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FRIDAY, MAY 4

Friday 7:30am - 9:00am

CORE CONNECTION (info) (course outline)
DANCETONIC™ (info) (course outline)
CARDIO 101: START HERE FIRST! (info) (course outline)
WILLPOWER & GRACE®: MOVE WITH INTEGRITY (info) (course outline)
SPRI 360 TRAINING: CORE COMBUSTION (info) (course outline)
MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES: TRIGGER POINT PERFORMANCE THERAPY (info) (course outline)
JUNGSHIN® FITNESS - LEVEL 1 (info) (course outline)
NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES: THE DOMINO EFFECT (info) (course outline)
HIGH OCTANE FUELING (info) (course outline)
HR COACHING--$THE REAL MONEY MAKER$! (info) (course outline)
BOOMERS DIG DEEP (info) (course outline)
AQUA BODY MOVES (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: ALL THE RIGHT CUES (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Friday 10:00am - 11:30am

STEP 'TIL YOU DROP (info) (course outline)
PILOXING® (info) (course outline)
ZUMBA® TONING (info) (course outline)
YOGA RHYTHM DANCE (info) (course outline)
BOSU® MULTIPLICITY (info) (course outline)
ULTIMATE BACK EXERCISES FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND PERFORMANCE (info) (course outline)
ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE CORE (info) (course outline)
GIRLS 30+…STAYING HEALTHY AND LEAN (info) (course outline)
LEADING TO WIN (info) (course outline)
COMPREHENSIVE CARBOHYDRATES (info) (course outline)
RETIREMENT RECESS IN THE POOL (info) (course outline)
AQUATIC ARSENAL 101 (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE TREND REPORT 2012 (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! (info) (course outline)

Friday 11:45am - 1:15pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 1)
(If you choose this session, then 1:15pm - 2:15pm will be your EXPO and lunch break.)

ZUMBA® FITNESS PARTY (info) (course outline)
DYNAMAX™ MEDICINE BALL: THE ULTIMATE PRIVATE AND SMALL GROUP TRAINING TOOL (info) (course outline)
LEARNING TO FUNCTION…ON THE GROUND (info) (course outline)
ARTISTIC & SCIENTIFIC: THE NEW ERA OF EXERCISE RX (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN CYCLING®: HIIT IT! (info) (course outline)

Friday 12:30pm - 2:00pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 2)
(If you choose this session, then 11:30am - 12:30pm will be your EXPO and lunch break.)

HORIZONTAL CONDITIONING - STRENGTH & LENGTH (info) (course outline)
BODYCOMBAT® (info) (course outline)
FLUID FLEXIBILITY (info) (course outline)
BENDER BALL® HEALTHY BACK (info) (course outline)
DO IT IN THE RAW… EATING THAT IS! (info) (course outline)
AQUATIC EXERCISE EXCELLENCE (info) (course outline)
HOW TO TEACH THE "WHY?" (info) (course outline)
AOL: YOU'VE GOT MALE: AQUATIC OUTBREAKS OF LAWRENCE (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Friday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

CORE COMMOTION (info) (course outline)
FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER (info) (course outline)
GROUP RX: POWER STEP (info) (course outline)
PUTTING "INTENSITY" BACK INTO T'AI CHI (info) (course outline)
SPRI 360 TRAINING: SUPERIOR STRENGTH (info) (course outline)
NO SWEAT…ALL STRETCH FOR SENIORS! (info) (course outline)
HOW TO DO SMALL GROUP PERSONAL TRAINING (info) (course outline)
TAP INTO YOUR FAT BURN (info) (course outline)
NON-TRADITIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING AND UNSTABLE SURFACES (info) (course outline)
POSTURAL ALIGNMENT AND CORE STRENGTHENING (info) (course outline)
WATERinMOTION™: WAVE 8 (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: SHORT & SWEET (info) (course outline)

Friday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

STEPTONIC™ (info) (course outline)
XERCISE LAB™ BURN LAB (info) (course outline)
POWER HOUR—THE S.W.A.T. TEAM WORKOUT (info) (course outline)
SPRI FEET AND FUNCTION WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® (info) (course outline)
BOSU® HIIT EXTREME (info) (course outline)
TNT-TRAMPOLINE-N-TUBING (info) (course outline)
SQUATOLOGY (info) (course outline)
WINNING AT LOSING: WEIGHT MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE (info) (course outline)
TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (info) (course outline)
FROM GOOD TO EXCELLENT (info) (course outline)
AQUA ZUMBA® (info) (course outline)
AQUATIC PROGRAMMING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RE-CYCLE…CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! (info) (course outline)

Friday 6:45pm - 7:45pm

MUSCLE BAR BOOT CAMP (info) (course outline)
HORIZONTAL GETS ROLLING (info) (course outline)
ZUMBA GOLD® (info) (course outline)
YOUR CAREER: FITNESS PROFESSIONAL, INVENTOR AND TV PERSONALITY - IT CAN BE YOURS! (info) (course outline)
ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE FOOT AND ANKLE (info) (course outline)

SATURDAY, MAY 5

Saturday 7:30am - 9:00am

PILOXING® (info) (course outline)
HIP HOP HUSTLE™: ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (info) (course outline)
XERCISE LAB™ BUILD LAB (info) (course outline)
SPRI YOGA/PILATES FUSION (info) (course outline)
BOSU® CRUSH IT (info) (course outline)
SMRT-CORE™ MOVEMENT (info) (course outline)
SOLE TRAINING® (info) (course outline)
FLAB TO FAB: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO NUTRITIONAL FAT LOSS (info) (course outline)
SOCIAL MEDIA INTENSIVE FOR TODAY'S FITNESS PROFESSIONAL (info) (course outline)
TIPPING THE SCALES—ENERGY BALANCE AND WEIGHT LOSS (info) (course outline)
AQUA ZUMBA® (info) (course outline)
DESIGNER CURRENTS (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RACE, SEASON 2 (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 10:00am - 11:30am

