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Come and be inspired by the acclaimed Drums Alive Instructor Training Program. You’ll learn the theory and application of this unforgettable and inspirational group exercise experience. This full-day training will explore sound and movement therapy using drumming and music. Examine the locomotor skills required to drum your way to a distinctive class design. Finally, a powerful group exercise format that is appropriate for ALL populations!
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 Latin and international music-dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Are you ready to work core, legs, glutes and upper body in a whole new way? Go beyond boring and traditional. We will use gliding discs, steps, tubing and body weight to transform your tried-and-true routines into integrated magic. You will learn mini "plug and play" workouts for each muscle group along with routines that target the whole body.
Your entire core-shoulders to hips-stabilizes your body, so it's critical to keep it strong. Core Up reviews the musculature of the core and upper-body muscles, addresses any misconceptions you may have, and provides you with a multitude of training techniques that you can use with your students and clients right away. Core Up is perfect for personal trainers and group exercise instructors.
This high-energy muscle-conditioning class shows you how to combine dynamic movement with traditional toning exercises. Learn to take boring isolated exercises and turn them into a fun workout. Even without using any equipment, you'll see how easy it is to create spectacular workouts.
This dynamic, challenging and spirit-filled workout combines bodyweight exercises, sport drills and partner/teamwork drills to maximize strength, power, coordination and conditioning. You will experience over 30 unique exercises and drills, more than 10 Boot Camp chants, get many great new ideas, and have a ton of fun, regardless of your level.
Join us for this unique teamwork-based circuit training workout in which partners work together to push, motivate and challenge each other utilizing a variety of fitness tools in some creative and innovative ways.
Here is your opportunity to experience a top-notch workout with two highly regarded presenters who have joined forces in this dance-aerobic extravaganza. Raul and Yoav have combined the flavor of their unique backgrounds (Spanish and Israeli) in symmetric and asymmetric dance choreography to create an explosion of style just for you! This is a "must be there" dance class.
Discover exciting ways to integrate compound movements with this dynamic new GRAVITYGroup workout! Witness some inventive strategies that are intended to target complementary and opposing muscle groups. We will combine instability, muscle group progressions and dynamic motion to challenge the core. In addition, you will learn how to create compound movements using the GTS(R), and how exercise sequences progress by joining elements that build upon one another.
Even your Aunt Betty can do the hustle. Learn how to take the concept of the hustle and incorporate its principles into a simple hip-hop dance class with a simple line-dance format!
It's time to dance and Yoav knows every trick of the trade. Join this dance-aerobics session that will begin with a march or a hamstring curl, and before you know it you'll be pirouetting, jet
Are you tired of old-school step classes? Join us for a new take on step! Learn how we start from basic moves and change them into new, spectacular movement patterns! Move like you have never moved before, and check out this tap-free, high-energy step workshop. Emphasis is placed on logical combination building, while keeping the fun factor high from beginning to end.
This action-packed workshop will deliver an explosion of cardio drills guaranteed to raise your heart rate and workout fun factor. Innovative movement patterns can be linked for group fitness or used independently for personal training or circuit workouts. Using the BOSU Balance Trainer, learn unique drills that will challenge your cardio fitness as well as improve your balance, agility, coordination and athletic power.
This workshop covers all the skills necessary to develop an exciting workout program utilizing the time-tested concepts of the most conditioned athletes in the world. Jump rope warm-ups, proper stance and footwork, speed and power drills, and attack and evasion skills will be covered. In addition, you will be properly coached on how to safely and effectively use one of the most important tools used in boxing, the punch mitts.
Get Up...Get Down...Get Moving! Stylized and explosive high-low choreography with a definite dance flair designed for maximal use of the body and unlimited fun. Complexity progression, seamless transitioning and performance peaks give this workout its never-ending challenge and widespread appeal. Come prepared to turn up the heat!
Learn how to maneuver your way around the step like a true professional. A fantastic lesson in the playful art of choreography and superb breakdowns, you will be gliding easily through the most challenging maneuvers with minimal effort and maximal enjoyment. This class is for steppers who are looking for inspiration, motivation and cutting-edge choreography.
If you love the BOSU Balance Trainer and want new ideas for using it, this class is 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.
