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.
For years, world-class athletes have used heart rate monitors to evaluate and improve performance. However, heart rate monitor research tells us that most people may not be getting the most out of this great training device. This workshop will debunk the myths and misconceptions associated with heart rate monitors, and provide an up-to-date, simplified approach to using a heart rate monitor for maximum benefit. We'll top it off with a power-packed simulation ride that will leave you feeling like a champion. Repeated as session #335.
For many students, the cycling posture can be a challenging position to maintain. As a result, indoor cyclists often experience aches and pains during and after the ride. Get instruction on how to effectively activate the inner core to ensure compensating muscles do not take over and the efficiency of the pedal stroke is maximized. Help your students experience a smooth ride with a body that is both stable and strong.
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.
Have fun in this intense class that will put the work back into your workouts! Maximize your time and results with interval training. Learn a variety of interval formats combining strength, cardio conditioning, plyometrics and functional movements that can be mixed and matched to create an intense and innovative workout for your participants.
Boot camps combine strength training, yoga, Pilates, cardio and stretching to get everyday clientele into shape. For athletes, preseason training camps take it to the next level, utilizing drills focusing on speed, agility and quickness, Linked System(TM) Strength, integrated balance, core stability, rotary power and anaerobic energetics to help them be game ready. Experience athletic drills and sport-conditioning equipment ideal for use with athletically-inspired clientele.
Challenge and create power, strength, balance and mobility while completing an innovative and effective full-body strength-training program using only the TRX. This interactive session provides a comprehensive review of the exciting training capabilities of this new fitness tool. Get first-hand knowledge of how a concept so simple can offer enhanced training possibilities and challenge. Repeated as session #264.
This workshop utilizes the unique features of the STOTT PILATES V2 Max, an all-in-one equipment system that expands programming for group classes and private training. Learn how to transform the machine to explore selected essential-level exercises on the mat, reformer and Cadillac. Discover how to cue, correct and modify for individuals and groups to make the most of each workout.
Several creative MVe Fitness Chair progressions will be taught in this session! The first time through each sequence you will learn the moves, the second and third time through you will refine the movements and transitions, and enjoy the flow. Move from the inside out during this Pilates fusion workout designed to improve balance, activate your core and gain a sense of inner control that will be unforgettable.
If you love to move to music, then you'll love this class that will teach you the ins and outs of creating choreographed reformer classes using a variety of musical styles. Whether you are a group exercise instructor looking to use your love of music and choreography in your reformer classes, or a Pilates instructor who is considering ways to add a new twist, this practical class will get you started.
Hands-on adjustments, coupled with creative verbal cues, and tailored to individual needs, provide a most effective means of enhancing student alignment, comfort and safety during yoga practice. Explore biomechanical principles of foundational asanas, and sophisticated and subtle techniques for guiding students into their ideal physical alignment. These methods are also useful for decreasing the potential of physical injury during yoga practice.
Revitalize your flexibility programming with active stretch and core training combinations. Integrate yoga postures and diagonal movement patterns guaranteed to decrease joint and muscle pain. Movements will simultaneously increase balance, muscular endurance and joint range of motion. Take home a variety of teaching strategies and multilevel progressions that utilize drag, acceleration and traveling techniques.
Performed on equipment, this class is an introduction for people with no GYROTONIC experience. This participatory class will introduce key GYROTONIC fundamentals and how they enhance the physical body to perform more optimally. The focus of this class is to convey why GYROTONIC principles can enhance or complement a wide array of physical activity. The spiraling and circular motion patterns are key elements in increasing fluidity, flexibility, endurance and strength, as well as improving rhythm and coordination. Repeated as sessions 178, 238, 269, 288, 318 and 350.
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.
Looking for an authentic, convenient and safe way to include a strength component in your cycling workout? Cycle Sculpt will show you how to use low-cost equipment and the space around your bike to integrate an effective strength component into your classes! Learn to cleverly use limited space and an interval format to create powerful strength sets that not only round out your cycling workout, but help balance some of cycling's mechanical stresses.
Personal trainers, this is for you! Learn how to implement indoor cycling as an added tool to enhance a client's training program (and expand your skill set). This workshop reviews proper cycling technique, client evaluation, functional power tests, programming ideas, practical applications (e.g., triathlon training, outdoor riding and small-group training) and sample workouts.
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.
