Most trainers have noticed limited range of motion (ROM) and/or compensation problems in many of their clients’ movement patterns. Limitations in ROM are indicators of muscular weakness. These weaknesses lead to compensation and ultimately to injury and pain. Learn this exceptional assessment/correction system that accurately identifies and corrects muscular imbalances from start to finish! Learn a step-by-step approach to assess and correct each of your client’s individual muscular imbalances. Find out how to follow-up with a specific exercise routine that “jump starts” the weak muscles and eliminates imbalances that exist. Note: This class will emphasize the identification and correction of muscular imbalances in the lower body.
Explore the functional anatomy of the foot, leg and hip, and explore useful assessment techniques you can use to determine the action of the foot and its chain reaction upon the leg and hip. Examine the expected biomechanical reactions of movement and common compensations exposed by implementing these useful assessment tools. Create program design strategies to address the issues and goals of each client. Upon completion of this workshop, you will view movement from an entirely different perspective and develop a new thought process for program design and exercise prescription.
Accurate assessments are the key to designing effective exercise programs and group fitness classes. However, the overwhelming amount of information available about assessment can make the process confusing, and often key components get overlooked. This session will teach you the basics of performing a musculoskeletal assessment and provide you with a step-by-step format to use with every client.
A thorough and accurate structural assessment ensures that the exercise programs you recommend help alleviate pain and improve client function. If imbalances are overlooked, exercise programs may do more harm than good. IMPORTANT: An advanced understanding of musculoskeletal assessment is required for this session. Structural Assessments 101 (session #496) is highly recommended as a prerequisite to this inTensive.
Discover the functional anatomy of the lumbar and thoracic spine and explore useful assessment techniques that can be used to determine the action of the back and its impact upon nearly every movement of the body. Explore the expected biomechanical reactions of movement and common compensations exposed by proper implementation of these assessment tools. Based upon these findings, you’ll learn to create thoughtful strategies that successfully address the issues and goals of each client. Upon completion of this workshop, you will view movement from an entirely different perspective and develop a new planning process for program design and exercise prescription.
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This course will delve into the true characteristics of human motion and definitively address the criteria that make an activity or movement pattern functional. Too often fitness professionals use the term “functional” without addressing the issues of integrated movement. Participants will be exposed to the following concepts and learn how they interface with functional integrated movement.
If you’re like most personal trainers and group fitness instructors, you often don’t have a lot of equipment to choose from when designing muscle conditioning workouts. Join us in a workout that will teach you a variety of exercises for the lower body, upper body and core using absolutely no equipment at all.
Experience ChiRunning and learn a technique that focuses on posture, injury prevention and energy-efficient running. This workout begins with a very short theory segment, which is then followed by the actual workout, where participants will have the opportunity to practice the technique outdoors. The session ends with a short question and answer period.
Experience a challenging workout that incorporates upper body conditioning using hand weights, with lower body and core conditioning on the MVe™ Fitness Chair. Get the best of both worlds in this total-body workout guaranteed to make you sweat. BYOM
Learn to challenge and motivate your clients using innovative and simple jumpboard combinations, separated by intervals of upper and lower body strength and flexibility exercises. This ultimate cardio and strength interval class challenges your core and total body strength and elevates your heart rate while focusing on proper jumping technique.
The reformer is a great way to train for athletic activities of all kinds. The athletic reformer workout will help you improve core stability, upper and lower body strength, balance, coordination and flexibility. BYOM
Blast legs, glutes, hamstrings and quads while strengthening your core and improving balance! Experience the BOSU® Complete Workout System as this workshop focuses on lower body exercises that will challenge even the most serious client. Plus, learn clever simple ways to progress, regress and adapt each exercise to accommodate even beginner clients.
Get the tools you need to effectively deal with client resistance, barriers and motivation so you can uniquely position physical activity as a means to achieve life goals. This program provides the fitness professional with applicable and practical tools, such as Lifestyle Fitness Coaching’s proprietary MAPS inventory, which can be implemented immediately to achieve client results.