ZUMBA® SENTAO (info) (course outline)
HIGH VOLTAGE CARDIO (info) (course outline)
CARDIO DANCE: DEFY GRAVITY! (info) (course outline)
JOINT AND MUSCULAR RANGE OF MOTION TESTING (info) (course outline)
BOSU® STRONG+STRETCHED (info) (course outline)
JUMPSPORT® FITNESS TRAMPOLINE™: THE BOUNCE IS BACK (info) (course outline)
WHAT EVERY TRAINER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FASCIA (info) (course outline)
NUTRITIENT DEFICIENCIES: THE DOMINO EFFECT (info) (course outline)
STATE OF THE INDUSTRY ADDRESS - PANEL DISCUSSION (info) (course outline)
INNER PEACE & POWER (info) (course outline)
KEEPIN' IT FRESH (info) (course outline)
AQUA CORE TRAINING (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: 7 SHORTCUTS TO MORE POWERFUL PLAYLISTS (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 11:45am - 1:15pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 1)
(If you choose this session, your EXPO and lunch break is 1:15pm-2:15pm)

HORIZONTAL BOOT CAMP (info) (course outline)
MUSIC MAKES THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER (info) (course outline)
MOVEMENT PREPARATION (info) (course outline)
BODY LEVERAGE TRAINING, NO EQUIPMENT, NO PROBLEM (info) (course outline)
SMRT-CORE™ MAX (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RE-CYCLE…CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 11:45am - 1:15pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 1 & 2)
(If you choose this session, you will have no EXPO break. Lunch is included.)

GROUP FITNESS MANAGEMENT (info) (course outline)

Saturday 12:30pm - 2:00pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 2)
(If you choose this session, your EXPO and lunch break is 11:30pm-12:30pm)

ZUMBA® TONING (info) (course outline)
SHEANETICS® (info) (course outline)
MEAT OR WHEAT? ANIMAL VS. PLANT FOOD FOR OPTIMAL NUTRITION! WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED NUTRITION AND THEIR "BIG TIME" BENIFITS! (info) (course outline)
CREAM RISES (info) (course outline)
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… (info) (course outline)
HYDRO FLEX-N-FLOW (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: ENERGIZE & SOCIALIZE (info) (course outline)

Saturday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

BOOTY CAMP (info) (course outline)
SH'BAM® (info) (course outline)
GROUP RX: RIP (info) (course outline)
SPRI YOGA SCULPT (info) (course outline)
DYNAMAX™ MED BALL BOOT CAMP (info) (course outline)
FLEXIBILITY FOR IMPROVED POSTURE (info) (course outline)
SMRT-CORE™ MOVEMENT (info) (course outline)
EATING FOR ENERGY AND PERFORMANCE (info) (course outline)
GROUP TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (info) (course outline)
ENGAGE…IGNITE…EMPOWER…© (info) (course outline)
WATERinMOTION™ WAVE 9: NOODLES & THE ATHLETE (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

TABATA BOOTCAMP (info) (course outline)
BODYATTACK® (info) (course outline)
SPRI KICK IT XTREME (info) (course outline)
DELICIOUS YOG-AHH (info) (course outline)
DYNAMAX™ CARDIO CORE: FAT BURNING MED BALL TRAINING (info) (course outline)
JUMP INTO ACTIVE AGING (info) (course outline)
JUNGSHIN® FITNESS: CORE I CUT I CALM (info) (course outline)
ALL ABOUT ALCOHOL (info) (course outline)
THE MYO-FASCIAL SYSTEM: IMPACT ON MOVEMENT AND TRAINING (info) (course outline)
BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS (info) (course outline)
¡AY CARAMBA! AQUA (info) (course outline)
HYDRO YO-CHI (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RELEASE AND RELIEVE (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING…TRAINING FOR SPORT & LIFE! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 6:30pm - 7:30pm

BALL BLAST (info) (course outline)
CXWORX® (info) (course outline)
SPRI® 360: CORE TO CARDIO (info) (course outline)
FLUID YOGA (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: POWER HOUR! (info) (course outline)

SUNDAY, MAY 6

Sunday 7:00am - 8:30am

FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER (info) (course outline)
WHERE'S THE PARTY? (info) (course outline)
SHEANETICS® (info) (course outline)
BOSU® SMART FEET STRONG BODY (info) (course outline)
JOINT INTEGRITY AND INJURY PREVENTION: THE HIPS (info) (course outline)
SPRI REHABILITATIVE PILATES WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® (info) (course outline)
FUEL + FITNESS (info) (course outline)
THE FACTS ON FAT (info) (course outline)
ANALYZING AND ASSESSING POSTURE AND BODY ALIGNMENT (info) (course outline)
H20 CIRCUIT PARTY (info) (course outline)
AQUA HIP & FUNK (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE WAKE UP WORKOUT (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Sunday 8:45am - 10:15am

MAMMA WANTS HER BODY BACK (info) (course outline)
PILOXING® (info) (course outline)
BAREFOOT BOOTCAMP (info) (course outline)
SPRI 360 TRAINING: EXPLOSIVE CARDIO (info) (course outline)
JUMPSPORT®: BOUNCIN' BOOTY DANCE (info) (course outline)
CORRECTIVE BODY WEIGHT AND TUBING EXERCISES TO ENHANCE POSTURE & BODY ALIGNMENT (info) (course outline)
WOMEN, METABOLISM & THE HORMONE HIGHWAY! WANNA FIX IT?(info) (course outline)
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH UPDATE: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF ELITE PERFORMANCE (info) (course outline)
10 TIPS FOR MUSCLING UP YOUR PERSONAL TRAINING, MARKETING AND SALES (info) (course outline)
AQUA ROUTES - THE WATER WALKING WORKOUT (info) (course outline)
RHYTHM RAPIDS (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: HIIT IT! (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING…TRAINING FOR SPORT & LIFE! (info) (course outline)

Sunday 11:15am - 12:45pm

SCULPTONIC™ (info) (course outline)
SLAMDUNK SPORT CIRCUIT (info) (course outline)
TRI-PLANAR PILATES (info) (course outline)
BOSU® BALANCED BODY (info) (course outline)
COUCH TO 5K: THE MINIMAL WAY (info) (course outline)
MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES: TRIGGER POINT PERFORMANCE THERAPY (info) (course outline)
SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS! PROMISES, PITFALLS & THE GOOD STUFF! (info) (course outline)
3D FLEXIBILITY: MOSTABILITY OF THE BODY (info) (course outline)
CUE, COACH, COMMUNICATE (info) (course outline)
GENTLE AQUA (info) (course outline)
AQUA CORE TRAINING (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)

