–EMPOWER Fusion

Anything is possible when you believe anything is possible. The industry of the fitness professional is always evolving and always growing, this session will break down how to create a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. The world is ready to be inspired by you, are you ready?

Challenge yourself to an innovative, tough and hard-hitting boxing-inspired experience!  Learn and explore conditioning moves the champs do to prepare to be victorious in the ring! Leave with an understanding of how to put together an experience that leaves your participants feeling strong, empowered, and ready to crush their day!

Built off of our ever popular EDG Cycle program, this class is Cardio and Resistance training at its best.  The Class is a blend of objective based cardiovascular drills on the indoor bike followed by well-designed conditioning segments.  If you are looking for a fast, efficient and results-driven class, this is for you.

This dynamic yoga class takes you through a flow of guided poses, encouraging growth and exploration in your practice while synchronizing your breath with traditional yoga movements.

Unleash your inner rockstar in this cardio jam session inspired by the infectious, energizing and sweat-dripping fun of playing the drums.  Designed for all fitness levels, whether you’re a conditioned athlete or a beginner, POUND provides the perfect atmosphere for letting loose, getting energized, improving your health, and rocking out! Using Ripstix® lightly weighted exercise drumsticks, participants will learn how to transform drumming into an incredibly effective way of working out. In addition to providing a challenging way to train the body, participants will learn how POUND promotes positive mood, elicits confidence, enhances unity, and ultimately, inspires positive action in life. Participants will leave this session with an understanding of POUND’s effect on the mind, body, and inner rockstar.

WERQ *TM* is a fiercely fun dance fitness class based on pop, rock and hip hop music taught by certified fitness pros. (Master Class, No CECs)

Early Bird Price – $199

CEC’s – ACE: 0.8 | AFAA: 7 | Canfitpro: 4 | REPS: 8 | NASM: 0.7 | Fitness Australia: 5 | NAFC: 0.9 | BCRPA: 7

Prepare to rockout to incredible music as you practice and breakdown POUND® choreography, key teaching concepts and methods during this one-day, 8-hour training. Discover how POUND® integrates safety, science, movement and music to create a one-of-a-kind group fitness class for participants of all ages and stages. Each training participants receive The Official POUND® Pro Training Guide, their own set of Ripstix®, access to our online instructor network, The Label and on-going support from the team at POUND® HQ.  Price: $199 early bird 2 weeks prior; $249 for two weeks leading up to event; $289onsite. To register:  https://poundfit.com/eventlistings/empower-2020/

Empower! 2020

Martial Arts-Inspired Stick fighting drills. This athletic kickboxing class uses weighted gloves and bars to kick, punch, strike, block and feel like you can do anything. (Master Class, No CECs)

Upper RX is your upper body and core remedy. This workout is a strength, power training, and core integrated workout designed to shred the back, shoulders, and arms while sculpting the core. Come and get your upper body RX.  (Master Class, No CECs)

FIRE is a unique fusion of vinyasa-style yoga and high-intensity interval training.

EDG blends metrics-based heart-rate training with motivational music for a fun and results-oriented cycle workout.

Fluidity meets function on the barre for a foundational ballet technique experience that combines cardio, strength, flexibility and core work all in one.

Weight training that creates serious results and strong bodies. Barbells help build all major muscle groups in this strength-training class. It is absolute, positive power.

This dynamic yoga class takes you through a flow of guided poses, encouraging growth and exploration in your practice while synchronizing your breath with traditional yoga movements. (Master Class, No CECs)

Weight training that creates serious results and strong bodies. Barbells help build all major muscle groups in this strength-training class. It is absolute, positive power.

Fluidity meets function on the barre for a foundational ballet technique experience that combines cardio, strength, flexibility and core work all in one.

Are you a triple threat instructor? Do you have the chops to keep the Rhythm Riders, the Traditionalists, and the Power Purists coming back for more? Ready yourself for a Triple Treat; three stylistically different rides adaptable to any studio culture using the same music for each!

