how we interact with others and our own ethical behavior) with partner poses, move on to deepen awareness in our physical body through flowing asana, use breathing techniques of pranayama to help us move into pratyahara while we calm down our senses with yin yoga postures. We will cultivate focus and concentration - dharana - and experience dhyana with guided meditation. Finally, we will move into stillness and peace, employing restorative postures to go beyond consciousness to samadhi. $149.00 - click the Register Online tab above the Event Information to register
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9:15 am - 11:00 amCore Transformer® Kick it to the Core. Go 3D!Linda LaRue
Gay GasperPersonal Training and Group FitnessCore Transformer® Kick it to the Core. Go 3D! with Linda LaRue and Gay Gasper
Welcome to the next evolution of core training used by elite and professional athletes. This new specialty total body core specialty resistance band CORE TRANSFORMER®, created by Former LA Lakers Trainer Linda LaRue RN MEd ATC, is an innovative and versatile exercise tubing system will sculpt your entire body from the inside out. You’ll learn multi-planar high intensity interval training (HIIT) compound core progressive movement sequences that are functional and progressively work every muscle down to the deep stabilizers. Our specialty, super-long and durable resistance bands will enable you to perform and teach athletic total body core performance, high intensity interval training (HIIT) movement progression sequences that will challenge your core, balance, strength and agility—all while leaving you breathless too! Once you learn the basic principles, the possibilities are endless! You’ll be able to tailor your
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9:15 am - 11:00 amPeak Pilates®: Core Attack!Renée SpriggsPilates
Peak Pilates®: Core Attack! with Renée Spriggs
Attack the core in this Pilates mat workshop that will teach you how to use small props including weighted balls, rings, and bands, to effectively challenge your core muscles. Learn to incorporate these props safely and effectively into your own group exercise, or personal training practices.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amSchwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREERob GlickIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREE with Rob Glick
Here’s a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It’s the ultimate cycling 2-for-1.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amBOSU® HIIT ExtremeKeli RobertsPersonal Training and Group Fitness
BOSU® HIIT Extreme with Keli Roberts
Intense, focused, efficient, challenging, rewarding, and jam packed with action from start to finish. Learn the science of high intensity interval training and its application to both fitness and sport. Take home a variety of short, plug-n-play high intensity interval sequences that are realistic for both high level athletes and mere mortals, and are guaranteed to raise your heart rate, fitness level, calorie expenditure and the FUN factor!
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9:15 am - 11:00 amSPRI KettleBALL Workshop: Operation Breaking Barriers™SGT Ken WeichertPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI KettleBALL Workshop: Operation Breaking Barriers™ with SGT Ken Weichert
SGT Ken’s KettleBALL Workshop: Operation Breaking Barriers™ utilizes highly effective physical fitness training techniques practiced by the U.S. military. Complete with aerobic conditioning drills and newly featured KettleBALL calisthenics, you’ll burn over 700 calories in 60-minutes and work every muscle in your body! The SPRI® KettleBALL is designed like a kettle weight, but with the texture and size of a highly durable medicine ball. Kettle weight training just got safer! SGT Ken will lead you the same muscle-targeting techniques used to prepare Soldiers for combat.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amTipping the Scales - Energy Balance and Weight LossFabio ComanaPersonal Training
Tipping the Scales - Energy Balance and Weight Loss with Fabio Comana
Over 75 % of individuals joining health clubs in the US cite weight loss as a key objective, yet many clients fail to achieve their weight loss goals. While metabolism and weight management is a controversial topic, programming starts with the knowledge of energy balance equations. Fitness professional need time-efficient, yet accurate tools that quantify the energy balance equation - calories in and out. This session present tools to measure the energy balance equation, and also offers other successful strategies to help clients achieve weight loss results.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amR.I.P.P.E.D.Terry Shorter
Alex IsalyGroup FitnessR.I.P.P.E.D. with Terry Shorter and Alex Isaly
R.I.P.P.E.D. w/Alex Isaly & Terry Shorter (RIPPED) Become a R.I.P.P.E.D. certified instructor. This total body, high intensity style program, utilizing free weights, resistance and body weight, masterfully combines Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics and Endurance as the workout portion along with Diet suggestions to help your clients attain and maintain their physique in ways that are fun, safe, doable and extremely effective. The deliberate combination of the R.I.P.P.E.D. elements and how they are precisely organized in the R.I.P.P.E.D. class format provide the basis for the One Stop Body Shock System by stimulating different energy systems and muscles in each workout segment, changing the focus and activities every 6 to 9 minutes. Along with driving, motivating music, participants jam through R.I.P.P.E.D. with smiles, determination and strength. R.I.P.P.E.D. is effective and tough yet doable. $189.00. Click the Register Online tab above the Event Information to register.
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9:15 am - 11:00 amUnderstanding Shoulder PainGreg RoskopfPersonal Training
Understanding Shoulder Pain with Greg Roskopf
Why can’t I reach over my head? Why does it hurt when I throw a ball? These are the questions our clients continually ask. In this class you will take an in-depth look at shoulder function. You will gain an understanding on how abnormal muscle balance can impede normal shoulder function and contribute to pain, and examine how isolated muscle function can contribute to efficient shoulder girdle mechanics. You will gain an understanding of how to assess and address abnormal shoulder mechanics through specific exercise prescription. This class will give you a new understanding on how to train your clients to improve overall shoulder mechanics.
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmYoga Tune Up®: KneeHabJill MillerStrength Training
Yoga Tune Up®: KneeHab with Jill Miller
Knee surgeries have tripled in the last 10 years. Are you prepared to work with these clients? Knee injuries sideline yogis and gym rats alike. The knees often pay a price for poor alignment in both the hips and ankles. This workshop unravels bad habits that lead to knee pain, and offers dozens of YTU exercises that help knees in pain as well as “pre-hab” the knee so that issues are kept at bay. Analyze muscle imbalances, regain function, and open up new vectors of motion to recondition the knees from inside-out. PS. Your hips will love it too!
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmWhere’s The Party?Sara Easley
Angie GreenDanceWhere’s The Party? with Sara Easley and Angie Green
Make every class you teach the talk of the town by simply changing your approach to class preparation, delivery and post-class clean up! Powder Blue formats (Turbo Kick, Hip Hop Hustle and PiYo) are known for their laid back, fun approach to fitness that pack studios world-wide. The success is no accident. Come learn the 7 simple steps used by Powder Blue instructors that help create a party-like atmosphere designed to take your classes from backyard, Bar-B-Q fun to an Oscar After Party, WOW experience that will leave guests talking. From initial planning to day of preparation, as well as examining hosting duties and when to ‘shut it down’, you will take home a goody bag that will keep on giving. Want to pack your classes? Don’t miss THIS party!
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmAbs RevealedJonathan RossPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Abs Revealed with Jonathan Ross
Everyone is always asking us for better abs. Give them what they want while still using smart programming. Get abs for “show” and for “go!” Learn when to follow the rules of ab training - and when to break them. Blend inner unit stability and outer unit strength with creative new exercises to give clients the best of both worlds and achieve well-developed and well-functioning abdominals. You will discover creative abdominal exercises tied together in a complete training program and the most important nutrition strategies to reveal the abs.
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmGet SocialFit! Leverage social media to build your classesJulie WilkesAll
Get SocialFit! Leverage social media to build your classes with Julie Wilkes
Want to build a bigger following? Connect with your members more often? Create a sense of loyalty to your classes? Fitness expert Julie Wilkes shares with you how to use all of the social media channels to promote, announce, update and encourage people to know when you are teaching. Learn tips, tricks and tools to save you time and reach the masses!
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmSchwinn® Cycling: 7 Shortcuts to More Powerful PlaylistsJulz ArneyIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: 7 Shortcuts to More Powerful Playlists with Julz Arney
Don’t spend another unproductive minute planning music for your rides. In this workshop we’ll take a deep dive into mapping music effectively, using different genres, creating music-themed stages, managing insights from students, even how to surprise and delight with musical contrast. Then, let the Seven Shortcuts to More Powerful Playlists equip you with a simple strategy for assembling hype soundtracks that fire up your riders, leaving you with more time to do what you love…teach! Workshop Bonus: Access to hundreds of songs that are working magic in classes across the country.
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmSPINNING®: Energy Zone™ JourneyScott SchlesingerIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: Energy Zone™ Journey with Scott Schlesinger
Re-ignite your knowledge of the heart rate training foundation of the Spinning program. Travel through the Spinning Energy Zones™ in a ride that will take you seamlessly through all five zones while distinguishing each zone’s unique characteristics. This is a great session for new as well as experienced instructors who need a fresh look at the Spinning Energy Zones™. (WS)
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmTRX® Training for Performance and DurabilityShana MartinPersonal Training and Group Fitness
TRX® Training for Performance and Durability with Shana Martin
Suspension Training is being utilized in every realm of training, from elite military and professional sports to fitness and rehabilitation. Learn how these top professionals integrate Suspension Training principles and techniques to maximize performance and durability and how you can apply these tactics for your clients
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmStrike!...powered by Body BarKimberly Spreen - GlickGroup Fitness
Strike!...powered by Body Bar with Kimberly Spreen - Glick
Strike! continues to grow in popularity; so, come learn more new moves or just see what the buzz is about. Be prepared to challenge yourself with a full-body interval workout that blends traditional kickboxing combinations with controlled weight-bearing strikes and blocks using the Body Bar®, all strategically planned to create a non-stop flow of nothing but energy and sweat. This is NOT your typical kickboxing class!
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmGymstick PilatesLeslee BenderPilates
Gymstick Pilates with Leslee Bender
New for 2012 Gymstick Pilates focuses on the body as an integrated system rather than the old school of isolation. With so much supine flexion being taught in traditional mat classes students are feeling back and neck pain from so much useless flexion. The latest research on postural deviations and muscular imbalances can be the cause of dehydration and lack of whole body movement of the fascia creating poor mechanics. In this session you will utilize the Gymstick to enhance movement quality throughout the muscular systems of the body beginning with the feet and vertical posture. This unique approach to training results in better biomechanical function by lengthening the tissue prior to any activity that will result in better posture and overall health. And one of the greatest benefits is the reduction of joint pain.
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmCOUCH TO 5K: the Minimal WayStacey Lei KraussAll
COUCH TO 5K: the Minimal Way with Stacey Lei Krauss
Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? Sometimes it’s not about the speed or intensity… but just staying committed to your race. Minimal Running is not only safe, but it’s a smart opportunity to turn the running-phobic into enthusiasts. In this workshop we’ll give you a new approach with skills and drills to energize the new exerciser. Armed with over a decade of foot-fitness experience, let us dispel “barefoot myths” and help you set your client on track to attain a realistic 5K goal that may change their life forever.
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmBodyblade®: Yoga & Pilates FlowZoey TrapYoga Pilates Fusion
Bodyblade®: Yoga & Pilates Flow with Zoey Trap
Learn how to magnify the mind-body experience with Bodyblade! Vibration and energy challenge and inform the practices of yoga and Pilates. Experience Bodyblade and yoga techniques linked together by intention, breath and movement and move toward new horizons as you find the balance between stillness and movement.