Learn the most advanced, effective and addictive system of balance and focus training using Ironwear's Balance Bow. Strength, concentration and reaction speed are key. Learn how to balance and how to manipulate your center of gravity. This workshop will cover angular momentum and other balance techniques and methods for measuring improvement. The Balance Bow training system can be used to develop simple balance skills or sharpen the most elite athlete.
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.
Understanding the interaction of the lower extremity to the upper extremity is critical to developing a true functional shoulder training program. This session will demonstrate functional assessment techniques for the shoulder and how they are utilized in developing a program strategy for enhanced shoulder action. Note: This is the first of three sessions in the Assessment and Reaction series. Enrollment in all three is recommended, but not required.
Give your clients and classes something to jump about with this pumped-up session on the reformer. Increase intensity and challenge coordination and cardiovascular fitness using more complex jumpboard intervals while ensuring safety and proper technique. Incorporate strengthening exercises for upper and lower body and the core. This plyometric workout will deliver all-over fitness while easily motivating and maintaining interest.
Obesity is a growing health concern. Discover how to work with obese clients using a Pilates protocol that will support their bodies and let them rediscover the joy of movement. Explore how to select, adapt and guide Pilates exercises on the mat and apparatus to provide a full hour of movement that empowers your clients and fuels their desire to do more. Unlock the door to your heart and open yourself to this rewarding work.
By combining the athleticism of the traditional Pilates chair with the flexibility of resistance tubing, the EXO chair creates a limitless variety of workouts for beginners, athletes and anyone wanting to crank up their program. Learn the essential principles of Pilates on the chair in this practical workshop.
The action of running is predominantly flexion, and many runners complain of stiff ankles, tight hip flexors and pain in the lower back. This workshop will guide you through a range of yoga postures that specifically target these areas of discomfort so you can gain release, improved running technique and performance. This is an excellent session for personal trainers, runners, yoga teachers and group fitness instructors. No previous yoga experience is required and you do not need to be a runner to attend.
Experience the powerful effects gained from combining various bases of support with resistance training in static and dynamic movement sequences. Review the integrated relationship of muscles important for hip and back function, and learn practical core training ideas using isotonic and isometric muscle work. The use of buoyant equipment will further enhance balance, strength and functional performance.
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!
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.
Your opponent: the clock. Your goal: a personal record. Your intensity: high-end endurance. It's a test of legs and lungs in a simulation of cycling's most challenging competition. Learn how both individual and team time trials work, how athletes train for them, and how to incorporate these techniques and challenges into your classes! Now let's experience an authentic time trial challenge where the road is flat, the pace intense, and the only rider you can count on is you.
Coming off a cycle can leave you feeling hunched over and shortened. Yoga-inspired multi-segmental stretching will restore a functional posture and allow you to feel extended, open and full of ease. The techniques learned in this workshop will help you to maximize your time during the cool-down phase of any class.
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.
Power and quickness is built from a foundation of strength and stability. Chances are your clients have a solid foundation and are now ready to take the next step. See how you can progressively implement plyometrics into their programs. Try new drills and exercises, as well as new physical challenges that will add excitement to their training sessions, helping to reinvigorate their minds and bodies and bust through plateaus.
This workshop is designed for instructors and trainers working with very fit and accomplished athletes. Using the STOTT PILATES V2 Max, an all-in-one machine that combines the functionality of the professional reformer with the key features and benefits of the Cadillac, you will experience the multitude of programming options this equipment allows. See how this complete-body workout retrains muscles that may have become unbalanced.
Experience an intense circuit training workout featuring the MVe Fitness Chair and the brand-new MVe Reformer. Clare Dunphy will lead you through an energized, music-driven cross-training workout of Pilates fitness fusion exercises on the most versatile line of Pilates equipment available. Bring a towel and get ready to MVe!
Learn to teach dynamic, inspirational and energizing reformer classes from the ground up in this practical workshop. Exercise sequences, progressions, cuing and equipment management are covered to make your classes run smoothly from the very beginning. Teaching mixed-level classes and accommodating clients with limitations will also be covered.
Utilizing three traditional sun salutations as a foundation, this workshop introduces creative sequencing that fuses core methods with the traditional wisdom of many popular hatha yoga styles. Learn inspiring ways to design well-rounded classes that meet the needs of various student populations by simply blending essential ideals, poses and breathing techniques.