Myofascial slings are structures that are anatomically connected and functionally related. This fascinating information into our understanding of the human musculoskeletal system continues to emerge from both research and clinical application. Slings and chains are windows into a deeper appreciation of true function.
By its nature, personal training is labor intensive at the one-on-one level. Are you ready to expand your income beyond the traditional hour-to-hour billing? If so, we invite you to come learn about how to partner with retail businesses, offer a full range of products, professional services and other non-training related services that create alternative revenue streams. This could be your competitive edge!
Perhaps one of the most controversial and misunderstood topics is metabolism, or more specifically, resting metabolic rate (RMR). This enlightening lecture will explain the components of metabolism, factors that affect RMR, the latest biomedical research on RMR regulation and how exercise affects metabolism. Controversial topics such as proposed ways to “rev up your metabolism” will be discussed. Leave with an honest, practical and all-inclusive understanding of this complex phenomenon.
This lecture/demo session is geared toward providing a better understanding of the mechanics and function of the shoulder. We will explore several common injuries that affect the shoulder and learn techniques for troubleshooting and planning a sound exercise plan to best meet your clients’ needs.
Join us for an awesome abdominal and back session designed for all ages and fitness levels. Recent published research has proven that the ball is the most effective tool for training the abdominals. Understand the mechanics behind the exercises that support this research and are critical for strengthening the back and core. Teach your clients techniques for focusing on their core. They will see marked changes and get results.
In this workshop, balance exercises will be taught for the beginning exercise enthusiast to the advanced level athlete. See how to simplify complex concepts of balance development and how they can be transformed into fun, practical exercises that all clients will love to perform. Learn to separate fad from function when it comes to balance training and how to use special equipment to help get results.
The first session may be the most important group reformer class you teach. This workshop will give you the tools to ensure a motivating and stimulating class. Selected reformer exercises will be examined with an eye to maintaining pace and flow so the group can “feel” the workout while still ensuring proper technique. The use of demonstration, imagery and concise cuing and correcting will be discussed.
Rotation is fundamental to functional movement and especially to activities such as golf, tennis and throwing sports. This workshop will teach you twisted variations on classical and contemporary reformer moves to add spice, fluidity and increased power to your reformer sessions. BYOM
For those who thrive on the exhilarating feeling of riding a wave, regular workouts just don’t promise enough excitement—but clients who surf need serious, land-based training. Learn the physiological requirements for surfing and find out how to train for strength, endurance and balance on land. Note: Highly recommended for those participating in the IDEA Adventure Experience’s “Learn to Surf” session on Saturday, July 7. Limited to 30 people. There is no extra charge for this session.
In this session you will review real-life client scenarios and the approach that was taken and programs that were designed for each of them. Come and see how theory is put into practice.
Get ahead of the competition by learning some of the most promising new strategies for retaining and regaining function in older clients. This session will lay a strong theoretical framework for older adult exercise. We will review the current exercise recommendations for older adults and provide an in-depth exploration of translational training, power training and fall-risk reduction.
As trainers, our constant physical presence could be compromising our clients’ mind-body intelligence and negatively affecting their abilities to comply with their exercise programs. They may have learned trainer-efficacy, not self-efficacy. Gain an understanding of how compliance coaching shifts clients from an external focus of control (trainer-efficacy) to an internal focus of control (self-efficacy). Teach them to take personal responsibility and stimulate their internal drive to succeed.
Resistance training is a crucial yet under-trained element for endurance athletes. Develop periodized strength training programs specifically for the demands of triathletes and runners using the most effective exercises. Participants will come away from this interactive lecture with the tools necessary to create high-impact strength training programs for their endurance athletes.
This session demonstrates two distinct ways to gather information on the condition of a client’s physiological motion and functional capabilities via “quick tests” and “joint isolation tests.” Assessments such as these are necessary to determine workload and application intensities for the design of safe and effective exercise prescriptions. This knowledge is critical to determining the appropriate application progression and exercise intensities that best complement the specific nature and severity of each individual dysfunctional movement.
