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CONVENTIONS - MIAMI '08 - session descriptions

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BOSU® Ballast® Ball Core Challenge (workshop)
Shannon Fable

Take core training to the next level using new stability ball training techniques on the BOSU® Ballast® Ball. Add fresh elements to abdominal and back training, and learn many new core exercises that effectively challenge every muscle in your “power center” while simultaneously improving overall movement capabilities. Do you think you’ve seen it all in regards to stability ball core training? Lift it, shift it, shake it… and think again!
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

Last Minute Dance (workout)
Shaun Thompson

Shaun T will get you groovin' and movin'! This class will give you "up to date" choreography combinations and when the dance is done, Shaun T will show you some basic steps that you can always refer to when you are called in to sub "last minute"!
Level I, II, III Focus II, III
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

iStep (workshop)
Geoff Bagshaw

Geoff shows you how to import moves from your library to create a whole new choreography play list. We’ll check out what is hot, then shuffle it up and give you some essential combinations that will be top rated with your participants.
Level I, II Focus I, II, III
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

Pilates, Planks, Push Ups and More (workshop)
Bianca Diaz

Learn transitions to develop strength, flexibility, pilates and balance moves. Learn to combine all-in-one combinations and take advantage of what you know!! Go from a simple table position into a one-hand one-leg balance position and push up! Be competitive.
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

The Standing Pilates Exercises (workshop)
Michael Fritzke & Ton Voogt

Stand up to the challenge! Joseph Pilates said, “Standing is very important and should be practiced at all times until it is mastered.” Experience a complete standing pilates workout, using Joseph Pilates’ original standing exercises. In this session, you will experience the pilates method and principles in a completely different plane of movement. We will focus on the execution, cueing and safety of each exercise in order for you to integrate them easily into a client or group class session.
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

SPINNING®: Rise of the Phoenix (workout)
Scott Schlesinger

The Phoenix has served as a symbol of eternal strength, as well as the ability to overcome setbacks and endure hardships. Soar through the Recovery Energy Zone™ and rise through the ashes into Race Day intensity. This ride will take you on a voyage of reflection and reward you with feelings of triumph.
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

POWER Kranking® (workout)
Mike Michels

The whole world is asking "What is Kranking®?" Imagine the man who created indoor cycling being inspired by a cyclist with no legs who showed him a new way to ride a bike. Imagine Johnny G inventing something that surpasses his first creation and giving us a new way to workout that puts us between "passion and obsession." Give your arms a turn and join the Johnny G team as they introduce Kranking®. Experience the ultimate cardio, strength and core workout for the upper body in this exciting new class and discover a way to achieve a never-before experienced level of fitness. Come rock and journey with the greatest visionary the industry has ever known.
Note: All Kranking® classes are offered at multiple times. Click here for the complete schedule of Kranking® classes.
Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm   

Can You Feel What I See? Assessment, Assessment, Assessment (lecture)
Robert Sherman

Communication between a trainer and a client is essential to success in being able to reach the goals in any training setting. Are you hitting the target? Without assessing imbalance and correcting movement patterns a trainer could be missing the mark and spending time training poor movement quality, in essence, wasting the client’s time, and money. Frustrated clients are bad for business. This workshop teaches you the training system necessary to make the right exercise selections every time and how to open the lines of communication to give the corrective feedback necessary to stimulate change.
Thursday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm   

The What-Who-How-and When of a Web Site: The Business Card and Storefront of the Future (lecture)
Juan Carlos Santana

This lecture will explain why a web site is so important to a personal trainer. JC will show you how to get started and how a web site can eliminate useless phones calls and increase productive leads. More importantly, JC will show you how he turned a pastime into a profit center that makes money while you sleep. If you want to increase your revenue without working more, this lecture is for you.
Thursday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm   

BOSU® Complete Total Body Sculpt (workshop)
Rob Glick

Blast your body from head to toe while strengthening your core and improving your balance! Using the protocol from the BOSU® Complete Workout System, this workshop is designed to show you exercises for every major muscle group that even the most serious client or student will love. Plus 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!
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

Back to the Future! A Taste of Zumba (workout)
Beto Perez and the Zumba Team

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! This session is based on the interval training theory of fitness. Sponsored by ZUMBA.
Level I, II Focus I, II
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

