Sessions

This is a comprehensive course that will increase your knowledge of how to perform CPR on adults in any emergency. We?ll look at risk factors for heart disease, knowing which factors you can/cannot prevent, and identify the key signs and symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest. You?ll also learn the signs and symptoms of a choking adult, the steps in providing first aid, and benefits and correct method of placing a victim in recovery position. You?ll leave knowing how to perform adult CPR. This session is offered on Friday at 7:00 am, 12:30 pm. Saturday at 9:30 am, 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm. Sunday at 9:00 am, 2:00 pm.

This is a comprehensive course that will increase your knowledge of how to perform CPR on adults in any emergency. We?ll look at risk factors for heart disease, knowing which factors you can/cannot prevent, and identify the key signs and symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest. You?ll also learn the signs and symptoms of a choking adult, the steps in providing first aid, and benefits and correct method of placing a victim in recovery position. You?ll leave knowing how to perform adult CPR. This session is offered on Friday at 7:00 am, 12:30 pm. Saturday at 9:30 am, 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm. Sunday at 9:00 am, 2:00 pm.

This is a comprehensive course that will increase your knowledge of how to perform CPR on adults in any emergency. We?ll look at risk factors for heart disease, knowing which factors you can/cannot prevent, and identify the key signs and symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest. You?ll also learn the signs and symptoms of a choking adult, the steps in providing first aid, and benefits and correct method of placing a victim in recovery position. You?ll leave knowing how to perform adult CPR. This session is offered on Friday at 7:00 am, 12:30 pm. Saturday at 9:30 am, 12:30 pm, 6:30 pm. Sunday at 9:00 am, 2:00 pm.

Join the UA Training Team as they lead you through this systematic, athletic based workout designed to help all athletes of any level Optimize capacity, Beat fatigue and Sustain workload.

SPONSORED BY UNDER ARMOUR

This state-of-the art lecture summarizes recently published research and science on the physiological effects of exercise in females. A comprehensive review of fat metabolism, hormones, caloric expenditure, health and physiology related to exercise will be discussed. Several new and highly effective resistance training and endurance workouts (from studies) will be presented. A must-attend for personal trainers wanting to maximize workouts for female clients.

The feet play such a huge role in being able to train and effect our ability to move all the way up the chain. In this session learn how to assess the feet for the most common problems client face and how to implement corrective exercise strategies to restore healthy feet and proper movement. Lastly get practical programming tools to use with your clients to help them achieve peak results.

One of the biggest controversy in about fitness and nutrition revolves around the notion of supplementation. Should we advocate it or should nutrition be solely consumed from whole foods? Movements like the Paleo-diet and the Mediterranean diet, to name a few, has shown not only to improve body composition and promote health, but also focus heavily on eating certain food varieties rather than taking supplements. Yet, do supplements have a place in creating an optimal physique? This lecture delves into the pros and cons of supplementation - the WHAT, WHYs and HOWs to being at your very physical best.

Cognitive declines and dementias are dramatically on the rise. It?s not just the elderly, this phenomena is impacting younger populations and head trauma (concussions) also impair a healthy brain. What can you do about it for yourself or your client? In this talk, Dr. Bubbs will review the current evidence-base for how nutrition, movement, lifestyle factors (like sleep and stress) as well as mindset all play fundamental roles in supporting better memory, focus and cognitive function so you can stay sharp and productive at work, home and on the playing field!

Are you a seasoned pro that wants to re-ignite their instructional spark? Or brand new to group exercise and want to stand out from the crowd? This interactive workshop is guaranteed to leave you with the tools to get back in the studio creating experiences your members will be crying out for. We will refresh the basics, as we review the fundamentals of group exercise instruction and then understand what it takes to dig a little deeper into you as an instructor to ensure you fill the stadium that is your studio time after time! Join Emma, as she facilitates your journey from acceptable to exceptional by truly finding your inner Rockstar!

When the music and coaching is spot on, Rhythm Riding can be magical! The RIGHT Rhythm ride doesn't need smoke and mirrors or unnecessary distractions. Discover how to capture and captivate your riders the RIGHT way and provide members with a memorable, results based, musically amazing cycling experience.

SPONSORED BY SCHWINN®

Climbing drills simulate the acceleration demands of gradual or intense climbs, exhilarating down hills or cruise along descents. Take your cycling classes to new heights as you challenge your riders to climb harder, longer or further. Build power, strength and climbing speed and top off the workout with a challenging and fun ride, and you will have your riders reaching New heights of cycling success.

SPONSORED BY KEISER

Learn to harness the power of your vagus nerve to increase athletic performance, decrease inflammation, speed recovery and decrease stress. The Vagus Nerve known as the Wandering Nerve travels through your internal organs. Poor vagal tone is the primary reason athletes stay in the sympathetic dominant overstressed and overstrained states. Learn how to stimulate the vagus nerve to restore parasympathetic nervous system for relaxation. Stress isn?t bad, incessant stress is! Discover several key movements to help: The Vagal Lift, the Twister, the Tornado, and the Road House. Take back and do with your clients the next day.

Addressing our client's fascial component typically consists of some form of self myofascial release or body work. Although excellent pieces to the puzzle, mobility is further enhanced when we understand some of the critical variables of motion that can be applied with the intent of increasing mobility and tissue extensibility. Biomechanical, neurological and physiological components are all at play as we address the myofascial continuity through movement.

Each morning you are gifted a blank canvas with the opportunity to design your life. Are you powerfully
creating your life by your own design with a sense of purpose? Or are you living in default mode, in reaction to
the elements around you? Intentional living works by getting clear on your WHY and living in alignment with
what makes you feel alive inside. Being intentional allows you to live with freedom, joy and in a state of
growth. Every major accomplishment that's ever been achieved started with a first step, often the most
important one if you want to get anywhere in life. Join us to step into powerful daily habits that will help you
live a more purposeful and rewarding life.

Fascia, the most ubiquitous connective tissue in the body, is creating a buzz in the fitness industry. But what is fascia? Why do fitness professionals need to know about it? What role does it play in movement and sports performance? This primer workshop, created by the Merrithew™ team, demonstrates there is much more to fascia than self-myofascial release, demystifying the fascial system and defining the role it plays in the human body. Through movement, we’ll explore fascial movement variables such as; Bounce, Sense, Expand, and Hydrate. Discover how adding these movement variables to your programming can enhance mobility, strength and durability. This two-hour workshop consisting of theory and application is suitable for fitness professionals with prior fascial knowledge, as well as those to whom fascia is new. It provides a brief preview of topics that are more deeply explored in the 16-hour Fascial Movement Foundation Course.

SPONSORED BY Merrithew™

The Rowing Rush™ with SGT Ken© is a dynamic team-driven distance race and technique tutorial utilizing the WaterRower. In crews of four people each, participants will endure an extraordinary series of robust rowing races to reveal how superior strategy, synchronicity and stamina will reap the rewards of champions!

SPONSORED BY WATERROWER

Functional Integrated Resistance Strength Training Progressions goes beyond the basics and examines methods and techniques that functionally strengthen the body with exercise progressions and partner drills that involve integration, coordination, balance, and body control. Learn critical body alignment, movement pattern and cueing techniques for each exercise progression and partner drill in an interactive, hands-on training session.

What is the ideal foot turnout for your client? What is their ideal stance width? What is the ideal squat depth? In this informative, practical session you will learn how to assess and customize the squat set-up by following a step-by-step system. The simplicity and effectiveness of the system guarantees that you leave the session competent and confident in how to effectively apply what you have learned for yourself and those who you work with. You will also receive a post-course online learning module with all the session materials to guarantee an extraordinary learning experience.

SPONSORED BY DTS FITNESS EDUCATION

Stability balls have stood the test of time as versatile and effective training tools for overall conditioning. In this workshop, you will renew your love for stability ball training with a complete overhaul of ball exercises. Learn innovative exercises in three training categories from strength to core and mobility. Add fresh ideas to your ball basics toolbox and experience the unique principles of training with the BOSU© Ballast© Ball. If you think you have seen it all, think again!

SPONSORED BY 360 ATHLETICS

Mental toughness has a massive impact on a client?s physical performance as well as their ability to overcome barriers and reach their goals. I will show the link between physical results and mental toughness, teach the mental toughness pyramid that has 3 concrete steps any trainer can use to coach their clients to better performance and highlight proven tools that work in the real world and have already been adopted by many health and fitness professionals, and even professors at the University of Toronto

Discover the tools for success in The Business of Personal Training. Why settle for an average income? Learn how to quickly boost revenue and maximize your money-making potential with 20 key principles.

Why do most fitness businesses crash-and-burn OR stay afloat only because of the intensive efforts of a stressed-out business owner? Planning. Or rather, misplanning.
When it comes to business planning, there are almost always 3-4 FORESEEABLE gaps in planning that cause fitness professionals and business owners to suffer down the road. These problems range from constant personal and financial stress to crashing and burning. The good news is with a solid business plan, you can prepare to weather the current storms, predict where the next storms will be coming from, and create a winning strategic plan to achieve your goals!

SPONSORED BY NPE

Media is a powerful tool to communicate your message and to promote your personal or professional brand. As someone who appears regularly on National Media in both Canada and the United States, Dr. Gillian Mandich will share tips to effectively connect and communicate with media, how to best leverage the media, and how to expand your reach regardless of the numbers of followers or media connections you have. Learn how to lead yourself in this medium.

Everyday there is a new study, article, news broadcast, or social media post proclaiming a new diet, plan or pitch to help you achieve the weight loss, health, fitness and performance goals both you and your clients desire.  Come to this session to hear a panel of experts discuss and debate the latest food fads and trends in nutrition, to see what you can gain both personally and professionally.

