2010 IDEA Fitness Fusion Session Video Courses Products

Personal trainers need the skills to connect with currently underserved markets. This course shows you new models for sessions that will allow anyone of any budget to get the professional fitness instruction they need. You will discover strategies for ensuring better adherence to your programs, less dependence on you, and that you'll get so much word-of-mouth business you'll have little need for traditional marketing. (Suitable for anyone in the personal trainer field, including managers.)

Many fitness members find power yoga's straight forward, athletic- and fitness-oriented style appealing. See how you can create rhythm and flow while emphasizing breath, internal locks and focus. Experience authentic, traditional yoga with a modern sensibility.

Variety is the spice of life...and meaningful variety is the key to improving fitness. Learn three different time-efficient 30-minute class designs to enhance muscular strength, stability and endurance for the upper body and core. Each workout incorporates a multijoint, multimuscle functional exercise selection. With rubber resistance, medicine balls and dumbbells, you will learn how to program push-pull-core super sets and giant sets to create a whole new challenge for your classes and be ready for Monday morning.

Of course you're familiar with the statement, "I feel fat." But have you ever considered whether those words even make sense? Is fat a feeling? Trainers often make the mistake of merely teaming up with the client in their fight against their perceived loathsome body parts or their gluttonous habits. Take a closer look at the disparaging (and widely used) language called "fat talk" and its implications on weight management, social interactions, creativity, productivity and performance.

Energize and empower your students with this awakening, fresh and uplifting approach to Pilates mat work through a flowing combination of Pilates progressions in a smooth and graceful format. We'll challenge the core while incorporating fluid transitions for seamless routines. Gather endless ideas and charge up your routines by adding an eclectic twist to your Pilates workouts.

Function First takes a unique approach toward corrective exercises for musculoskeletal dysfunctions by addressing the planes of motion with the appropriate sequencing of exercise to create powerful change in your clients. By integrating biomechanical, physiological and motor control strategies with the correct exercise sequencing, your client can experience changes immediately. Clients can move from remedial corrective exercises to full-body integration within a given session.

Frustrated with ineffective cardio programs that fail to deliver? Do your programs fail to hit weight-loss goals or push athletes through plateaus? Blame it on the older standardized programming guidelines that we currently use. Why use maximum heart rate (MHR)-based programs when MHR offers no correlation to performance? Learn how to use new cutting-edge metabolism-based programs for weight loss and performance based on individual metabolic markers.

Metabolism and fat loss remain highly popular, but controversial and often misunderstood topics in fitness. This course explains key physiological principles of metabolism and fat utilization within the body and discusses the impact of exercise upon fuel utilization and metabolism. Strategies and applications to influence fatness and fitness will be included.

Young athletes are turning to personal trainers by the millions to improve their athletic performance. This course will explore both the business and theory of designing successful, effective programs for youths. Create a fun and engaging exercise curriculum with over 20 developmentally-based youth-adapted exercises and games. From successful marketing strategies to specialized program design, you will leave with the knowledge and practical skills to boost your youth programs to new heights.

As a dedicated fitness professional, you are always pursuing educational opportunities to enhance your knowledge, but can you use that information to attract and recruit new clients? In this course you will learn how to apply that knowledge to a business plan and market your services to attract new training clients.

Whether it's driven by consumer interest or national guidelines, the food industry is continuously evolving. Products and brands emerge with better-for-you messages and labels on their packages. This course will take a look at the current trends in the food industry, discuss the science that may be driving their promotion, and see how they may (or may not) fit into a healthy diet.

Functional training trends have unleashed a surge in inappropriate applications and exercise progressions. Training variables can be manipulated in both a forward and backward direction to benefit the client. Understanding that we can regress our exercises to allow clients to be successful, will allow us to build a more stable foundation for individual client development. (This course is for personal trainers and group exercise instructors.)

Do you (or your clients) find cardio boring, ineffective and impractical? Then this course is for you! Cardiorespiratory training is a huge part of our fitness routine, yet is almost exclusively confined to treadmills, bikes, steppers and elliptical trainers. Why? This course explores creative energy-system development (cardio) techniques for everyone with hands-on components using RAQS (reactive, agility, quickness and speed) and games. Learn, laugh and sweat...and not a treadmill in sight!