Get ready to learn tips, tricks and tools to help navigate the digital world and array of social media platforms. This session is a guide to developing strong content that promotes your personal brand and allows you to build an online and offline community. We will unwrap the questions of what to post, where to post, when to post and how much is too much. #ownit

In this session, we will look at how effective cueing can push your clients to new places and help them find new connections in the body. We will cover using your eye to teach the body or group of students in front you, assessing the student to determine their needs, and how to craft cues to guide them to success.

FLOW is a vinyasa-style celebration of yoga that synchronizes breath and movement through a series of poses. (Master Class, No CECs)

This slow, meditative yin-yoga practice is designed to mindfully stress your body’s connective tissues as you breathe into the ever-changing sensations that arise in the long-held poses. (Master Class, No CECs)

Zumba® is designed to bring everyone and anyone together to sweat it on. We take the “work” out of workout, by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you’ll seewhy Zumba ®  Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Super effective? Check. Super fun? Check and check. It’s a total workout, combining all the elements of fitness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy and a serious dose of awesome each time you leave class.

Props aren’t just for mat work! Learn how toPick the right tool for the right job and put it to work on the reformer. Don’t just grab a prop for fun- understand how to use the prop as a power tool for enhancing Pilates performance. Learn a systematic approach to optimize prop selection to improve body mechanics, body awareness, and movement quality.

Skillful recovery makes a lasting impression on your performance driven body. Recovery is maximized by uncovering and re-patterning chronic stress (known and unknown) in your diaphragm and respiratory muscles. Learn self-sedative movement and breathing strategies that un-bind the muscles of respiration, relieve anxiety and enter into profound quiescence. This workshop is suitable for all levels and utilizes Roll Model® therapy balls for myofascial restoration.

A one stop shop of a calorie-scorching, strength-building workout that consists of challenging sets focused on building strong and powerful legs and glutes.

Appreciating the delicate balance between the power-based rider and the rhythm rider is imperative for today’s indoor cycling instructor. Will a power-filled approach cause your party riders to walk away, or vice versa? You don’t want to miss this session in which we’ll address “the elephant in the room” in our cycling communities. We will delve into the aspects of body positioning, goal setting, musicality and using metrics all while keeping humor alive throughout as we blend both perspectives.

Get ready to learn tips, tricks and tools to help navigate the digital world and array of social media platforms. This session is a guide to developing strong content that promotes your personal brand and allows you to build an online and offline community. We will unwrap the questions of what to post, where to post, when to post and how much is too much. #ownit

Discover your inner DJ! This interactive workshop will guide you through MIXMEISTER software to show you how to create your ultimate music mixes that are DJ quality! You will learn how to blend, pitch, loop, edit explicit words and more. Prior to this workshop, you will need to download MIXMEISTER software on your personal device, as you will be DJ’ing your own mixes throughout the workshop.

The one missing piece to any great fitness routine…recovery. Triggerpoint roll and release method. How to put the method into a large group training format that is effective to the participant and program.

Experience this indoor cycling fusion that combines energizing, calorie burning cardio and upper-body sculpting with the hottest club music as you ride to the rhythm in this sweaty, full- body blast of a celebration.

Discover new ways to meet each practice through a deeper understanding of the history and foundations of the practice we know and love called Yoga. Unfold the deep layers of the 8 limbs in order to deliver an experience that is rich in the roots of the many forms we practice on our mats and in our lives.

This class is sure to bring the Party onto the Step! Unfold basic step movements that seamlessly tie together into one experience that goes beyond the choreography and into a party. (Master Class, No CECs)

Upper RX is your upper body and core remedy. This workout is a strength, power training, and core integrated workout designed to shred the back, shoulders, and arms while sculpting the core. Come and get your upper body RX.  (Master Class, No CECs)

Put self-care into your own hands! This training empowers you to personally adopt highly effective self-myofascial regimens for pain-relief and improved performance.  Experience 6 rolling sequences that affect profound change which you can bring back to your classrooms, clients and patients. $249/$229 early bird – 0.8 ACE, 0.8 NASM, 8 ACSM