Personal trainers often create circuits to boost their income and challenge their clients with new movements. This session combines functional exercises using the GTS(R), the floor, medicine balls and most importantly, your body weight! The most important element within this circuit is the functional understanding behind each movement. Learn WHY we do each exercise and the functional chain reactions throughout the body during each movement.
This workshop will provide a focused look at how to use suspension training techniques to build the strongest and most functional core ever. A full progression of movements is provided to suit every client, from the deconditioned to the high-performance athlete, along with several fast-paced workouts using the TRX for core performance! Repeated as session #320.
Understanding the interaction of the foot and its relationship to the upper and lower extremities is a critical component to developing a comprehensive training program. This session will demonstrate functional assessment techniques and how the information they provide is applied to enhance foot action for all clients. Note: This is the second of three sessions in the Assessment and Reaction series. Enrolling in all three is recommended, but not required.
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(R) by efi Sport Medicine(R) lets you guide your clients toward increased strength, flexibility, balance, power and endurance. This course in GRAVITYPersonalTraining(R) gives you a new way to make the most of your valuable time.
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.
Music matters! And this workshop is designed to teach you where to find, how to choose, and how to use music in your classes to create rides that are motivating and inspiring beyond belief! From purchasing music online to playing amateur DJ with editing software, and from making class play lists in minutes to using your iPod in class, Music Magic will inform and inspire you to move in a digital direction. Unleash the power of your music and embrace the technology.
One of the most intricate and beneficial features of the M3 lies in the cycle's onboard computer. Through easy step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to maximize the computer in order to provide feedback to your students. Learn how to manipulate power output, gear, cadence, heart rate, time and distance to create new drills, enhance current drills and maximize motivation. The M3 computer will bring your class together in a way you never thought possible. Repeated as session #365.
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.
This workshop will review the anatomical, biomechanical and physiological background of the knee. Common injuries to the knee, such as patella-femoral pain and tendonitis will be discussed. And finally, stabilization, strength and power exercises will be presented to improve overall function of the knee.
Take core training with stability balls to the next level. This workshop will introduce you to new concepts in stability ball training that will help you get more from your core workouts and arm you with endless options for new exercises by moving your center of gravity off-center from the ball.
Adding these specially-designed STOTT PILATES reformer exercises to your client's routine will boost athletic performance and strengthen the core to minimize the risk of injury. Participants will learn how to tackle this total-body workout for optimum strength, endurance, agility and conditioning.
Get an in-depth look at how to deal with common hip concerns in a studio setting. This seminar will provide you with a before, during and after session approach. Learn what to ask the client before beginning, which exercises to use during the session as assessment tools, what to look and listen for, how different hip concerns affect movement and how to identify compensatory patterns. Develop an understanding of how to progress students safely in successive sessions.
Learn simple self-massage techniques using the foam roller and small balls to release tension, improve joint function and decrease pain. You will love the relaxation and release that comes from these simple exercises. This workshop introduces the concept of self-myofascial release and its appropriate application for Pilates teachers, personal trainers and group exercise instructors. None of the exercises taught require contact between the client and the trainer.
Discover the unique combination of standing Pilates blended into standing yoga sequences to sculpt, strengthen and stretch the lower body with a focus on spinal alignment, cuing and technique. Then finish the class with a combination of yoga and Pilates mat work on the ground. This amazing blend will impress your members with something new and will give you new tools for your body-mind teaching toolbox.
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.
The best indoor cycling instructors know how to get the most out of their students' performance. This workshop will review the characteristics of world-class coaches, and show you how to apply them to your indoor cycling workouts to maximize results. Specifically designed for instructors who are familiar with the Schwinn Cycling Coaching Pyramid. Now is your chance to perfect your coaching style! Repeated as session #404.
Understanding the real world of training and racing can revolutionize how you teach. What really happens on the road? How do teams work together to fight the wind, to win the sprint? What is the difference between a time trial and a team time trial? Learn the ins and outs of these and other cycling elements and how to integrate them into your classes.
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!
The fascial system is an important, but often overlooked, system of connective tissue that spreads throughout the entire body. Restrictions in the fascial system can cause postural malalignments, asymmetries and muscle tension-this spells pain! This hands-on workshop will help you understand the fascia and how to use specific exercises to keep it healthy so you can improve client fitness and eliminate dysfunction.