SPONSORED BY HEALTHY PLANET

Instagram Stories are more popular than ever on social media because they?re quick to consume and fun to engage with. But they can also be enormously helpful for boosting business?especially in the fitness industry where visual content and personal connections are so important. Discover why Instagram Stories are the next big thing in social and how to expertly and efficiently leverage this mobile phenomenon to enhance your own fitness marketing. Leave with dozens of current insights, strategies and tricks you can rely on to amp up your Story game and reach more prospects and followers on Instagram and Facebook.

Being all about the members means being all about the staff. This leadership training is about building your team to help build a community. That community of members starts with the core which is staff. Learn actionable takeaways to help increase membership and decreased staff turn around. Matthew has made a career of building teams and worked with and built with the leaders in the leadership world to provide 5 easy takeaways to help you build a community that's All About the Members

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears. ~ Rumi

Any kind of personal or professional transition in your life can be daunting and overwhelming. Sometimes we don't even know where to start. At best, we may have an idea. Now what? How do you action what you need in order for the dots to appear. It's never a straight line. Making a move can seem terrifying if you don?t know how to prepare for what could be. Amy's, one asks of you is that you suspend disbelief for this session. She will make you believe that the dots will connect. Learn how: To define what excites you in order to connect the first dot, 5 positioning points to connect you to your path, to stay on your path when dots are flying, To stay truly connected

Discover fun and functional way one can use a stationary chair to move, breath, stretch and strengthen anytime and anywhere. Integrating mindful movement with the support of a chair one can learn to combat stress and the effects of sedentary behavior. Too often life takes over and we can’t get to the gym or get away from the desk so in this session we will explore creative ways to use the chair for all populations – all you need is a stationary chair and a willingness to move and breath. 

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

Get ready to rock your yoga to another level and finally break through strength and fitness plateaus in your regular practice. Sadie is the creator of The Yoga Shred®, a seamless blend of new, more joint mindful HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) moves built from yoga poses to strengthen you for your asanas, and cross train you with far superior cardio, calorie burn, and muscle definition than yoga alone can give you. Together, this class gives you a fun, creative, mindful--and truly holistic fitness experience you'll love!

To be a Spartan takes more than just completing an obstacle course. It is a mindset. It is a lifestyle. It is an attitude. This workshop will provide you with an understanding of how you can help yourself and others become "race ready" and "life ready". Experience the spirit of Spartan Racing in the group fitness format, Spartan Strong. Challenge your mind, train your body, and discover your inner Spartan as you embody 5 key Spartan principles: Readiness, Stamina, Accountability, Tenacity and Resilience. AROO!

PROGRAMMING BY SPARTAN RACE, INC.

Bodyweight training still trends strongly in the fitness world today as an effective and efficient way to train. The challenge however, is how to stay innovative and creative while using this popular training style. Experience Lisa?s Bodyweight Blast and you?ll find fresh ideas and new ways to explore this training format. Relieve boredom and recycling the ?same old same old? by joining Bodyweight Blast. You?ll leave with innovative ideas, inspiration and unique ways to train our best piece of equipment? our BODIES!

No Equipment? No problem! Load and explode has you covered. This body weight only workout will give you the high intensity metabolic effect you need to get results anytime and anywhere. Burn calories, increase your strength and power as you move through all planes of motion and learn how to get off the ground more efficiently.

Whoever said two?s a crowd hasn?t tried training with a partner! In this workshop, experience various formats that include working in tandem (double the cooperation), side-by-side (switch it up) to creative body weight training (theirs + yours). Infuse your workouts with incredible vibes and engaging exercise ideas. Learn the best way to put together partner-training combinations to use in GX classes, personal training and small group training. Double the fun and triple the results with partner workouts.

Creating a Personal Training Experience in a Group Training Setting is one of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing personal trainers today. This critical session provides a comprehensive process to achieve just this. Learn how to apply an advanced coaching system to generate a compelling and effective training experience no matter how many people you are in front of. Scale yourself, scale your experience and scale your business to the next level.

SPONSORED BY TRX

This session is focused on the practical movement foundations that will help Recruit, Excite & Express your body’s ability to improve speed, coordination and metabolic conditioning. This workshop will set a strong foundation for performance for any sport by establishing and improving three basic principles: Mobility, Stability & Coordination.

SPONSORED BY UNDER ARMOUR

Building muscle is more than just breaking down muscle fibers and rebuilding them thicker. In fact muscle damage is only one of the 5 main pathways to stimulate muscle growth. And depending on your individual physiology some pathways will work better than others. In this presentation I will show you what these 5 pathways are and which one will be the most effective for each type of person.

This session will teach you how to assess weight training exercises through muscle testing. You will also learn to do advanced techniques such as Isometric Agonist Antagonist Exercise and Energetic Rehab exercise using energetic modalities such as multi-polar magnets to increase the muscular contraction. New assessment techniques such as Repetition Exercise Muscle Testing, Set Exercise Muscle Testing, Static Exercise Muscle Testing, and Dynamic Agonist Antagonist Exercise. If you want to take your assessment and muscle testing to the next level, this is the presentation to see.

PROGRAMMING BY SWIS

Stress is everywhere today; lack of sleep, long working days, training sessions, strict diets, kids at home or social commitments all contribute to your overall stress load. All of these things must be managed by the body and it takes a tremendous toll on your thyroid function. Does this mean you have a thyroid condition? Or is your thyroid merely responding to all the stressors. In this talk, Dr. Bubbs will review how stress impacts the thyroid, how sport scientists use thyroid biomarkers to assess stress in athletes, and what that means for you and how you can regain your metabolism, kick-start weight loss and restore vitality.

s the saying goes: 'You are what you eat', or is it really? The focus on eating the correct type of foods have given rise to dietary trends such the Keto diet, the juice detox, and the all popular Paleo diet, to name a few. But with all the importance given to the types of foods we should be consuming, are there other factors concerning optimal health we should be equally concerned about? This talk will investigate other areas of health such as digestion, nutrient assimilation, gut health and stress, highlighting why these play a critical role in the 'you are what you eat' equation.?

It's time for a total stretch makeover with this flexibility cross-training workshop. Learn how to use a variety of techniques and integrate stretching styles to be more effective. You will learn three distinct types of flexibility training: myofascial release techniques, different traditional stretches, and ROM or controlled rotation for better mobility. Your body will feel the difference!

PROGRAMMING BY OMNIBALL

Learn the secret to creating buzz in the locker room and a wait list for your class! Discover HOW to build class designs that WOW your participants by integrating the latest cycling protocols through Schwinn's proven system. Get ready to have your mind blown and your classes sold out!

SPONSORED BY SCHWINN®

Rush is ideal for the rider that wants to get the most out of their workout time in a session that is both over-the-top inspiring and interval training focused. This workshop takes interval training and delivers it in a way that is both challenging and empowering.

SPONSORED BY KEISER

Hormones are the often-overlooked link between your health, physical performance and consciousness.
This holistic lecture will discuss the relationships between food quality and hormonal health;
food and environmental toxicity and hormonal health; mental/emotional toxicity and hormonal
health; hormonal balance and physical health; hormones and consciousness. You will leave with a
new understanding of the link between our external and internal environments and how important it
is to maintain the function of our hormonal glands and optimally regulate hormonal tides. A degree in
biochemistry is NOT required to attend!

SPONSORED BY CHEK INSTITUTE

This course introduces the concept of skin/fascial/nerve gliding to help reduce tissue swelling, improve movement and modulate pain with the use of 'compression band floss'. This course will cover the anatomy, physiology and neurology of the effects of compression band flossing on connective tissue gliding, tissue traction and tissue
compression. Interventions with compression band floss (including direction and pressure concepts) will be reviewed and integrated into current rehabilitative concepts. This course is intended for practitioners and therapists with a basic understanding of soft tissue techniques.

PROGRAMMING BY RockTape

Examine how movement patterns are functionally integrated and the considerations for special populations. This session will examine functional anatomy, the body’s reaction and compensations to movement for various populations from the sedentary to chronic disorders, such as back, shoulder, and knee problems. The attendee will begin to understand functional anatomy and the compensations people develop that may contribute to chronic conditions.

In this workshop, participants experience a fully integrated workout using the Twist Ball, an air-filled weighted workout ball. The same size and density as a larger Mini Stability Ball™, the Twist Ball features a shifting center of sand and two soft foam handles. Once whole-body movement is mastered, participants can increase the variable load and challenge the connective tissue system through new creative exercises. Learn healthy load transfer strategies using drag, pick-up and toss style movements that reinforce whole-body motion, control, strength and coordination to manage acceleration and deceleration forces. Selected exercises in this workshop created by the team at Merrithew™ emphasize movement variables and fascial concepts.

SPONSORED BY Merrithew™

Strength in the Storm™ with SGT Ken© is a thrilling WaterRower pyramid program that challenges each athlete to increase the number of strokes during three 60-second sets, followed by decreasing the rate for three. Discover how easy it is to enjoy the journey when you show strength in the storm.

SPONSORED BY WATERROWER

Most trainers are only taught how to look for an anterior pelvic tilt. But to create the best possible results for your clients you want to be able to assess the hips in all 3 planes. This session will teach you how to assess the hips in all 3 planes and what to do if you find postural imbalances. You will learn assessment tools, corrective exercise strategies and programming techniques to get your clients back to prime anatomical position and full function.

Have you been “grinding” in a gym with your clients and wondering why you aren’t as successful as some other fitness pros?  That’s because today your biggest competitive advantage isn’t providing a cool workout or your fitness knowledge.  It’s your culture! 

PROGRAMMING BY PERFORM BETTER

COREFX CORECENTRIFIED Workshop- 90 minutes
CORECENTRIFY your CORE by learning to use it to connect the upper and lower body. The CORE serves to absorb incoming forces, express outgoing forces and to help stabilize forces. Learn new and unique partner drills, self-toss techniques, and reaction/return drills, in this session you'll use the core both as a stabilizer and to initiate whole-body rotation. Power expression and performance can be optimized for all fitness levels. Walk away understanding how to train core function with purpose! 

