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Band Training with JC
Industry News
Convention News
Calendar of Events
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Calendar
of Events
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Every Tuesday in Culver City, CA with Misty Tripoli at 6pm, Beautiful Belly! Visit
www.yourneighborhoodstudio.com
Every Wednesday in Culver City, CA. with Misty Tripoli at 7:30pm, Spirit Groove Live Drums! Visit
Every Thursday in NYC
Organic
New York City Style Hip Hop at the Ailey Extension, 405 West 55th
Street, at 9th Avenue. Advanced/Beginner/Intermediate. $16.00 per
class. For more information, email snapoplock@aol.com or call
212-405-9000.
Every Saturday in NYC
Organic New York City Style Hip Hop at the Ailey Extension, 405 West 55th Street, at 9th Avenue. Absolute Beginner Class. $16.00
per class. For more information,email snapoplock@aol.com or call 212-405-9000.
November 28
Lenox, MA. Amy Ippoliti Kripalu Center, For all levels, visit www.kripalu.org for more information.
November 29
Toronto, ON, Canada. Pilates & Core training by WaterART Fitness International Inc. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
November 30
Toronto, ON, Canada. Shallow & deep H20 training by WaterART Fitnes International, Inc. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
December 1
New York, NY. STOTT PILATES® Mat Plus™ Intensive Course. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
December 3-7
Miami, FL. Pilates South Beach. STOTT PILATES® Intensive Cadillac Level 1. . Visit www.stottpilates.com or call 888-672-6616 for more information.
December 4
San Diego, CA. C.H.E.K. Institute presents Exhubrant Animal at C.H.E.K. Institute. Call 1-800-552-8789 or email info@chekinstitute.com for more information.
December 5-9
San Diego, CA. C.H.E.K. Optimal Health and Fitness through Practical Nutrition and Holistic Lifestyle Coaching Level 2 at the C.H.E.K. Institute. Call 760-477-2620 or email info@chekinstitute.com for more information.
December 6
Parker, CO. Yogafit Anatomy & Alignment by Yogafit. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
December 7
Austin, TX. Peak Pilates Barrel and Accessories, Level II by Peak Pilates. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
December 8
Dallas, TX. Master Fitness Specialist Program, hosted by The Cooper Institute. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
Dec 11-14
Miami, FL. Pilates South Beach. STOTT PILATES® Intensive Mat-Plus, Level I Certification. Visit www.stottpilates.com or call 888-672-6616 for more information.
December 12
New York, NY. STOTT PILATES® Advanced Matwork Course. Visit www.acefitness.org for more information.
December 13
Denver, CO. ACSM Business Management for the Fitness Professional at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Visit www.acsm.org for more information.
San Diego, CA. Introduction to Training for Endurance Sports by C.H.E.K. Institute. Call 800-552-8789 or email info@checkinstitute.com
December 13-14
Charlotte, NC. STOTT PILATES® Advance Cadillac, Chair & Barrels, Level 2 at Absolute Pilates. Call 704-442-8600, or email charlotte@stottpilates.com.
December 14
New York, NY. "Mr. Wiggles" Wreck Session with HIP HOP pioneers B-Boy Pioneers and Historian at Cap 21 Studios.For more information, email snapoplock@aol.com
or call
212-405-9000.
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Product Reviews
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DVD's
Hot Mama's Post Natal Conditioning
A new mom who is quite fit reviewed and loved this dvd. Though she said it was a bit slow in the beginning, she really enjoyed the circuits and felt that all levels would benefit. Teddi always offered modifications and the exercises clean and simple. For more information, visit www.hotmamasexercise.com
Waterproof Amphibx Armbands, Surge Headphones, and H2O Shuffle headset.
If you swim, and you like music, this is a must have! We were sent several different models, the shuffle, nano and ipod/iphone.
The H2O is a waterproof shuffle headset that sits at the nape of your neck. While it is a great product to use, and the sound is incredible, it was hard to use the controls from behind your head. We used this product while swimming, biking and jogging. You are better off just leaving them on and enjoying the sound!
The armbands for a nano, ipod or iphone was tested at our eca/Thrive event by presenter Lawrence Biscontini. He thought the product was terrific and also loved the sound quality of the product. This does make a great gift for that fitness enthusiast in your life.
For more information, visit http://h2oaudio.com.
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To read past articles and interviews, please click on the following links.
