Sessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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™

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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