SPONSORED BY 360 ATHLETICS

Are you looking to take your skills, your business acumen, and your professional goals to a whole new level? This session is going to provide tips and tools to implement immediately into your business. The key components of this session will center around: growing yourself as a professional, building your personal brand, developing strategy towards surpassing your goals, and how to sell yourself and your programs for long-term success.

Fitness is a hyper competitive market. Between low-cost clubs and boutiques, members are looking for a facility that provides a high level of service and offers the results they want. ?You get rich in the niche? is a famous marketing saying. It?s true! Creating programs for micro markets allows you to target your efforts to specific populations of both members and non-members, give them fantastic results in short time frames, resulting in increased retention and referrals. In this session you will learn: ? Top micro markets you need to consider. ? How to design the programs for optimal outcomes. ? Key elements necessary to ensure success with members and prospects. ? The best ways to price and market your programs.

This session by NPE will walk you step-by-step through a proven process for inspiring commitments in prospective clients, so you'll help more clients than ever commit to their goals and build a full schedule of great clients you love working with (and no more waiting two empty hours for your next appointment). Ultimately, you'll be able to take pride in earning a good professional income doing the work you love.

SPONSORED BY NPE

Learn from this panel of experts how to build your personal brand and your business using social media. Receive first hand advice as to what you do and not do, in effort to enhance both your knowledge and results.

Explore mobile and web-based applications to help promote your business through the Social Media. Providing tools to take the presence of a business to the next level. Attendees will be given tips to assist with increasing the reach of their posts and pages; through the various networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. Along with tips on how to manage your networks effectively

We are passion producers and often live for the next class or next client, but what happens if you become injured or what you love to teach is no longer in fashion? This session will help you tap into your strengths and explore ways to spread your message and motivation beyond the gym. Learn how to craft your unique message, find the perfect target audience where you can do your best work, and create intellectual property that extends outside training and classes to expand your reach.

Let's learn together about the brain and its precarious relationship with 'the happiness hormones'. You'll discover the biochemical connection between exercise and happiness. You'll understand how to motivate both yourself and your clients get over that pesky, periodic, perplexing 'hump of hatred' for exercise...from a chemical, endocrine and neuroplastic point of view!

Yoga is an excellent cross-training activity that promotes strength building, improves flexibility, and aids in recovery after a workout. In this session we will discuss how to use heart rate variability measurement to understand the status of the autonomic nervous system. We will also learn yoga techniques to help recovery and performance.

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

Join Sadie, one of the world's top online course creators and virtual studio leaders, for her powerful 2019 Social Media Best Practices. Get ready to easily start today & save tons of time and energy with Sadie's DIY blueprint to help you get far more crystal clear, creative, efficient and effective with your time online, too. This translates quickly into more attendance in classes, more clients, and the ability to make passive income online. This is how to attract the exact right audience for you--not just a bunch of random numbers. Don't miss this! PS: You even get a free E-course to keep!

Stop counting the reps. Start training to the beat. STRONG by Zumba® combines body weight, muscle conditioning, cardio and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move. Every squat, every lunge, every burpee is driven by the music, helping you make it to that last rep, and maybe even five more. Extra bonus! Intro to new STRONG 30 program!

SPONSORED BY STRONG by Zumba

 

Ready for a workout that really packs a punch?! Step up to the challenge of combining bodyweight strengthening based on foundational movements, kickboxing to spike the heart rate, and modified tabata drills to take you to your max! During five 9-minute rounds you will crawl, pull, jab and kick your body to its peak! Go ahead, HIIT Me With Your Best Shot!

Baby boomers are part of today's gym-goers. This older adult client seeks an effective workout that targets heart health while improving mobility and joint integrity. Low-impact training however doesn't mean low intensity! Join Lisa's session and experience a workout geared for your older adult participant including cardio conditioning, functional training and balance. Be inspired in this high energy session wrapped in a low impact joint-friendly workout tailored for your active baby boomer participant.

A deep dive into understanding how to maximize the effectiveness and safety of High Intensity Interval Training. This session integrates key best practices for when and why to program HIIT and how to utilize a number of programming approaches to evolve the way HIIT is applied in common training environments.

SPONSORED BY TRX

Discover POUND’s newest program, Generation POUND, a workout geared towards kids and a movement aimed at changing the concept of health and fitness for today’s youth. Generation POUND makes fitness about self-expression, empowerment, self-love, and fun by introducing alternative ways to move, rock, play, and make noise. Participants will tap into their inner child as they experience a Generation POUND PLAYlist and learn the formula behind the youth-oriented program. Participants will learn key teaching concepts and strategies for youth instruction and leave inspired, ready to teach the next generation of educators, leaders, and noise-makers.

Evidence has proven that the lack of quality Sleep can negatively impact Human Performance, Recovery and overall Health. This session takes an evidenced based approach to Sleep and will also provide you with strategies into what routines and rituals can help our bodies prepare and optimize the time we spend sleeping.

SPONSORED BY UNDER ARMOUR

Mind-body awareness is more complex than just kinesthetic and proprioceptive awareness. Research shows that we also have an emotional side to body awareness called interoception. Interoceptors, or the emotional side of fascial fitness, make up 80% of the peripheral nerves found in our fascial system and can be greatly influenced through appropriate movement patterns. Join Dr. Emily as she explores the emotional side to fascial fitness programs and learn how important this information is to all health and movement specialists.

Youth sports is at an all-time high. The good side is that it gets more kids interested in moving and playing sports. The downside is that it led to abuses by federations who program the sports mostly to fit their own personal agendas and not the well-being and development of the kids. From year-round hockey with 8-14 year old kids to specialized strength training in their teenage years, many mistakes are being made that actually decrease the development of the young athlete. In this presentation I will explain the best progression to optimize the development of the young athlete. From what you do during the early childhood to the strength & conditioning work you can do at various stages of development.

The digestive system is where everything begins and everything ends. It is the 'factory' that converts food into us. If it is not working properly, nothing in our body is going to operate properly. That is why it is critical to ensure optimal digestion. With digestive illnesses on the rise such as reflux, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, and more seriously, celiac, inflammatory bowel disease, and Small-Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, something important is being missed. In this presentation Josh will establish the "why' behind digestive imbalances, and more important discuss the 'how', of bringing this important system back into balance.

In this lecture, Julie Daniluk will delve deeply into the Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid and the science behind how it will help your clients balance their hormones. She will review the latest research on the foods and supplements that can reduce fatigue and pain, rev metabolism, enhance hormonal balance and boost the immune system to help professionals and athletes take their performance to the next level. She also shares her knowledge on effective cleansing of the organs, reducing cravings and creating a stronger body. For more information, check out JulieDaniluk.com and connect with Julie on Facebook (Julie Daniluk Nutrition),Instagram and Twitter(@juliedaniluk).

SPONSORED BY NATURE'S WAY/HEALTHY PLANET

Perimenopause and menopause signal a transformative time for women. During the transition, hormones are often in flux resulting in some changes and challenges that directly affect how women move. Weight gain, decreased muscle mass and exhaustion are very commonly associated with midlife and often times the strategies women choose in an effort to counteract them only serve to exacerbate the challenges. Learn about the hormonal fluctuations, how they affect the core, the best exercise choices and key strategies to help your female clients stay fit, functional and fierce as they age.

SPONSORED BY BELLIES INC.

What’s your true max? Numbers don’t lie and Power is a real indicator of intensity. When you marry truth and intensity performance improves. Learn what POWER is and how to coach to it to motivate in a variety of different ways. Bring a never-quit conviction and discover what true grit feels like.

SPONSORED BY SCHWINN®

We all know that hip hop has a driving beat! But why? In this workshops, we'll cover some music basics then "rap" everything together for a smooth musically driven class. Knowing how to use the music and adding a twist of cycle-know-how will make you a cycling mix master! Get ready to "Lose Yourself" and "Push It"!

SPONSORED BY KEISER

With over 200 studies now being published each year, the emerging HIIT research is evolving rapidly and revealing many new positive findings on cardiovascular health, overweight/obesity, insulin sensitivity, blood pressure, visceral fat, and overall fitness. The physiological and metabolic mechanisms on all these adaptations will be discussed. As well, Len has scoured the research and will present the top 10 'knockout' HIIT workouts.

As the fitness industry grows and the socioeconomic climate of health care becomes more restrictive, personal fitness trainers will encounter more clients with musculoskeletal pain. You are either working with chronic pain clients or will work with chronic pain clients. The bio-pyscho-social-paradigm is paramount to understanding your professional role and the effects of pain on your client their sense of safety. The client in pain, although cleared for exercise by their physician will present many unique challenges that the personal fitness trainer will not see with their other types of clientele. Exercise professionals need to know the value of strategic movement and the red flags to avoid for our clients

As a personal trainer or strength coach, assessments are king. Without knowing exactly what's going on in our clients? bodies, it can be difficult to tailor a workout plan specific to their needs. Muscle testing can be an invaluable tool to help you determine what areas need strengthening to help improve your client's overall foundation. Learn how to perform muscle testing properly and walk away with a number of tests for the hips, shoulders and core to help you keep your clients pain free, injury free and performing optimally in all movement patterns.

Despite all of our efforts, tools, and modalities, 50% of our participants and clients drop out of their fitness programs within the first three months. Lost cause? Not at all! We're capable of doing much more to help them persevere in their physical activity efforts. Nathalie offers you practical strategies thanks to the evidence-based soft skills that will help your clients finally achieve their goals. Ideal for fitness instructors and personal trainers of all levels.

Incorporate soft, hand-held Toning Balls® into select exercises from the STOTT PILATES® Essential Matwork repertoire. This workout, developed by the Merrithew™ team, not only targets the rotator cuff, but also increases awareness and strength of the entire upper quadrant. Discover how core musculature can be stimulated to stabilize and control with the addition of light weights.

SPONSORED BY Merrithew™

There are many exercise and nutrition assessment, tools and gadgets that can make a big difference on how to determine the state of the body. These diagnostic tools allow you to create an effective exercise and nutritional program that will get results. If you want to see what is on the cutting edge, this will be the presentation to see.