Learn an effective total-body, low-impact, strength, power, dynamic flexibility and cardio workout that has been in use for centuries. Participants will learn the basic kettlebell movements as well as why kettlebells differ from dumbbells, barbells and machines. We will briefly discuss the history, science and many applications of kettlebell lifting.
Join members of the BOSU Development Team for a block party workout that will blow your mind. Using the BOSU Balance Trainer and the NEW BOSU Ballast(TM) Ball, you will get to experience a one-of-a-kind workout that is loaded with drills, skills and over-the-top fun! This special workout is limited to the first 100 people and will definitely sell out. This is the one party that everyone will be talking about!
Zumba's cardio party kicks it up a notch! While incorporating all of the basic rhythms used in A Taste of Zumba, additional rhythms are introduced and more extensive choreography has been added. The routines feature interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body.
This is one workout that you won't find in the supermarket! Treat yourself to a step class that is rich in fun and energy and will burn the fat right off of you! Learn fun and creative combinations that will give your students a pure cardio workout!
Come see how you can turn the step and the floor into a fitness playground for the cardio crazed. Cardio intensity intervals are combined with new fitness drills and games to create this breathless bash. Use the step and the floor in all sorts of wild ways to excite your students and to keep them challenged and coming back for more.
It's purposeful, it's functional and it's CURL FREE! Take the Curl Out of your core classes. Redefine core to include more than your spinal flexors and extensors. Learn progressions to better serve your entire class and knock the socks off your front row!
This class blends Latin, African and Caribbean rhythms into low-impact, high-energy cardiovascular, fun-filled, motivating and extremely energetic classes. This session will work the small muscle groups of the body.
This workout starts with standing and then moves your whole body through all planes of motion. Challenge your core along with hip and shoulder stability and mobility. You will get a great workout in many different positions that will leave you feeling invigorated.
Innovative alternative strength-training ideas for any situation or clientele. Whether you train out of a facility or out of your car, this course is for you. During this session, you'll break away from traditional methods of strength training to discover new ways of building muscle using kettlebells, medicine balls, bands and bodyweight drills.
In this workout there is a little bit of step, a little bit of dance and a whole lot of jammin' going on. This workout is a bit sassy so get ready to jam... Step Jam, that is!
Join this high-energy workout based on the classical high-low with a bit of a dance flavor. This class starts with basic movement that is familiar to most group exercise instructors, and culminates in a high-energy, challenging workout that is appropriate for all levels.
Creatively utilizing both traditional and non-traditional step moves helps us achieve an intense physical and mental challenge for the ultimate full-body workout. This step workshop emphasizes the benefits of going from A to B (and way beyond!) in a systematic learning-enhanced environment. Complexity and success can be long-term partners if the journey makes sense and the workout rocks. Club tested-for demanding clients year after year!
Step and Drum combines the pulsating rhythms of the drums with the powerful movements from step and dance aerobics. It is a unique high-energy step, dance and rhythmic experience. This dynamic workout is not only for step enthusiasts, but for anyone wanting to experience a new way to combine the positive benefits of rhythm and step aerobics into their existing programs.
Tired of endless crunches? Then let's take the Core Off the Floor! Remove the crunches, get off the mat and put kettlebells, medicine balls and BOSU(R) Ballast(TM) Balls in your hand! Learn to swing and clean, lift, shift and shake, or throw and catch while engaging muscles so deep you'll wonder what your core training has done for you all these years. These functional training movements will teach you how to use momentum to your advantage and operate in a vertical manner. Exercises are multiplanar, multidirectional and multi-effective.
This session incorporates the basic and advanced boxing skills needed for punching and footwork. Physical fitness and martial arts components will be integrated for a scientifically-designed system that will provide the proper work and active rest intervals required to optimize physical conditioning.
The perfect stretch sequences can be difficult and time consuming to put together. Sometimes you need a 5-minute routine for just the neck and shoulders for a regular client, and sometimes you need a 15-minute routine for the whole body after a cycling class. This workshop is designed to provide you with a variety of short routines for all areas of the body. They can be used independently or together for powerful results.