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11:15 am - 1:00 pmSPRI® 360 Training: Explosive CardioPatrick GoudeauPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI® 360 Training: Explosive Cardio with Patrick Goudeau
360 Training: Explosive Cardio is the ultimate training test, filled with creative, high intensity drills that will elevate the heart rate, jumpstart your metabolism and burn maximum calories. This dynamic workout is built upon a progressive training approach that takes you from foundation-to-performance utilizing the science of both aerobic and anaerobic energy systems. Whether the movements are sport specific or just plain fun, you’ll learn programming options of linear or circuit class progressions to keep your workouts feeling fresh, intense and explosive!
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmSchwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREETatiana KolovouIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREE with Tatiana Kolovou
Here’s a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It’s the ultimate cycling 2-for-1.
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmBody Back® Teaser SessionFarel HruskaPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Body Back® Teaser Session with Farel Hruska
Body Back is an incredible program designed specifically for giving women the strength for motherhood! Experience this intense HIIT "Rounds" workout, unleashing your true potential from your mind and body! Be ready to sweat! Please let me know what else you may need...looking forward to it!
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmHYPERWEAR® SandBell® SlamPatrick GoudeauPersonal Training and Group Fitness
HYPERWEAR® SandBell® Slam with Patrick Goudeau
Toss it. Swing it. Slam it. The SandBell is an ingeniously simple yet highly versatile training tool that takes integration to a new level! Get ready to experience unlimited applications with this unique training tool in a dynamic, new cardio strength workout. Personal trainers and group exercise instructors alike, will learn how amazingly fun and effective this results-driven workout can be. The SandBell, a great new free weight that you can throw and catch like a medicine ball, swing like a kettlebell, and SLAM like nothing else!
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmSPINNING®: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Spinning InstructorsRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Spinning Instructors with Raquel Schmidt
Hard work and experience can make you a good Spinning instructor; what are the qualities that can make you great? The term used to describe highly effective teachers is "with-it-ness", and research shows that great teachers have certain universal habits that set them apart from their average peers. This session will present and discuss data from an ongoing study that defines and evaluates great Spinning instructors from the perspective of their students, peers, and themselves. During this session attendees will have the opportunity to develop a personal effectiveness profile (PEP) that will establish a baseline of teaching strengths, and a daily action plan for incorporating the universal habits of the best instructors. Finally, experience a ride that incorporates these habits into leading a dynamic Spinning journey. (WS)
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmAll out Blast!Zoey Trap
Abbie AppelAllAll out Blast! with Zoey Trap and Abbie Appel
All out Blast! w/Zoey Trap, Abbie Appel, Stacey Lei Krauss & Renee Spriggs Get ready to blast every part of your body with an intense circuit training class. 10-minute drills at each station will work lower body, upper body, and core in one fast-paced, dynamic class. Use each 10 minute segment as a standalone workout with your personal clients, or incorporate any of them into part of your group exercise classes.
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmGroup Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer Fusion: In it for the long haul?Donna ThomasPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer Fusion: In it for the long haul? with Donna Thomas
This lecture/workshop will focus on the many ways that instructors and trainers can share best practices and behaviors with and from each other that will not only elevate class delivery and effectiveness, but insure that we are taking impeccable care of our most precious resource: our own well being.
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmDance ProjectKaycee Dunfield
Katie HaggertyDanceDance Project with Kaycee Dunfield and Katie Haggerty
First, the focus will be taking your every day basic movements and turning them into short, easy to follow routines that will make you feel like the star of a music video! Utilize the influences of hip-hop and jazz dance as they come together in a high-energy, intense cardio class that will be sure to leave you coming back for more. Then, it’s time to “pick your poison”. Whether you enjoy Hip hop, Latin, ballet inspired or pop, you’ll be inspired by not only getting new ideas to take back to your classes but also by learning how to come up with new ideas of your own. In this tag teamed sessions, you’ll sweat, you’ll laugh, but most of all you’ll DANCE!!!
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmC.H.E.K. Critical Program Design StrategiesMark StonePersonal Training
C.H.E.K. Critical Program Design Strategies with Mark Stone
This holistic dissection of program design will share skills that you are unlikely to learn anywhere else! For example, traditional periodization is broken down to microcycles and mesocycles, but many athletes and exercisers fail to reach their goals because they have yet not mastered circadian cycles! This lecture will provide you with new ways to view and manipulate program variables and show you how to recognize common roadblocks to success in any client. If you are looking for a program design edge or have been in the business for a number of years and are tired of hearing about 8-12 reps with a one minute rest, this class is for you!
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmSPRI® Double TroublePetra KolberPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI® Double Trouble with Petra Kolber
This non - stop workshop brings community and connection into an athletic based circuit format. Partner drills, team play and group challenges all come together in this non stop circuit class. While intense in structure, this workshop includes a multitude of progressions and modifications so that ALL levels of fitness can participate and feel like an MVP. From icebreakers to team builders this workshop will explore creative drills that are all woven into an interactive and community based session. Double the connection, double the fun and double the results.
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmBOSU® Crush ItMindy MylreaPersonal Training and Group Fitness
BOSU® Crush It with Mindy Mylrea
BOSU® Crush It is for you, your clients and your athletes, and it will test your strength, weaknesses and your limits! Compete against yourself and rate your athletic skill in the areas of balance, agility, core, cardio and strength. After each measurable challenge, learn drills to improve your athletic ability in that area of fitness. Learn how the challenges and drills can be integrated into goal specific workouts for all fitness levels. Are you ready to take your fitness to the next level?
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmCALVINOGRAPHY®: The Diary of StepCalvin WileyGroup Fitness
CALVINOGRAPHY®: The Diary of Step with Calvin Wiley
A step workout that is centered around dance, incorporating new and exciting elements of motivation. Advanced step workout that leaves you looking at Step with new possibilities.
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2:00 pm - 3:45 pmLet it Go Vinyasa FlowKimberly Spreen - GlickYoga
Let it Go Vinyasa Flow with Kimberly Spreen - Glick
Come enjoy a dynamic, challenging Vinyasa Flow Yoga practice with a special focus on letting go of judgments, criticism and even inhibitions. You’ll flow through fun sequencing set to motivating, upbeat music that is sure to have you smiling your way through the sweat. So, be ready to let go of any expectations you may have and open your mind to an inspiring good time!
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmBody Bar Core 3 x 3Keli RobertsPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Body Bar Core 3 x 3 with Keli Roberts
The Body Bar provides the ideal overload to create a simple system to train the body from the inside out that not only improves muscular endurance, but also posture, alignment and sports performance. Learn functional sequences that incorporate tri-planar movement in a tri-set format than includes exercises in stance, quadruped, prone and supine positions. Train the body from the inside-out with this simple effective system.
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmTRX® Rip™ Training: FoundationsPete HolmanPersonal Training and Group Fitness
TRX® Rip™ Training: Foundations with Pete Holman
Learn the foundations of RIP Training and take your sessions to the next level. This high intensity workshop provides a strong introduction to the essence of this exciting new program. The session covers the essential elements of Rip Training including: basic science, foundational movements and exercise progressions and regressions. The experience culminates with an intense movement based workout that will provide a great starting point for you and your clients.
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmCALVINOGRAPHY®: Dance ConcertCalvin WileyDance
CALVINOGRAPHY®: Dance Concert with Calvin Wiley
Learn the choreography, now stage it, feel it… conquer every 8 count with energy, fierceness, drama & artistic brilliance… Now own it, perform it and WERK!!! Yeah, in dance rehearsal & dance concert all in 1 class! Raising the bar in what’s possible in dance-fitness classes.
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmPiYo™ Strength: Make The Mat Your FriendKaty Meuer
Sara EasleyYoga Pilates FusionPiYo™ Strength: Make The Mat Your Friend with Katy Meuer and Sara Easley
Never thought mind-body formats could be your thing? We’ve been there. We know we should do it, but some of us need to find a class that meets us where we are and encourages us to explore where we need to go! Thank you, PiYo Strength! Designed to be a mind-body inspired workout that moves, discover ways to embrace the mat and bring pilates and yoga benefits to those that might have resisted in the past. Not sure you can be quiet for an hour? Ain’t worth it unless you’re dripping? Trouble keeping still for more than 2 seconds? We’ve gotcha covered. Experience a no equipment, strength workout with a side of core and flexibility that will leave you rocked from head to toe. Whether you decide you want to teach the format or take away pieces to use for core classes and cool downs, PiYo Strength will make the mat your friend.
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmSchwinn® Cycling: 10 Minutes to Your Next 10 RidesShannon FableIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: 10 Minutes to Your Next 10 Rides with Shannon Fable
Let’s make class design super-quick so you can get on the bike and deliver that knockout ride! Come learn a simple system for creating an endless library of exciting cycling workouts that are easy to remember, a blast to coach and physiologically make good sense. Learn to create stages of work based on the Schwinn® Cycling intensity scale and way to categorize your music for easy plug and play. Now watch, as that one great class becomes your next ten rides!
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmKeep Your Brain BuffJonathan RossPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Keep Your Brain Buff with Jonathan Ross
Exercise affects the brain more powerfully than it affects the body. Discover the physiology of brain degeneration and regeneration when exercise is employed. And go deeper into your brain by discovering how attitudes, opinions, and feelings about exercise are learned and what it takes to change the learned responses for a more positive result of your efforts. A dysfunctional reward system in the brain is what keeps many people from making better choices with food and sticking with exercise. Knowing how to turn this around will powerfully affect your ability to inspire people to fitness.
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmChanging our Minds About Stretching: A Unique Look At StretchingGreg RoskopfPersonal Training
Changing our Minds About Stretching: A Unique Look At Stretching with Greg Roskopf
.Do you ever get frustrated because your clients are not demonstrating improvements with their flexibility exercises? Regardless of the type of stretching techniques applied, there are many people who never seem to improve their flexibility. Maybe the practical results are consistent with what the research is dictating. In this class, we will look at the nervous systems involvement in muscle tightness and decipher why many people do not achieve positive effects from stretching. Trainers will gain an understanding of how the nervous system regulates motion, and how limitations in flexibility may actually be part of the body’s protective mechanism. By understanding the body’s regulatory mechanisms, you will gain a better understanding of why many people do not improve with stretching. You will also gain alternative options for improving flexibility, while recognizing that stretching may not be the only answer for increasing ROM. This session is a must for every trainer!
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmwillPower and grace® : move with integrityStacey Lei KraussAll
willPower and grace® : move with integrity with Stacey Lei Krauss
willPower & grace® is the high-energy, cardiovascular workout that your body has been craving! The precise movements offered in the willPower format will build body awareness and muscular endurance for an efficient calorie burn. willPower & grace® is a motivating experience; a full-body functional workout meets sports psychology. This unique barefoot workout appeals to “morning moms” and sports athletes alike, because it tones all the “right” places. A willPower session will leave you feeling inspired, confident and complete!
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4:15 pm - 6:00 pmCore ConnectionMindy MylreaPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Core Connection with Mindy Mylrea
The core is the powerhouse of the body and we should attack the core from every angle and in every way. This workshop is jam packed with critical cutting edge core research as well as three amazing Ab and back routines using every twist and turn in the book. Mindy will show you how one rep done right is better then 10 done wrong. You will learn the best core exercises on the planet.