Sunday 1:00pm - 2:30pm

BENDER BARRE NONE (info) (course outline)
XERCISE LAB™ RECESS LAB (info) (course outline)
20-20-20 BAREFOOT BODY (info) (course outline)
DYNAMAX™ MED BALL: EXPLOSIVE PARTNER TRAINING (info) (course outline)
THE MOMMY MAKEOVER - THE POSTPARTUM STRENGTH WORKOUT (info) (course outline)
JOINT INTEGRITY AND INJURY PREVENTION: SHOULDER AND SPINE (info) (course outline)
SUGAR SABOTAGE! WHAT TO USE? (info) (course outline)
ASSESSMENT and PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HIP (info) (course outline)
FLEXING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA MUSCLE (info) (course outline)
FLUID FUSION (info) (course outline)
KICKIN' IT IN THE POOL (info) (course outline)

Friday 7:30am-9:00am

CORE CONNECTION with Mindy Mylrea (top)
The core is the powerhouse of the body, and its strength is critical to building a balanced body. The core is activated in nearly any activity we do, so we should attack the core from every angle and in every way. This workshop is jam-packed with critical cutting edge core research as well as three amazing abdominal and back routines using every twist and turn in the book. Mindy will show you how one "rep" done right is better than 10 done wrong. Learn the best core exercises on the planet! (FR1A) (course outline)

DANCETONIC™ with Amy Nixon (top)
Calling all dance junkies and wannabes! DanceTonic™ is dance for one and all! We changed the rules on how to teach dance and came up with a new method that helps everyone "get it." DanceTonic™ moves are unique and challenge all fitness levels. We incorporate killer power moves to create the perfect calorie-burning workout. Plus, you'll walk away with new ideas on how to share all your favorite moves with larger, more diverse groups of people. (FR1B) (course outline)

CARDIO 101: START HERE FIRST! with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
If you are a group exercise leader teaching cardio conditioning, start the convention off with this session that summarizes all of the internationally accepted standards and guidelines put forth by the gold standard organizations like SCW, ACSM, ACE, and AFAA. Whether you teach hi-lo, Zumba®, step, or even interval and circuit conditioning like boot camp with cardio components, you need to know what all organizations agree are the current methods & protocols you should be following, and sometimes more importantly, what you also should avoid doing. (FR1C) (course outline)

WILLPOWER & GRACE®: MOVE WITH INTEGRITY with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
willPower & grace® is the high-energy, cardiovascular workout that your body has been craving! The precise movements offered in the willPower format will build body awareness and muscular endurance for an efficient calorie burn. willPower & grace® is a motivating experience; a full-body functional workout meets sports psychology. This unique barefoot workout appeals to "morning moms" and sports athletes alike, because it tones all the "right" places. A willPower session will leave you feeling inspired, confident and complete! (FR1D) (course outline)

SPRI 360 TRAINING: CORE COMBUSTION with Abbie Appel (top)
It is time to heat things up with 360 Training. Utilizing the Step360 Pro, progressive movement patterns that go from foundation-to-performance and are designed to fire the core unlike anything you've experienced before. Everything we do is based on how the core is activated during movement, so it's essential to train those muscles that stabilize the pelvis and spine. Leave with hot drills and a new understanding for what it means to "fire" the core. (FR1E) (course outline)

MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES: TRIGGER POINT PERFORMANCE THERAPY with Dimitri Garcia (top)
Gain a clear understanding of the association of the Ultimate 6 areas of the body and their effect on biomechanics enables you to manage aches and pains and promote recovery through increased blood flow and range of motion. We will explain the human biomechanical chain and demonstrate how our patented TP Therapy® tools can be implemented into your daily routine to increase biomechanical efficiency and ultimately performance through self-myofascial release therapy. (FR1F) (course outline)

JUNGSHIN® FITNESS - LEVEL 1 with Annika Kahn, MA (top)
Jungshin® Fitness Level 1 is a high-intensity, full body workout using a wooden practice sword. This legendary tool from the martial arts will help you increase mental focus and the ability to be radically present–even as you're kicking, jumping, stretching and targeting your core. It works the body from inside-out, and is truly the no-cheat workout. (FR1G) (course outline)

NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES: THE DOMINO EFFECT with Debra Orringer, MS (top)
One of the biggest threats to our health is our own environment. Toxins, chemicals, and contaminants are wreaking havoc on our world and in our bodies. Learn how to unlock the miracle of the human body through four core principles: Cleanse, Replenish, Protect and Thrive. Discover a new level of success, health and vitality through optimal nutrition. In addition to personally losing over 100lbs incorporating these nutritional techniques, Debra Orringer brought these strategies to the employees of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (LECTURE) (FR1H) (course outline)

HIGH OCTANE FUELING with Fabio Comana, MA, MS (top)
Seeking key nutrition and hydration secrets to give your performance a boost? Confused by the wealth of misinformation on sports nutrition? Why not learn effective evidence-based strategies you can implement before, during and following exercise to give your workout an added edge and accelerate recovery. This session will cover the latest research in sports nutrition and hydration and provide applications on how to fuel your body like a champion. (LECTURE) (FR1I) (course outline)

HR COACHING--$THE REAL MONEY MAKER$! with Leslie Grosshauser (top)
Create revenue driven programs in your facility by being a cardio coach. Our clients need information, constant supervision, and inspiration. Through HR training, using the Polar® heart rate monitor, you can create programs to satisfy all parties! To go one step further, the Polar® Cardio GX system will help you enforce and drive HR training in the classroom. The illuminated wall display of Heart Rates in a class setting is just the motivation your clients may need. (FR1J) (course outline)

BOOMERS DIG DEEP with Jessica Pinkowski (top)
Deep water is a wonderful environment for aging adults to exercise! The deep end of the pool offers a unique opportunity to challenge endurance and strength in a suspended state. This non-impact, deep-water workout was developed specific to the needs of seniors. Along with cardio and strength conditioning this session will address posture, core conditioning and balance. (FR1K) (course outline)