Understanding the interaction of the lumbar and thoracic spine and its relationship to the upper and lower extremities is a critical component to the development of a true functional training program. Assessing back function hinges on how the feet, lower extremity and pelvis are integrated in their actions. This session will demonstrate functional assessment techniques for the back and how this information is implemented for the purpose of enhancing movement for all populations. Note: This is the final installment of three sessions in the Assessment and Reaction series. Enrollment in all three is recommended, but not required.
This innovative workshop will help you take moms-to-be from the traditional matwork variations to modifications on the reformer. Drawing on the latest medical information and ACOG guidelines, anatomical and physiological changes, risk factors and movement considerations will be discussed with an eye to providing a safe and effective workout. Workouts will be concentrated on second trimester concerns, although considerations for those in first and third trimesters will also be addressed.
Learn the essentials of hatha yoga biomechanics and related anatomy to keep the body safe during your yoga practice. This workshop will teach you about YogaFit's Seven Principles of Alignment (SPA) principles and teach you how to build strength and flexibility safely.
One of the hottest new trends in Western yoga is to add resistance to train muscles that are being used in yoga postures. By adding external forces to the already challenging internal resistance created by yoga, you can challenge the body in ways that you have never felt before. Discover more of the science of exercise mechanics and resistance training.
To extend in dimension or scope, REACH is an evolving and fluid mix of ballet-inspired, fitness-infused training for total-body strength, flexibility and control. From standing to floor, turned-out and parallel, the body and mind will be challenged with exercises to help improve body awareness, stability and control. This popular hybrid workout focuses on using the ultimate fitness tools: body, floor and space for an intense release of energy all its own.
A workshop designed to refresh content for new water fitness instructors and give new ideas to veteran ones. We will discuss why land exercises cannot be done in the pool, understand functional progression for muscle group work in the water, and get ideas for dozens of moves and progressions. Experience the power of water and learn how you can take advantage of this liquid resistance machine for maximum results.
Learn to optimally and safely prepare for vigorous activity by using a structured pre-activity warm-up. You'll get the science that supports dynamic controlled warm-ups over static stretching when prepping for activity that requires acceleration, speed and agility. Leave this session with a number of innovative warm-up drills and understand when to stretch and when to prep!
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!
This workshop guides you through the top five current controversies in indoor cycling related to pedal speed, power, riding techniques, intensity monitoring and more. Get clear, research-based explanations and tangible drills you can use to answer the tough questions. This session is specially designed for instructors who have not yet attended the complete Schwinn(R) Cycling Instructor Training Course or those interested in an update on best practices from the Schwinn(R) Cycling program.
The amount of work completed in a given amount of time by a cyclist is known as power. Increasing the intensity and challenge of your indoor cycling class can be accomplished by manipulating power. In this workshop, you will experience and learn how to effectively instruct your students to use speed, resistance and intensity to power-up their next indoor cycling class. Repeated as session #405.
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.
This fully-interactive hands-on workshop reveals the functional anatomy of the lumbo-pelvic hip girdle and teaches you how faulty movement patterns and/or biomechanics lead to structural malalignments. You will learn how to assess imbalances of the lumbo-pelvic hip girdle, learn an array of corrective exercises, and have the opportunity to create your own. These techniques will help to alleviate your clients' pain and improve function.
Learn the recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) for exercise during the pregnant and postpartum periods. You will also learn about the pelvic floor and core integrity, postural concerns, and how to change up your clients' workouts throughout the pregnancy and after delivery. Most importantly, you will learn how to think through any movement and be able to decide if it should be done or how it can be modified for safety.
Learn to challenge and motivate your clients and classes using innovative and simple jumpboard combinations, separated by intervals of upper- and lower-body strength and flexibility exercises on the reformer. This ultimate cardiovascular and total-body strength interval class challenges the core and elevates the heart rate while focusing on proper jumping technique.
Ever wonder how to help students connect more deeply to Pilates exercises? Explore how to use small props like bands, power circles and small balls to deepen the experience of the intermediate mat exercises. Have fun and learn how to approach these exercises in new ways.
Wake up your body with this ultra-challenging workout using the magic circle. New and innovative exercises will have you standing, sitting and lying down, while reaping the benefits of a well-rounded workout in the process.
This is your chance to draw recreational and competitive runners to the pool! Learn the essential coaching skills for deep water technique and workout design that directly translates to training on land. You will leave this workshop knowing how to design a workout format equivalent to a 3-mile (5K) run filled with authentic drills and ideas, and free of joint stress.