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.  1 Electronic Instructor Manual and Certificate of Completion, Online Videos to review Basic Steps, ACE CEC’s and AFAA CEU’s. Free gift included in the registration.
$50 off code: EMPOWER50

Built off of our ever popular EDG Cycle program, this class is Cardio and Resistance training at its best.  The Class is a blend of objective based cardiovascular drills on the indoor bike followed by well-designed conditioning segments.  If you are looking for a fast, efficient and results-driven class, this is for you. (Master Class, No CECs)

Begin.  Learn to teach every student to begin.  Whether that’s beginning to understand sensation in the moment, finding breath, understanding the reactions of one’s mind.  This functional/sensational based class challenges everyone to slow down, root into themselves for stronger living. (Master Class, No CECs)

Combine strength training, cardio and endurance in this ultimate high-intensity interval training format. It leaves you breathless with intense, incredible results.

LifeBarre is a full-body workout that uses dance-inspired moves to challenge your core, strength and stability.

The most powerful voice is one that has purpose. This session will provide and play in multiple exercises, methods and tools to train your face, which in turn, unlocks your voice to grab the attention of any audience and create a long and lasting impression! Leave with the understanding of how to carry your words beyond the hype and transform your knowledge into transferrable inspiration through simple, authentic and opportune moments. The world is ready to hear you.

Experience this indoor cycling fusion that combines energizing, calorie burning cardio and upper-body sculpting with the hottest club music as you ride to the rhythm in this sweaty, full- body blast of a celebration. (Master Class, No CECs)

FLOW is a vinyasa-style celebration of yoga that synchronizes breath and movement through a series of poses. (Master Class, No CECs)

A soulful yet fierce fusion of yoga and weights. This sweaty, nonstop flow offers a demanding and energetic, yet surprisingly zen-filled experience.

Teaching with metrics and consoles can seem quite puzzling. Fear not! We have the pieces to help you solve the puzzle all while creating a fun, yet challenging IC experience. Learn to identify the Top 5 potential ‘roadblocks’ when teaching with metrics and leave with a strategy for long-term SUCCESS!

Upper RX is your upper body and core remedy. This workout is a strength, power training, and core integrated workout designed to shred the back, shoulders, and arms while sculpting the core. Come and get your upper body RX.

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. This session goes under the layers of the overall experience to talk about the real ‘stuff’. Learn how to effectively use story-telling, theming, have conversation and effective usage of benefits and facts in an authentic and connected fashion. Leave with the ability to tell a story as the ultimate connection that involves your participants as the main characters and co-writing the chapters within every class.

Strength training protocols have evolved over the years and the choices of equipment we have to use have flourished. Learn how to build simple, creative and effective progression variations and movement sequences with proper biomechanics to enhance function and overall performance with the training aspect of resistance equipment. This session will leave you with so many ideas to keep your classes fresh, fun and innovative!

STRONG 30™ is a revolutionary 30-minute high-intensity workout led by music to motivate you to crush your ultimate fitness goals. Stop counting the reps. Start training to the beat. STRONG 30™ combines body weight, muscle conditioning, cardio, plyometric and explosive moves like high knees, burpees, and jumping jacks all SYNCed to original music. If you’ve got 30-minutes, you’ve got time to blitz this high-intensity workout experience with us.

This slow, meditative yin-yoga practice is designed to mindfully stress your body’s connective tissues as you breathe into the ever-changing sensations that arise in the long-held poses. (Master Class, No CECs)

You can make anyone dance…if you build it just right! Learn how to level up your dance choreography to create one powerful routine through breakdown methodology. This session will identify and explore the various skills and systems necessary to successfully deliver the final project in any dance experience.

Martial Arts-Inspired Stick fighting drills. This athletic kickboxing class uses weighted gloves and bars to kick, punch, strike, block and feel like you can do anything.

When art and science meet to create the ultimate experience – the beat drops right where it’s meant to with every pedal stroke. Explore the many benefits and how to use the science of integrating music and movement to enhance participant motivation and performance in any indoor cycle class in this interactive session.