PROGRAMMING BY SWIS

The Functional Revolution has expanded the mindset of the personal training world but also caused considerable controversy as to the what, how, when, and why to use functional training. Clients released from rehabilitation into the fitness/sports performance “functional” environment are often progressed too quickly and do not have the foundational movement “big rocks” that need to be restored. Learn cutting-edge, easy to use assessment techniques to screen how your client moves and create strategies for a truly personalized training program. This session will explore the criteria that make a program a functional training program and how to blend the traditional exercises with functional movement patterns.

The role of core training is an essential focus for many fitness professionals. Diane Vives uses the FMS movement system and A.B.C.'s of functional movement to guide success-based exercise selection by targeting mobility and stability of the hips with key core training elements. Awareness, Breathing, Control and Development are the ABC's of the corrective experience and essential to training the hip-to-core connection. These exercise essentials will allow you to progress training intensity and introducing new dynamic training elements. Diane will share key exercises and how to execute them while being guided by the FMS movement system.

SPONSORED BY FMS

TEN exercises, TEN reps, TEN rounds! This ferocious ladder approach increases in duration and intensity with each round - and you never have to answer the question "how many"? This concept can be used in a one-on-one or group format by coaching the workout in a unison format or moving clients from station to station for interaction and team spirit. You?ll learn a multitude of "TEN" drills to plug into the ladder template -- with dynamic coaching techniques tying it all together. 

SPONSORED BY 360 ATHLETICS

Stay ahead of the curve with Evolt body composition scanning. Gavin is going to take you on a deep dive on how to optimize your client’s fat loss. Gavin will explain how to accelerate your client’s initial fat loss but optimize their metabolism and body to be able to keep it off long term. He will look at how to calculate fat loss and show you exactly why they say you can lose the calculations as to why people say you can lose from 1 to 2lbs per week safely and ask is this safe for all clients? If you work in fat loss you cannot miss this session. 

PROGRAMMING BY EVOLT 360

As personal trainers we all start out with excitement and eagerness. What sets us apart is personality. Education. Empathy. Your passion for helping others. Understanding your why. Why you became a trainer. Why you got interested in fitness. What is your connection to helping others. Mini Break Outs within the session allowing participants to work on their why and understanding it will help set them apart and Stand Out from the Competition.

Engagement is the buzzword in just about every discussion about team leadership. Have you tried to engage the team? Is it working? What if something is still missing? Learn to define current service models with complementary Leadership philosophies. Explore engagement practices and why they may lead to limited success. Define the secret ingredient to nurturing the optimal team and member experience. Outline tactical framework to infuse a team with a focus on success. Create a new leadership model for the newly-designed team.

Referrals have always been the life-blood of the fitness industry but gone are the days where most members willingly give a list of referrals for a T-shirt. Unfortunately, many operators have just given up on point of sale and on-going referral programs. In this seminar attendees will learn:

The psychology behind today's referrals.

Identify the key factors that must be present for a campaigns' success.

Specific campaigns that have succeeded.

How to leverage technology & social media to generate referrals.

Join the conversation as this distinguished panel of female role-models share their wisdom and most valuable advice, in effort to foster the next generation of female leaders. Ladies and gentlemen, if it is your intention to lead the future of this industry, it is in your best interest to attend this mentoring session.

As one of the fastest growing YouTube channels, Thomas DeLauer has a vast array of experiences in the world of digital marketing and productizing fitness personalities. In this session, I would teach the audience the best practices to starting a YouTube channel from scratch and how to gain the most views but also be a reputable authority figure that viewers can trust. I will teach them the ways to polarize themselves from the others and how to find their true calling that makes them an outstanding social media influencer.

Anyone who genuinely believes in the purpose of their team, as well as the team itself, can succeed as a leader. Few team leaders step into the role with all the skills needed to manage and lead a team to success. Although recognized as being valuable, teams can be under-utilized by many organizations. Learn why more don?t take advantage of teams, what constitutes a real team, and a model for creating a high achieving team. Understand how to increase team performance and leadership across the business for better results.

This highly interactive workshop identifies the essential skills all health care and fitness professionals must possess to beat bad behavior and influence immediate actions toward improved health and happiness. Developed by University of Pennsylvania Master Resilience Trainer and decorated combat veteran Ken Weichert (aka SGT Ken©), this workshop features six superior strategies to abolish anxiety, live to listen, create connection, overcome objections, enhance exercise excitement, restore resilience, and to turn adversities into advantages. You?ll discover how to cultivate a climate of connection, rapport and relationship building through several highly effective motivational interviewing techniques to help your clients find and foster a flourishing life.

We may often think that yoga is for those who are strong and flexible. But there is a softer side to yoga. Practicing the Bandhas or "locks" can assist with strengthening a posture from the inside out. Proper muscle tone and quality of the muscles of the pelvic floor can help to find the middle ground of this power center. If your working with an aging population, or any population, this might be the missing component, not just for yoga but for all forms of exercise. To help learn how to reeducate the muscles of the pelvic floor through yoga.

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

This class is designed with the cyclist in mind, but is also a great flow class for anyone to enjoy. Whether your ride is indoors or out, long or short, this yoga class will help you prevent injury and will allow you to create long lean muscle mass. The class focuses on yoga postures to relax your neck and shoulders, lengthen the muscles in your lower body, and gain core strength

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

A lot can happen in a minute. Join this workshop and find out how effective a minute of training can be when you use the 'on the minute' HIIT training technique. In this workshop you will experience individual, partner and team challenges to energize your high intensity training classes. Come away with fun new exercises to inspire your clients.

Meghan has put together new exercises and techniques that can help you get the most out of your training sessions with minimal equipment. Learn how to put together a great training session using little to no equipment. By being able to think on your feet, you'll be ready to save the day if you need to change a session at the last minute. Join Meghan to get more skills in your toolkit and gain the confidence to approach more clients and train them more effectively.

Need ideas for outdoor workouts or boot camps? Limited on space or equipment? Want to give back to your community or mentor younger fitness professionals? Utilize your time and spaces optimally by taking your workout outdoors. So many opportunities exist to reach new clients and give back to your community by creating fitness classes for inclusive community experiences. Come and learn the ropes of facilitating outdoor classes, partnering with local gyms for promotion and even mentoring new fitness professionals along the way while inspiring your community to move more.

Kids love to play. Trainers love to get kids active with high energy. This is the perfect combination for games to improve fitness and sports performance. Fitness games are well suited for youth clients because most kids do not like Long Slow Distance exercise. They prefer short bursts of activity followed by rest. Viola!! Relay races with an exercise half way, partner drills, exercise tag, and learning exercise technique, this session will have it all for trainers looking to reenergize for working with youth clients or learning new techniques for training children and adolescents.

Creating a Personal Training Experience in a Group Training Setting is one of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing personal trainers today. This critical session provides a comprehensive process to achieve just this. Learn how to apply an advanced coaching system to generate a compelling and effective training experience no matter how many people you are in front of. Scale yourself, scale your experience and scale your business to the next level.

SPONSORED BY TRX

Whether it be standing on stage or at the front of a boardroom, being in an interview or on a first date, the FEAR of REJECTION is in us all.
This fear is the major root of stage fright or 'performance anxiety' and prevents millions of people from performing optimally at their jobs and in life. This session will give you the tools as a Fitness Professional to help improve your self-confidence, leadership abilities and authenticity!

SPONSORED BY UNDER ARMOUR

Trainers have to consider many things when trying to produce the fitness results the client wants. Understanding circadian rhythms can help counsel clients if they are not getting the outcomes they want. Teo, Newton, & McGuigan (2011) show the best sports performances occur between 2:30 - 6:00pm. This can be transferred to fitness performance. If a client is not getting the results he/she wants, a discussion about changing the time of day he or she is training can make a huge difference in fitness improvements. Join Dr Mike to learn more about circadian rhythms, chronotype, and when is the best time of day to train to get maximum results.

The average adult takes between 5,000 - 8,000 steps a day with each foot contact being associated with 1 - 1.5 x our bodyweight in impact forces. Join Podiatrist and Movement Specialist Dr Emily as she explores how the anticipation of impact forces and ground contact is the key to movement efficiency, optimal performance and injury prevention. Take the concept of fascial tensioning, pre-activation training and neuro-sequencing to the next level with programing that will change your clients and athletes movement patterns forever. At the end of this workshop you will have an even greater appreciation for your feet!

Carbohydrate diets are a craze, but is this the best approach to fuel physical activity? This lecture will explain carbohydrate metabolism as well was the metabolic dangers of high-fructose corn syrup. In this 'no holds barred' lecture Len will present the evidence on all of the controversies with carbohydrate intake and the evidence to determine the best approach moving forward for performance and health.

The current fitness environment is at odds as to how to effectively create training and physiological adaptations within the constraints of a typical personal training session or group fitness class. Understanding the 3 different energy delivery systems, differentiating relative from absolute fat burning, and properly structuring formats to achieve effectiveness is key. This session will provide you with a clear understanding of these concepts and provide recent studies which support the proper way to achieve success with the members you work with.

A deep dive into the science behind percussive therapy, the breakthrough treatment that’s making waves in the performance, recovery, and wellness space. Learn all about how the industry-leading brand, Theragun, created the world’s first percussive therapy device to revolutionize deep muscle treatment. 

Today, Theragun devices are used by over 250 professional and collegiate teams and military organizations worldwide. Find out how the brand continues to innovate products, education, and applications for tension relief, athletic performance, and accelerated recovery on a global level.

PROGRAMMING BY THERAGUN

 

Learn to lead an amazing cycle experience without any words spoken. Challenge yourself to go where perhaps you have never gone before. Using body language, facial expressions, chimes, drums, and even sign language Mindy will guide you through a workout without speaking a word. This is truly a unique ride.