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4:15pm - 6:00pmGetting Started with the Yoga SutraCheryl OliverYoga
Getting Started with the Yoga Sutra with Cheryl Oliver
This is a basic overview and introduction to some of the major themes in the Yoga Sutra of Patañjali, one of the seminal texts of yoga philosophy. If you have ever picked up a copy of the Yoga Sutra, only to put it down in frustration, or, if you have not yet begun to delve into this text, this class is for you! Understanding the Eight Limbs of Yoga w/Cheryl Oliver The eight limbs of yoga presented by Patañjali are a process to refine our lives. The sequence from external to internal is deliberate, practical and profound, and each step offers us opportunities to grow and change. The level of detail in this class can be adjusted to fit into as little as two hours.
Saturday March 24, 2012
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8:00 am - 9:45 amA Unique Look at Back PainGreg RoskopfPersonal Training
A Unique Look at Back Pain with Greg Roskopf
A billion dollar industry. Many clients come to us complaining of low back pain. In the industry, we are taught various exercise programs designed to “strengthen the muscles of the core” in order to reduce low back pain. As trainers, we recognize the significance of abdominal strengthening, however, many times abdominal training alone is not enough to help reduce low back pain. Many times, the symptoms may actually get worse. In these situations, where clients continue to complain of back or SI-joint pain, trainers must take a deeper look at the cause. In this class, trainers will be given tools not only to assess for core/spinal stability, but also to look at how imbalances in the hips, legs and feet can place increased stress on the spine. In this class, trainers will learn a unique approach to achieve spinal stability. Trainers will be provided with a unique approach to helping their clients that complain of back pain. This session is a must for every trainer!
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8:00 am - 9:45 amYoga Tune Up® Get Coregeous®: Redefine your Abdominals from Inside OutJill MillerYoga
Yoga Tune Up® Get Coregeous®: Redefine your Abdominals from Inside Out with Jill Miller
Yoga Tune Up® Get Coregeous®: Redefine your Abdominals from Inside Out The Respiratory Diaphragm is a governing muscle of core stability, agility and neurological balance. Any core practice that does not account for the function and physiology of this muscle is under-serving the performance-based body. Through embodied anatomy exercises, learn to analyze the strength, flexibility and range of motion of this muscle in yourself and your clients. You will simultaneously deconstruct and build new kinetic chains in your torso and relate them to a bigger picture of conscious breathing, spinal integrity, digestion, emotion and newfound realms of somatic awakening.
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8:00 am - 9:45 amFlirty Girl Fitness - The TeaserMindy Mylrea
Rebecca LeeGroup FitnessFlirty Girl Fitness - The Teaser with Mindy Mylrea and Rebecca Lee
You've thought about teaching cardio dance but didn't know where to begin. Well, look no further: The Flirty Girl Fitness Booty Beat program is everything you want and more! Created by women for women, Flirty Girl Fitness classes are about providing women of all shapes, sizes and ages with a variety of effective fitness dance classes in a fun, social environment. Our popular, easy to learn dance moves provide the perfect combination of cardio and strength training.
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8:00 am - 9:45 amSchwinn® Cycling: HIIT It!Keli RobertsIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: HIIT It! with Keli Roberts
High Intensity Interval Training is all the rage, and it continues to grow in popularity across all workout platforms. But is this type of training really more effective than other types? And what are the best ways to execute this approach in your cycling classes? Learn the science and, more importantly, the psychology of high intensity interval training, and experience new ways to deliver, measure, recover and repeat high-intensity intervals to your riders that produce results and keep them coming back for more!
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8:00 am - 9:45 amAnatomy in ActionLeslee BenderPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Anatomy in Action with Leslee Bender
This innovative workshop teaches fitness practitioners different methods of feeling and seeing how the muscles in the body react to gravity upon contact with the ground. It emphasizes the central idea that the core can generate energy for the entire body through the right set of exercises. Inspired by Gary Gray, this approach is both versatile and dynamic, and will equip trainers with a range of exercises to suit diverse client needs.
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8:00 am - 9:45 amSPINNING®: The 5-Step SprintRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: The 5-Step Sprint with Raquel Schmidt
Sprints on both flats and hills are by far the most challenging of all Spinning movements. They require strong resistance loads, maximized physical efforts, and appropriate recovery periods. We'll cover a simple five step plan for the creation of proper sprint segments. We'll break down each step and introduce strategies for communicating them effectively to the students. We'll also engage in an intense ride that will allow you to sample and blend each step. (WS)
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8:00 am - 9:45 amPeak Pilates®: Multi-Level Group Reformer TrainingKathryn CoylePilates
Peak Pilates®: Multi-Level Group Reformer Training with Kathryn Coyle
Multi-Level classes are the reality for most fitness facilities. Learn a workout approach that builds in layers to allow for a broader range of fitness levels and Pilates skills to be met in the same session. Learn how to build a workout that flows non-stop, progressing one rep at a time.
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8:00 am - 9:45 amThe Titanic Towers of Muscle Strength and HypertrophyLen KravitzPersonal Training
The Titanic Towers of Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy with Len Kravitz
Using interactive computer-technology, Len will clearly show you the intricate mechanisms involved in muscle force production for strength and hypertrophy. Many questions about muscle will be answered regarding specific applications to training including the following: muscle metabolism, motor unit recruitment, volume versus intensity training considerations, and age-related phenomenon of muscle. An eye-opening part of this presentation is the state-of-the-art research revealing what actually happens to muscles as they grow. This groundbreaking lecture will include the newest research findings on the 6 best training program designs for improving muscular strength, hypertrophy and endurance.
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8:00 am - 9:45 amBOSU® MultiplicityLawrence BiscontiniPersonal Training and Group Fitness
BOSU® Multiplicity with Lawrence Biscontini
Get ready to multiply your options, multiply the challenge and multiply the fun! This workshop is designed to teach you dozens of brand-new, interactive athletic drills, skills and challenges using multiple BOSU® Balance Trainers that can be used in personal training, boot camp, circuit training, interval training, sport conditioning and kid’s fitness workouts. You will work solo, in partners and in teams, and walk away with an entirely new library of BOSU exercises that can be used straight away.
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8:00 am - 9:45 amSalsa/FunkDonna ThomasDance
Salsa/Funk with Donna Thomas
Somewhere between Zumba and Hip Hop, Salsa/Funk incorporates the best of these mega dance parties. Whether you like spicy moves with a Latin beat or the driving bass of old school hip hop, this easy to follow class will satisfy all those who love to party! Who says you can’t have it all?
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8:00 am - 9:45 amSPRI® Obstacle CourseSGT Ken WeichertPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI® Obstacle Course with SGT Ken Weichert
This interval training routine is one BIG playground that blends strength and cardio circuits in a learn-to-use-what-you've-got body weight workout! Loaded with functional exercises designed to give you the ultimate challenge; the drills and stations will push you to believe in yourself. Whether you're working alone, with a partner or in a group, this is one tough workout and as a result, your students and/or clients will become stronger and leaner. Run, jump, squat, push....you name it, and we'll more than likely do it!
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8:00 am - 9:45 amTRX® Body BlastShana MartinGroup Fitness
TRX® Body Blast with Shana Martin
This empowering group strength workout set to music will hit your entire body and switch on your core like nothing you’ve ever encountered. Starting with a warm-up to get you fired up, the heart of the workout includes demanding exercises for lower & upper body strength and some additional moves that target the core specifically. This dynamic and high energy class is characterized by fun and smooth transitions using exercises that can be adapted to challenge every participant.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amCALVINOGRAPHY®: Hip Funk'n HopCalvin WileyDance
CALVINOGRAPHY®: Hip Funk'n Hop with Calvin Wiley
A cardio dance workout fused with hip/hop, funk, street jazz and theatre. Collaboration of movement bringing something different to the dance floor and the Group Exercise setting.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amTap into your Fat BurnFabio ComanaAll
Tap into your Fat Burn with Fabio Comana
Metabolism and fat loss remain highly popular, but controversial and often misunderstood topics in fitness. This session explains key physiological principles of metabolism and fat utilization within the body, and discusses the impact of exercise intensity and the energy pathways upon fuel utilization and metabolism. It will include information on the integrated roles of diet, exercise metabolism, and behavior (emotional and cognitive thinking). Join us to learn some of the latest strategies and applications to influence fatness and fitness
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10:00 am - 11:45 amLiquidityPetra KolberGroup Fitness, Dance and Mind Body
Liquidity with Petra Kolber
Liquidity flows from dance and tai chi based movements into yoga inspired postures. Let your body ebb and flow between circular shapes that warm and energize the body into more linear postures that focus on elongating the muscles. This session shows the many ways we can creatively fuse flexibility training into our classes. Liquidity energizes the body and ripples between several different styles of movements creating in a full body workout that both energizes and strengthens the body.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amEven More Amazing StepRob GlickGroup Fitness
Even More Amazing Step with Rob Glick
In need of a few new step combos with lots of layers and ideas, then this is the workshop for you! Join Rob as he takes through a high energy, fun filled step session.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amDetox FlowJohn SalisburyYoga
Detox Flow with John Salisbury
Enjoy an invigorating experience full of dynamic Vinyasa sequences that will have you heavily glistening to the tunes of hip-hop, reggae and pop music Out-of-this-world beats mixed with John's easy-to-listen-to voice creates a sublime environment, as he lays out each pose in detail and specificity to make it easy for his students to grasp. John does not just teach and guide the class, but instead inspires with encouraging words of wisdom that his students can relate to and take from the yoga mat into the "real world." This high energy experience will leave you detoxified, cleansed, and glowing! Your students will not want to miss this one!!
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10:00 am - 11:45 amDrop And Give Me Plenty!Zoey Trap
Kathryn CoyleAllDrop And Give Me Plenty! with Zoey Trap and Kathryn Coyle
Drop And Give Me Plenty! w/Stacey Lei Krauss, Abbie Appel, Renee Spriggs In this sweaty bootcamp workout you will get your butt kicked with a mix of equipment-based, and body weight only exercises that you can safely use in your group classes or with your personal clients. Why stop at 20…give me plenty!
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10:00 am - 11:45 amSchwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREEKimberly Spreen - GlickIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREE with Kimberly Spreen - Glick
Here’s a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It’s the ultimate cycling 2-for-1.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amSPRI® 360 Training: Core CombustionPatrick GoudeauPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI® 360 Training: Core Combustion with Patrick Goudeau
It is time to heat things up with 360 Training: Core Combustion. Utilizing the Step360 Pro, you’ll learn progressive movement patterns that go from foundation-to-performance and are designed to fire the core and create awareness unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Everything we do is based on how the core is activated during movement, so it’s essential to train those muscles that stabilize the pelvis and spine. You’ll leave with hot drills and a new understanding and appreciation for what it truly means to “fire” the core.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amKick It Up: Round By RoundHolly KrohnGroup Fitness
Kick It Up: Round By Round with Holly Krohn
You love Step and Hi Low classes and so do your participants! Use those same concepts in building and delivering choreography in your kickboxing classes as you learn 4 + 4. Create and rehears mini kickboxing combos making new participants feel comfortable, “clear the palate” with fun athletic drills, continuing on by introducing new and additional bouts of choreography bits and athletic drills completing our “4 + 4” formula. We will finish strong tying all bouts together for an exciting, non- stop 90 second final round that will keep all participants engaged right until the end.