BodyART Strength (workshop)
Robert Steinbacher

In contrast to classical strength training, the focus of BodyART Strength is not directed towards individual muscle groups, but is concentrated on the human body in its’ entirety. All exercises and positions are complete body exercises which work (train) several muscles in the body at the same time. Many positions in BodyART require increased balance and balance technique.
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

Colorgized Yoga (workshop)
Christina Leon

Spectral Journeys Colorgized Yoga is the integration of color healing, affirmations and yoga poses to balance and clear chakras (energy centers). The class is physically, emotionally and spiritually energizing. Feel the mind/ body connection on a multi-sensory level.
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

STOTT PILATES® Golf Conditioning on the V2 Max Plus™ (workshop)
Jennifer Dahl

There are few pieces of fitness equipment that will help golfers realize the same off-course training benefits as the STOTT PILATES® V2 Max Plus™ Reformer. In this workshop, participants will discover how to use the unique features of this groundbreaking unit to perform specially designed reformer-based exercises to raise your client’s golf game to a new level. With a better understanding of the conditioning requirements of golfers, these moves will help improve balance and flexibility while enhancing core stability and body awareness. The height adjustable vertical pulley system allows exercises to be performed in sitting, kneeling and even standing positions to create a workout never possible before.
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

SPINNING®: 212: The Extra Degree (workshop)
Josh Taylor

“At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 Degrees, It boils. And with boiling water comes steam. And Steam can power a locomotive.” A ride based on a book by Sam Parker & Mac Anderson. 212? is a powerful and simple idea that can and will empower you! Spinning instructors have a chance to touch lives in so many ways. Join Josh as he takes you on a ride that is all about that one extra degree!
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

Kranking® - The Next Revolution in Fitness (lecture/workshop)
Becky Jalbert

For the last 40 years, cardiovascular exercise has relied on our legs. Inspired by an athlete with no legs, comes Kranking®. This workshop will demonstrate how Kranking revolutionizes exercise by using the arms, shoulders and torso muscles in a way never experienced before while providing incredible cardiovascular training, cross training for the lower body, functional training and postural balance for the upper body, core strengthening and alternative strength training for individuals that do not like to lift weights. This workshop, which serves as your basic orientation for becoming a Kranking instructor, will provide you with the skills to set up students, train individuals and teach group classes with the latest and greatest new training tool from Johnny G - the Krankcycle®.
Note: All Kranking® classes are offered at multiple times. Click here for the complete schedule of Kranking® classes.
Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm   

Diabesity - The 21st Century Pandemic (lecture)
Ginger Schirmer

Learn innovative nutrition and exercise strategies to combat America's growing twin epidemics – diabetes and obesity. This session will give you the information needed to provide your clients with the most current nutrition and exercise plans that has been shown to promote weight loss and maintain blood glucose control.
Friday 7:00 am - 9:00 am   

Creating a Demand for Your Personal Training Services (lecture)
Nicki Anderson

If a personal trainer/club/studio has the desire to be successful, they have to be clear not only on their unique service/product, but also clear on creating value that is reflected to each and every potential client. Only with VBR (value, benefits and results) will a trainer be able to build a business off the unique qualities that separates their facility or service from the “ho-hum” that other clubs and/or trainers offer. Clients want value for their dollar, they want to be clear on benefits offered and ultimately on the results they will achieve. A clear understanding of VBR must be in place for a business before they can offer it to their clients, but once that happens, they’ll find a business that is in demand!
Friday 7:00 am - 9:00 am   

Body Bar Behind Bars (workshop)
Clay Grant

With moves like this they ought to lock you up! Experience one tough workout that will kick your butt and put a smile on your face. It’s body sculpt meets cirque de soleil. Strong never looked so sexy. Wicked!
Friday 7:30 am - 9:00 am   

Aerovital Dance (workout)
Jessica Exposito

This hi/lo dance master class is composed of a variety of original and creative movements. Enjoy this class with Jessica as we build high-level combinations, utilize changes of rhythm, syncopation and dance movements. Feel the intensity of this cardiovascular exercise class filled with passion and energy.
Level I, II Focus I, II
Friday 7:30 am - 9:00 am   


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