AQUA BODY MOVES with Manuel Velazquez (top)
Experience the fun and challenge of this dynamic cardio dance class in the water! Smooth choreography patterns and effortless transitions improve body awareness, coordination, cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and endurance in a total body dance work out in the water. (FR1L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: ALL THE RIGHT CUES with Julz Arney (top)
Your technique is polished and your ride plan is clear, but do you have a stash of dead-on cues that engage, incite and surprise your classes? Come learn all about indoor cycling's most impactful cues, where to find them, when to use them, and how to create more of your own. You'll take home a hit list of the Schwinn Master Trainers' most powerful one-liners and a CD with five audio podcasts of our top trainers' cueing through their favorite rides. (FR1M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (top)
After twenty years of consistent stationary cycle design, the introduction of the RealRyder® Cycle has changed indoor bike technology forever. This ryde encourages, teaches and rewards good form and proper pedal stroke, while ryders experience the actions and benefits of turning, leaning and balancing. This workshop builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving instructors a glimpse into the RealRyder methodology and teaching system. The future of indoor cycling is here. Join the revolution! (FR1N) (course outline)

Friday 10:00am-11:30am

STEP 'TIL YOU DROP with Gay Gasper (top)
This workshop is designed for the instructor who needs a little lift to refresh and rebuild their step classes. Experience finely tuned choreography that will bring your workouts to another level through rhythm, lever and elevation changes. Learn breakdown techniques to help build an unbelievable workout. Presented with your amazing personal flair you will excite and ignite your step followers with fresh ideas. (FR2A) (course outline)

PILOXING® with Cortney Gornall (top)
Transform into a tough, agile boxer, a gracious ballerina, and hip street dancer—all in one workout! PILOXING® is the first program that blends the muscle sculpting of Pilates, the strengthening and cardio of boxing, and the fun, sensuality of dance into a high energy cardio workout. Using the most current science, PILOXING® incorporates formats such as interval and barefoot training to burn maximum calories and increase stamina. (FR2B) (course outline)

ZUMBA® TONING with Julie Kelly (top)
What's intense, easy to follow and is a fantastic workout? Zumba® Toning – The Workout. Learn how to sculpt and tone your body by incorporating the hottest and most challenging choreography using the Zumba® Toning Sticks. The Zumba® Toning Workout will get your heart and muscles pumping while you are dancing to the new Zumba® routines. This class is your opportunity to expand your fitness knowledge in a fun and brand new way! (FR2C) (course outline)

YOGA RHYTHM DANCE with Manuel Velazquez (top)
Connect yoga poses using the musical rhythms in 32-count combination. Relax and re-balance yourself and your students, applying graceful movement patterns to clear stress, release tension, and reinvigorate your body and mind. Build patterns to improve posture, build strength, and improve flexibility while keeping even the most distracted student engaged. This unique program marries traditional poses with beautiful musical interpretations. (FR2D) (course outline)

BOSU® MULTIPLICITY with Helen Vanderburg & Jay Blahnik(top)
Get ready to multiply your options, multiply the challenge, and multiply the fun! This workshop is designed to teach you dozens of brand-new, interactive athletic drills, skills and challenges using multiple BOSU® Balance Trainers that can be used in personal training, boot camp, circuit training, interval training, sport conditioning and kid's fitness workouts. You will work solo, in partners and in teams, and walk away with an entirely new library of BOSU® exercises that can be used straight away. (FR2E) (course outline)

ULTIMATE BACK EXERCISES FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND PERFORMANCE with Mike Bracko, EdD, FACSM (top)
Full of exciting information, this concentrated session will bring to light current research on back injuries. We'll discuss the causes of back injury and how to strengthen the back and improve performance. Participants will take away 30 exercises for the back and core, with modifications for clients with physical limitations. (FR2F) (course outline)

ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE CORE with Adam Wolf, PT (top)
The thoracic spine is a functional THREE dimensional cage capable or reacting, compensating and causing significant reactions in all parts of the body-in fact it is the CORE to core training. It is essential to understand how to assess and address its function. This course will cover a live demonstration of function, assessment and exercise recommendations specific to the thoracic spine. (LECTURE) (FR2G) (course outline)

GIRLS 30+…STAYING HEALTHY AND LEAN with Sandra Koulourides, MS, RD (top)
This class is for all women 30+ who are beginning to run into those metabolic "speed bumps" and wonder..."What is going on?" Don't give in...get tough! Learn ways of balancing and tweaking your diet which will bring you amazing results. Every 5-10 years things change and we have to continually make adjustments in out diet and our exercise routines. Come learn what to do to keep your body stong, lean and healthy at any age. A must have lecture for all women and a great one for all brave men who train female clients! (LECTURE) (FR2H) (course outline)

LEADING TO WIN with JJ Gunning (top)
Are you ready to grow your facility performance, membership and profit by learning how to set inspiring goals and targets? Unleash your team's performance to achieve your targets by using the latest findings in motivation. Leave this session knowing how to set your facility and Group Fitness department goals; how to set individual class targets; how to track performance of the 5 Group Fitness performance indicators that really matter; how to identify opportunities for growth. How to implement a motivational system for your team based on individual, intrinsic factors not external ones. How to inspire your team using the latest findings in motivation and why the "carrot and stick" strategy doesn't apply anymore. (LECTURE) (FR2I) (course outline)

COMPREHENSIVE CARBOHYDRATES with Melissa Layne, MEd (top)
There is truth in advertising: everything you ever wanted to know about carbohydrates. Why they are the prime energy source, which systems can't operate without them, their chemical structure, how we use them, our body's Plan B if we don't have any, why America loves a low carb diet and more. We will also put the end to some myths, misconceptions and misinformation. (LECTURE) (FR2J) (course outline)

RETIREMENT RECESS IN THE POOL with Jessica Pinkowski (top)
Everyone knows that seniors love to mix fitness and fun. Join this aqua-outrageous experience in the pool blending shallow water movement, suspended movement and water walking. You'll get the cardio and strength benefits of shallow water movement along with training for balance and gait function…all of extreme importance for your active aging students. (FR2K) (course outline)