Using medicine balls, stability balls, tubing, gliding discs, BOSU® Balance Trainer and the step, you will explore the variety of exercises that specifically target the muscles of the torso. Walk away with a number of new exercises and the cuing techniques to ensure that your clients perform the exercises correctly.
This session is geared toward maximizing benefits and minimizing time while still getting serious results! It is a two-phase program utilizing minimal equipment and focusing on driving the metabolic rate through an energy deficit phase, followed by a high-energy strength-speed phase. This program is not for the faint of heart and could be just what the trainer ordered!
Experience this “workout with heart” on the Pilates reformer. Learn and practice exercises that will increase core strength while eliciting a cardio-respiratory response, all on one piece of equipment. This unique “circuit” workshop will give you the tools you need to help improve balance and proprioception. Your clients will realize increases in muscular strength and notice enhanced flexibility. BYOM
This interactive workshop teaches participants select exercises from the STOTT PILATES Essential Matwork repertoire with emphasis on the goals of the exercises, movement patterns, breath patterns and correct alignment. Cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness will also be covered. Repeated as session #491.
This interactive workshop focuses on the intermediate-level exercises from the STOTT PILATES reformer repertoire. It is for participants already familiar with the basic reformer exercises. We will review the more complex and coordinated intermediate level skills with special emphasis placed on biomechanics and alignment. Prerequisite: STOTT PILATES Essential Reformer workshop AND previous experience teaching or studying Pilates reformer exercises.
Take STOTT PILATES Essential Reformer exercises to a higher level of intensity and experience variety and a “stepped-up” pace. By increasing the speed and flow of the exercise sequences and modifying the existing repertoire to increase muscular and cardiovascular endurance, you will see how you can inspire clients who may not be ready for an intermediate reformer program. Prerequisite: STOTT PILATES Essential Reformer workshop AND previous experience teaching or studying Pilates reformer exercises.
This workout is the highest level of difficulty of the stability ball workouts, providing maximum challenge to strength, balance and stability by styling ball exercises on the intermediate reformer repertoire. Cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness are also covered.
Group, unit, crew, squad, band or troop—people working together as a team! Sports conditioning and team training have never been so popular or fun! Work in teams of four to overcome an obstacle course set in the beautiful waterfront setting of San Diego Bay. This equipment-free workshop will teach you teamwork while providing a great cardio and strength workout that is pure heart-pounding fun!
Experience the connection between the upper and lower body as you increase cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and muscular endurance while increasing mobility in the upper extremities and adding stability to your walking program. Discover what the Finland fitness buffs have know for years—Nordic Walking can change the lives of your students and clients.
Take core training to the next level using new stability ball training techniques on the BOSU® Ballast™ Ball. Add fresh elements to abdominal and back training, and discover many new core exercises that will challenge every muscle in your “power center” while simultaneously improving overall movement capabilities. Do you think you’ve seen it all in regard to stability ball core training? Lift it, shift it, shake it… and think again!
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” This fun ABLE BODIES® workshop takes a “squeaky wheels” approach to balance training. Personal trainers learn assessments to find the problems, then dive into the “balance toolbox” for their best options. Learn techniques that address kinesis, vision, inner ear, gait, posture, strength and automatic balance systems. You’ll learn many new ways to improve balance and mobility in your older clients.
Professional athlete or weekend warrior—it’s all about peak performance. Train clients to enhance performance in a three-dimensional world. By initiating every movement from the core, these movement patterns allow the body to stabilize, rotate and generate dynamic power on and off the field. By incorporating Reebok Professional Studio products and the Freemotion iTonic whole body vibration platform, this circuit training session is sure to challenge your stability, strength, speed, agility and more.
There are three things that will enable your clients to be mechanically healthy and remain injury free. Whether you are looking to improve core stabilization, flexibility or overall strength in your clients, you will learn the fundamental guidelines and necessary steps that are critical to making sound exercise recommendations to get them headed down the right path.
Want more profit out of your training sessions while increasing your trainers’ compensation and providing a fun and exciting experience to your clients at less cost? Then small group (3-4 clients) training is for you. Learn how to develop and implement a successful small group training program that taps into more of your membership and retains them longer than typical training programs.