Pick up the pace in this dynamic, new Pilates session and give your clients a taste of intensity that isn't standard fare for most Pilates workouts. Try innovative movement patterns that will inspire participant success at any fitness level while challenging greater stability, strength and control. Reach beyond traditional Pilates movements and experience a faster paced workout by blending familiar and new exercises.
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.
Creating an empowering indoor cycling experience for your students requires more than just a challenging workout. This session will introduce several techniques that will inspire and motivate your students to strive for new physical challenges as well as renewed psychological awareness. Learn how to instruct by invitation, incorporate visualization and imagery drills, make music your road map and use more empowering techniques for improved communication.
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.
This interactive lecture and hands-on workshop will discuss the pathomechanics and functional anatomy of the shoulder, the pathophysiology of shoulder impingement, and common treatment plans. Post-rehabilitative training exercises with rationale will also be provided.
Functional training is guessing without understanding functional anatomy. Myofascial slings are windows into a deeper appreciation of true anatomical function. They are literally the link in connecting the interdependent parts of the body. This workshop will help you understand how they relate to functional movement patterns for more effective program design.
Learn challenging suspension training exercises that are being employed by top athletes around the world to bring their performance to a new level. This workshop integrates advanced training techniques and bodyweight actions in a strong experiential environment that is guaranteed to challenge even the most conditioned athletes.
Many more women will survive breast cancer today than ever before. This workshop will discuss various treatments, including surgeries and reconstruction, as well as the exercise requirements for each. You will learn matwork-based exercises focusing on range of motion for the shoulder girdle. We will concentrate on establishing mobility, restoring posture, ensuring proper biomechanics and developing core and peripheral strength to address muscular imbalances created from the surgeries.
Learn how proper breath patterns can enhance movement of the core muscles. This class will help you to develop an understanding of dynamic alignment and the effects that breath patterns can have on balancing the spine. Core strength exercises are presented to create more balanced movement patterns. This session utilizes the spine corrector, which provides the perfect tool for ultimate rotation of the spine through its varied ranges of motion.
Join us for the ultimate body-mind workout. In this workshop, you will experience repetitive flows and long holds, which work muscles in a variety of ways. Isometric contractions and strong pulsing movements create strength and enhanced mental focus.
Assemble your fitness-focused yoga class with this easy-to-follow plan that guarantees an engaging yoga experience with logical progressions, consistent flow and plenty of variety. If you love yoga and love to teach group fitness, but hesitate to take on a yoga class of your own (or just feel stale with the sequences you know), come learn the method that will keep the yogis in your class fully satisfied.
Contemporary and cultural dance meets the water in this exciting aqua aerobic dance workout. Traditional and contemporary movements from Celtic, African, Latin and aerobic dance are combined with aqua principles to create a fun and effective way of working out in the water. Magical moves and mystical music will both revitalize and rejuvenate you as you enter the world of Aqua Dance.
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!
Creating, organizing and finding music for your cycling classes can take a tremendous amount of time. This workshop will provide you with a whole new way to approach class design, making it easy for you to develop your own great workouts in no time! Learn how to compartmentalize and catalog indoor cycling sets so classes are simple to remember, inspiring to coach, and highly motivating for your students.
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.
Limitations and dysfunctions of the hip joint result in a transfer of responsibility to the lumbar spine. The lumbar spine is not designed to work the way the hips do, and the outcome is often low-back pain. 85% of all adults will experience low-back pain, and recognizing the contribution of the hips is key to long-term function and prevention.
Stretching is a staple of the preworkout warm-up. We use this tool in an attempt to prevent injury and soreness, improve range of motion, decrease pain, and enhance speed, agility and power. There are a multitude of stretching strategies available to us. Which ones are most beneficial and why? We'll explore these strategies, invent new ones, discuss the facts and dispel the myths about stretching.
In this Level 2 workshop, you will learn how to add further challenge to the foam roller routine. Using the roller's unstable nature while reducing the base of support will increase the challenge to strength and balance. Cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness are also covered.
Combining the body-mind disciplines of yoga and Pilates will bring your training to a new level. See how asanas and Pilates movements can flow freely, smoothly and rhythmically from one to the next with a soulful beat, while providing a challenging workout and a feeling of relaxation.
