Outstanding group fitness instructors make it look so easy, but successful execution is actually the result of thoughtful planning and professional development. Whether you&rs...
Explore your body’s balance systems using the BOSU Balance Trainer and a soft-touch weighted ball. Train complementary aspects of balance to improve proprioception, stre...
Discover how the martial arts of qigong and tai chi in their true forms can be taught as powerful—and intense—mind-body cross-training disciplines for fit particip...
The best communicators in group fitness and personal training incorporate three-part cues in their teaching strategies: visual, verbal and kinesthetic. In many ways, it’...
Yo-Chi is fusion at its best! Unlock the chi potential of your body by fusing tai-chi Yang Short Form and adapted hatha yoga asanas. Reap the benefits of both isometric and is...
Presented By Cedric Bryant, PhD, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD, Len Kravitz, PhD
2012 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Are you and your clients overwhelmed with the never-ending abundance of health, fitness and nutrition information? How can you make sense of new research, diets and exercise p...
Instead of learning choreography or ideas to take back for others, in this workshop you'll get ideas on self–preservation for you. Embark on an in–depth experi...
Explore new tools that redefine and explore your body's balance using the BOSU Balance Trainer and a soft–touch weighted ball. Walk away with a whole new perspective...
Communication is 93% nonverbal and is oftenTIMEs very subtle and overlooked. Ignite your senses in this inspirational movement experience that is taught in silence while using...
All populations can benefit from mind-body walk/run programs. With all the buzz about chi-based running, barefoot running and meditative outdoor walking, this workshop will g...
The BOSU Balance Trainer is the perfect accessory to complement a wide range of authentic Pilates exercises. Learn how to use the BOSU ball in one-to-one and group settings, a...
The common thread, uniting every fitness discipline out there, is breath. From personal training to group exercise to mind-body, breath is essential for life. But it seems we ...
Rarely do instructors get an opportunity to explore the necessary concept of "self-care," so often omitted from the information we need to know when preparing for ce...
Experience the oldest energy work by learning the tenets that support the Eastern mind-body disciplines of tai chi and qigong. You will learn movements and forms that rel...
Discover Beaming, a new program that focuses on the individual! Learn to harmonize movements with mind-body philosophy on a low, grounded, cushioned balance beam. You’ll...
Whether you are a personal trainer or an innovative group fitness instructor, this workshop will give you creative, functional new uses for stability-ball training with a part...
Discover Beaming, a new program that focuses on the individual! Learn to harmonize movements with mind-body philosophy on a low, grounded, cushioned balance beam. You'll explo...
EVOLVE your step class! We will reconfigure our "step space" to create a three-ring circus of steps in separate circles and get participants moving clockwise, counterclockwise...
Are you ready to take 90 minutes to improve your craft? Let?s evaluate the messaging you use when educating your clients, members and students as group exercise leaders and pe...
Join us for a truly unique workshop that teaches you to blend body weight and mind-body techniques into one flowing workout using the BOSU Balance Trainer. Participants will e...
Presented By Bob Esquerre, MA, Darren Jacobson, Focus on Fitness Management Team, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, PJ O'Clair, Sherri McMillan, MS
2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
The most successful clubs and programs are those that successfully manage the total member experience by providing exemplary training and service. In order to do this well, it...
This land and aquatic journey marks the first of its kind at IDEA. We'll begin our journey with a mind-body outdoor walk beyond the grounds, then we'll enjoy an energizing-yet...
As fitness in the new millennium has evolved, so, too, has the job description of the personal trainer. We'll examine the full mind-body-spirit approach to personal training a...
If you know Lawrence, you know he's a lover and not a fighter, so traditional boot camp classes are not in his repertoire. Come and experience the mindful application of aquat...
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 wate...
Elevate your instruction and bridge the gap between traditional group fitness and body-mind classes. Learn power-teaching principles and successful strategies for creating mi...
Presented By Billy Macagnone, Carla Hales, Emma Ledbetter, Lauren Eirk, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Lorna Francis, PhD, Melanie Byford-Young, PT, Michael Christensen, Scott Cole, Vincent Macagnone
IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Welcome to IDEA’s first “mini-Inner IDEA” preconference 1-day experience, intended to give you a taste of the full Inner IDEA event—a mindful multidimensional explorat...
Faithful to our principles of both functional alignment and core stability, we incorporate breathing techniques, yoga, tai chi, Pilates-inspired movement, and Feldenkrais® te...
SHAKTI is the Sanskrit word for the energy released throughout the body when one practices particular hatha yogic asanas. This is an aquatic, non-purist mind-body approach at ...
Presented By Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Stephanie Morris
IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Get ready to sweat in this all-ball drill class led by Resist-A-Ball’s top master trainers. Learn fun and functional exercises to toughen up your participants with a total-b...