IDEA’s panel of experts will engage in a lively discussion on issues relevant to personal training and what we can expect in the years to come. This session will report on the growth of personal training, discuss the challenge of retaining qualified trainers, review successful training programs and identify trends within our industry.
Re-examine how you use the medicine ball, stability ball and the fitball in your clients’ programs. This session will focus on balance, core stability, rotary power, force initiation and deceleration, and Linked System™ strength and how to invigorate your training sessions by providing you with new ideas and exercises incorporating these classic training tools. Progressions and modifications will be reviewed so you can design better programs for everyday clients, kids and athletes alike.
The interaction between deep core muscles and the nervous system play a significant role in proprioception as we perform all activities. This workshop will discuss and review the anatomy of the trunk, the superficial and deep core musculature and their intended functions. You will gain an understanding of how and why the deep core muscles become inhibited and delayed. We will also discuss the principle of “proximal stability before distal mobility.”
Trainers will be introduced to three-dimensional isolated exercise patterning and dynamic functional movement exercises. This program involves a systematic application for the practical and clinical application of therapeutic and functional exercise for hip and spinal dysfunction. Note: This course is for trainers with significant background in biomechanics and assessment.
Utilizing the concepts of compound super-setting, learn several lower and upper body sequences that will build strength and muscle without using traditional lifting modalities. Super-setting saves time, adds intensity and helps you build more muscle in an interesting way. This method of training is perfect for you if you’re looking for something fast and effective, and the MVe Fitness Chair offers a truly unique super-set experience. BYOM
This interactive workshop teaches participants select exercises from the STOTT PILATES® Essential Reformer repertoire with emphasis on exercise goals, movement patterns, breath patterns and alignment. The adjustments and safety concerns when working with the reformer will be explained, as well as the specific benefits of working with this type of equipment—strengthening and lengthening muscles, developing core stability and mind-body connection.
This lecture/demo will explore the anatomy and biomechanics involved in the normal healthy functioning of the knee, including the available movements and typical movement patterns. Some of the interruptions that can occur and common abnormal or dysfunctional movement patterns will then be addressed. Finally, exercise progressions to rebuild normal muscle action and movement patterning, challenge and promote optimal function, prepare for specific activities and enhance performance will be outlined.
Discover why selling is really nothing more than educating clients. Learn to feel positive about the selling process and realize how to compassionately identify a client’s needs and wants. In addition, you will get information on how to set small, realistic goals for product and service sales and create simple, non-intimidating but effective sales tools that will help you realize your goals and the goals of your clients.
From rehabilitation to performance, closed chain exercise is one of the most popular buzzwords in the exercise industry. But all too often wildly popular concepts are not well examined, are taken for granted and are surrounded by assumptions. This results in inaccuracies, poor application and even associations with seemingly magical effects that are simply untrue. Examine the only proven realities of the closed chain concept, the common misconceptions and the application of this concept to your clients’ programs.
On the ground, as well as in upright function, we use ground reaction forces, gravity, momentum, muscle forces, purpose, and our hands and feet, all as drivers to produce the motion we desire. Please join us for a hands-on exploration of “on-ground function.” Here you will experience the principles, strategies and application of a three-dimensional “on-ground functional matrix.” Learn to integrate on-ground movements with other forms of function.
Most of your clients have at least one musculoskeletal imbalance that can be resolved with corrective exercise. However, clients may be more interested in aesthetic programs than functional improvements. This session will show trainers how to assess imbalances and integrate corrective exercises into personal training programs that are fun, challenging and rewarding from both an aesthetic and functional standpoint.
What is it that all great Pilates instructors have in common? It is that innate ability to anticipate where the body is going and bring it back to where it belongs. It’s all in the eye! We will study a number of common compensatory patterns and evaluate them from origin to solution. By monitoring the client’s strength and ability to correct these patterns, you’ll have a better sense of when to progress your students. BYOM
Learn to take your client’s game to the next level in this sports conditioning workshop. Improve strength, power and agility through new variations of familiar exercises that challenge unilateral movement and core stability. This workshop has a special focus on the core, arms, legs, shoulders and hips, as well as rotation. Learn a format on the reformer perfect for your sports enthusiast clients and athletes of all levels.