AQUATIC ARSENAL 101 with Jeff McMullen (top)
Noodles, buoyancy dumbbells, gloves, kick boards, dumbbells, tubing...what to use and when? Refresh your understanding of the function, purpose, limitations, properties, safety factors and biomechanics of your tools of the trade. Review the 5 general categories aquatic equipment falls into; assisted and resisted movements; agonist and antagonist muscle relationships, muscle actions and multiple plane movement. Create a totally FUN, full body workout incorporating one to two pieces of equipment, or all of them. Learn how to adapt land-based equipment to the aquatic environment, quickly, efficiently and effortlessly. Give your participants a more thorough individualized workout with the toys they get to play with! (FR2L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE TREND REPORT 2012 with Amy Dixon (top)
Times, they are a changin' and it pays to keep up. What are today's hot cycling trends, and what do they mean for instructors who coach indoor rides? This workshop, refreshed for a new year, digs into five of the top things that matter most right now in the world of cycling: pedal speed, pedaling technique, bike geometry, training with wattage vs. heart rate, and the use of accessories to improve performance. Come uncover the controversies, get the updates and head back to your classes informed and inspired. (FR2M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (top)
Anaerobic interval training is an effective way to help your riders blast through fitness plateaus, build power and speed--and torch calories. Learn appropriate measurement, recovery time and cues to keep your interval training programs scientifically-smart, fun and your riders injury-free. Leverage the dynamic "turning" and "banking" movements, exclusive to the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle – and walk away with 3 distinct interval workouts that you can teach the very next day! (Heart rate monitor a must!) (FR2N) (course outline)

Friday 11:45pm - 1:15pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 1)

(If you choose this session, your EXPO and lunch break is 1:15pm-2:15pm)

ZUMBA® FITNESS PARTY with Adriana Carr (top)
Exciting Latin & International dance moves, new choreography techniques, and a non-stop, get-down-and-dance, calorie burning, high-energy workout! The Zumba Cardio Party is the hit workout at ALL the top fitness conventions worldwide! This high-intensity workout will challenge your muscles and mind like never before. So let's get the Party started! (FR3C) (course outline)

DYNAMAX™ MEDICINE BALL: THE ULTIMATE PRIVATE AND SMALL GROUP TRAINING TOOL with Jennifer Widerstrom (top)
Maximize your small group training potential with the Dynamax Medicine Ball. Leverage the dynamic interaction of partner-based workouts to create a cooperative and motivational environment that keeps everyone engaged and working hard. Learn how to effectively integrate coordinated power and speed training, which is lacking in most small group programming. (FR3E) (course outline)

LEARNING TO FUNCTION…ON THE GROUND with Adam Wolf, PT (top)
Please join us for a hands-on exploration of On Ground Function where you will experience the principles, strategies, and the application of three dimensional On Ground Functional Matrixes. In addition, how you can integrate on ground movements with other form of function in your current programs, be it rehab, training, conditioning or group – this class is for everyone! (LECTURE) (FR3G) (course outline)

ARTISTIC & SCIENTIFIC: THE NEW ERA OF EXERCISE RX with Mike Bracko, EdD, FACSM (top)
This presentation is a "must see" for fitness pro's wanting to recharge their batteries for an exercise prescription. Walk away with the latest research on alternative exercise prescriptions. Think "outside the box" on social concepts and personal motivators for exercise adherence. Discuss motivation for different levels of fitness, "fitness is challenging for everyone, and we need to provide clients – and us- with motivated, "fresh" workouts using objective and subjective methods of prescription. (LECTURE) (FR3J) (course outline)

SCHWINN CYCLING®: HIIT IT! with Jay Blahnik (top)
High Intensity Interval Training is all the rage, and it continues to grow in popularity across all workout platforms. But is this type of training really more effective than other types? Learn the science, and more importantly, the psychology of high intensity interval training, and experience new ways to deliver, measure, recover and repeat high-intensity intervals to your riders that produce results and keep them coming back for more! (FR3M) (course outline)

Friday 12:30pm - 2:00pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 2)

(If you choose this session, your EXPO and lunch break is 11:30am-12:30pm)

HORIZONTAL CONDITIONING—STRENGTH & LENGTH with Sandra Koulourides, MS, RD (top)
Horizontal Conditioning's strength and intensity fused with the much needed flexibility and lengthening of yoga for a perfectly balanced workout. Do not be misled...this is not an easy class. It is just a new way of teaching a very difficult class. Horizontal Strength & Length is a fast paced class that it sure to challenge even the most advanced students and clients. (FR3A) (course outline)

BODYCOMBAT® with Mysti Oglesby (top)
BODYCOMBAT® is the empowering cardio workout where you are totally unleashed. This fiercely energetic program is inspired by martial arts and draws from a wide array of disciplines such as karate, boxing, taekwondo, Tai Chi and Muay Thai. Supported by driving music and powerful role model instructors, you strike, punch, kick and kata your way through calories to superior cardio fitness. (FR3B) (course outline)

FLUID FLEXIBILITY with Gay Gasper (top)
As group trainers we know how difficult it is to get our clients to stretch. We also know how undervalued flexibility is with our students. In this workshop you will explore many sequential patterns borrowed from dance, yoga and Pilates. This workshop is designed to give instructors various ideas for hands-on stretching techniques which FLOW. Learn the importance of flexibility and how it relates to efficient body movement, posture and the management of low back stress. (FR3D) (course outline)

BENDER BALL® HEALTHY BACK with Leslee Bender (top)
We live in a society of flexion from sitting at computers to driving our cars on a long term basis. Our lower back muscles become weak and tight, ultimately leading to back pain. Learn specific exercises to address postural issues. You will learn the difference in postural deviations and how to apply appropriate training techniques to improve your clients' posture leading to less back pain. (FR3F) (course outline)

DO IT IN THE RAW… EATING THAT IS! with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
Sometimes the more you try to find the right foods, the more confused you get! Should I food combine? What about raw? Cooked or un-cooked? Eat organic or vegan? What about alkaline foods and the ph scale? What's the deal with sugar? Should I juice? Stop the mystery and get the facts! Obtain solid information about enzymes, living foods, anti-oxidants, disease prevention and what really strengthens your immune system. Learn how to increase energy, strength, endurance, emotional balance and mental clarity. It's time to eat right…..naked of course! (FR3H) (course outline)