Groove FX is an achievable aerobic program with essences of dance. It is a salubrious selection of street, disco, dance and hip-hop routines set to a melodic mix of sounds and rhythms. Groove FX captures the spirit of dance, combines it with fun and delivers real fitness results. A must for all non-dancers wishing to have a boogie!
Step outside the box and stimulate your body and your mind with this incredibly fun and challenging workout. The choreography is EXCITING. It moves and it's definitely going to make you sweat! Whether you master all the layers or choose to stay with the base moves, this routine is one BIG dance party on the step! Refreshing and innovative...definitely NOT YOUR MOMMA'S STEP!
Step Surplus is overflowing with HOT new choreography, and HOT new combination-creation concepts. See how easy it is to create and teach a surplus of new step combinations using a combo creation blueprint that will help you to implement proper transition and music selection. You will take home three new step combinations, as well as four mini mix-and-match combinations that can be used for months to come.
Don't panic! You may be entering uncharted territory but Yoav is the perfect guide. Hand in hand, you will step off the edge and bring new creations, new relations between participants, and new traveling patterns that will make even the most conventional stepper willing to join the experience. Two steps, a good attitude, and there is no land we can't conquer.
Long before boxing and kickboxing became buzz words in the fitness industry, real boxers were shadowboxing to music to improve rhythm, timing, agility and speed. Now you can add these skills to the great cardiovascular benefits gained by millions. Get back to the authentic fundamentals by learning to perform actual boxing techniques derived from the ring and add a shot of adrenaline to your cardio workouts.
Groove, funk, jam and rock to the Hip-Hop Hit List! This is choreography that will make you look good and is set to music you can get your hands on NOW! You'll pick up teaching techniques and professional tips that are bound to get your classes moving. Kick-start your hip-hop classes and turn up your level of cool!
Power Beats II is a dance and rhythm celebration! You will feel and experience the pulsating rhythms, dynamic movements and powerful percussions of this new and unique high-energy dance and rhythmic workshop. Drums Alive combines traditional aerobic movements with the powerful beat and rhythms of the drums. It is a workout for the entire body, mind and spirit!
No more recycled boot camp moves! Come experience a real sport conditioning circuit based on exercises, techniques and training tools used and tested by thousands of professional athletes. Experience a circuit that trains the body as a functional whole. Agility, balance, integrated strength, partner drills, aerobic and anaerobic energetics and good times are all built into this invigorating workshop.
Use this ancient device to shape up the part of the body every single class member is interested in-the butt! It's hard to find a better tool that works all the major muscles of the lower body in such a short time! Learn some very basic moves behind kettlebell training and how to orchestrate a beginning-level, 20-30-minute group exercise class that will have everyone walking funny until they see you again!
Combine both fitness and dance into one amazing workout! You won't have a problem getting or keeping your heart rate up in this nonstop, fun-filled cardio explosion. Patrick will demonstrate how to mix movement and fitness together for an effective, dynamic body challenge. So, get your groove on, get ready to sweat and let's dance!
A body-mind STEP class? Why not? Discover a unique and innovative approach to step training using simple choreography set to gentle music constructed in three-quarter time. Original, creative and relaxing, this session is guaranteed to soothe the senses while providing an efficient cardiovascular workout. Come discover this unexpected addition to your group fitness programming. It's truly Zensational!
Cardio with the ball has never been so much fun! Try some new movement variations that will get you sweating and having a blast with the ball. Different styles of movement, from athletic to dance, will be included to give you lots of new ideas.
Using new stability ball training techniques on the BOSU Ballast Ball will add fresh elements to abdominal and back training. You will learn many new core exercises that effectively challenge every muscle in your power center while simultaneously improving overall movement capabilities. If you think you've seen it all with regard to stability ball core training, think again!
Creating muscle definition requires a combination of cardiovascular and strength training. This hybrid class achieves the best of both worlds through a non-stop circuit of intense cardio intervals and challenging strength moves using little or no equipment.
The difference between All-Star and Super Star instructor status lies in the details rarely discussed. Fine-tune your instructor image, chic appeal and vocal inflection with practical application that will immediately take even the most advanced instructor to the next level. We highly encourage all participants in this session to take session #337, which is a continuation of the information taught in this lecture.