Do you want to get sports teams and group training clients in and out in 30 to 60 minutes? Come and learn the how and why of exercise selection, administration and marketing of this very easy and effective method of training. Note that the techniques shared can be applied to any equipment line. So, regardless of what equipment you use, this lecture will have you thinking differently about machine work and circuit training.
If you love the BOSU® Balance Trainer and want new ideas, this is the workshop for you! Learn dozens of exercises, drills, skills and activities that can be done on the BOSU® Balance Trainer in a group or personal training setting. Discover how to progress, regress and adapt each exercise to accommodate almost all fitness and skill levels with minimal equipment. Walk away with ideas that can be used next week.
If you work with female clients in any stage of life and wish to fully understand all of the biomechanical components from dysfunction to function, you need to learn about the Female Chain Reaction. In this course, you will learn about the pelvic core neuromuscular system as it applies to the female population, functional mobility techniques for the pelvic girdle and pelvic floor muscles, and exercise integration utilizing a variety of functional tools.
Every client that comes to you demonstrates individual differences in their biomechanics. Knock-kneed, pigeon-toed, pronated, supinated, lordotic or kyphotic posture, a trainer needs to understand how the exercise prescription affects their clients. In this class, trainers will be given tools to objectively assess for muscular imbalances in order to fully understand each client’s mechanical issues in order to be more specific with their exercise prescription.
Experience a fun and inventive session that will provide you with new and innovative balance, strength and movement exercises designed to test your ability to read and react, apply manual resistance AND have fun. If you are looking for interactive training ideas, you found it! NOTE: Please bring a towel to this class.
If walking is the most repeated movement we do in a day, then poor mechanics can lead to cumulative injury. Understanding whether the problems are top down, bottom up or middle out will allow you to provide exercises to improve your client’s movement. Exercises for intervention are explained and demonstrated.
Take STOTT PILATES Essential Reformer exercises to a higher level of intensity and experience variety and a “stepped-up” pace. By increasing the speed and flow of the exercise sequences and modifying the existing repertoire to increase muscular and cardiovascular endurance, you will see how you can inspire clients who may not be ready for an intermediate reformer program. Prerequisite: STOTT PILATES Essential Reformer workshop AND previous experience teaching or studying Pilates reformer exercises.
In keeping with current research, this session focuses on modifying mat work for lower-back problems. Major focus is placed on creating awareness and endurance in the deep stabilizers of the lumbar and pelvic region to alleviate and prevent lower-back pain. This workshop is a perfect foundation for any exercise program.
Sport Stretch will cover appropriate stretches specific to many of today’s popular sports including golf, tennis, running, basketball and more. You’ll learn how to use the ball to develop controlled mobility and dynamic stability, which will help create strong, fluid movement. See how these exercises can fit into many programs and offer participants a whole new twist in stretching. Roll into new flexibility moves and understand what other muscles come into play for a total workout. BYOM
Experience the next generation of ball training with the BOSU® Ballast Ball. The multidirectional load creates a weighted stability ball that incorporates audible, visual and kinesthetic references to make total body training more versatile, more effective and FUN! Learn new exercises and drills that will keep you and your clients ahead of the rest in functional training. Stability ball training just got better!
Feel great and look even better. LiveMotion will allow you to experience the distinction of natural, three-dimensional movement patterns. With an emphasis on core, balance and stability, help your clients strengthen and lengthen to not only feel good inside but look great outside. By incorporating Reebok Professional Studio products and the Freemotion iTonic whole body vibration platform, this circuit training session is sure to challenge your stability, strength, speed, agility and more.
Learn the latest and greatest movement drills used by professional athletes to develop their bodies and maximize performance. Come and experience footwork drills, dynamic balance exercises, medicine ball movements and upper-body power drills to train your clients.