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10:00 am - 11:45 amSPINNING®: Creative ClimbsScott SchlesingerIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: Creative Climbs with Scott Schlesinger
Strength training is one of the popular profile goals in the Spinning program. Participants love to engage strong resistance and feel the intensity of heavily loaded hill climbs. This workshop will identify, detail, and demonstrate several different strategies for presenting creative climbing activities and games. Following the lecture, we'll put our profile ideas into action during a challenging ride. (WS)
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10:00 am - 11:45 amBody Bar- Step up to the Bar!Sherry CatlinGroup Fitness
Body Bar- Step up to the Bar! with Sherry Catlin
Everyone wants long lean sexy athletic legs that work as well as they look…So get ready with the Body Bar “Barre” class to ignite your lower body training with sure-fire sequences of kick butt exercises that hit all the trouble spots…define your thighs, minimize your hips and rock “dah butt”… Then increase the intensity by integrating your core and upper body… You will have a cutting edge workout that develops the power and grace of a dancer or athlete and the body that looks like one too! Body Bar and Body Bar Flex
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmSPRI® RealiTV FitnessPetra KolberPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI® RealiTV Fitness with Petra Kolber
So it is getting pretty intense on TV these days. The workouts that our students see on television are becoming more and more intense. It is great news that Infomercials and prime time television shows are inspiring our students to get fit and get moving. BUT maybe some of our peeps are not quite ready to be a TV rock star off camera. This session creates modifications, and multi-layer progressions for some of the most popular exercises that are seen on TV today. This session helps prime your students for prime time workouts.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmSPINNING® – Beyond Training ZonesRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING® – Beyond Training Zones with Raquel Schmidt
Are you confused about heart rate training? If so, then this is the workshop for you! Experience a heart rate test that can accurately determining training zones based on your current level of fitness. You will also practice creating a training schedule based on periodization principles. The key points covered during this session are the missing link to a full understanding of how to design a maximally effective training program for your students and clients.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmSole Training®Stacey Lei KraussAll
Sole Training® with Stacey Lei Krauss
For 30+ years, fitness shoe technology have stabilized our feet and ankles. The result? Weak feet! Often considered “private parts” of our body, our clients often foster emotional and psychological issues with their feet – commonly disconnecting with their own body parts. Learn solutions to relieve common foot pain by exercising, stimulating… and re-connecting. This workshop offers thought-provoking information for your clients; from athletes to older adults. Sole Training® not a sweaty workout, but a proactive approach to awakening your kinetic chain from the ground up, by a leader in the foot-fitness category.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmSchwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREEShannon FableIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: Ride One, Get One FREE with Shannon Fable
Here’s a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It’s the ultimate cycling 2-for-1.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmStress, Cortisol and ObesityLen KravitzPersonal Training
Stress, Cortisol and Obesity with Len Kravitz
Perhaps the hottest consumer and fitness industry hormone is ‘cortisol’ and it’s association to obesity. This scrupulously researched presentation will discuss stress and it’s significance to bodily function, the importance of cortisol to the body, and the potential link between cortisol, stress and visceral obesity. Each instructor will leave this all-inclusive lecture with the BEST evidence-based researched aerobic and resistance training programs for their clients to become successful conquerors in the weight loss battle.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmYoga Tune Up® Myofascial Self-CareJill MillerYoga
Yoga Tune Up® Myofascial Self-Care with Jill Miller
Progress in yoga can be marred by injuries, imbalances and repetitive stresses. Those who teach can also create wear and tear during the daily grind of instructing. For your own self-preservation, help your tissues to recover by learning the power of self-massage. This workshop will increase your embodied anatomical fluency as you learn to traverse multiple layers of muscular geography and their associated connective tissues. These proven sequences affect profound change in hard to reach areas like the rotator cuff, upper back, neck, jaw, hips, lower back, IT Band, calves and feet. This portable sustainable practice will help you to maintain your own body, preventing injuries and saving you time and money on massage therapists and other costly treatments.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmR.I.P.P.E.D.Terry Shorter
Alex IsalyGroup FitnessR.I.P.P.E.D. with Terry Shorter and Alex Isaly
R.I.P.P.E.D. w/Alex Isaly & Terry Shorter (RIPPED) Become a R.I.P.P.E.D. certified instructor. This total body, high intensity style program, utilizing free weights, resistance and body weight, masterfully combines Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics and Endurance as the workout portion along with Diet suggestions to help your clients attain and maintain their physique in ways that are fun, safe, doable and extremely effective. The deliberate combination of the R.I.P.P.E.D. elements and how they are precisely organized in the R.I.P.P.E.D. class format provide the basis for the One Stop Body Shock System by stimulating different energy systems and muscles in each workout segment, changing the focus and activities every 6 to 9 minutes. Along with driving, motivating music, participants jam through R.I.P.P.E.D. with smiles, determination and strength. R.I.P.P.E.D. is effective and tough yet doable. $189.00. Click the Register Online tab above the Event Information to register.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmBOSU® Strong + StretchedJulz ArneyGroup Fitness
BOSU® Strong + Stretched with Julz Arney
The BOSU® Balance Trainer is one of the fitness industry's best strengthening and stretching accessories, and this workshop covers both! First, you will learn brand-new athletic, total body exercises and sequences that are designed to functionally strengthen the body from head to toe, and can be used in any type of strength, sculpt or conditioning workouts. Then, you will learn a variety of yoga-inspired stretch sequences that utilize the Balance Trainer to make easy stretches more challenging, and tough stretches easier to do! These stretch sequences can broken up to be used for short and sweet cool-down routines, or connected together for full-length stretch workouts. Don't miss this chance to get the best of both worlds!
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmPeak Pilates®: Core CircuitStacey Lei Krauss
Kathryn CoyleAllPeak Pilates®: Core Circuit with Stacey Lei Krauss and Kathryn Coyle
Peak Pilates®: Core Circuit w/Zoey Trap, Kathryn Coyle, Stacey Lei Krauss, Renee Spriggs Work with Pilates exercises at stations around the room and rev up your core and energize your body and practice. Benefit from the experienced cueing and motivation of your coaches as you move through the paces in this mindful circuit.
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmZumba® Fitness PartyTony Witt
Erick SantanaGroup FitnessZumba® Fitness Party with Tony Witt and Erick Santana
Exciting Latin & International dance moves, new choreography techniques, and a non-stop, get-down-and-dance, calorie burning, high-energy workout! The Zumba Fitness Party is the hit workout at ALL the top fitness conventions worldwide! This high-intensity workout will challenge your muscles and mind like never before. So let’s get the Party started!
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12:45 pm - 2:30 pmCore Transformer 3D Fat BURN FusionLinda LaRue
Gay GasperPersonal Training and Group FitnessCore Transformer 3D Fat BURN Fusion with Linda LaRue and Gay Gasper
You’ll learn multi-planar compound, progressive movement sequences that are functional and progressively work every muscle down to the deep stabilizers using the new, specialty super long and durable Core Transformer Performance Band. This Targeted, Progressively Constant, 3-Dimensional Resistance Training features athletic core performance, 360° resisted yoga and Pilate’s inspired mat fusion progressive movement sequences that are both Small Group, Group X and Personal Trainer friendly. Once you learn the basic principles, the possibilities are endless! You’ll be able to tailor your unique CORE TRANSFORMER® workout to meet your client’s individual needs.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmDance 6 7 8Patrick GoudeauDance
Dance 6 7 8 with Patrick Goudeau
The best thing about dance is the freedom and desire to shake your moneymaker. And if you don’t move what cha got, be prepared to lose it honey! Get up, get down and dance I said! Great music, easy to learn combos and the right attitude will have you GROOVING in no time at all. Feel the rhythm, feel yourself! Cause if you don’t…well, you know the rest!
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmShifting is the New LiftingJonathan RossPersonal Training
Shifting is the New Lifting with Jonathan Ross
Resistance training usually means lifting. But in the real world, the fittest, most capable people do more than lift against gravity. They shift and twist! Handling gravity and momentum well is essential for precise, powerful, movement whatever your fitness goal, activity, or sport.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmPeak Pilates®: Powerful Chair ProgressionsZoey TrapPilates
Peak Pilates®: Powerful Chair Progressions with Zoey Trap
Power Progressions is an innovative Pilates Chair program that uses choreographed sequences to provide a fun and challenging workout that will help students progress to the next level. This workout can be broken down into easier and more difficult as it builds one pump at a time.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmSPRI Boot Camp: Operation Excessive Force™SGT Ken WeichertPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI Boot Camp: Operation Excessive Force™ with SGT Ken Weichert
SGT Ken’s Boot Camp: Operation Excessive Force™ utilizes highly effective physical fitness training techniques practiced by the U.S. military. Complete with aerobic conditioning drills, calisthenics, SPRI® tubing and Step360™ exercises, you’ll burn over 1,000 calories in 75 minutes! SGT Ken will lead you through a series of heart-pounding military exercises, cadence calls, and fierce kickboxing drills, all to upbeat music. Over 250,000 Soldiers have used SGT Ken’s program do to prepare for combat! One participate mentioned, "I came looking for a good fitness routine and wound up getting a crushing shot of Boot Camp adrenaline! This ROCKS!
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmAAAI/ISMA's S.T.R.I.D.EShaun T.Group Fitness
AAAI/ISMA's S.T.R.I.D.E with Shaun T.
S.T.R.I.D.E. w/Shaun T Shaun T’s Real Intensive Dance Experience gives you the best of both worlds. Using easy to follow dance moves paired with challenging toning moves, you’ll learn how to get the lean body of a dancer with the physique and fitness level of a professional athlete.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmGymstick Body FusionLeslee BenderPersonal Training and Group Fitness
Gymstick Body Fusion with Leslee Bender
Get ready to hit your body with all 3 components (strength, flexibility and cardio) for a complete systematic training for the entire muscular system. Not everyone has the time to separate their workouts and achieve the desired results. In this session it is total body integration not the old school of isolation and separation. You will utilize your body with ground reaction forces and the resistance and diversity of the Gymstick to strengthen, lengthen and your muscles while burning calories in this dynamic session that is all new for 2012.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmLet the Rhythm Move You, by TurboKick®Angie GreenGroup Fitness
Let the Rhythm Move You, by TurboKick® with Angie Green
It’s true - music makes the people come together (thanks, Madonna!) Most people are motivated by music and turn it up when it’s time to work out. Group Fitness rooms are equipped to get loud and members expect good tunes when they hit the floor. Whether you’re teaching kickboxing, cycling or strength, the music you choose and the way you use it (or don’t) can take your class from good to great! We’ll discuss recent research about music’s effect on exercise intensity, review music structure and how it can be used to help with choreography breakdown, repetition tracking and more, as well as ideas for selecting your soundtrack and cueing without getting lost in the music. Whether you’re new to teaching and haven’t quite mastered the phrase thing or a vet looking to be inspired, this workshop is for you. We’ll finish with a fabulous TurboKick class that will highlight just how much music matters.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmMoon Yin YogaJohn SalisburyYoga
Moon Yin Yoga with John Salisbury
The Moon Yin sequence is offered as a fantastic balancing practice to the common Yang, or hot physical practices, or if you are just feeling more tired than normal. Because yoga is a practice of controlling the movement of energy, it is common for yogis to skip practice on full moons and new moons based on the ebb and flow of the energy in the body. This workshop will use a fairly gentle flowing sequence filled with familiar postures, such as downward-dog, triangle, side-angle pose, crescent, gently caressing the body, followed by a series of Yin poses, or deep stretches, which will be held anywhere from one to three minutes. Holding Yin postures helps to loosen connective tissue, open joints, and give the sense of over-all spaciousness within! Come join John for this balanced and soothing workshop that will leave you feeling grounded and at peace.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmMVP Makeover: Increase Your StockShannon FableManagement
MVP Makeover: Increase Your Stock with Shannon Fable
Learn to increase your influence at your facility by raising your stock with both managers and members. What do managers look for when hiring instructors, selecting instructors for certain time slots or opportunities, or even when deciding on pay raises? Explore the TOP 10 Traits of Group Exercise MVPs to increase your opportunities both within and outside your facility. At times, the very traits we think are the most important in determining our value are the items that may actually be working against you journeying through your fitness career. If you are an instructor looking to increase exposure, teach more classes or receive higher pay, or perhaps you strive to be in charge yourself, it's time to unlock the secrets in the mind of the Group Fitness Manager.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmSchwinn® Cycling: All the Right CUESJulz ArneyIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: All the Right CUES with Julz Arney
Your technique is polished and your ride plan is clear, but do you have a stash of dead-on cues that engage, incite and even surprise your classes? Come learn all about indoor cycling’s most impactful cues, where to find them, when to use them, and how to create more of your own. You’ll take home a hit list of the Schwinn Master Trainers’ most powerful one-liners and a CD with five audio podcasts of our top trainers cueing through their favorite rides.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmSPINNING® Pedal Stroke and PowerScott SchlesingerIndoor Cycling
SPINNING® Pedal Stroke and Power with Scott Schlesinger
One improvement a rider can always work on to increase power is the pedal stroke. Learn the anatomy of the pedal stroke to increase power both in and out of the saddle. Only by practicing drills will the pedal stroke become perfected and locked into muscle memory. Once burned into your neurotransmitters, your efficiency will improve and power output will increase.