SPONSORED BY SCHWINN®

Musically-driven classes are very popular on group fitness schedules. They motivate members by working with a variety of tempos, rhythms and music styles. Most instructors get involved in teaching by following the rhythm of the music. The challenge is how to incorporate technology into our classes without being too technical. In this workshop, we’ll combine the beauty of indoor cycling and the beat of the music!

SPONSORED BY KEISER

When your client arrives for their session already exhausted from a draining day, should you be working
them out or giving them a day off? Some people will re-energize from a hard bout of exercise, but
others will not - but how can you tell before you start? In this session you'll learn why it is critical to
evaluate your client's readiness for exercise, as well as simple techniques for evaluating the type of
workout your client will respond best to. We'll explore the effects of stress and exercise on the autonomic
nervous system and how overloads of either affect different people. You'll find out how to manipulate
your existing programs to create energy uplifts, rather energy drains as well as how to select
and prescribe exercise methods that will balance the ANS and help your clients get the most out of
their time spent exercising.

SPONSORED BY CHEK INSTITUTE

This course expands on the concepts of movement therapy and performance enhancement via functional taping methods. Movement assessment will be utilized to determine dysfunction in specific fascial slings. Kinesiology taping applications will be demonstrated in a manner that improves movement and function. Interventions with compression band floss and myofascial cupping will be reviewed and integrated into current rehabilitative concepts. This hands-on course is intended for attendees with all levels of experience with taping.

PROGRAMMING BY RockTape

What should a PRE-prenatal fitness program look like? What are the priorities for these clients? Get the checklist, the research and tried & true exercises that will leave them feeling ready for anything! BTW it will be challenging, focused and slightly fierce... motherhood is tough

In this session, you'll learn about total-body conditioning class that trains mainly leg and butt with and without tools.

The Merrithew™ experts present a ZEN∙GA® workshop incorporating the latest findings in fascial research. Many believe the myofascial lines act as global tension complexes that stabilize, transmit forces, reserve joint integrity and allow for coordinated movements throughout the skeletal frame. The Arm Line Exploration uses the four arm lines as a map to understand these myofascial continuities, to stimulate awareness of our three-dimensional structures and to “see” or sense the arm lines experientially. Following is a dynamic Flex-Band Workout designed to further build on the concepts.

SPONSORED BY Merrithew™

BoomBoxing consists of 8 basic Martial Arts moves, upper body boxing kata techniques and a combination of the basic moves with the upper and lower body. It is a high intensity workout, combining cardio, kickboxing and martial arts. It uses boxing bags and hand pads for striking. Specifically designed music puts the boom in BoomBoxing.

 

This workshop will introduce you to the tools required to determine the pain triggers are for those who suffer from low back pain. The idea that back pain is non-specific is inaccurate at best and false at worst. In this workshop, a live case-study will be conducted. Attendees will see first hand the process for determining and mitigating the pain-driving motions, postures and loads. Additionally, attendees will learn straightforward, practical spine hygiene and spine sparing lifestyle strategies that should be part of every humans daily routine. Note, all attendees will receive post-session online support materials.

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SPONSORED BY DTS FITNESS EDUCATION

 

Exercise selection and progression is one of the most difficult tasks we have as professionals. In order put our clients on the correct path, it is important that we gather information using screens and tests to determine which exercise options will provide the best overall results. This baseline information will provide the feedback needed in order to properly progress the client. During this session Dr. Burton will focus on how to effectively select exercises that will create a more productive training session leading better client outcomes.

SPONSORED BY FMS

Can your body move? Unfortunately most people can't move where it matters the most. The hips and shoulders are designed to be some of the most mobile areas of the human movement system, but they often lock up creating a cycle of improper movement patterns and injuries. Normal functional activities, such as walking, require extension, flexion, and rotation of the hips and shoulders. If this can't occur, the nervous system will alter the spine or the gait itself. Learn how to quickly identify these patterns and how to properly address these areas with self-myofascial release. This advanced approach is focused on creating the myofascial relationships necessary to optimize movement, preventing injury and prepping the body to perform at its best.

SPONSORED BY 360 ATHLETICS

Kelly Thorne and Courtney O'Reilly share successful strategies to grow your small group training program. Whether you are a business owner, Personal Trainer or Group Fitness Instructor you will walk away from this session with valuable tools to impact member penetration, market your program and generate increased revenue.

In an ever complicated World, Joe dives deep into the 4 ways of making more money in the fitness industry. He will teach you how to attract more clients to increase your hours, his secrets on how to Increase your rates, diversifying your services, and how to ascend your clients into high ticket services. Lastly he will cover the importance of recurring revenue and how to make money while you sleep. The majority of trainers are stuck exchanging hours for dollars and truly don?t understand how to maximize all four pillars of making money and benefit from them all.

As business moves from information to experience we dive into the effect this has had on the fitness industry. Why are people willing to pay more for small boutique gyms vs larger chains? On top of that, it is important that we do not fall into a cookie cutter approach. One person's experience is another's nightmare and it is the ability to personalize the approach that will truly assist with retention, value and word of mouth referral in a fitness business. This session is designed to provide valuable insight to the gym owner, personal trainer or studio owner.

Social media is flooded with influencers of all shapes and sizes, but only a select few can become true authorities. Learn the difference between becoming an online authority versus an influencer. Learn the ways to lead the pack when it comes to health and wellness and ultimately draw more sales, conversions, and most of all positive attitude in the marketplace.

Discover what is behind this booming business trend in fitness, mind-body and wellness. Hear from experts in the boutique sector of the industry as they share their vision, experience and advice for those who want to gain greater understanding of this succeeding business model.

With social media still on the rise it's still a great way to showcase your brand and service, IF you know what you're doing. As a fitness professional it's easy to blend in and be just another scroll through with all the noise on Instagram. The key to success on Instagram is to show up as a fitness professional and not a fitness enthusiast. Learn how to stand out, be an influencer for your audience, and have clients flocking to you.

The most successful organizations in the world realize that a strong culture is a critical driver to business success. In this session, Kristen will share her internationally recognized leadership experience to examine the critical elements of building and sustaining a powerful culture using the "5 P Model", to provide a competitive advantage for your business

Is your business stalled, stagnant or limited? To get to the next level of your greatness depends on the quality of your culture, which depends on the quality of your relationships, which is directly related to the questions you are asking and the conversations you are having. In this session, Mia will share how to listen to connect, ask to understand, prime for trust and double click to go deeper. Through this way of Being your business and relationships will change forever.

Understand energy locks and how they can improve your asana practice

Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga with postures that are held for longer periods of time to apply gentle tension to the connective tissues - the tendons, fascia, and ligaments - with the aim of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility. This workshop will be an introduction to the main principles of Yin Yoga as well as an opportunity to experience the practice.

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

Express workouts also known as HIIT, continue to grow in popularity in the fitness industry. More and more people prefer to squeeze in a quick sesh than spend hours training at the gym. If you crave fresh ideas to ignite your express workouts, Lisa?s session is for YOU! You?ll experience diverse interval formats, superset combos, cardio drills to fuel your quick workouts with power, strength, agility and speed. Don?t miss out on a trip like no other? The Power Trip!

This session will provide trainers and instructors with 3 – 20 minute no-excuse express workouts that can be done anytime, anywhere. With little to no equipment walk away with 3 different workouts that takes the guess-work out of what is possible. Fun, challenging and effective. Are you ready to join the express lane?

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.

Learn how to adapt exercises for adults with disabilities, including down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism. Educated yourself on any contraindications for this population and create effective workouts for their goals that will assist them with daily living. You will also learn more about the disabilities and characteristics of them.

This challenging session begins with an advanced Functional Training workout wrapped in an engaging experience that will have you challenged, entertained and gasping for more! Then dive deep behind the curtain, exploring the programming design, coaching tactics and insider secrets required to create an optimal training experience in a high energy, multi-modality setting!
Get ready to experience the ultimate functional training experience!

SPONSORED BY TRX

In this hands on, interactive workshop you will be given techniques on how to prep & restore with vibration technology. Increasing your clients/participants ability to Move Better before beginning any activity/class/program is paramount to not only improve performance but to ultimately help the Move Longer!

SPONSORED BY UNDER ARMOUR

Human beings are very complex. From anatomy and physiology to emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships, all aspects of biopsychosocial influences must be considered in the client and patient. Join Dr Emily as she explores the science of how people behave and cope with illness or injury can directly influence their outcomes. Explore the impact of chronic stress, ANS dysfunction, inflammation, pain, poor sleep, disturbed HRV on the healing body.

Take your total body conditioning to the next level by combining the BOSU© Balance Trainer with the BOSU© Bar. Learn how the bar can enhance strength, stability, balance and core activation by simply changing the way you hold it. Experience 100+ exercises, progressions, regressions and variations while you master the ?Graduation Grid? and breathe life into your conditioning toolbox. Whether you grip it, tip it, flip it, or strip it, even the simplest of exercises will feel brand new!

SPONSORED BY 360 ATHLETICS

A session to help men and women understand how ketosis and fasting might be different for one another. A discussion on hormones and the types of foods that should be selected by either sex to help them get the best results on a ketogenic or intermittent fasting program

Over the past 100 years over 80,000 chemicals have been introduced into our environment. Many of these chemicals have never been tested for human safety yet continue to be used by many unsuspecting consumers. Exposure to these chemicals can cause obesity, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune disease. To achieve personal health goals, it is critical to identify, eliminate, and safely detoxify these chemicals. In this presentation Josh will arm you with a powerful toolkit enabling you to thrive in the midst of environmental pollution.

Experience the newest exercise method for back health and performance: ELDOA*. Developed by French Osteopath Guy VOYER, DO. Targeting spinal segments, hips and shoulders ELDOA creates joint space like no other method. ELDOA exercises are tough, challenging, and efficient, working muscles in extreme contraction and remodeling fascial chains to reduce compressive force: relieve back pain due to pathologies, reduce wear and tear on joints, improve athletic performance, find your ultimate gravity line. This is the next must have (safe) back tool for the fitness/wellness industry!!