Think fusion. This workshop incorporates a 30-minute group session on efi Sports Medicine's adaptable GTS(R) machine, which integrates strength training and Pilates to zero-in on the core. It's a zenergetic, body-mind experience with plenty of variety and challenge pulling Pilates and resistance training into the same orbit.
The counts! The music! The era! Discover the differences between funk and hip-hop, and delve into the music, the movement and HOW to break it all down. Don't be misled, this workshop is for experienced instructors as well as the instructor who wants to learn how to teach this very special style of dance.
Experience a step class with a difference. By exploring the elements of Intensity and Choreography, Rebecca will take you to a level that you never thought possible-a step class that is high in intensity, but also high in choreography. This session comes complete with all the tools you need to teach an I.C. class to your students tomorrow.
Whether you're teaching kids, teens or adults, everyone loves to get on the ball and play. This action-packed workshop brings a whole new bag of tricks to your stability ball classes. Learn how to sequence by incorporating traditional ball exercises, drill-based partner work and games for everyone. Be prepared to rock, roll and laugh your way through this fun-filled session!
Put together strength training and Pilates mat and you have a fusion class. Introduce core stabilization techniques and you have a Core Adrenaline rush! Experience an entire-body workout by building long lean muscles in a fun group-exercise setting.
How does one move from Super Star to Rock Star status? This session will give you the opportunity to learn AND practice teaching skills that are rarely taught, but are infinitely necessary in any instructor training program. Learn how to communicate and demonstrate movement with a captivating quality that wows, motivates and inspires others. Participants are encouraged, but not required to register for session #311, which precedes this workshop in time block K.
Experience the power of fun. Feel the motivation of chants, dance, cheers, sound effects, martial arts and boxing all in one wildly fun fusion workshop.
One of the hardest things to manage when teaching step is the variety of levels. From new step participants to Step Divas, we have to have a plan that will make them all feel successful. See how you can develop strategies to take combinations from simple to complex so you can easily manage a multilevel class where everyone will have a great time AND a good workout!
Spend less time designing your strength training classes and deliver quality workouts that will reach all ability levels in one class with the Elevated E3 Program Design protocol. Start thinking like a personal trainer in the group exercise room and create workouts that are well designed and delivered even with constraints such as limited weight, limited equipment and multiple ability levels all in one room. This simple system will have you working smarter, not harder.
Circuit training is alive and FUNCTIONAL! Learn a minimum of 10 different functional core exercises in this complete core conditioning circuit. Experience balance training, core conditioning, trunk stabilization techniques and postural alignment exercises using a variety of equipment while creating a fun and effective workout!
Parent-child circuit workouts! The focus is on family fun with interactive circuit activities that involve the parent and child in tandem. Is it work? Is it play? You decide. Get a whole playground full of creative ideas for interactive circuit training stations that will challenge strength and endurance while creating cross-generational quality time for families and a new market for your group fitness program.
This dance program uses the traditional Zumba international and Latin dance rhythms and is specifically choreographed for the active older adult. Both the music and dances are fun and easy to follow so that everyone can do it!
Did you file away last year's combos because you didn't remember how the presenter broke them down? Learn how to master the techniques of teaching combinations. Whether you choreographed them yourself, or you just picked them up from the last conference session, you will be able to bring these moves successfully to your class.
Whether it's 3, 4, 5, or even 7 knee repeaters, it might be the solution for your next step class. Be inspired by learning to build up (and break down) choreography using repeaters. Yes, repeaters! Here's your chance to get some inspiring, creative and challenging step ideas that will last you a long time.
Blast your body from head to toe while strengthening your core and improving your balance! Using the BOSU Complete Workout System, you will learn clever, simple ways to progress, regress and adapt each exercise to accommodate even your beginner clients or students. You'll get more exercises than you can carry home, and renew your ability to use the BOSU Balance Trainer for sculpting the entire body!
80% of people over 65 have at least one chronic disease. How do you modify the side plank to an individual with tendonitis in the shoulder? How do you incorporate cardiovascular conditioning into a program with students who have osteoarthritis in their knees? If you have students or clients with chronic conditions, then this workshop is for you! You will be shown a multitude of modifications for exercises that will keep the older population moving.