AQUATIC EXERCISE EXCELLENCE with Jen Keet, MS (top)
Your pool is your most expensive piece of equipment. Learn how to maximize your return on this investment. Learn how to take a program that is "all wet" and have it gleam with excellence. Take your dying aquatics program and resuscitate it with alternative aquatic programming, instructor training techniques, leadership and motivational tools to create a profitable vertical aquatic exercise program. Leave with some great strategic marketing tools and several programming protocols to turn your pool into a profit center, and those aqua-phobes into aqua-FANS! (FR3I) (course outline)

HOW TO TEACH THE "WHY?" with Melissa Layne, MEd (top)
As our students become more knowledgeable, so must we. And we have to be able to take that knowledge and explain it in laymen terms that our members will be able to understand. In this session, experience half a dozen common occurrences that often have our members questioning our motives. We will explore the "why's" and offer an educational primer on our planes of motions, our aerobic and anaerobic training zones, hydrostatic pressure, eccentric and concentric contractions and other aqua related phenomenon. (FR3K) (course outline)

AOL: YOU'VE GOT MALE: AQUATIC OUTBREAKS OF LAWRENCE with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Take your water training classes to the next level by combining both interval training and aquatic dance, incorporating the noodle at all times as both our resistance tool and choreography aid. This will give you water dance choreography, ideas for reaching anaerobic training interval OUTBREAK effects, and great partner possibilities. The theoretical segment explores maximizing aquatic interval training. (FR3L) (course outline)

Friday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

CORE COMMOTION with Leslie Grosshauser (top)
Using your typical studio hand weights, this class will keep you smiling and train you from the inside–out. Training for real life is important, but you do not have to be a high skilled athlete to reap the benefits from this class. Walk away feeling an "awareness" in your muscles, not that "dead" feeling! 7 basic movement patterns are addressed: Push, pull, twist, bend, step, lunge and gait. (FR4A) (course outline)

FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER with Jocelyn Geronimo & Wendi Malphurs (top)
You watch MTV and VH1. You love the moves, the music and the magic of this dance style. You've thought about teaching cardio dance. Well, look no further: The Flirty Girl Fitness Dance program is everything you want and more. Our popular, easy to learn dance moves provide the perfect combination of cardio and strength training. You will feel like you're part of a music video rather than in a cardio-crazy, core-chiseling, booty-toning, arm-sculpting workout class. (FR4B) (course outline)

GROUP RX: POWER STEP with Kristen Livingston & Jennifer Kuhn (top)
This 60-minute step program is designed to push your cardio edge into high gear and attack the legs in every plane of motion, both on the step and on the floor. POWER STEP strengthens the heart, increases bone mineral density, improves coordination, and tones the lower body, with every step you take. This class design caters to all fitness levels by keeping it simple with athletic movements, and encourages self-regulated progression with changing step orientations and heights. (FR4C) (course outline)

PUTTING "INTENSITY" BACK INTO T'AI CHI with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Often conceptualized as "for the elderly exerciser," Qi Gong and T'ai Chi in their true forms can be taught as powerful--and intense--mind-body cross-training disciplines for fit participants looking for new types of classes on mainstream group fitness schedules. Giving athletes supreme body control, cardio junkies the ability to dance mindfully while barefoot, and type "A" individuals the ability to slow down and focus, T'ai Chi offers intensity usually unexplored in the Western world. (FR4D) (course outline)

SPRI 360 TRAINING: SUPERIOR STRENGTH with Abbie Appel (top)
To get strong takes intelligent training, determination and a deep, internal focus. 360 Training: Superior Strength is where positive changes in strength are directly related to improved performance of movement. Using the progressive foundation-to-performance approach, combined with the functional training challenge of the Step360 Pro, provides endless training options that build functional strength unlike anything you might have imagined. (FR4E) (course outline)

NO SWEAT…ALL STRETCH FOR SENIORS! with Jessica Pinkowski (top)
Discover how to incorporate chairs with basic mind body movements to create a class that enables students to increase their range of motion, decrease pain and improve activities of daily living. The chair makes every student feel safe and welcome. It also provides an opportunity to modify traditional movements and postures so that all can be successful. (FR4F) (course outline)

HOW TO DO SMALL GROUP PERSONAL TRAINING with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Small group training is in the top 3 of programming trends for 2011 and has increased in the fitness industry from 43% to 76%! Personal trainers are drawn to it because it saves time, and it's economical for clients and profitable for trainers. Trainers tend to be most familiar with managing a single client at a time. If that describes you, and you want to move into small-group teaching, think of yourself as a group leader rather than a "personal trainer leading a group." Come and I'll show you how!!! (FR4G) (course outline)

TAP INTO YOUR FAT BURN with Fabio Comana, MA, MS (top)
Metabolism and fat loss remain highly popular, but controversial and often misunderstood topics in fitness. This session explains key physiological principles of metabolism and fat utilization within the body, and discusses the impact of exercise intensity and the energy pathways upon fuel utilization and metabolism. It will include information on the integrated roles of diet, exercise metabolism, and behavior (emotional and cognitive thinking). Join us to learn some of the latest strategies and applications to influence fatness and fitness. (FR4H) (course outline)

NON-TRADITIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING AND UNSTABLE SURFACES with Mike Bracko, EdD, FACSM (top)
There's a multitude of strength training tools and exercises. Some are new and some are old. This session will look at the latest research on non-traditional resistance training to develop the best program. We'll also discuss benefits and drawbacks of unstable surfaces, and what exercises engage the core, improve balance, AND client retention! (FR4I) (course outline)

POSTURAL ALIGNMENT AND CORE STRENGTHENING Ken Baldwin, CPS, MEd (top)
Learn to perform core strengthening exercises in biomechanically perfect position to correct your client's postural alignment and improve their muscular balance. This session also evaluates the common errors when performing planks, stability, and trunk flexion/extension and rotation movements which can cause more muscular imbalances, injuries, and short-long term postural issues. (FR4J) (course outline)