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3:15 pm - 5:00 pmTRX® Rip™ Training Sports PerformancePete HolmanPersonal Training and Group Fitness
TRX® Rip™ Training Sports Performance with Pete Holman
Originally developed by a world class martial artist, RIP Training has been effectively used by top athletes across every major sport. This session builds on TRX Rip Training foundational movements by introducing progressive modifications of bar movement, foot work/agility, neurological challenges and movement accuracy to stimulate peak athletic performance and conditioning. Be prepared to have your mind stretched and your body worked in this ground breaking and athletic workshop.
Sunday March 25, 2012
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7:30 am - 9:15 amR.I.P.P.E.D.Terry Shorter
Alex IsalyGroup FitnessR.I.P.P.E.D. with Terry Shorter and Alex Isaly
R.I.P.P.E.D. w/Alex Isaly & Terry Shorter (RIPPED) Become a R.I.P.P.E.D. certified instructor. This total body, high intensity style program, utilizing free weights, resistance and body weight, masterfully combines Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics and Endurance as the workout portion along with Diet suggestions to help your clients attain and maintain their physique in ways that are fun, safe, doable and extremely effective. The deliberate combination of the R.I.P.P.E.D. elements and how they are precisely organized in the R.I.P.P.E.D. class format provide the basis for the One Stop Body Shock System by stimulating different energy systems and muscles in each workout segment, changing the focus and activities every 6 to 9 minutes. Along with driving, motivating music, participants jam through R.I.P.P.E.D. with smiles, determination and strength. R.I.P.P.E.D. is effective and tough yet doable. $189.00. Click the Register Online tab above the Event Information to register.
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7:30 am - 9:15 amPeak Pilates®: Pilatesstick® Serious StrengthZoey TrapAll
Peak Pilates®: Pilatesstick® Serious Strength with Zoey Trap
What do you get when you mix resistance training with a new Pilates product? A great new fitness fusion addition to your programming that offers your students a chance to work resistance in a whole new way! Experience the versatility of challenges, angles, and body positions that this workout provides. Remember – keeping your clients workout fun and varied is a great way to help them ‘stick with it!”
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7:30 am - 9:15 amSPINNING®: The LT FactorRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: The LT Factor with Raquel Schmidt
What exactly is Lactate Threshold (LT)? At what heart rate does one enter LT? What does LT feel like? Let’s discuss the physiological effects and benefits of training your lactate threshold. Working at your lactate threshold is a challenge when used correctly. Be prepared to challenge yourself in a Spinning Interval Energy Zone™ ride working at or above your lactate threshold. Heart rate monitors highly recommended to achieve the full benefit of this ride.
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7:30 am - 9:15 amSchwinn® Cycling: The Wake Up WorkoutMindy MylreaIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: The Wake Up Workout with Mindy Mylrea
It takes a special kind of instructor to grow and maintain a sold-out indoor cycling class in those early morning time slots. But crack the code and you’ll find yourself coaching of a pack of the most loyal riders in the club. This workshop covers the Top 5 “musts” for winning in the morning and you’ll experience a wake-up ride to make you rise and shine. Don’t worry about getting up in time to have your coffee first. In this workshop we supply the coffee too!
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7:30 am - 9:15 amBetter Butt, Better Back C.H.E.K.Mark StonePersonal Training and Group Fitness
Better Butt, Better Back C.H.E.K. with Mark Stone
A functional butt is essential for a healthy back and spine! Mark explains how the gluteal muscles interact with the torso and extremities, showing the different sling systems that act on the body to create stabilization and produce movement. These relationships are crucial for improved functional capacity and decreased spinal stress. Learn assessments for the lumbo-pelvic region, effective stretches, plus functional exercises to improve performance and enhance esthetics.
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7:30 am - 9:15 amBOSU®: Strong Feet-Strong BodyStacey Lei KraussAll
BOSU®: Strong Feet-Strong Body with Stacey Lei Krauss
Get strong and centered from the ground up using the BOSU Balance Trainer. Strengthen your feet and ankles as you learn techniques to help improve posture and prevent kinetic chain injuries. Stimulate your feet on the unstable surface of the BOSU ball and enhance proprioceptive awareness to reduce stress levels. You will leave this workshop understanding the benefits of barefoot training as well as a variety of foot and leg conditioning routines that will transfer to disciplines such as yoga and Pilates. Learn how strong feet will build a strong body!
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7:30 am - 9:15 amHip Hop HUSTLE™: On the Outside Looking InSara Easley
Angie GreenGroup Fitness and DanceHip Hop HUSTLE™: On the Outside Looking In with Sara Easley and Angie Green
Dance formats are HOT! But, let’s face it … many dance programs leave members on the outside looking in. Ever noticed members casing the studio; hanging out on ellipticals and watching through the windows? They want to be part of the fun but fear they won’t know the moves or won’t be able to ‘move that way’. Enter Hip Hop Hustle where we encourage you to find an alter ego and let it shine. Discover the ‘secret sauce’ to making dance work for you and your nay saying, non-dancy types. Find creative ways to sneak dance into any class you teach and how to add the “SO WHAT” factor to help people break out of their comfort zone! Whether you think you can dance or you’ve always been a wallflower, it’s time to put on your dancin’ shoes.
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7:30 am - 9:15 amHigh Intensity Interval Training vs Continuous Cardio: Battle of the Aerobic TitansLen KravitzPersonal Training
High Intensity Interval Training vs Continuous Cardio: Battle of the Aerobic Titans with Len Kravitz
Join Len for a first-time ever presentation comparing the cardiovascular, skeletal muscle, and metabolic adaptations of high intensity interval training and continuous endurance exercise. A highlight of this presentation is a review of the most recent research showing the incredible benefits of HIIT training. Every exercise professional will leave with 4 fabulous HIIT training programs and 3 very effective endurance training programs. A must attend lecture for every exercise professional who designs training programs based on evidence-based research.
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7:30 am - 9:15 amCore Transformer Ball & Band Camp 3DLinda LaRuePersonal Training and Group Fitness
Core Transformer Ball & Band Camp 3D with Linda LaRue
You’ll learn multi-planar high intensity interval training (HIIT) compound core progressive movement sequences that are functional and progressively work every muscle down to your deep stabilizers. This Progressive, Constant, 3-Dimensional Resistance Training features total body turbo charged boot camp 360° resisted moves using the super-long specialty Core Transformer performance resistance bands paired with 4 lb. heavy med balls that are targeted for small and large group boot camps. Once you learn the basic principles, the possibilities are endless. Get ready to SWEAT from the inside out!
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7:30 am - 9:15 amYoga Tune Up® - Breathe In, Bliss Out: Yoga Nidra -The Physiology of RelaxationJill MillerYoga
Yoga Tune Up® - Breathe In, Bliss Out: Yoga Nidra -The Physiology of Relaxation with Jill Miller
Stress reduction is one of the top reasons that first-timers seek out fitness. Learn easy to incorporate relaxation techniques that consistently provide your client base with potent healing sequences. The Physiology of Relaxation assists clients and instructors across every mode of fitness; it is a way to replenish, regenerate and restore yourself and your students. This mental and physical “rewiring” cuts across all training techniques and supports your efforts in retaining and attracting a broader clientele whether you teach fitness, pilates, or yoga.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmAAAI/ISMA’s S.T.R.I.D.E.® CertificationShaun T.Dance
AAAI/ISMA’s S.T.R.I.D.E.® Certification with Shaun T.
Spend the day with Shaun T, creator of Hip Hop Abs and Insanity, as he takes you through his new program, S.T.R.I.D.E.(Shaun T’s Real Intensive Dance Experience). His program is a highly contagious fusion of easy to teach hip hop choreography followed by high intensity fitness drills. Blending his two passions to help you have one amazing format, that will help your students get the lean body of a dancer with the fitness level of a professional athlete. Manual & certificate included. $179. Click the Register Online tab above the Event Information to register.
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9:00 am - 5:00 pmZUMBA® Basic Instructor Training Level 2Tony Witt
Erick SantanaDanceZUMBA® Basic Instructor Training Level 2 with Tony Witt and Erick Santana
This course covers steps for four more rhythms (belly dance, flamenco, tango, samba) while reinforcing the Zumba formula for success in an easy, effective class for everyone. You'll learn advanced techniques, network and share choreography with the most dedicated and knowledgeable instructors, and spend time enhancing your professional skills. License: One-year basic Zumba license. Prerequisite: Must be a current Zumba Instructor
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9:30 am - 11:15 amSPINNING®: Get LoadedRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: Get Loaded with Raquel Schmidt
Looking for take-home ride profiles with a scientific approach? Loading and unloading resistance and/or cadence are a great way to spice up your classes, while providing a challenging, engaging workout. We will review cadence and resistance loading techniques, how to put them into your profiles, and finish with a ride to experience it all. Get ready to get loaded!
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9:30 am - 11:15 amThe Last StepPetra KolberGroup Fitness
The Last Step with Petra Kolber
Petra brings you her latest step combos along with some return favorites as she presents her last step session at Empower Fusion. Focusing on logical progressions that build off easy to do foundational movements, Petra demonstrates how to turn basic movements into creative step combos by utilizing the layering teaching methodology. These routines are fun to do, easy to master and are designed to be Monday morning ready.
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9:30 am - 11:15 amFight! - The MMA-Inspired ChallengeAbrea Arnold-WootenGroup Fitness
Fight! - The MMA-Inspired Challenge with Abrea Arnold-Wooten
Unleash your inner fighter! Like a highlight-reel from the UFC, learn how to easily add to your kickboxing classes various techniques inspired by the sport of mixed martial arts. Learn form, safety and cuing for elbow strikes, blocks, back fists, flying knees and much more!
