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Session Descriptions Friday, August 9
409 Booty Camp—The Best Bun and Leg
Training on the Planet WO
Mindy Mylrea
You have heard of boot camp, but have you ever heard of “booty
camp” for buns and legs? Take your below-the-belt classes to
camp with this whole new approach to buns and leg training…
circuit style! Four stations of unilateral stabilization exercises,
coupled with barre-based, gliding, tubing, traveling body weight
training and so much more. You will experience the best lowerbody
station ideas on the planet for a lower-body challenge that
is booty crazy.
410 Masala Bhangra ® Presents Bollywood
Step WO
Sarina Jain
International fitness star Sarina Jain takes you back to the
day with the repeaters, around the worlds, and turn steps with
Bollywood Step. Bringing it back to the basics, come experience
moves you already know with an Indian twist!
411 U-Jam LIVE! WO
Susy Cabarloc-Marks
Combining athletic moves, cardiovascular training and toning
to give you a full-body workout experience, join U-Jam Fitness
founder, creative director and master choreographer Susy C for
an energetic workout, driven by world beats with an urban flavor.
Susy will offer dance moves that are funky and easy to follow, but
will have you working up a sweat and burnin’ up the calories!
412 Partner Playground WO
Tahneetra Crosby and Alex McLean
Do you remember what it was like to be on the playground at
recess? You were playing games with friends and getting exercise
while having fun! Let Partner Playground take you back in time
with games such as tag, duck duck goose and hopscotch while
incorporating unique partner strength exercises. This class will
give you a combination of strength, cardio, balance and core
with a twist. Get fresh ideas for your classes with this interactive
return to the playground.
413 STOTT PILATES ® :
Jumpboard Strength
and Conditioning WO
Merrithew Health & Fitness Faculty
Learn programming to improve the strength and stability of hip,
knee and ankle joints in both supine and standing positions in
this workshop developed by the Merrithew Health & Fitness
team. The use of a jumpboard with the reformer allows the hip
joint to be closer to an anatomically neutral alignment when
transferring forces from the soles of the feet up through the
body, promoting good biomechanics of the entire lower kinetic
chain. Increased spring resistance emphasizes strengthening of
the arms, shoulder girdle and legs. Repeated as session #528.
414 Spiral-Driven Core Training for Pilates WO
Marshall Eklund, MA
After the mastery of uniplanar training, it’s time to integrate
rotational and spiral-driven movement. Both standing and floor
positions will be combined to create unique forces, challenges
and demands on the body. In addition, light weights will be
incorporated for specially designed power movements.
415 Dancing the Language of Energy WO
Carrie Ekins, MA, and Zoey Trap, MSc
Explore energy and emotion through mind-body-spirit practices
and dance. Emotion is energy, and energy is vibration that
links us more deeply to our intuitive self, to one another, and
to the universe. Teach your body to speak the language of
energy and express your feelings through the use of music,
sound and movement.
416 Chi-Lates WO
Lawrence Biscontini, MA
Unlock the chi potential of your body with floor-based Pilates
moves that are fused with standing tai chi movements for an
undulating experience in functional training. Gain muscular
strength, flexibility, balance and gait improvement with the fusion
of ancient Eastern and new Western exercises. Music especially
created for this class changes from Western to Chinese in
5-minute segments. Please bring a yoga mat to this session.
417 Chakra Salutations WS
Marla Ericksen
The chakras are a vital part of our subtle anatomy; they are the
energetic interface between the physical world and the mental
world. This class draws from the powerful practices of asana
salutations, affirmations and bija chants. The movement flows
you will experience in this class are vinyasa-style salutations
dedicated to the awakening and alignment of each chakra. If
you want to experience momentary peace in the highly charged
atmosphere of the conference, then you won’t want to miss this
amazing opportunity!
418 Schwinn ® Cycling: Rise and Ride! WO
Rob Glick
Repeated as session #219. See page 26 for full description.
419 Keiser ® M3: The
Competitive Team Ride—
Indoor Team Training WO
Krista Popowych
This workout is loaded with team training techniques taken
straight off the road! With a stronger understanding of team
dynamics and how-to application of cycling elements such as
drafting, time trialing, pace lines and more, this fun workout will
connect your cycling experience to the world of outdoor riding.