In this session, there will be a look into the anatomical breakdown of basic yoga postures through ancient methodologies. Applying this knowledge is the art to be explored and assist in developing deeper and more connected cues and connections to the sensations as each unique body finds their own way into the asana.

Become physically unscripted in this session by exploring and playing in concepts and methods that will unleash your body language through posture, physical presence and committing to larger than life movement that inspires your audience and brings your performance to life! Walk away with knowing how to take up the space you are in and show up at the most crucial times to make a long, lasting impression. The world is ready to see you!

Tower classes are a great way to challenge students and keep them coming back. Learn a systematic approach to sequencing tower sessions that go beyond traditional tower exercises and also include mat, reformer and chair exercises on the tower. You will walk away with a full tower class and new thought process to create your own.

Unleash your inner rockstar in this cardio jam session inspired by the infectious, energizing and sweat-dripping fun of playing the drums.  Designed for all fitness levels, whether you’re a conditioned athlete or a beginner, POUND provides the perfect atmosphere for letting loose, getting energized, improving your health, and rocking out! Using Ripstix® lightly weighted exercise drumsticks, participants will learn how to transform drumming into an incredibly effective way of working out. In addition to providing a challenging way to train the body, participants will learn how POUND promotes positive mood, elicits confidence, enhances unity, and ultimately, inspires positive action in life. Participants will leave this session with an understanding of POUND’s effect on the mind, body, and inner rockstar. (no cec’s)

Staying active is a daily choice to a healthy lifestyle that will take anyone long into their years of living. This session will cover a comprehensive overview of a fitness programming that provides a variety of options to support healthy aging.

Buddha once said, “The mind is everything, what you think, you become”. In this workshop, you will study various types of meditation, along with tools to assist in a deeper understanding and practice of breathing techniques. Learn how to create awareness of how the mind works, and the ability to maintain focus. A free mind finds its own peace.

Examine refined listening skills that allow you to lead with empathy and understanding. At the end of the day, the greatest gift to any human is to be understood. The only way to do that is to let them speak. The answers are always in the question. Understand the art of asking questions, and you will uncover all the answers you need.

Touch is a powerful way of imparting knowledge, offering support, guiding movement and accelerating learning in Pilates. Gain the know-how and the confidence to use this teaching tool fully in your group and private sessions and explore strategies that take you beyond words.

When you can’t decide between your favorite cardio classes, and just need a class that satisfies all of your desires in one experience – you find The MIXX. Work through this tough yet gratifying workout that integrates high-to-low energy combos of kickboxing, dance and athletic drills. Get ready to sweat in every way! (Master Class, No CECs)

Experience three different styles of indoor cycling and learn the benefits to creating an allencompassing program that caters to all cycle enthusiasts. AMP is a pulse-pounding party on a bike with energizing, calorie-burning cardio with the hottest club music. EDG is a music pumping, objective- based, results-driven experience for everyone who loves measurement, clearly stated objectives and a high-energy, inspiring ride. PWR is the ride for athletes seeking to improve performance. Individually targeted physiological objectives and an outcome-based approach to training make this the go-to session for goal-oriented cyclists, triathletes and endurance enthusiasts. (Master Class, No CECs)

STRONG by Zumba® is a revolutionary high-intensity workout, led by music. Body weight, muscle conditioning, cardio and plyometrics are synced to original music designed to match each move. Think you have what it takes? Included: 1 Electronic Instructor Manual and Certificate of Completion, Strong by Zumba My first Class” E-learning course. Free gift included in the registration.
$50 off code: EMPOWER50

Explore several soft-tissue self-care solutions using the 4 different Roll Model® Therapy Balls, and learn to create innovative sequences to provide instant feedback of improved function differentiating your teaching for diverse populations.  $249/$229 early bird – 0.7 ACE, 0.7 NASM, 7 ACSM

Instructor Power Essentials covers principles of teaching with power, training zones and best practices for Indoor Cycling instructors. Explore the basics of class design, goal setting and anchoring time and effort and discover how to combine metrics and music to deliver a safe, effective and exhilarating Indoor Cycling Experience in every class!