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9:30 am - 11:15 amTRX Rip Body BlastPete HolmanPersonal Training and Group Fitness
TRX Rip Body Blast with Pete Holman
TRX Rip Body Blast will set your group program on fire. This full body, asymmetrical training experience has it all. Core strength and stability grounded in foundational movements that integrate explosive rotational actions. All this wrapped in a motivating music driven environment. It is quite possibly the most dynamic group exercise program ever created.
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9:30 am - 11:15 amJoin The Flow YogaRob GlickYoga
Join The Flow Yoga with Rob Glick
If you like to get lost in great music that helps to lift the spirit while you flow through your practice, this is the session for you. Great care is taken to make sure that the music enhances the message and the practice, all coming together for a great experience that will leave you feeling amazing.
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9:30 am - 11:15 amCut to the Core!Abbie Appel
Stacey Lei KraussAllCut to the Core! with Abbie Appel and Stacey Lei Krauss
w/Kathryn Coyle, Stacey Lei Krauss, Abbie Appel, Renee Spriggs Achieving core strength is vital for everyone. In this workshop, we will utilize small equipment in a circuit, and ‘cut to the core’ of how each piece can aid your clients in finding their inner strength. Learn how you can use very little, to give your clients a lot.
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9:30 am - 11:15 amThe Sports Conditioning Trifecta The Recipe for Winning!Fabio ComanaPersonal Training
The Sports Conditioning Trifecta The Recipe for Winning! with Fabio Comana
Successful sports conditioning demands more than just good program design. It requires athletes to pay close attention to their nutrition and hydration habits. This enlightening session takes an in-depth look at the elements that make up the training prescription (i.e. anaerobic energy system training, timing, layout, pre-requisites, etc.) as well as reliable pre-exercise, during and post-exercise nutrition and hydration strategies that will help your client to discover the champion within.
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9:30 am - 11:15 amSchwinn® Cycling: So You Think You Can RaceKeli RobertsIndoor Cycling
Schwinn® Cycling: So You Think You Can Race with Keli Roberts
Whether it’s track, road, mountain, cyclocross, or time trial, if you’re on two wheels, and you’re riding to win, it’s a race and that means it’s ON! Capture the thrill of bike racing in your indoor classes and bring an authenticity to your rides that will inspire your students to train hard and fight for the finish. This workshop includes a primer on bike racing and a how-to for implementing indoor training plans specific to each sport. You’ll participate in an “Omnium Race”, a sample of five different race events, and explore facets of competition beyond the physical that make for an unstoppable athlete!
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9:30 am - 11:15 amSPRI® 360 Training: Superior StrengthPatrick GoudeauPersonal Training and Group Fitness
SPRI® 360 Training: Superior Strength with Patrick Goudeau
To get strong takes intelligent training, determination and a deep, internal focus. 360 Training: Superior Strength is where positive changes in strength are directly related to improved performance of movement. Using the progressive foundation-to-performance approach, combined with the functional training challenge of the Step360 Pro, provides endless training options that build functional strength unlike anything you might have imagined.
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9:30 am - 11:15 amPillars of HappinessKimberly Spreen - GlickAll
Pillars of Happiness with Kimberly Spreen - Glick
Are you “happy”? How you define and determine your level of happiness could be the most important thing you ever do in your life. This takes ongoing effort but is so worth it because it will impact your work, your relationships and your overall contentment. You’ve heard, “happiness is a choice”; but, how can you choose to be happy when life throws so many obstacles, struggles and even pain your way? In this lecture, we’ll discuss the foundational pillars of happiness and how you can choose to be happy, regardless of your life
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12:00 pm - 4:00 pmUp-Lift-ment: Hips, Twists and Arm Balances w/John Salisbury, $89, 4 hrs Yoga AllianceJohn SalisburyYoga
Up-Lift-ment: Hips, Twists and Arm Balances w/John Salisbury, $89, 4 hrs Yoga Alliance with John Salisbury
Energy can be dense and energy can be light. Burning up and opening the hips can bring a sense of steadiness that will translate into lightness. There needs to be strength and flexibility, as well as proper understanding of alignment and engagement. This class will cover all of these topics. We will focus on poses that specifically detail the hips and twists for standing and floor postures. Exhilaration can be experienced through the practice of these asanas (poses) once proper understanding is realized. Pearls, such as anatomical positioning and body mechanics, will help the student grasp the building blocks necessary for fearless determination during practice that will eventually lead to the blossoming of arm-balancing. For RYT(Registered Yoga Teachers), attending this intensive will provide for you 4 contact hours toward Yoga Alliance renewal.
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmThe Female Training Advantages 2012Len KravitzPersonal Training
The Female Training Advantages 2012 with Len Kravitz
This original lecture reviews recently published research and the latest technology documenting some unique female training advantages. Gender differences in fat metabolism, muscle fiber changes, muscle strength, muscular endurance, body composition, hormones and other physiological factors are discussed. Resistance and aerobic training program designs, specifically for women, are presented. This ultramodern lecture is a ‘must attend’ for any fitness professional who trains female clients and for those female fitness enthusiasts who strive to attain the most optimal physiological benefits from their training.
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmTRX® Power StretchShana MartinYoga Pilates Fusion
TRX® Power Stretch with Shana Martin
This mind/body and core focused class combines Pilates and Yoga inspired movements and postures on the TRX with more traditional strength and flexibility exercises. The session seamlessly blends the methodologies into a powerful and smooth class flow that improves body awareness, flexibility and movement patterns and will leave participants feeling up-lifted and empowered!
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmWhy didn’t I think of that?Kathryn Coyle
Zoey TrapAllWhy didn’t I think of that? with Kathryn Coyle and Zoey Trap
w/Zoey Trap, Abbie Appel, Renee Spriggs and Kathryn Coyle Are you looking to spark your group classes with new and fresh concepts that you haven’t thought of before? This workshop will introduce you to several sets of five minute drills that you can incorporate into any pre-existing group exercise class. Each five minute drill will utilize a different piece of equipment, giving a set of simple yet unique exercises that will re-ignite the variety in your classes.
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmBOSU® Balanced BodyLawrence BiscontiniAll
BOSU® Balanced Body with Lawrence Biscontini
Re-define and explore your body's balance systems using the BOSU® Balance Trainer and a soft-touch weighted ball, and walk away with a whole new perspective on balance. More than just your ability to stand on one leg, balance signifies both the starting and ending point of human movement, and this workshop will show you how to train complementary aspects of balance to improve proprioception, strength and flexibility. You'll also gain some mind/body-based methods for enhancing stability and mobility from simple sitting to gait training. Note: This workshop focuses on barefoot training, however, please bring a pair of shoes or sneakers as well.
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmEnhanced Performance: Train the ChainStacey Lei KraussAll
Enhanced Performance: Train the Chain with Stacey Lei Krauss
Our foot, by design, should properly dissipate ground reaction forces through our innate loading response and dense network of sensory receptors. However, exercising with traditional shoes does not enhance foot or ankle function; some studies suggest that traditional footwear impairs the foot’s perception of reaction forces, resulting in increased stress to the body. This workshop prepares fitness pros to integrate foot-fitness into current programming. You’ll experiment with some of your favorite resistance and cardio exercises, and return home with a new methodology, which you can apply “on Monday.”
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmSPINNING®: Mastering the Art of the KickRaquel SchmidtIndoor Cycling
SPINNING®: Mastering the Art of the Kick with Raquel Schmidt
The "kick" is an advanced climbing technique used by elite road cyclists to stage an attack or break away in the mountains. Experience the thrill of recreating this strategy on the Spinner with visual inspiration from some of the world's greatest climbers including Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, and the Schleck brothers. Learn how to motivate your class to climb like the pros and bring the spirit of outdoor climbing into the Spinning room. In addition to "kicking" it up the mountains, this ride will model tips for incorporating advanced climbing techniques into your teaching language, cues, and profiles.
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmLeadership that INSPIRES!Katie HaggertyManagement
Leadership that INSPIRES! with Katie Haggerty
Let’s go back to the basics and outline what defines a true leader. Find what skills you already possess as a leader, and define what it takes to get to the next level. Explore the keys to what makes not only an outstanding leader, but also what it takes to INSPIRE, and you will be untouchable!
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pmBest of BootCampMindy MylreaGroup Fitness
Best of BootCamp with Mindy Mylrea
When was the last time you called your workout intense, crazy creative, and off the charts? This workshop will help you bring that sensation back to your challenge hungry crowd. Using the toys found around even the cheapest of gyms you will learn crazy kick butt choreography, experience an interval workout that is an explosion for the sweat glands, and go home with more drills, skills and games than you could possibly imagine.
Presenters
Abbie Appel
Master Trainer for Resist-A-Ball®, Reebok University and Pilates Institute of America, and certified by ACE, AFAA, NASM and PIA. Abbie has contributed to many fitness publications and was featured on an international fitness show.
Julz Arney
Julz is the Education Programs Director and Lead Master Trainer for Schwinn® Cycling. She is a master trainer and program developer for Indo-Row™ and BOSU® and a die-hard student of Yoga, currently teaching pro bono in community outreach ventures through local schools and her church. Julz is a G Series Fit athlete for Gatorade. She has been awarded CanFitPro’s International Presenter of the Year and has been recognized by IDEA as one of the top three instructors in the world.
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Abrea Arnold-Wooten
Abrea has over 12 years of teaching experience in the Fitness industry. Certified through ACE and AFAA, she has served as a Personal Trainer, Metabolic Technician, Group Fitness Manager, and Fitness Presenter / Educator. Her passion lies in coaching and developing new and seasoned Instructors, Endurance multi-sports and training, and creating a love of fitness in her participants through her edgy, yet authentic, style and sense of humor.
Leslee Bender
Leslee was a 2010 finalist for IDEA Instructor of the year and has over 25 years experience in the fitness industry. She is the creator of the Bender Method of training. Leslee is a graduate Gray Institute of Applied Functional Science 2011 as well as certified through ACSM, NASM, AFAA, ACE. Presently launching the first back care and Bender Barre None® program for fitness professionals, Leslee works in Orlando as a functional training specialist with pro-water skiers.
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Lawrence Biscontini
Lawrence is a Mindful Movement Specialist. Recipient of multiple awards from ACE, IDEA & Inner IDEA, Can Fit Pro, and ECA since 2002, currently serving as the Senior VIP Consultant for Group Programming for the American Council of Exercise. He is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher, a Contributing Author to industry magazines like IDEA's Fitness Journal and Spa Asia. His affiliations include FG2000, BOSU, Beaming, Bender Ball, G Series Fit Gatorade, Gliding, and Savvier.
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Sherry Catlin
Sherry is an international fitness consultant who travels worldwide presenting workshops, master classes and seminars. She is Director of Program Development for Body Bar Systems as well as a Continuing Education Specialist for the American Council on Exercise. She is a five star presenter for IDEA as well as the 2004 IDEA Program Director of the Year and 2007 ECA One Body One World Lifetime Achievement Award. Sherry specializes in strength and conditioning and lifelong functional fitness.
Fabio Comana
Senior Fitness Educator for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and faculty member in Exercise Science and Nutrition at San Diego State University, and UC San Diego. His previous experiences include collegiate head coaching; strength and conditioning coaching; and opening and managing health clubs for Club One. As a national and international presenter, he is frequently featured on television, radio, internet, and in print publications.