Here's a new formula to make you sweat while shakin' it without regret. Treat your members to what just might be the fastest hour in the gym. Simple steps. High energy. Hot new songs. Variety. We won't just dance...we'll BOOGIE! Don't miss your chance to take home new routines and teaching tips from the latest version of this cardio dance extravaganza!
From the time you walk into your class, until the time you leave the building, you are ON! Like a rock star, every little thing you do can make or break your success. In this very different workshop, you will learn how to run a successful hip-hop/funk class. We will discuss everything from choreography and music to clothing and client relations. You ask the questions, anything, from wall to wall!
Learn how to integrate some WOW into your lower-body training for the lean legs and great glutes everyone wants! Get to the trouble zones from all angles and in all positions, using both unilateral and bilateral work and core-integrated exercises. This workshop definitely steps it up a notch while offering levels in order for all participants to be successful. Group strength training for 2008 is here!
It's time for another dimension. Turn your step vertical and incorporate your neighbor's bench into the choreography. It's fun, interactive and sure to spice up your current step class. This workshop will show you the progressions and transitions you need to teach the latest in choreography. Enjoy the atmosphere created when you do it duo and move step to step. It's steptacular!
How do you give kids a total-cardio workout while building muscle endurance and tone in the entire body? Discover this multilevel, mixed-impact workout that utilizes the Fitstix™. Each Fitstix™ is under a pound, allowing for quick and safe movements. Keeping rhythm with the musical beat will keep them moving and wanting more. Shake up your kids' workouts with the Fitstix™!
What is the ultimate dance party? Well, it is the best combinations done to the greatest hits of all time! It's easy to follow AND you'll hear chart-topping hits from all genres of music. We follow the verse, chorus and hook so the routines are simple to learn. You won't have this much fun with any other workout...#1's is a testament to the impact of music on movement.
CORNERED? Get into the corner! Discover new variety with choreography you already use! Learn to utilize familiar movements in a whole new way with this high-octane, goosebump inducing workout! We use two steps to form a "corner," and then move seamlessly and logically from one to the other. Learn new ways to milk your favorite combos and have too much fun along the way!
Experience a workout like no other. This nonstop, nonchoreographed workout brings boot camp deeper into the group fitness world by setting it to music. Then switch gears and use your indoor space for outdoor-style drills. No equipment, no fluff and no whining!
Give your arms a turn and experience Johnny G’s latest innovation – the Krankcycle®. This upper-body workout utilizes a stationary hand cycle that focuses on both cardiovascular and strength training. Kranking is cycling from the waist up, a fast, power workout for the upper body and core. Come rock with one of the greatest visionaries our industry has ever known.
**Note – This is a late added session. If you wish to obtain CECs for this session, you will have to petition with your CEC agency in order to receive credit.
Give your arms a turn and experience Johnny G's latest innovation - the Krankcycle®. This upper-body workout utilizes a stationary hand cycle that focuses on both cardiovascular and strength training. Kranking is cycling from the waist up, a fast, power workout for the upper body and core. Come rock with one of the greatest visionaries our industry has ever known. **Note - This is a late added session. If you wish to obtain CECs for this session, you will have to petition with your CEC agency in order to receive credit.
As fitness trainers, we have traditionally recommended cardiovascular exercise that involves a great degree of leg motion. Kranking is a new form of training that utilizes the arms, shoulders and shoulder girdle muscles as primary movers. It provides clients and students with another way to cross train and strengthen the core and the shoulders; not to mention the benefits that come from balancing the work between the upper body and lower body for injury prevention. Join us, as we introduce the fitness industry’s newest form of training.
**Note – This is a late added session. If you wish to obtain CECs for this session, you will have to petition with your CEC agency in order to receive credit.
As fitness trainers, we have traditionally recommended cardiovascular exercise that involves a great degree of leg motion. Kranking is a new form of training that utilizes the arms, shoulders and shoulder girdle muscles as primary movers. It provides clients and students with another way to cross train and strengthen the core and the shoulders; not to mention the benefits that come from balancing the work between the upper body and lower body for injury prevention. Join us, as we introduce the fitness industry’s newest form of training.
**Note – This is a late added session. If you wish to obtain CECs for this session, you will have to petition with your CEC agency in order to receive credit.