WATERinMOTION®: WAVE 8 with Jeff McMullen, Melissa Layne, MEd, Jen Keet, MS & Manuel Velazquez (top)
Every WATERinMOTION® class provides a low-impact, high-energy challenge for participants of all ages, skill and fitness levels. Jump in a make a splash with this dynamic, cardiovascular workout that features unique choreography and a variety of music. In this session, learn how to accommodate special populations using progressions and regressions. See how intensity intervals can challenge experienced practitioners, those recovering from injury, the young, the old, and everyone in between. (FR4L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: SHORT & SWEET with Mindy Mylrea (top)
Want to attract new blood to your cycling program? Ditch the hour-long timeslot and keep it short and sweet. The 30 minute workout is the #1 way to create a new batch of committed riders whether they've never tried the bike or they want to "have it all" during their gym time, but have just an hour in which to do it. This workshop shows you how to successfully put together and coach two energizing, physiologically sound workouts that fit neatly into half an hour, one for those new to cycling and one for those who are fit but need it fast. (FR4M) (course outline)

Friday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

STEPTONIC™ with Amy Nixon (top)
StepTonic™ is a completely new way to step! This fresh, empowering workout mixes dance, strength, power, and bold, electrifying music, making you move like never before! StepTonic™ keeps beginner and advanced participants equally engaged in the same "choreography" workout—a much-needed solution for an industry-wide problem. Experience an entire 60-minute workout start to finish to appreciate the excitement and addiction it can bring to your classes. (FR5A) (course outline)

XERCISE LAB™ BURN LAB with Jenny Rowe & Breann Mitchell(top)
Xercise Lab® is a new fitness franchise company offering two adult programs (Burn Lab™ and Build Lab™) and one kids program (Recess Lab™). Today we invite you to try Burn Lab™. It's a pre-choreographed, 45-minute, intensive cardio fusion program that will leave you feeling a combination of both exhilarated and exhausted! (FR5B) (course outline)

POWER HOUR - THE S.W.A.T. TEAM WORKOUT with Leslie Grosshauser (top)
Experience a powerful yet playful workout. This Special Weapons And Tactics workout will provide you with a real S.W.A.T. Team training workout. Using various pieces of equipment of your choice, you will experience high intense cardio/plyomterics, strength endurance and core stability all in one workout. An interval based class that is military-themed and very motivating! Tracking calorie burn in this class using a heart rate monitor, you will reach new levels of motivation! (FR5C) (course outline)

SPRI FEET AND FUNCTION WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® with Leslee Bender (top)
Why do you have lower or upper back pain, headaches or even lack of motivation to move? When your fascia becomes dehydrated and you have been training incorrectly, you start to feel the negative effects it has on the rest of your body. This session uses the ChiBolster® to show you the simple technique of reflexology and correct movement patterns to give a healthier you! (FR5D) (course outline)

BOSU® HIIT EXTREME with Keli Roberts (top)
Intense, focused, efficient, challenging, rewarding, and jam packed with action from start to finish. Learn the science of high intensity interval training and its application to both fitness and sport. Take home a variety of short, plug-n-play high intensity interval sequences that are realistic for both high level athletes and mere mortals, and are guaranteed to raise your heart rate, fitness level, calorie expenditure and the FUN factor! (FR5E) (course outline)

TNT—TRAMPOLINE—N—TUBING with Abbie Appel (top)
This dynamite cardio/strength circuit combines the low-impact cardio benefits of the JumpSport® Fitness Trampoline™ with muscle-building strength benefits of resistance tubing. By anchoring tubing to the Fitness Trampoline, this compact workout which utilizes little space and time, reveals "bound"-less ideas to provide the most effective group program. Your clients will keep asking for more as their bodies respond to a form of exercise that's just plain FUN! (LECTURE) (FR5F) (course outline)

SQUATOLOGY with Adam Wolf, PT (top)
Whether we sit, run, lift or throw squatting becomes the foundation of how other movements are built. However, each squat is different in function. Many of the rules we as fitness professional have been exposed to are based on the sport of squatting not the FUNCTION of squatting. Please join us for a hands-on learning experience that applies the principles of function to assessment, rehabilitation and conditioning of the squat. (FR5G) (course outline)

WINNING AT LOSING: WEIGHT MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
Learn how to integrate realistic protocols and modalities on weight management, exercise, diet and behavioral change into a comprehensive model for intervention. Understand specific guidelines for establishing safe, compassionate, reasonable nutritional practices for clientele. Learn the proper quantities of protein, fat and carbohydrate intake to make a tremendous long term difference for everyone! It's time to win at losing! (FR5H) (course outline)

TRAINING TRANSFORMATION with Melissa Layne, MEd (top)
The title says it all – what happens in our body as we move from a couch potato to an exercise enthusiast. All the systems are "GO" as we progress towards a competitive athlete. We will explore the oxidative properties, the changes to muscle types through specificity and the resulting factors during overtraining. All the current "buzz words" will be covered: inflammation, fascia, antioxidants, etc. (FR5I) (course outline)

FROM GOOD TO EXCELLENT with Fabio Comana, MA, MS (top)
What separates good trainers from the mediocre ones? Is it their ability to go beyond exercise science and physiology and consider the psychological and emotional parameters? It is perhaps their ability to connect with clients or deliver a positive and memorable experience? Or is it creativity and common sense tied into every facet of their program design and implementation? Yes, yes and yes. Join this session to learn unique, proven strategies to use inside and outside the health club walls to become a great trainer.(FR5J) (course outline)

AQUA ZUMBA® with Julie Kelly (top)
This Specialty course is the "pool party" workout for all ages. You'll learn how to teach safe, effective and challenging water-based workouts that integrate the Zumba formula and philosophy into traditional aqua fitness disciplines. (FR5K) (course outline)