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Seane Corn
Yoga Teacher
Christiane Reiter
Hip Hop Teacher
Frank Butterfield
Fitness Consultant / Speaker
Scott Josephson
Raw Food Diet Article
Juan Carlos Santana
Spartan Training
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ECA World Fitness
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November 2008
www.ecaworldfitness.com
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The WHAT of Band training: What it is and
what equipment is out there!
Juan Carlos Santana, M.Ed., C.S.C.S. serves as NSCA Florida State Director and is a member of the NSCA Conference Committee. He is ACSM certified and a Senior Coach and Club Coach Course Instructor with USA Weightlifting, and a Level I coach with the USA Track and Field Association. Carlos is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Miami's Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences.
Over the last decade, the buzz phrase in fitness has become "Functional Training." The use of many modalities has been proposed to increase the functional aspect of training. These modalities include medicine balls, stability balls, and the use of bands. Of all these modalities; band training has seen resurgence. Band training is affordable, easy to set up, convenient to use, diverse in application, and very effective.
Band training is as old as rubber itself. However, no works on the subject were comprehensive, until 1999, when The Essence of Band and Pulley Training 2-DVD set and book was published Since then, many band products have been published and designed. High quality band training equipment is in the $15-50 range, making bands some of the most affordable training tools in fitness. Their set-up is easy; step on them and simply pull, or use a utility strap to attach them to any door or sturdy structure. You can use bands to build muscle or for more functional applications, like sport-specific training. From a technical aspect, band training offers even more distinct advantages. Two of the most obvious advantages to band training are, its ability to load the body diagonally and horizontally, and the variable resistance that bands offer as they are stretched. These two basic advantages put band training clearly ahead of its competition.
The unique loading ability of band training allows anyone to train and load in any functional direction. Any free-weight equipment (e.g. dumbbells, barbells, medicine balls, etc.) loads the body via gravity. That is, the body is loaded in a vertical manner. Band training is the only modality that can easily offers resistance "outside the pull of gravity"." Many functional movements can be loaded with the use of band training. Functional movements, such as, pulling, going doing to tie a shoe, or going down to catch a ground ball, has a major diagonal force that must be controlled. This force can be easily loaded during functional training using bands. For example, a baseball player catching a ground ball must be able to decelerate a diagonal force in order to catch the ball, stop, turn, and make the throw to first base (Figure 1). Bands are the perfect tool to use to train this movement.
Another
advantage of band training is the variable resistance that bands
naturally offer once stretched. Every movement has what we call a
biomechanical curve. This curve simply depicts where the
biomechanical advantages and disadvantages are in within the range of
motion of a movement. For example, in a standing band press, the
mechanical advantage appears at the end range of the press. This means
that as your arms extend in a press you become stronger due to better
leverage. In a band press, the band naturally provides more resistance
as you get stronger, providing variable resistance. Equipment lines,
such as Nautilus and Universal, spent millions of dollars trying to
provide what band training naturally provides; variable resistance. Little knowledge and creativity is all that's needed to make band's
variable resistance work in your favor during training.
Other applications of band training include their use in developing
traditional strength. Many squat racks and benches now provide
attachment points so that bands can be used to add variable resistance
to traditional exercises, such as the squat and bench press. This
application has proven to increase strength in power lifters and is now
a well accepted training approach within the periodization of strength
athletes.
Now let's look at some of the most popular band training equipment.
The
Superband and the JC Band are the most popular band training tools in
fitness. The Superband is a simple large band; just like a band that
goes around your wrist - but much bigger. The Superband comes in
various widths, from inch to 2.5 inches, making them versatile and
portable. The 1-inch Superband lives in a small pocket in my computer
bag; it's my traveling gym.
JC Band series
have handles and built-in utility straps. The JC Sports Band is
4-feet in length, making it an excellent training tool for larger
spaces. The JC Traveler is only 2 feet in length and makes an
excellent choice for travel or home training.
The
JC Quad is another unique design with four separate bands. The JC
Quad, which is excellent when training 2 to 4 individuals. All other
bands products are an extension of these basic designs. With these
diverse designs, the applications become endless. I believe that this
is the main reason for the new popularity of band training.
Juan Carlos "JC" Santana is the director of the Institute of Human Performance, in Boca Raton, Florida. He will answer all of your band training questions at www.ihpfit.com.