Learn how to best prepare kids for sports at different stages of their growth and maturation. These strength exercises challenge the body’s neural “software” programming and structural strength to build stronger and smarter muscles. This workshop includes theory, live demonstration and hands-on experience. Following this workshop, you will be better able to prescribe whole-body, multijoint lifts, as well as stability and power exercises using a variety of strength-related apparatus.
Exercise is more than just a weight lifted, tubing stretched or a balance board stabilized! What occurs between the start and the finish positions is the key! Basic doesn’t mean easy...it means the necessary essentials! Examine the essential elements required to ensure that the client is doing exactly what he/she is supposed to do based on ability and the goal itself. Look at specific joint structures, resistance applications and control.
Energize and revitalize your private, semi-private and small-group personal training sessions! The extensive exercise library developed for use on the highly adaptable GTS® by efi Sport Medicine lets you guide your variety of clients toward increased strength, flexibility, balance, power and endurance. This course in GRAVITYPersonalTraining® gives you a new way to make the most of your valuable time.
Let's face it, men and women have different bodies with different abilities. Men on Mats is a Pilates workshop that challenges men's upper body strength while addressing limited flexibility in the hamstrings and lower back. Come and sweat, stretch and feel great. BYOM
In this intensive workshop, you will learn how to add further challenge to the foam roller routine. Use the roller’s unstable nature and reduce the base of support to increase the challenge to strength and balance. Cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness will also be covered. BYOM
Effective weight loss is all about burning calories. LeanMotion Circuit blends cardio and strength training techniques in one heart-pumping, fat-burning session. Dynamic and continuous movements will integrate the entire body to improve endurance and maximize your caloric output. This workshop incorporates Reebok Professional Studio products and the Freemotion iTonic whole-body vibration platform.
My knee hurts when I walk down the stairs. I cannot squat due to knee pain. These are a few statements that we hear over and over again. Take an in-depth look at the knee joint and gain an understanding of how the muscles control knee joint function and how abnormal mechanics in the foot and the hip can affect the function at the knee. Gain tools for identifying muscular imbalances throughout the lower kinetic chain.
Learn how the NFL superstars’ workout program can be used for all your clients. Speed, agility, quickness, core strength, power and balance are infused into one workout to create a motivating atmosphere that will challenge and inspire the athlete in all of us. We’ll use the same drills the pros use to improve overall performance and conditioning; from young to old, weekend warrior to competitive athlete, they are all looking for results, motivation, accountability and to be challenged.
Looking for something different to train your team? This medicine ball workshop is geared toward building upon the performance components (power, stability, recovery) and finding new ways to challenge your athletes.
From adolescence through to old age, there are factors about being female that will influence optimal health and function. The musculoskeletal system must be considered as integral to each woman as a whole. We will briefly consider the physiological and psychological changes of each life stage (adolescence, childbearing years and over 40) and the health issues that arise from them. This workshop will teach you how to design exercise programs and provide education for your female clients throughout the life stages.
This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of exercises on the split-pedal stability chair. The capabilities of the chair will be described and utilized. See how this modality offers your clients and students the opportunity to perform functional work against spring resistance in a variety of positions (sitting, standing and lying). Here is an opportunity to train core stability while working bilaterally, unilaterally or reciprocally with the limbs. Session repeated as #153.
Personal training is a big time business. With over 60,000 personal trainers in the world, statistics heavily favor growth in our industry. The future is bright. As trainers start businesses, run health club departments and expand their services, the need for business development education is critical. Unfortunately, too many trainer-entrepreneurs never “take their game to the next level.” We’ll discuss 10 “must do’s” that will ensure a solid client base while maximizing profits.
Performance-oriented cardiovascular training requires sophisticated manipulation of a myriad of training variables to optimize training for very fit clients. Results and injury-free training depend on a blend of consistent progression, with a dash of change mixed in; not to mention training at the appropriate frequency, intensity and duration. Learn how to punch up your cardiovascular programming.
Health behavior change unfolds through a series of stages, notably articulated in the Transtheoretical Model (also known as “Stages of Change”). This lecture illustrates how personal trainers and lifestyle coaches can utilize web-based fitness and online health resources (in the form of wikis, blogs/vlogs, podcasts/vodcasts and virtual worlds) to help the Internet-savvy generation adopt healthy behaviors in various stages of change.