Kathryn Coyle
Kathryn Coyle co-owns The InnerSpace Pilates and Yoga Studio in Avon, CT. A Peak Pilates Level II and MVe Instructor Trainer, Kathryn has worked closely with physical therapists and competitive athletes gaining firsthand knowledge of how to use Pilates for pre-rehab, rehab, and performance enhancement.
Kaycee Dunfield
Kaycee has been a program director for 9 years Kaycee has been a National Trainer and Presenter and loves traveling the globe. She teaches everything from Barbell Strength, DANCE, Step, Kickbox, Cycle, & Pilates, and then some. Kaycee holds various Industry Certifications including ACE, AFAA, NASM & Stott Matt/Reformer. You will find her either outside or in a Group Fitness Studio, anything that involves Fitness and FUN.
Sara Easley
Sara Easley, BS holds both ACE and AFAA Group Exercise certifications, Turbo Kick, PiYo, and Hip Hop Hustle. Sara was recruited by Chalene Johnson's fitness company, Powder Blue Productions, to join the team as an Area Promotions Director and Presenter for Missouri. She quickly became a top 5 Star APD and Presenter, providing numerous trainings throughout her homestate. Sara is also trained in the Art of the Dynamic Speaker, and is Child Life Specialist II at a top pediatric hospital.
Shannon Fable
She is the founder and CEO of Sunshine Fitness Resources, a fitness consulting firm experienced in providing services for instructors, aspiring presenters, fitness manufacturers and managers, as well as the owner of Balletone & GroupEx Pro. Shannon, a Power Bar sponsored athlete, is an international presenter for several well known companies including Schwinn, BOSU, Power Systems and ACE. Shannon is Senior Director of APDs/Presenters for Powder Blue Productions.
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Gay Gasper
As the first US Step Champion Gay Gasper is synonymous with Group Fitness. Gay presents, writes and teaches exercise programs both nationally and internationally. She has traveled for Fitour across the US teaching fitness workshops in nearly 300 cities. Gay has trained the NY Jets as well as choreographed and stared in a step video with LaToya Jackson. She has many top selling workout DVDs. Gay is a proud sponsored athlete for Perform Better a Master Trainer for TRX and Core Transformer.
Rob Glick
Rob was named the 2006 International Presenter of the Year by CanFit Pro and the 2005 Best Male Presenter by ECA. He is a continuing education provider for both ACE and AFAA, a master trainer for Schwinn Cycling, BOSU and Total Gym. He teaches at Equinox, Renaissance and Core Power Yoga and stars in many workout dvds.
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Patrick Goudeau
Patrick is a NIKE Elite Fitness Athlete, a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) certified personal trainer. Known for his unique and innovative approach to movement, the KING of CHOREOGRAPHY™ is a former U.S National Aerobic Champion, celebrity trainer and the star of 23 highly acclaimed workout DVDs. His challenging, results driven workouts continue to inspire those who are fortunate to experience his incredibly addictive passion for all that is health and fitness.
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Angie Green
Angie Green is an Area Promotions Director and Presenter for Powder Blue Productions, the company that produces the classes Turbo Kick, Hip Hop Hustle, and PiYo. She was awarded presenter of the year for 2006 and Most Valuable Presenter for 2010. Angie has appeared in several fitness videos as well as on QVC and the infomercial for Turbo Fire. She is the owner of Angiefit.com and also works as a trainer for World Instructor Training Schools.
Katie Haggerty
Katie is the Group Fitness Department Head for St. Louis Park Life Time Fitness and Regional Support Lead for MN Life Time Fitness Clubs. She teaching various formats from Yoga, Cycle, Strength Training, Step and Dance Fitness. Katie has a degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota, travels nationwide conducting fitness trainings for National Exercise Trainers Association (NETA), and is one of the Life Time Fitness Master Trainers.
Pete Holman
Pete Holman is the creator of the TRX Rip Trainer and is a Physical Therapist who specializes in biomechanics, sports performance and outpatient orthopedic Physical Therapy. He has worked with many top professional athletes across a wide array of sports including NFL football stars, world champion Ski racers, X-Games medalists and top UFC fighters. Pete has a deep background in Martial Arts and was a 2 time US National TaeKwon-Do champion and team captain for the US National Team.
Farel Hruska
Farel has almost 20 years experience as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and educator. She is the National Fitness Director for Stroller Strides® holding Stroller Strides, Fit4Baby® and Body Back® Instructor Certifications throughout the country, as well as, supporting thousands of instructors nationwide. Hruska is a national educator, author and presenter in pre/postnatal fitness education. Farel is also an approved Continuing Education Provider for ACE and AFAA
Alex Isaly
Alex Isaly has extensive experience in the fitness industry and is qualified to teach and train several
formats including: R.I.P.P.E.D. (as co-creator), indoor cycling (as Master Trainer for LeMond Academy), TRX,
as well as triathlon and cycling coaching. His experience comes from competitive racing and teaching/training at several top fitness clubs. He is also a fitness model for Wilhelmina Modeling agency and has also been featured in several fitness publications and infomercials.
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Petra Kolber
Petra Kolber is an international presenter and motivational speaker. She is the spokesperson for Yes! Fitness Music, and the fitness expert for Spry magazine and California Walnuts. Petra has choreographed and starred in over 28 award-winning videos, and is the 2008 recipient of the ECA Presenters Choice award, 2004 and 2003 ECA Best Female Presenter and 2001 IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year.
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Tatiana Kolovou
Tatiana has over 23 years of experience in the health and fitness industry as a fitness manager, national presenter and coach. Today, Tatiana coaches business students and corporate executives to design persuasive and motivating messages that get results. She is a faculty member of a top-ranked business school and owns Team Performance – a training and professional development company. She has conducted workshops and lectures across the United States and in 16 countries around the world.
Stacey Lei Krauss
SLK is the Lead Fitness Advisor for Vibram FiveFingers®, as she’s been specializing in foot‐fitness techniques for over a decade. She most recognized for her award‐winning barefoot fusion programming; The willPower Method®. Stacey Lei is a Reiki practitioner, a Master Trainer for Schwinn, BOSU, Indo‐Row, a Teacher‐Trainer for Peak Pilates, a member of the G Series Fit Trainer Team, and a Fitness Advisory Board Member for Power Music.
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Len Kravitz
Len Kravitz, PhD, is the Program Coordinator of Exercise Science and Researcher at the University of New Mexico where he won the "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" award. Len was recently honored with the 2009 Canadian Fitness Professional “Specialty Presenter of the Year” award and chosen as the American Council on Exercise 2006 "Fitness Educator of the Year”. He also has received the prestigious Canadian Fitness Professional “Lifetime Achievement Award” and the “Global Award” from the Aquatic Exercise Association.
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Holly Krohn
Holly Krohn has been teaching group fitness classes in various formats for over 20 years. With a bachelor's degree in exercise science, she is a Life Time Fitness master instructor trainer who works in the Ohio and Indianapolis region. She is also a frequent presenter and motivational speaker at a variety of health / fitness - related conferences and meetings.
Linda LaRue
Trusted Core Performance Guru, Linda LaRue, RN MEd, ATC, is the Creator of the award winning infomercial, Crunchless Abs and her new 3-dimensional total body workout, The CORE TRANSFORMER. She is a Registered Nurse and Athletic Trainer with a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology and Sport’s Medicine from The University of Virginia. Linda has been a leader and pioneer in the field of land-based and aquatic functional, peak performance core training, rehabilitation, and post-rehabilitation for over the past 20 years. As a Master Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor, she has consulted with some of the top fitness and sports professionals in the athletic, health, and fitness industries.
Rebecca Lee
Rebecca Lee (AFAA, ACE) is a classically trained dance choreographer and fitness specialist with more than a decade of industry experience. She’s been a proud presenter for Self, Women’s Health, Zumba, and Flirty Girl Fitness, having been featured on Oprah, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and FOX. Most recently, Lee’s dancing and choreography can be seen in Flirty Girl Fitness’ cardio dance program Booty Beat and videos.
Shana Martin
Shana Martin is a Senior TRX Course Instructor and a 5 time world champion lumberjack athlete. She also holds records as a collegiate pole vaulter and is a nationally ranked fitness competitor. She holds a degree in Kinesiology – Exercise Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is a certified personal trainer through ACE, NASM, and NFPT.
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Katy Meuer
Katy holds both ACE and AFAA Group Exercise certifications as well as an AFAA Personal Trainer Certification. She shares her passion as an Area Promotions Director and Presenter for Powder Blue Productions , creators of Turbo Kick®, Hip Hop Hustle™ and PiYo™ Strength in her home state, Wisconsin. She uses her leadership, team work, and motivation experience from the University of Wisconsin's Women's Soccer team (2004-2007) where she was voted team Captain her senior year in 2007.
Jill Miller
Jill Miller, creator of the Yoga Tune Up® format, has more than 25 years of expertise in the movement arts and body therapy. Her instructional DVD programs include Gaiam’s Yoga for Weight Loss Workout, Pranamaya’s 3 DVD set Yoga Link, the Yoga Tune Up® Quickfix Rx Series, the Monthly YTU At Home Program and the YTU Therapy Ball Programs. Jill and her certified teachers lead classes, workshops and trainings internationally.
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Mindy Mylrea
Mindy Mylrea is the 2008 ECA OBOW Fitness Presenter of the Year, the 2004 Can Fit Pro International Presenter of the Year, the 1999 International IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year, a National and World Aerobic Champion, a Gatorade sponsored athlete, and a five star presenter for IDEA. She is an advisory board member for Oxygen Magazine, an international presenter, author, motivational speaker, video personality, and CEC provider.
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Cheryl Oliver
Cheryl has been teaching Sanskrit, vedic chant and yoga philosophy since 2004. Every workshop is experiential (and fun!) as Cheryl gently encourages students out of their comfort zone toward practice, understanding and transformation. Cheryl is blessed to count Sonia Nelson, Deborah Kuryan and Nicolai Bachman among her teachers, and to date has completed two trips to India to study at Vedavani and the Krishnamacarya Yoga Mandiram.
Keli Roberts
Keli Roberts is the recipient of the 2003 IDEA International Fitness Instructor of the Year award and a spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise. Known world wide for her award winning DVD’s, books and training seminars, she specializes in strength and stability training, group exercise and personal training. Keli is also a BOSU Developmental Team Member, a Master Trainer for the Schwinn Cycling program and a Body Bar, Gliding and Bender Ball Master Trainer.
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Greg Roskopf
Greg is the owner and developer of Muscle Activation Techniques, a biomechanically based process designed to evaluate and correct muscular imbalances that contribute to pain or injury. Greg holds a master’s degree in exercise science from California State University, Fresno. has also worked as a consultant with various professional organizations including; the Denver Broncos, Utah Jazz, and the Denver Nuggets.
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan’s “800 pounds of parents” directly inspired his prolific fitness career in which he is a two-time Personal Trainer of the Year Award-Winner (ACE and IDEA). As a fitness expert for Discovery Fit & Health he is host of the web series “Everyday Fitness with Jonathan Ross.” His book, Abs Revealed, is filled with cutting-edge exercises in a modern, intelligent approach to abdominal training.
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Jen Ryan
Jen currently is the Group Fitness Operations Manager, Chanhassen Department Head and Instructor for Life Time. With a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota and a background in Instructor Education, Jen’s passion is to bring art, science and community into all her teaching experiences.