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ECA/NYC 2008 Fitness Convention and Trade Show
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 LET THE DREAMERS WAKE THE NATION
- CARLY SIMON
ECA/OBOW NYC Show
February 26 - March 1, 2009 at the Marriott Marquis
When you register online it is live with immediate confirmation of your schedule! You do not need to make first, second or third choices. REGISTER EARLY!
Special events include:
- WAKE UP! and smell the coffee networking event.
- DRUM FOR THE PLANET! An interactive presentation
- Best of Broadway! Performances from NYC's Hottest Dance Instructors
- An OBOW EVENT: An evening with Annie Carpente -SmartFlow Yoga: Deconstructing the Sun Salutation- a portion of the proceeds goes to www.globalwarming.org.
LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE BUSY MAKING OTHER PLANS
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Industry News
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 Upcoming 'Energy Psychology' Event in Chapel Hill Will Provide Training in New Breakthrough 'Do It Yourself' Healing
CHAPEL
HILL, N.C., Seasoned psychologists are moving
beyond classic "talk therapy" with a dynamic new set of natural
treatment techniques that are providing stunning results -- especially
with chronic health conditions such as pain, stress, anxiety, phobias,
weight loss, and even deep trauma including Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD). Known as "Energy Psychology" (and crossing over into
"Energy Medicine"), published studies are validating the dramatic
patient experience. In a study currently underway at the University of
Virginia working with veterans of the Iraq war suffering from PTSD,
researchers found that the use of Energy Psychology methods, EFT
(Emotional Freedom Techniques), has dramatically lowered levels of the
stress hormone, cortisol. The results were so surprising that the
independent lab conducting the measurement actually checked the results
three times because they thought the remarkable findings had to be a
mistake. An article published in the journal Traumatology reported EP
approaches have been highly effective (over 90%) in eliminating the
effects of trauma in disasters in hundreds of cases in 12 countries.
The article reported EP techniques were equally effective in dealing
with the negative effects of war and torture.
Exercise Can Help You Cope with Financial Stress and Heal Emotional Pain, Says Acclaimed Author and Psychotherapist
SAN FRANCISCO, -- "The Body Mind Soul Solution: Healing Emotional Pain through
Exercise" by Bob Livingstone
shows, there is a means to overcoming this emotional paralysis, and it
is by vigorously moving your body on a regular basis. Exercise has
proven to be a stress reducer. Studies have also found that exercise
can alleviate the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Exercise is a
natural pressure reducer and can be used to manage the tension you
carry around about the current worldwide economic crisis.
Exercise, such as walking as little as 15 minutes per day, can alter
the brain chemistry enough where a sense of calmness is experienced. It
can also be used as a healthy distraction from focusing on the economy.
Concentrating on your workout can help you plan strategies for dealing
with the financial crisis. Readers of "The Body Mind Soul Solution"
find that hopelessness turns into hope and insurmountable problems now
seem solvable.
Town Sports International Chooses KettleBell Concepts to Roll Out Continuing Education Courses for Fitness Staff
KettleBell Concepts is now a preferred learning partner with the largest health club chain in the northeastern United States, Town Sports International. The training effects of kettlebells on the body are significant and the techniques are deceptive. The advantages are many, not the least of which is that consumers can now progress up to the Olympic lifts fairly easily without the investment in platforms and bumper plates. But with the kettlebell, you can also do so much more. Anyone who has used them also knows that the cardiovascular effects are very significant as well. New York based Town Sports International (TSI) is one of the two leading owners and operators of fitness clubs in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States and the third largest fitness club operator in the United States.
YogaFit Launches New YogaFit Club Series
YogaFit
is launching an exciting new pre-choreographed, yoga/fitness hybrid
class format program for fitness centers and health clubs in January
2009! YogaFit Club Series will help instructors bring the best possible
group fitness classes to club members. YogaFit Club Series classes will
move participants in a flowing yet safe manner through poses that will
build strength, flexibility, and balance.
Yogafit is offering 1,000 scholarships in 2009 for new instructors to receive Yogafit Level One training free of charge. "Times are tough, and we want to help people make people's dreams of becoming a yoga instructor a reality, says YogaFit's founder Beth Shaw. If you know someone who is in need of making a career change or has the dream to becoming a yoga instructor and the cost of $369 is unavailable to them, contact pr@yogafit.com for more information. |
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One Body One World
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As
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sought-after labels in the country, and only companies and
organizations that demonstrate true environmental commitment receive it.
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Don't let an event of a lifetime pass you up
See you next year at our
2009 eca/THRIVE Miami Event
November 13-15, 2009 |
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