.8 ACE, 8 AFAA, 0.8 NASM, canfitpro 4PTS, 4FIS, 8.0 AFLCA

Take an in-depth approach into one of Life Time’s newest Signature Formats. This 4-hour intensive will review the how and why behind KBK. In addition, there will be several interactive breakout sessions that focus on working through the class design elements, along with foundational components that may include the delivery and unique features that are the groundwork to this effective experience. Note: This is not a formal instructor certification for KBK.

Does your music selection need an update? This session will uncover many online resources to help you find the best music mixes, sources, apps and tools that will bring your class to a whole new level!

AMP is a heart-pumping, calorie-burning, high-energy cycle workout that’s fueled by the beat of the latest music.

Begin.  Learn to teach every student to begin.  Whether that’s beginning to understand sensation in the moment, finding breath, understanding the reactions of one’s mind.  This functional/sensational based class challenges everyone to slow down, root into themselves for stronger living.

It has been quoted that it is not the strongest or most intelligent that survive, yet the ones who can best manage change that do. This comprehensive workshop will uncover the essential qualities and skills that reset the curiosity that stems from the depths of your passion that drives your purpose into each class experience as if it is the first time every time, with deeper knowledge and skill set, to be the expert that you are.

Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity. Understanding when and how to communicate is extremely valuable, especially in classes and sessions where you play the role of the coach. In this session, you will gain a better understanding of how the skills of observation and connection drive specificity, timeliness and overall ability to impact your participant’s ability to execute movement.

Deep dive into this session through studying music and all of the elements that it can play in your classes. Learn how to hear, perceive and interpret music from a structural standpoint, use the various rhythms and components, how to find the energetic shifts, and utilize the inspirational messages to create the ultimate experience in every class.

This session will explore the art of mood shifting using lighting, music and movement to enhance every rhythmic ride experience. Uncover and learn how to deliver an indoor cycle experience that goes beyond just riding to a beat!

Take play to a whole new level in any practice and expand upon the shapes we have come to love and fear on our mats with binding, getting upside down and balances. Learn techniques and applications that will provide a freedom from inhibition to break through and take flight into these beloved ‘fiery’ postures.

Authenticity is the connection to reality through honest relationships that are built on an ethical foundation where leadership is positive and driven by truthful concepts that promotes acceptance. This workshop will explore what it is you truly stand for by identifying your values that establish your mission, your vision and your personal brand that founds your why behind everything you do.

This slow, meditative yin-yoga practice is designed to mindfully stress your body’s connective tissues as you breathe into the ever-changing sensations that arise in the long-held poses. (Master Class, No CECs)

Have you ever attended a class that just seemed to flow with ease and artistry? The secret is in the knowledge and application of progression and transitions within a single movement and piecing various movements together. This session will provide a kinesthetic playground to learn fun and creative ways to construct your cardio combos into master pieces that will be sure to drive your participants wild and hearts racing!

Calling all indoor cycle coaches! This session will break down top tips for teaching with the power console and how to connect your class design and objective to every individual using smart metrics and relatable, sensational cues that will result in their best ride – every time.

Learn how to take a simple yoga class to an exemplary yoga experience through 7 guidelines that will expand upon your teaching to elevate an offering of a physical experience to beyond the physical. You will walk away with the understanding of how to prioritize, create and deliver a conscious and connected practice.

This session deep dives and refines the ability to reinforce your message of spoken words through mindful and deliberate means of communication that involve tone of voice, facial expression, eye contact and posture. Discover ways to take up the space you are in and how you are showing up at the most crucial times through conscious, subconscious and unconscious body language.

Get the tools you need to implement the jump board into your private sessions and group classes. Understand basic biomechanics, warm-up essentials, 1 vs. 2 foot take off and landings, as well as cues and touches to improve alignment.Walk away with a new jump circuit workout. Be safe, be smart and jump to it!