*ELDOA: Etirement Longitudinaux Decoaptation Ostep-Articulaire / In english: LOADS: Longitudinal Osteoarticular Decoaptation Stretches)

PROGRAMMING BY ELDOA™/ SPHINX PILATES

Learn the latest and greatest places to source the best music, remixes, mash-ups and the perfect “Surprise & Delight” to set your playlist apart from everyone else. Uncover new apps and programs available to remix and customize your own music tracks. This is a HOT workshop so claim your seat fast!

SPONSORED BY SCHWINN®

What happens when you combine cycling with yoga? You get a stronger body and mind! This workshop will take you through an intense interval class where you'll push your limits and exceed your expectations. You'll complete your workout with poses to stretch all the muscles you worked and finish with a mindful meditation. It's time to collide!

SPONSORED BY KEISER

Learn how the big to relates to optimal hip extension and rotational power. You will discover special nerve release points and vascular flow areas to unlock motion in the foot and hip. If nerves don't glide, joints can't move to optimal end ranges. When nerves don?t glide the brain stops motion. Learn where to check for the glides and how to release them prior to movement. Learn three exercises from the ground up to help lock in the range of motion to the nervous system. The brain takes the path of least resistance and if your big toe loses extension you transfer energy to the wrong places. Those places end up hurting as you become slower and weaker. Love up your big toe.

Stealth learning is when an instructor uses clever, disguised ways to introduce learning objectives through non-traditional tools to encourage students to have fun and learn. Students think they are merely playing, but they are simultaneously learning. In this interactive workshop you will experience 7 different areas you can facilitate self- discovery with your class members to make their time with you MORE THAN just a workout.

Resistance tubing has tremendous versatility when integrated with strength, cardio, balance and flexibility exercises. Learn to create combinations for a limitless variety of both functional and traditional exercises. Learn how to optimize anchoring placement and line of pull to provide different approaches to the targeted muscles. Throw in a variety of speeds, rhythms and positions to optimize body work. Whether participants are standing, seated or on any position on the floor, they can benefit from all types of resistance tubing.

PROGRAMMING BY OMNIBALL

This workshop provides instructors tools to incorporate new fascial research concepts within the body of the STOTT PILATES® Essential Matwork repertoire. Following the Essential Matwork order, participants explore how exercise essences can be enhanced with new fascial research concepts, inspiring a new movement experience. Created by the experts at Merrithew™, discover seamless movement flowing exercise sequences that take the body through multiple planes of movement. This workshop will spark creativity in programming and allow participants to tap into their innate body wisdom to find alternate variations that best suit their movement potential on any given day.

SPONSORED BY Merrithew™

Glute Camp combines KettleBell conditioning with plyometric medicine ball techniques to improve anaerobic strength, while enhancing power production, caloric expenditure and EPOC. This HIIT program incorporates lower body physical execution techniques, plyometric progressions and exercise guidelines. Learn the science behind metabolic conditioning with the practical application to change your leg day into a Glute Camp!

This course provides an overview of common lower body injuries and conditions such as Iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome, Patella Femoral pain syndrome (PFPS), meniscal injuries, shin splints, and osteoarthritis (OA). It is designed to teach you what conditions may be causing your client's pain so that you will be better equipped to create more enjoyable and beneficial programs for them. This course provides information that can help you train clients in pain and communicate with allied healthcare professionals more effectively. Trainers and healthcare professionals working on the same page can promote a better fitness experience for their clients.

This course introduces the concept of skin/fascial decompression to help improve tissue mobility, improve movement and modulate pain with the use of myofascial cups. This course will cover the anatomy, physiology and neurology of the effects of myofascial cupping on connective tissue gliding, tissue traction and tissue decompression.
Interventions with myofascial cupping will be reviewed based on the literature and integrated into current rehabilitative concepts. This course is intended for practitioners and therapists with a basic understanding of soft
tissue techniques.

PROGRAMMING BY RockTape

Immerse yourself in movement performance training and discover how to optimize fitness results for all levels of clients and athletes. Using hydro training -- reacting to constantly shifting water -- you?ll experience why top-down instability techniques using the SURGE© Storm are so effective in enhancing biomotor ability, improving performance outcome, and transferring to traditional strength/conditioning techniques. SURGE©training is skill based, fun and complements any training approach. Leave this workshop with a huge inventory of exercises and tactics to improve and coach sport performance!

SPONSORED BY 360 ATHLETICS

The best way to get a new client is to keep an old one! In this session, you will learn the best kept secrets to renew clients for the long term (10 years or more!). The session will touch on programming tools, motivation tools, and other strategies. After the session, you should be able to walk away immediately with a number of handy tools to remove the sales pressure, and make renewals more effective than ever.

Sales and client gain is one of the most feared topics in the health and wellness industry. Most enter this field based on a desire to help their fellow humans, not to strike it rich. However we all need to protect our bottom line. Understanding the natural emotions that are involvement when asking for a commitment help to avoid being too aggressive or too passive when stakes are high. Creating a safe space where your clients? needs are heard, and your points are made, lead to the start of a successful health focused relationship.

The fitness industry and the expectation of clients continue to evolve. With a new generation of fitness participants wanting engaging, entertaining and meaningful experiences in group fitness classes and small group training, learn how you can become the master of edu-tainment. This session is practical and will require you to step out of your comfort zone. Find the perfect balance between being a great educator and an amazing entertainer!

There are two things that can happen to you when faced with an obstacle of any kind: fall apart or bounce back. Resilience, often referred to as emotional fitness or mental toughness, is when you face adversity head-on and grow from your experience. SGT Ken® has over 300 hours providing resilience training to military and non-military audiences. This module will provide you with exceptional resilience training and life coaching strategies to turn stress into strength and obstacles into opportunities! Find a flourishing life on the Road to Resilience!

Experience first hand as Meghan, the founder of the international Fit Tech app and online platform Buzvil, as she takes you through the latest trends and the future of fitness technology. Learn how some of the fastest growing franchises in Australia have become so successful utilizing fit tech. If you want to learn more about technology and fitness, this lecture-with-demonstration is a must-attend session.

You get lots of followers on Social Medias but somehow, it doesn't translate into money in your bank account . Learn from 8 times No.1 International Best Selling Author and Founder of the THINK Yourself© ACADEMY how to build a brand, find a niche, create a legacy follow-up series for your 'fans' to become clients. You will learn the 10 steps to a successful business and walk away with a concrete plan and proven strategies.

Leadership principles are awesome in theory but often challenging to apply in everyday life. Join dynamic duo Mo Hagan and Angela Kontgen for this inspiring session focusing on 7 incredible Leadership principles and how the powerful habit of meditation is a proven way to build your leadership skills. You'll walk away inspired and with the tools to take your Leadership to new levels.

Do you ever feel frustrated with your client's ability to follow your training plan? Have you ever wondered if you want your client to succeed more than they do? How can you help your client be more "coachable" so they achieve results? In this session you will discover some empowering coaching tools and tactics that will create stronger client relationships. Develop essential coaching skills that will boost client achievement and retention. Results follow easily when clients are both motivated and inspired.

We hear so much about ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and the Dose-Response health outcomes. But what does that information mean to us as yoga instructors and fitness professionals? Join us for an informative discussion about how we can arm ourselves with this knowledge to help our students mitigate the effects of childhood trauma and be a guide on a path to health and well-being.

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

Energy management activates your life force energy to restore balance, rejuvenate your entire body, promote
emotional well-being and spiritual connection. Become more self-aware of how you are projecting yourself to
those around you. With a few simple techniques and daily practices, the power to restore yourself is at your
fingertips. You’ll discover several methods for wellness, self-healing, and preventing illness through Reiki,
shamanic meditation, Emotional Freedom Technique, and ancient Chinese healing secrets for cultivating
energy as a foundation for health, happiness, and self-empowerment. This workshop is experiential for those
who are committed to their self-care and optimal well-being from the inside out.
Equipment needed: headset microphone, warm room, dimmer lights, sound system for music

Aerobics is Back, Bigger, Better, HIGHer! HIGH Fitness is a hardcore fun group fitness class that has taken Aerobics and brought it to the next level with modern fitness techniques. HIGH combines FUN (Fitness Choreography set to fun music), INTENSITY (HIIT training, plyometric, toning and cardio), and CONSISTENCY (each song has specific simple moves taught the same by all instructors). HIGH Fitness can be modified for participants new to fitness or for athletes. It is proven to produce repeat participants and results!

PROGRAMMING BY HIGH FITNESS

In this session, participants will learn and experience interesting exercise combinations that include all foundation exercises (squat, lunge, hinge, push, pull, plank and rotation) combined with loaded movement patterning that transition smoothly from exercise to exercise. Learn the benefits of loaded movement training and try combinations that you can use for small group training or group fitness classes.

Make the most of your next Dance fitness class and learn how to incorporate HIIT trainings safely and effectively into your classes. Bring your clients the best of both world Dance and high intensity training. The moves are easy to follow, the heartrate is through the roof and the members are begging for more.

SPONSORED BY SAVVIER FITNESS/FMG

No ropes? No walls? No cargo net? No problem! Learn how to create programming to prep your group for an obstacle course race using standard fitness equipment. With a little creativity and insight, you can help your clients build strong, mobile and resilient bodies ready for success on the course!

As professionals it is easy to get excited about the science, coaching and efficiency behind a workout but let's face it - for most of our participants it is the EXPERIENCE that keeps them coming back for more! Learn how to deepen and expand your programming process to include multiple layers of training elements that combine to create this optimal experience in every workout you deliver. This unique session focuses on how to systematically apply innovative team tactics to tap into the true power of a group and create a fun, competitive and cooperative team environment.