John Salisbury
John Salisbury was introduced to Yoga at home by his step-father, Dave Oliver, who has been teaching yoga in Arizona for over 23 years. Having a very active background in athletics and movement, John knows it takes discipline and determination to realize one’s Self and potential. His classes focus on deepening the student’s attention internally, while staying grounded to true experience. His understanding of yoga asana and the Sanskrit language are an amazing example of the skill he has to offer those who are willing and able.
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Erick Santana
Experience the energy of Zumba® Education Specialist Erick Santana! This ACE and AFAA group fitness certified international presenter possess over 20 years of performing arts experience. Erick Santana is one of the original 13 master trainers to be chosen to expand the Zumba® Fitness brand in the U.S and abroad. Sight meets sound in this multi-faceted presenter. He will entertain you while bringing the party to your body but will also deliver an exhilarating dance fitness workout.
Scott Schlesinger
With over 13 years experience in the fitness industry, Scott is a Master Instructor for the Spinning program, and an ACE, ISSA and AFAA certified Personal Trainer. He is the co-creator of Synergy Circuit, which integrates several modalities of fitness into a high-powered, time-efficient workout. Scott is currently the Director of Spinning at Pinecrest Health & Fitness in Miami, FL.
Raquel Schmidt
Raquel has been a certified ACE/AFAA Fitness Instructor since 1988, teaching Spinning, yoga, cardio kickboxing, and bellydance. In 2004 she was selected to join a regional cycling team as a category 4 cyclist and went on to win gold medals in the New York State Criterium Championships (2005). She holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of Buffalo and is a full time faculty member at the State University of New York College at Buffalo.
Terry Shorter
With over 20 years of experience in music production, dance, martial arts, sports, and television performance, Terry possesses versatility and effectiveness to instruct and train in several areas of fitness. He is the co-creator of R.I.P.P.E.D. – The One Stop Body ShockTM, creator of the T.K.O. and Rave workouts, and ex-Master Trainer of a kickboxing format. Terry has contributed in several fitness publications. He has appeared on FOX, NBC, CNN Headline News, and CBS featuring R.I.P.P.E.D.
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Kimberly Spreen - Glick
Kimberly is the National Director of Group Fitness Programming and Education for Life Time Fitness. She is a member of the IDEA Program Director Committee, LifePower Yoga Faculty Member and Schwinn Cycling® Master Trainer as well as one of Exercise TV’s Star Trainers and star of several exercise videos. She is the co-creator of 5 Star Development Training and co-producer of EMPOWER! Fitness Events. Kimberly travels the world as a Presenter, Motivational Speaker and Continuing Education Provider.
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Renée Spriggs
With almost 30 years in the fitness industry, Reneè is a Spinning, Bodyblade, and Resist-A-Ball Master Instructor and a Peak Pilates MVe trainer. Also a kettlebell instructor and functional movement specialist, Reneè resides in Houston, Texas where she is the Pilates director at Timberline Fitness Studio.
Mark Stone
Mark is a CHEK Faculty member for the C.H.E.K institute and a C.H.E.K Practitioner Level 4. He is Vice President and co-owner of North Shore Smart Bodies, a corrective exercise and personal training facility located in Northbrook, ILHe has co-produced two series of educational videotapes and manuals on functional strength training, and the biomechanics of weight training
Shaun T.
Shaun T is the creator of Hip Hop Abs and Insanity. Currently residing in Los Angeles and NY. He began training for his love of dance at Rowan University, where he received his BS in Sports Science and a minor in Theater/Dance. He has worked with various artists. Shaun has appeared on TV shows such as HBO's “Six Feet Under, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”and the movie “Beauty Shop” starring Queen Latifah. He has danced with artists such as Maiah Carey, Aaron and Nick Carter.
Donna Thomas
Donna is currently the group fitness manager at Life Time Athletic in Vernon Hills, Donna has been in the fitness industry for over 20 years. Certified through AFAA and ACE for group fitness and ACE and NASM for personal training, Donna has looked for ways to bridge the gap between these fields that, at first glance, seem so similar. Add nutrition coaching to the mix and you have a fusion that combines these orientations into one unified front.
Jodee Thomas Hollenbeck
Jodee has been teaching in the industry for over 15 years, is a Certified Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Trainer and Master Instructor as well as being a National Presenter for NETA. Her passions include running, triathlons, dance and inspiring others to live a full, fun and healthy life that includes exercise as well as play. Certifications: NASM CPT, ACE Group Fitness, AFAA Group Fitness, NETA Group Fitness, Yoga Fit Levels 1-4, Stott Pilates.
Zoey Trap
Zoey is a Peak Pilates Master Trainer and has presented at major conventions worldwide. She was a pioneer in bringing yoga and Pilates to the fitness industry, and has been involved with indoor and road cycling for 15 years.
SGT Ken Weichert
SGT Ken is a six-time Army Soldier of the Year, Master Fitness and Resilience Trainer and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ken founded the longest-running Boot Camp fitness program in America, START Fitness®. Ken has led over 250,000 Soldiers and civilians to better health through a tactical fitness program that he created called “Operation Fit to Fight.” Ken is the canfitpro “Best New Presenter of the Year” for 2011
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Calvin Wiley
Calvin is a consummate international fitness professional with over fifteen years of experience and recognition. He has been voted "THE BEST FITNESS INSTRUCTOR" for Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts and voted by New York Magazine, "THE BEST OF", 1999-2000. Calvin is known for his unique and provocative style of teaching and motivating others. He pioneered and branded his teaching style CALVINOGRAPHY®, which maintains the philosophy that beauty, art and brilliance can be elements in fitness
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Julie Wilkes
After overcoming a heart condition that originally gave her a life expectancy of 12, Julie has taught fitness/yoga/pilates classes for 15 years, and has a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology from The Ohio State UniversityShe has shot over 15 fitness videos, including her best seller, Core Results, serves as a fitness brand ambassador for a variety of product lines and companies and serves as a fitness expert for a variety of media channels.
Tony Witt
Tony Witt Tony Witt is the co-owner and Head Choreographer for Amorè Dance in Kansas City. He is also an international presenter and Zumba ® Education Specialist. Tony has had the distinct pleasure of traveling across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia helping to grow ZUMBA worldwide. He has presented at IDEA, Club Industry, SCW, DCAC, CanFit Pro, AFAA Taiwan, AEA and Nike Asia. Tony is certified with AFAA, ACE, AEA, CFP, NDCA and NTA.
Pricing/Registration
EMPOWER! Fusion IL
Location:
Intercontinental Hotel
North River Road,
Rosemont IL 60018
Contact – EMPOWER! Fusion
1-855-BE EMPOWERED! 1-855-233-6769 for more info.
847-447-4008 for Hotel Questions
To make your hotel reservations use the following link:
Please check the individual pre and post cons for pricing on those sessions. Visit the Zumba website www.zumba.com to register for Zumba Instructor Training, Levels 1 & 2. To register for the Spinning Instructor Orientation please go to www.spinning.com.
EMPOWER! Fusion Event Rates:
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Early Bird (2/28) |
Regular Price |
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Full Conference(Fri/Sa/Su) |
$249 |
$289 |
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Fri or Sa Only |
$179 |
$199 |
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Sun Only |
$129 |
$149 |
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Single Workshop |
$40 |
$50 |
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Single Master Class |
$20 |
$20 |
Intercontinental Hotel
North River Road,
Rosemont IL 60018
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Singles |
$119.00 |
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Double /Twins |
$119.00 |
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Junior Suites |
$194.00 |
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One bedroom suites |
$219.00 |
To make your hotel reservations use the following link:
Travel Information
Closest Airport:
- O’Hare International Airport(ORD), less than 5 miles from event location
Event Location:
Intercontinental O’Hare
5300 N. River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
ph. 847.544.5300
Special Event Rates:
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Singles |
$119.00 |
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Double /Twins |
$119.00 |
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Junior Suites |
$194.00 |
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One bedroom suites |
$219.00 |
use this link to book your hotel:
Cut Off Date for Special Rates:Monday, February 27, 2012
Ground Transportation:
- Complimentary Shuttle from ORD
Frequently Asked Questions
GENERAL QUESTIONS
Q: What is Empower?
A: EMPOWER! Fitness Events are designed especially for fitness professionals as well as fitness enthusiasts. Through these regional weekend events, we, alongside the community and a team of world-renowned fitness presenters, celebrate fitness, continuing education, motivation and the desire for an overall healthy way of life for all.
The events are produced by Global Fitness Solutions, LLC and hosted in partnership with Life Time Fitness, the premier Healthy Way of Life company, in the United States.
Whether you are a fitness professional in need of your CECs or an enthusiast who simply wants to exercise with the best fitness presenters in the world, EMPOWER! is exactly where you need to be!
Q: Who should attend?
A: Anyone who has an interest in fitness and a healthy way of life!
Fitness Professionals! If you are a Personal Trainer or Group Fitness Instructor, come to learn and grow as you earn your much-needed continuing education credits (CECs) from some of the most highly regarded presenters in the industry.
Fitness Enthusiasts! Come enjoy huge, high-energy classes led by the best teachers in the fitness industry and around the world as you support your community and celebrate a healthy way of life with friends and like-minded enthusiasts.
Q: Why is Thursday considered a "special event" day?
A: Thursday, September 22 and Friday, September 23 are considered Pre-Conference event days. When you register for the EMPOWER! conference weekend, Thursday and the morning/day is not included in the weekend event package (Fri-Sun). If you are interested in participating in an intensive or certification on Thursday or Friday, you will need to seperately register for each individual class.
REGISTRATION
Q: How do I register?
A: You can register by mail, fax, or online. For more information about how to register for the EMPOWER! Fusion event you can call
1855 BE EMPOWERED 1 855 233 6769
Q: How does course selection work?
A: For EMPOWER! upon registration you will be able to select your sessions. We limit the number of registrations to ensure as many attendees as possible receive all their first choice selections at the event and can easily make changes throughout the weekend at will.
AT THE EVENT
Q: When can I check in?
A: You can check in at the event registration desk starting each day at the following times:
Q: What will I receive at check in?
A: You will receive your check-in packet containing a schedule, wristband or ticket, and a goody bag.
Q: What should I bring?
A: Bring a photo i.d., your registration confirmation letter, exercise apparel, a water bottle, and money for lunch and shopping at the expo.
Q: How do I get a receipt?
A: If you register online, you can print a copy of your receipt at the time of registration. If you mail or fax your registration, you can pick up a copy of your receipt at the event.
CECs
Q: What are CECs?
A: CEC stands for Continuing Education Credit (also referred to as CEU or Continuing Education Unit). You receive CECs by attending fitness-related educational workshops. Typically, certification organizations require that instructors earn a certain number of CECs to maintain and renew their certificates. Check with your certifying organization regarding specific requirements.
Q: How many CECs will I get for each class?
A: Each workshop equals .1/1.0 to .2/2.0 CECs from ACE, NASM, AFAA, AEA, AAAI/ISMA and NETA.
Q: How do I get my CECs for attending this event?
A: You can pick up your certificate at the event.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Q: Who do I contact if I have a question?
A: Global Fitness Solutions
11 Woodswallow Lane
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
P 1-855 - 233-6769 F (949) 786 2977
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