Ramp up your participants’ competitive edge by taking their
indoor ride to a whole new level.
420 RealRyder ® Indoor Cycling: Burn Your
Last Match WO
Douglas Brooks, MS, and Adam Reid
Anaerobic interval training is an effective way to help your riders
blast through fitness plateaus, build power and speed, and torch
calories. Learn appropriate coaching, recovery time and cues
to keep your interval training programs scientifically smart,
fun and injury free. Leverage the dynamic turning and banking
movements, exclusive to the RealRyder Indoor Cycle, and walk
away with three distinct interval profiles that you can teach the
very next day! Repeated as session #486.
421 MALLA ® Fitness WO
Claire WRIGHT
Repeated as session #222. See page 27 for full description.
422 CardioBOUNCE WO
Aaron Scheller
Repeated as session #223. See page 27 for full description.
423 Krank Boot Camp WO
Krankcycle ® Faculty
Repeated as session #218. See page
26 for full description.
Time Block K • 8:10–10:00am
Up to 2 CEC hours
430 TRX ® : Body Blast WS
Dan McDonogh
This empowering group strength workout set to music will hit
your entire body and switch on your core like nothing you’ve ever
encountered. The heart of the workout includes demanding exercises
for lower- and upper-body strength and some additional
moves that specifically target the core. This dynamic and highenergy
class is characterized by fun and smooth transitions using
exercises that can be adapted to challenge every participant.
431 MMA Warrior Workout WS
Heather Coyle and Kevin Kearns
Most people believe that MMA training is all about hitting. Wrong!
Participants in this energetic and hands-on workshop will learn
the basic body weight moves that are unique to MMA fitness,
and will walk away with tools for their classes and clients.
Experience a workout where you will perform MMA fight moves
without contact while gaining the benefits that are derived from
functional strength and interval training modalities.
432 SPRI ® : Ignite Performance
Training WS
Brian Nunez
Train your athletes and clients with this proven methodology,
born and developed at IMG Academy, and utilized by the best
athletes, coaches and trainers around the world. This workshop
utilizes a customizable, integrated approach to performance
training that incorporates balance, movement and strength.
Making all athletes better requires professional trainers
and instructors to understand assessment, evaluation and
programming for achieving their goals and objectives.
433 Triple-Action Abs WS
Abbie Appel
Using a small ball, body weight and a stability ball, you’ll
experience a workout that progresses from activation to
integration to reaction. Learn how to lead a core-focused workout
that is divided evenly into three 20-minute segments (with three
unique focuses). You’ll have fun adapting these movements for
enhanced challenge, balance and strength.
434 The Ultimate Portable PT Playground WS
Ken Baldwin
This is your call to action! Your clients need variety and
challenges that give intense workouts and are packed with fun.
In this boot camp–style circuit workout, join Ken as he utilizes
some of the most popular portable training tools, like BOSU ® ,
medicine balls, slingshots and gliding discs, with some great new
exercises. Be ready to be challenged and inspired.
435 Body Weight Foundations
by Lebert Fitness WS
Marc Lebert
When it comes to athletic conditioning, most coaches would
agree that the athlete should master body weight training
before external loading. The key to functional fitness and athletic
development can be achieved through building a solid foundation
of coordination, strength, power, balance, multidirectional speed
and agility, and aerobic and anaerobic conditioning. This session
features the Lebert Equalizer and Buddy System .
436 TPPT: Foot
and Lower-Leg
Myosfascial Matrix WS
Cassidy Phillips
Building a better base and a solid platform for human movement
is paramount to achieving higher levels of performance. In this
session, we will discuss the suspension of the lower leg and
how myofascial compression techniques can be used so optimal
movement of the foot and lower leg can occur. Addressing the
defined myofascial matrix will allow you to free the foot for
proper muscle activation and allow the optimization of total-body
movement to improve speed, agility and quickness.
437 Training and Injury Prevention: Shoulder
and Spine WS
Michol Dalcourt
The shoulder and spine are inseparable. What affects one will
surely affect the other. In everything that we do, the shoulders
and spine have a significant role. Only recently has a new
understanding emerged regarding these two important areas
of the body. Michol will take you through the newest research in
this fundamental and practical workshop. Do you ever wonder
why individuals have so many back and shoulder injuries? This
interactive workshop will elucidate the reasons why.
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