Transfer Pilates mat exercises onto the new lightweight Pilates Arc(TM) and create classes that are fresh, inspiring and fun. Learn new and traditional exercises for increasing core strength, improving neuromuscular integration and correcting alignment. This workshop includes several class formats with detailed handouts on all the new exercises.
Discover how to sequence yoga asanas in a fluid manner while using the Resist-A-Ball. You'll come away with several flowing patterns, using various ball positions. The dynamic nature of the ball allows for smooth transitions between the many different postures.
SilverSplash is an older-adult group water fitness program designed to enhance each individual's quality of life and daily function. This special program utilizes the physical properties of the water to enhance agility, range of motion and cardiovascular conditioning. Instructors will learn how to choreograph water moves using a kickboard to develop strength, balance and coordination for a format that is safe, fun and effective.
We invite you to experience this creative and expressive movement system that combines the power and grace of movement with simple still postures designed to deliver strength, flexibility, balance, mobility, agility and stability. Yo-Nia is an excellent compliment to yoga, Pilates and traditional styles of stretching.
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!
Are you looking for ways to put more excitement into your cycling workouts? Do you wish your students interacted more? This workshop is designed to provide you with skills, drills and clever tricks of the trade to create more interaction, motivation and teamwork in each class. Take away new ideas you can use with your students on Monday morning!
Geared Up is an action-packed workshop that will utilize numerous cycle training techniques taken straight from the road. You will ride away with a stronger understanding and how-to application of cycling elements such as time trailing, drafting, pedal stroke and more. This workshop will connect your indoor cycling experience to the world of outdoor riding, creating a whole new indoor cycling experience to enjoy.
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.
Create a peak gluteal contraction with a simple arm motion! Fire your calves with a reach of the foot! Understanding how our body is driven to react to our actions and how we can harness this incredible proprioceptive power is redefining the way we train our clients. Learn how to use this powerful technique to create functional chain reactions that will increase muscle activation and bring your clients to their peak.
You don't need to be a world-class downhill racer to benefit from this session. Take home new training ideas for various snow sports, including cross-country skiing and snowboarding. This challenging and creative ski conditioning class trains all the elements your clients (or you!) need for a podium finish or a great ski vacation experience. Don't confuse general sport conditioning with ski-specific training!
Building on the foundation developed in Level 1 of this series, this workshop will continue to show exercise variations for those whose mobility does not permit them to exercise on the floor. In addition to exploring movements that incorporate the gentle resistance of the STOTT PILATES Flex-Band(R) exerciser, you will work through a number of exercises performed in a supported standing position.
Feel the rhythm of your body, your breath and the beat as you move through this mindful and uplifting workout. This new age circuit begins with the rhythmic exercises of the mat and turns them upright to bring Pilates vertical. Finally, put your Pilates in motion and express yourself through a dance segment that allows you to release your joy and set your spirit soaring.
With the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) now recommending exercise during pregnancy, more and more pre- and postnatal women are choosing Pilates as their program of choice. This informative workshop will give you the medical guidelines, and information on common problems associated with this population such as low-back pain, sciatica, sacroilliac dysfunction and diastasis recti.
It is difficult enough to decide which of the many hundreds of postures to give to our students. Now we have to come up with creative sequences to help our students be successful while practicing them. This workshop will demonstrate the logic involved in several flowing sequences while moving the body in a variety of planes of motion. Using a safe, microprogression of postures, you will undoubtedly leave with new inspiration for your practice.
The dynamic medium of water makes balance poses both easier to accomplish and harder to sustain. Learn how to use this method of incorporating balancing yoga poses into a water fitness class. This unique method of utilizing the properties of water for balance and resistance will challenge and invigorate you. Body and mind integration is essential in this workout.
Pilates has been the core conditioning method of choice for models, dancers and athletes for decades. This program combines Pilates with added resistance in order to dynamically train the total body.
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™!
Postural dysfunction is prevalent in our modern society. Understand what factors and mechanisms have contributed to this and learn new strategies and techniques that can be readily applied today! This session includes a hands-on workout as an example of how these postural approaches are put into practice, and how they can help to fight the battle against gravity and enable us to win the postural war.
This innovative and upbeat mat workout features some small props (or toys), including the Flex-Band(R), Fitness Circle(R) and toning balls. You'll learn how to create a workout that is sure to inspire you and your clients. Focusing on strength and agility, this routine will leave your clients feeling strong and streamlined, and will serve to improve their game-even if their game is life!