SPONSORED BY TRX

GoodLife Les Mills LIVE - is the ultimate group fitness experience! If you've never experienced this LIVE event, this is the year you won?t want to miss! The LIVE event is your opportunity to work out with the best group fitness presenters in the world, in a mind blowing party atmosphere alongside hundreds of other fitness fans. This two day event is part of a global tour celebrating the latest in fitness trends and showcasing the newest music and moves from Les Mills, NEWBODY, Zumba, SoulBody Barre, Pound, and PEAK Training United Trainers and Master Presenters -38 Presenters in total-Canada?s biggest LIVE to date. Come for one session only or be part of it all!

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

BODYPUMP™ is a barbell workout for anyone looking to get lean, toned and fit - fast.
Using light to moderate weights with lots of repetition, BODYPUMP gives you a total body workout. It will burn up to 540 calories*. Instructors will coach you through the scientifically proven moves and techniques pumping out encouragement, motivation and great music - helping you achieve much more than on your own! You'll leave the class feeling challenged and motivated, ready to come back for more.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

In a BODYSTEP Athletic class you combine basic stepping with moves like burpees, pushups and weight plate exercises to work the upper body. If you fancy quicker stepping and the chance to showcase your rhythm and flair, then BODYSTEP Classic is the way to go. There are always lots of options to get you through the workout safely.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

LES MILLS GRIT™ Athletic is a 30-minute high-intensity interval training (HIIT) plyometric-based workout, designed to make you perform like an athlete. This workout uses a bench and combines explosive jumping exercises with agility training to increase explosiveness and to build a lean and athletic body. LES MILLS GRIT Athletic takes cutting edge HIIT and combines it with powerful music and inspirational coaches who will be down on the floor with you motivating you to go harder to get fit, fast.

LES MILLS GRIT™ Strength is a 30-minute high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout, designed to improve strength and build lean muscle. This workout uses barbell, weight plate and body weight exercises to blast all major muscle groups. LES MILLS GRIT Strength takes cutting edge HIIT and combines it with powerful music and inspirational coaches who will be down on the floor with you, motivating you to go harder to get fit, fast.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

Attendance is the key factor when determining if someone will succeed in their fitness journey. How do we provide a fitness experience that our members will want to come back to? In this session we will discuss the latest research on motivation, maximizing the group effect and ultimately providing an experience that will shift new exercisers from exercising because they have to - to exercising because they want to.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

Exercising muscles around the core, CXWORX™ provides the vital ingredient for a stronger body. A stronger core makes you better at all things you do, from everyday life to your favorite sports - it's the glue that holds everything together. All the moves in CXWORX have options, so it's challenging but achievable for your own level of fitness. During the 30-minute workout trained instructors guide you through correct technique as you work with resistance tubes and weight plates, as well as body weight exercises like crunches, and hovers. You will also get into some hip, butt and lower back exercises.

Step into a BODYCOMBAT™ workout and you'll punch and kick your way to fitness, burning up to 740 calories along the way. This high-energy martial-arts inspired workout is totally non-contact and there are no complex moves to master. A LES MILLS™ instructor will challenge you to up the intensity and motivate you to make the most of every round. You'll release stress, have a blast and feel like a champ.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

BODYATTACK™ is a high-energy fitness class with moves that cater for total beginners to total addicts. We combine athletic movements like running, lunging and jumping with strength exercises such as push-ups and squats. A LES MILLS™ instructor will pump out energizing tunes and lead you through the workout - challenging your limits in a good way, burning up to 730 calories* and leaving you with a sense of achievement.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

Ideal for anyone and everyone, BODYFLOW™ is the yoga-based class that will improve your mind, your body and your life.
During BODYFLOW an inspired soundtrack plays as you bend and stretch through a series of simple yoga moves and embrace elements of Tai Chi and Pilates. Breathing control is a part of all the exercises, and instructors will always provide options for those just getting started. You'll strengthen your entire body and leave the class feeling calm, centered and happy.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

Join us for a special Closing Ceremony presentation, an audio-visual show recapping the highlights and magical moments from this years? GoodLife Les Mills LIVE event. This is your chance to celebrate the Presenters and each other for the final moments of this fitness experience. Your spark will be rekindled - and those around you will light the flame within!

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

Experience a progressive, cutting-edge class with a more athletic approach to barre, keeping the heart pumping and the body moving. This pre-choreographed format is set to motivating music that will transform your body resulting in power, strength, balance and stamina. This barre class is designed to bring that "boutique" style barre class experience to Group Fitness, keeping clubs ahead of the curve. Get ready to shape, tone and strengthen the body with Stacey Vandiver, co-founder and creator of SoulBody Barre.

PROGRAMMING BY SoulBody

A fun-loving, insanely addictive dance workout. SH'BAM™ is an ego-free zone - no dance experience required. All you need is a playful attitude and a cheeky smile so forget being a wallflower - even if you walk in thinking you can't, you'll walk out knowing you can!

Meet and take a dance class with International Dancer and Choreographer Gandalf Archer Mills, the Program Director of BODYJAM™ at Les Mills.
He will break down the routines and teach you how to hold your body correctly, execute the skills properly and strengthen your overall dance technique across all areas of dance regardless of style.
There's nothing to stop great dance!

This session will take place at the GoodLife Union Social Club - 7 Station Street, Toronto, ON

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

LES MILLS GRIT™ Cardio is a 30-minute high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout that improves cardiovascular fitness, increase speed and maximize calorie burn. This workout uses a variety of body weight exercises and provides the challenge and intensity you need to get results fast. LES MILLS GRIT™ Cardio takes HIIT and combines it with powerful music and inspirational coaches who will be down on the floor with you, motivating you to go harder to get fit, fast.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

Step into a LES MILLS TONE© class and you'll tick off a complete workout. The challenging mix of lunges, squats, functional training and tubing exercises will help you burn calories and take your fitness to the next level, all in just 45 minutes. Also, a great foundational class, LES MILLS TONE© has a wide variety of options accommodating all fitness levels ensuring everyone leaves the workout feeling successful.
If you want the optimal mix of strength, cardio and core training this is it.

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

STRONG 30™ is a revolutionary 30-minute high-intensity workout led by music to motivate you to crush your ultimate fitness goals. Stop counting the reps. Start training to the beat. STRONG 30™ combines body weight, muscle conditioning, cardio, plyometric and explosive moves like high knees, burpees, and jumping jacks all SYNCed to original music. If you’ve got 30 minutes, you’ve got time to blitz this high-intensity workout experience with us.

SPONSORED BY STRONG by Zumba 

RPM™ is a group indoor cycling workout where you control the intensity. It's fun, low impact and you can burn up to 675 calories a session*.
With great music pumping and the group spinning as one, your instructor takes you on a journey of hill climbs, sprints and flat riding. In an RPM workout you repeatedly spin the pedals to reach your cardio peak then ease back down, keeping pace with the pack to lift your personal performance and boost your cardio fitness.
RPM is a great way to build up your sense of personal achievement. You can draw on the group's energy and find your rhythm in the music. You control your own resistance levels and speed so you can build up your fitness level over time. It's a journey, not a race!

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

RPM™ is a group indoor cycling workout where you control the intensity. It's fun, low impact and you can burn up to 675 calories a session*.
With great music pumping and the group spinning as one, your instructor takes you on a journey of hill climbs, sprints and flat riding. In an RPM workout you repeatedly spin the pedals to reach your cardio peak then ease back down, keeping pace with the pack to lift your personal performance and boost your cardio fitness.
RPM is a great way to build up your sense of personal achievement. You can draw on the group's energy and find your rhythm in the music. You control your own resistance levels and speed so you can build up your fitness level over time. It's a journey, not a race!

SPONSORED BY GOODLIFE

The Chakra's are the seven energy centers of spiritual power that reside deep within our bodies and help regulate everything from our physical health to our emotional and mental health. This workshop will provide a brief overview of these energy centers exploring how they work and how they affect overall health and wellness. Asanas, yoga postures, will be discussed as they relate to the chakras and how they can enhance the subtle energetic body. Walk away with the ability to incorporate the chakra system to your own personal well-being or that of your clients.

SPONSORED BY YOGAFIT® WORLDWIDE

Kangoo Power workshop is a practical and theoretical training. It includes a fair amount of theory and a lot of practice. Kangoo Power license is an international license that is valid for 2 years.

PROGRAMMING BY KANGOO CLUB CANADA

Master Tae Bo is a whole body fitness exercise that combines martial arts and boxing with Tae Kwon Do and aerobic dance steps. It is a cardio vascular workout which builds strength, muscular fitness, flexibility, balance and mental focus.

 

STRONG 30™ is a revolutionary 30-minute high-intensity workout led by music to motivate you to crush your ultimate fitness goals. Stop counting the reps. Start training to the beat. STRONG 30™ combines body weight, muscle conditioning, cardio, plyometric and explosive moves like high knees, burpees, and jumping jacks all SYNCed to original music. If you’ve got 30-minutes, you’ve got time to blitz this high-intensity workout experience with us.

SPONSORED BY STRONG by Zumba

Builds on the foundations of Joga Level 1. A movement system designed to improve energy and metabolic conditioning, an intense body workout connecting breath, balance and strength.

PROGRAMMING BY JOGA

Want to inspire more people? Do you need to reignite your own "fire" for fitness? Martin, known as one of the most motivating coaches in the industry, will share the 5 Mindsets and Skill Sets needed to get the best out of your people. If you would love to connect with more clients, get better results and build a bigger community around your program, you cannot afford to miss the tips and tactics of this energizing lecture and hands on.

PROGRAMMING BY PERFORM BETTER

Participants still love the core section of your classes and sessions as much as they ever did, but YOU, the coach, need more ideas, right? This workshop will utilize all three planes of motion both prone and supine positions, along with small apparatus tools to give you more than 50 unique, core exercises. Walk away with a library of new moves that your students will love and feel successfully challenged in your next class or training session.

SPONSORED BY SAVVIER FITNESS/FMG

Sweat. Sculpt. & ROCK in this cardio jam session inspired by drumming. You won't just listen to music-you'll become the music in this exhilarating full-body workout that combines cardio, conditioning, and strength training with yoga and Pilates-inspired movements. Designed for all fitness levels, POUND® provides the perfect atmosphere for letting loose, getting energized, toning up and rockin' out!