Take core training to a whole new level! This workshop provides an overview of the structural anatomy and functionality of the core. In addition, participants will be exposed to innovative and demanding new exercises that can be adapted to challenge your most advanced clients and students.
Whether we sit, run, lift, throw—squatting becomes the foundation of many movements. However, every squat is different! Many of the rules we follow are based on the sport of squatting not the function of squatting. To understand it, you must understand the principles of function. Join us for a hands-on learning experience that applies the principles of function to assessment, rehabilitation and conditioning of the squat.
Building upon the essential elements analyzed in Critical Observation basics (session #422), this interactive presentation examines the next set of factors required to ensure that your client is doing exactly what he/she is supposed to do in a given exercise. Influences of concepts such as closed and open chains, intention, acceleration and various resistance modalities will be explored.
This interactive workshop will review the basics of working with medicine balls and teach you a number of progressive, full-body partner exercises that will improve your clients’ power, speed and muscle conditioning.
We are getting better at seeing muscle imbalances, yet what is the best way to address them? Which exercises come first? This workshop will help you make a plan for addressing mobility and stability issues as you design your workouts to get the muscles firing in the right sequence and get better results from your program.
Learn a revolutionary new way to train your clients that is more effective for teaching movement. FREE clients from mechanical and mental restrictions. Teach movement that is based on FEEL so clients develop sensory awareness. Then watch as their movements naturally FLOW with more grace.
Part 2 in a two-part series. As a continuum, your female clients’ biomechanical health will greatly benefit from your full understanding of the Female Chain Reaction. In this lecture, you will learn about how pregnancy influences the pelvic core neuromuscular system, how incontinence may limit your clients’ ability to exercise, a core conversion program for the female client, and how to apply these techniques to a variety of populations and ages.
The body knows only movement, not muscle. Challenge the staples of traditional program organization and move your training to a new level. This revolutionary workshop takes the elemental value of functional training and puts it into practice. Learn a complete functional movement training approach that will increase results, reduce injuries and develop stronger motor patterns in your clients and athletes.
Tired of your clients canceling half way through their training package? Frustrated with their lack of motivation? Discover the real reasons clients don’t meet their goals and how you can turn it around. This lecture will cover the most common reasons clients cancel, fail and ultimately quit. Come learn how to create a successful partnership with your client that will ensure long-term success as well as secure a long-term client.
Fibromyalgia, arthritis, myofascial pain syndrome and chronic fatigue are all diagnoses where the client experiences relentless bouts of pain and disability. We will discuss and identify the variables in each diagnosis and how we can develop effective and supportive fitness programs for these clients.
This workshop will teach you a variety of exercises for the lower body, upper body and core using minimal (and inexpensive) equipment such as exercise tubing, gliding discs or no equipment whatsoever. You don’t need a lot of equipment to experience an amazing workout. This is an excellent session for instructors or trainers who teach at clubs that don’t have a lot of equipment options, or for trainers who train in clients’ homes.
Teach your clients how to work their core muscles from the inside out. You will learn how to assess core stability and which exercises are better for which client. This workshop will teach you the basics to advanced exercises, using stability balls, tubing and medicine balls.
This all-day workshop offers a first look and comprehensive overview of STOTT PILATES’ latest creation, the new V2 Max Plus. Inspired by the demand for a highly versatile piece of Pilates equipment, this all-in-one system facilitates hundreds of exercises adding fun, challenge and variety to Pilates workouts. The session begins with a fundamental overview of the STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles. Participants will learn countless essential- through advanced-level exercise combinations using the multiple V2 Max Plus components, work on matwork and Cadillac exercises using the mat converter, then move on to reformer and vertical frame-based repertoire ideas. We’ll share effective tips and tricks for cuing, modifying and correcting clients in group classes or private sessions. Ideal for seasoned Pilates instructors or for those who want to learn more about this popular mind-body fitness phenomenon. Limited to 30 registrants.