This course focuses on how to properly teach and perform mat work exercises, with special emphasis on developing core strength. Explore various ways to progress through the movement patterns with attention to core awareness and control. Learn new ways of connecting mat work patterns with innovative transitions. Precise positions, continuous flow and dynamic alignment will be emphasized.
Low-back pain is a common complaint. In this workshop, you will focus on the entire back, and experience a targeted yoga practice designed to strengthen the muscles surrounding the spine, while creating length and suppleness and reducing stress. Learn specific modifications of traditional postures that will improve their effectiveness relative to the spine, as well as enhance relaxation and decompression in this vital area.
With the proliferation of breast cancer diagnoses, you may have a student or client who is recovering from breast cancer treatment and/or surgery. This workshop will teach you how to help students/clients by using yoga poses and stretches to regain range of motion. You will learn which movements are contraindicated in order to prevent future complications, as well as the importance of the body-mind connection for a full recovery.
Breathe new vitality into your clients' lives while you expand your training offerings with walking meditation. You'll learn to train both individuals and groups, and to synchronize their walking steps with their breath for increased energy, mental clarity, mood control and a sense of well-being. No special equipment needed except for good walking shoes.
Synchronized swimming is a rhythmic, dance-like form of swimming. In this session, participants will learn some basic synchronized swimming figures, drills, techniques and formations, play with musical rhythms, and have a whole lot of fun! Your muscular and cardiovasular strength and endurance will be challenged. And, oh yes, those deep-core stabilizers will get a workout like no other.
Are you ready to get powered up? The amount of work completed in a given amount of time by a cyclist is known as power. Increasing the intensity and challenge of your indoor cycling class can be accomplished by manipulating power. Through speed, intensity and resistance, this workout is sure to deliver. Experience M3 power!
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!
This energizing workout incorporates the 12-inch Mini Flex-Ball to create total-body strengthening and conditioning. The exercises will work on improving posture, core stability and back mobility, while lengthening and strengthening the surrounding musculature. Participants will utilize the STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles while learning how to add variety and fun to traditional matwork routines.
Nia is a cardiovascular fitness-fusion conditioning program performed in bare feet, with no repetitive jogging or jumping up and down. Fusing the best martial arts, dance arts and conditioning arts, including yoga, Nia delivers somatic body learning and expressive whole-body conditioning, while emphasizing joy and pleasure.
When working with older adults in the aquatic environment, it is our goal to keep it fun, simple and effective, while insuring their comfort in the pool. Circuit training is a great way to keep them moving and cognizant of their intensity. Come see how you can keep them engaged and energized while providing a workout that is safe and effective.
Film, photos and elders have shown us many exercises created by Joseph Pilates. We wonder why some exercises are not done anymore. With others, we know right away! This fun, information and challenging workshop will offer you the opportunity to play with these great pieces of history. So bring your powerhouse and your sense of history! Please note: this session is not for novice Pilates instructors.
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.
Vibration training has become one of the most significant breakthroughs in fitness and performance training in the last few decades. This workshop teaches cutting edge techniques for integrating vibration to your existing programs, including movement preparation, stability and coordination, core and pillar strength, power and recovery and regeneration work. Whether you are working with clients one-on-one, or in a small group training environment, see how you can utilize vibration training for optimal results.
**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.
Vibration training has become one of the most significant breakthroughs in fitness and performance training in the last few decades. This workshop teaches cutting edge techniques for integrating vibration to your existing programs, including movement preparation, stability and coordination, core and pillar strength, power and recovery and regeneration work. Whether you are working with clients one-on-one, or in a small group training environment, see how you can utilize vibration training for optimal results.
**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.
Vibration training has become one of the most significant breakthroughs in fitness and performance training in the last few decades. This workshop teaches cutting edge techniques for integrating vibration to your existing programs, including movement preparation, stability and coordination, core and pillar strength, power and recovery and regeneration work. Whether you are working with clients one-on-one, or in a small group training environment, see how you can utilize vibration training for optimal results.
**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.
Vibration training has become one of the most significant breakthroughs in fitness and performance training in the last few decades. This workshop teaches cutting edge techniques for integrating vibration to your existing programs, including movement preparation, stability and coordination, core and pillar strength, power and recovery and regeneration work. Whether you are working with clients one-on-one, or in a small group training environment, see how you can utilize vibration training for optimal results.
**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.