SPONSORED BY POUND - Rockout. Workout. 

Created by Suaad, this dynamic program is based on traditional ballet conditioning exercises that will shape, sculpt and stretch your booty muscles, increase metabolism, and burn fat to give you the best butt of your life. Hot Booty Ballet stands out thanks to the use of the Hot Booty Bands which add an element of resistance training to allow for deeper physical benefits. Routines are choreographed to match the lyrics and musicality of each song to take you on a fitness journey. Hot Booty Ballet is a "fitness ballet" class, meaning that fitness principles come first and ballet technique come second. No dance or ballet experience needed!

PROGRAMMING BY HOT BOOTY BALLET

The low carb high protein diet is all the rage and many of your clients are asking your opinion. Let's not follow opinion - let's look at the science and the facts. You will walk away with a clear understanding of where to steer your clients and yourselves for weight loss and health gains.

PROGRAMMING BY ONE DAY TO WELLNESS

There's more to hydration than "Copious and Clear." In this session we'll discuss how important hydration really is for fitness clients to high performance athletes. Learn research about drinking fluids and reducing the risk of certain diseases, infections, kidney stones, and possibly some cancers. We will also discuss the efficacy and ingredients of the variety of fitness/sports drinks including caffeine, and how safe these are. Get a scientific and coaching view of how hydration is influenced by sport participation, activity level, climate, fluid taste, fluid color, and perspiration rate. More important, trainers will leave this session with renewed motivation to Drink Up and understand better how hydration can improve our performance as a fitness pro and our clients as well.

12% of emergency hospital visits are related to gastrointestinal conditions, and millions of people are using over the counter pharmaceuticals and prescription medications to cope with a dramatic increase in the rate of digestive related diseases. There are 3 main areas where digestive problems begin and can be corrected before they become complex conditions. Join 3 Time All Natural National Bodybuilding Champion and Mr.Universe Competitor Wade T Lightheart CSNA as he breaks down the secrets on how to recognize early warning signals and how to successfully address these issues through dietary choices and targeted supplementation.

PROGRAMMING BY BioOptimizers

Many of us spend hundreds of dollars annually on supplements and plans that are touted to help our body get rid of stored 'toxins'. While it's definitely true that toxins are all around us, can you actually get rid of them with a 7 or 14-day cleanse? Mirna Sharafeddine, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Naughty Nutrition Co-Founder will talk about why most detoxes don't work and how they can actually slow down detoxification. She will also discuss natural ways that you can support your body?s detox pathways that doesn't involve juice cleansing or buying into expensive liquids or powders. Ways that will actually save you money and be more effective long-term.

While weight loss remains the largest issue for people who exercise at health clubs and hire personal trainers, most fitness professionals are not familiar with the scientific research on this important topic, often relying on what?s presented by the popular media. This presentation critically reviews the scientific research on exercise and weight loss to reveal the most effective weight loss strategies, including how much, what types, and at what intensities to exercise. Attendees will gain a complete understanding of the research so that they can better educate and help their clients.

Caffeine is frequently used by gym-goers, fitness enthusiasts and athletes because of its reported performance-enhancing effects. This session will cover the different types of caffeine forms, the ideal doses and for what sports or activities (eg endurance vs strength or power) caffeine has shown to be beneficial. Safety concerns regarding energy drinks and other newer caffeine products will also be addressed. The speaker will also share her recently published PhD research from the University of Toronto, which is the largest study to date showing that not everyone benefits from caffeine, and that genetics clearly play a role in variability in response.

We all want to live longer and healthier lives. More than just lifespan, we want healthspan. Canada’s leading Functional Medicine Expert Bryce Wylde is a brain changer. He has consulted over 10,000 patients in clinical practice and can tell you from experience that the secret to optimal healthspan is in fact brainspan: building your best brain. He will share the latest in research, technologies, genetics, lab tests, and natural health products with a focus on best in class omega-3 fatty acids, to help support your 86 Billion neurons. Building your best brain is creating a life best lived.

Ever wondered what the secrets of the longest living populations are? Join Mirna Sharafeddine, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Naughty Nutrition Co-Founder for an interactive and informative presentation on the healthiest superfoods and habits that help to delay the aging process. You will also learn which foods and habits you need to avoid so you can live a healthy and vibrant life, and prevent the most common illnesses associated with aging including high cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, weight gain, heart disease and more.

Want to cut back on sugar but confused about sugar alternatives? Which ones raise your blood sugar? Which ones are best for baking? Sugar alcohols? Xylitol? Artificial Sweeteners? Yacon Syrup? Join Nutritionist, Andria Barrett in this session where you?ll learn about her top 5 healthy alternatives to sugar and taste them too. This interactive workshop includes recipes and a demonstration using 3 different sugar alternatives.

Are Group Fitness Instructors the new Ministers of Fitness? Despite the increase in Exercise Club Memberships and exercise equipment/media sales, it is reported that people are more over weight and depressed than ever. In 1968, a groundbreaking book revealed that exercise is good for the body. In 2008, a groundbreaking book revealed that exercise is good for one's mood. Can exercise be good for our sense of spirituality? Come learn about a study that showed that: Group Exercise Participation can help you feel more Spiritual and it does not have to be participation in Yoga class or other Mind/Body Class.

Although the mechanics of weight loss include calories, micro-nutrients, inflammation and genetics, without an understanding of the WHY beneath the inability to permanently lost the weight, the outcome will always look the same. The key exists in unravelling the WHY behind the habits, patterns and decisions that keep a person stuck. It is with this knowledge the key to the weight loss puzzle is unlocked. It might be time for your clients to quit counting calories and start looking inward.

Attendees of this session will learn hormone imbalances and their meaning for exercise prescription. This session will cover the importance of interpreting signs and symptoms of hormone imbalance as they relate to adrenal fatigue, lack of progress, weight loss resistance, weight gain, sleep disruption and cover the importance of programming to help correct imbalances and improve performance. Also discussed in this session will be how to refer for testing or work with health practitioners and coach change.

After a lifetime defined by physical challenge and competition, global fitness leader Fraser Quelch is suddenly confronted with a life threatening aneurysm and the spectre of open heart surgery. In this inspirational session Fraser shares the details of his positive approach to a major setback, his incredible mindset to overcome the hurdles that are set in our path and some of the most impactful behavioural and psychological considerations that will help you and your clients navigate through your darkest moments.

In the last decade of life, the overwhelming majority of people with struggle with chronic pain, cognitive decline, degenerative conditions and poor quality of life. Even in your 40s, 50s or 60s, aches and pains add up and impact your energy and vitality. In this talk, Dr. Bubbs will discuss the evidence-based fundamentals highly associated with healthy ageing, factors such as; sleep, gut microbiome, blood glucose control, ideal diet, movement and the right mindset. Learn how to IMPROVE as you age for yourself or your clients!

You are here to create and experience your one precious life and the only thing that really gets in your way is your Mind. Meditation Coach & Creator Angela Kontgen is on fire to help you get out of your Mind so you can really step into and feel your life. So come get inspired and learn to use Meditation to free and elevate your mind and create your life. OR IS IT:

Did you know that exercise is...both epigenetic and neuroplastic?! Learn the newest science about the fascinating biochemical and metabolic effects of exercise on the brain function and connectivity. You'll be introduced to the 'neuronal nature and nurture nexus' and the concept of the connectome...the true power of performance enhancement, the source of evolution.

When it comes to building long term health and vitality there are 7 specific areas that are to be addressed in order to achieve fully optimized physical functioning. Join 3 Time All Natural National Bodybuilding Champion and Mr. Universe Competitor Wade T Lightheart CSNA as he breaks down the 7 essential categories which activate awesome health in virtually any person regardless of age, gender, or their current state of health.

PROGRAMMING BY BioOptimizers

Focus will be on how to move beyond obstacles and fear, while creating behavioral changes to achieve your results, find clarity and areas to get out of being ‘stuck’ through the Quantum Creation process.

Join Power vs. Rhythm - The Debate is On! Indoor Cycling Instructors, "Power Patty" and "Rhythm Rita" in more of their shenanigans as they stumble through learning how to layer the technology of Group Displays (and still bring the party!!). Integrating Power based goals with Rhythm, Power Patty and Rhythm Rita join forces and attempt to teach their first "tech experience" ride. The struggle is real with these two - enjoy the shenanigans and light hearted workout all the while laughing at their antics.

SPONSORED BY STAGES® CYCLING

Tap into the POWER of being a part of something bigger... join TEAM STAGES as they show you how the magic of teamwork can transform your everyday indoor cycling class! This session promises to be like no other you've experienced - you and your teammates will practice, strategize, and then race a Team Pursuit on the Olympic velodrome, courtesy of Stages Flight! Discover how a group working together can accomplish what an individual alone never could and leave with new ideas for classes that will foster connection and community while pushing past would-be limits!

SPONSORED BY STAGES® CYCLING

From the basics of mixing to bar counting and through the different software available, this Workshop will give you the tools to produce a professional mix of hand-picked, hand-edited music that perfectly suits the mood, terrain, intensity, and movements of your ride. Are you passionate about your music and are looking to learn or improve your mixing skills? Join Master Educators Dennis Mellon and Javier Santin as they unveil the secrets of creating killer, purposeful playlists! PS. Bring your Laptop!

SPONSORED BY STAGES® CYCLING

Yep, Rest & HIIT are a perfect pair and that’s no BS. Active rest intervals allow for optimal intensity during the work intervals to produce results without overtraining. Learn how to use the rest interval in your workout programs to help your clients and classes perform their best. 

SPONSORED BY CORE HEALTH & FITNESS

How does the length of an interval affect intensity? Do work intervals always need to be the same duration during a high intensity workout? Discover techniques for optimizing effort. Learn how to tweak time and organize effective work intervals to lend to greater client success.

SPONSORED BY CORE HEALTH & FITNESS