AQUATIC PROGRAMMING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Do you teach to the special populations of the "S.P.A." environment ("Seniors, Pudgy, and Arthritic)? Apply published research studies over the last ten years to aquatic programming for these special populations. Learn what seniors most fear, what arthritic clients need, and why the entrance and exit to the pool must be taught to the obese client. (FR5L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE with Amy Dixon (top)
Here's a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It's the ultimate cycling 2-for-1. (FR5M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RE-CYCLE…CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Gay Gasper(top)
Planning your classes should be quick, easy and fun. Learn how to create and re-cycle classes so you have a rich library of creative workouts to choose from each week. RealRyder's unique RydeProfile Class Planning Template shows you how to bring real road profiles inside the classroom while maximizing teaching options. Learn to shine as a strong teacher, and instruct a class that's uniquely YOU without hiding behind music and other "props!" Inject new energy and creativity into your class planning and produce a ryding experience your participants won't soon forget. (Heart rate monitor highly recommended. (FR5N) (course outline)

Friday 6:45pm - 7:45pm

MUSCLE BAR BOOT CAMP with Gay Gasper (top)
Boot up your muscular endurance, coordination, and agility through this boot camp using the versatile MuscleBar. Learn how to combine cardio and strength boot camp style from a bar in a bag. Explore this incredible piece of equipment that you can use for outdoor, indoor, small group or large fitness boot camps. MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6A) (course outline)

HORIZONTAL GETS ROLLING with Sandra Koulourides, MS, RD (top)
The toughest workout around gets even tougher! Horizontal Gets Rolling incorporates the added challenge of balance and stability. Work your entire body, from the inside out, from head to toe, like never before. The ultimate in hard core conditioning! MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6C) (course outline)

ZUMBA GOLD® with Julie Kelly & Adriana Carr (top)
Did you know that the number of Americans over age 65 is expected to double to over 70 million by 2040? This population grew up dancing, and helped create the fitness industry as we know it today. Zumba Gold® takes the Latin and dance rhythms created in the original Zumba® program to the active older adult, the beginner, and special populations. This workout is emphasizes the basics skills of Zumba® movements modified for the senior population. MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6F) (course outline)

YOUR CAREER: FITNESS PROFESSIONAL, INVENTOR AND TV PERSONALITY - IT CAN BE YOURS! with Forbes Riley (top)
Learn how to get a fitness product on home shopping (QVC/HSN) or in an infomercial. Brought to you by the woman who for the past 28 years has sold more than $2 Billion dollars worth of fitness products on TV and hosted more than 110 national infomercials. This is a must-see for trainers, fitness models and spokespeople who want to move into the world of TV. Explore amazing inside tips, tricks and behind the scene looks at the fitness on TV world. (FR6J) (course outline)

ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE FOOT AND ANKLE with Adam Wolf, PT (top)
The foot demonstrates tremendous stability while it is mobile and provides for tremendous mobility while it is stabile; to simplify this complexity we will share a principle, strategy, technique process thus empowering you to assess and address foot/ankle function. This interactive seminar will help you better understand the foot/ankle and its relationship to the whole client. (LECTURE) MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6I) (course outline)

Saturday 7:30am - 9:00am

HIP HOP HUSTLE™: ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN with Alli Vaughn (top)
Dance formats are HOT! But, it's easy to leave members on the outside looking in with these classes. Experience Hip Hop Hustle where you'll learn the 'secret sauce' to making dance work for ANYONE. Find creative ways to sneak dance into any class you teach and learn to add the "SO WHAT" factor to help people break out of their comfort zone! (SA1B) (course outline)

XERCISE LAB™ BUILD LAB with Jenny Rowe & Breann Mitchell (top)
Xercise Lab® is a new fitness franchise company offering two adult programs (Burn Lab™ and Build Lab™) and one kids program (Recess Lab™). Today we invite you to try Build Lab™. It's a pre-choreographed, 45-minute, strength training workout that we call the "no weights, weight workout." No equipment necessary – it's pure body weight training. (SA1C) (course outline)

SPRI YOGA/PILATES FUSION with Chris Freytag (top)
Not only the best stretching, toning and stress reduction form of exercise…Pilates and Yoga can help you naturally lose weight and keep it off. Get the heart pumping and increase your core strength while stretching your body, improving your stamina and releasing stress. If you've never been a dancer, here's your chance to feel like one! Incorporate both mind/body exercises in a total body workout. (SA1D) (course outline)

BOSU® CRUSH IT with Douglas Brooks, MS & Mindy Mylrea (top)
BOSU® Crush It is for you, your clients and your athletes, and it will test your strength, weaknesses and your limits! Compete against yourself and rate your athletic skill in the areas of balance, agility, core, cardio and strength. After each measurable challenge, learn drills to improve your athletic ability in that area of fitness. Learn how the challenges and drills can be integrated into goal specific workouts for all fitness levels. Are you ready to take your fitness to the next level? (SA1E) (course outline)

SMRT-CORE™ MOVEMENT with Jamie Howell (top)
SMRT-CORE™ Movement is an innovative workout combining self-myofascial release techniques and core training. Using the Grid, the revolutionary foam roller by Trigger Point Performance Therapy, the user is able to benefit by enhancing function and performance through core stability and strengthening SMRT-CORE Movement exercises are performed at a slow, controlled tempo incorporating isometric contractions. This program delivers strength, flexibility and self-myofascial release simultaneously in a user-friendly format. Exercise progressions are incorporated into the program for Level 1-3. (SA1F) (course outline)

SOLE TRAINING® with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
For 30+ years, fitness shoe technology has stabilized our feet and ankles. The result? Weak feet! Often considered "private parts" of our body, our clients often foster emotional and psychological issues with their feet – commonly disconnecting with their own body parts. Learn solutions to relieve common foot pain by exercising, stimulating… and re-connecting. Sole Training® is not a sweaty workout, but a proactive approach to awakening your kinetic chain from the ground up! (SA1G) (course outline)

FLAB TO FAB: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO NUTRITIONAL FAT LOSS with Mike Bracko, EdD, FASCM (top)
This aqua lecture applies the newest research on nutrition and exercise to reduce body fat. Mike explains how fitness professionals can give straight forward nutrition advice to female clients for increasing metabolism and maximum fat reduction. Learn how and why women store fat, burn fat, and can alter their nutritional intake to maximize caloric expenditure before, during, and after exercise. Discover how nutrient timing relates to intensity and duration of exercise. Address metabolic and hormonal characteristics that factor in nutrition advice and prescribing exercise. Walk away with 10 documented ways to increase metabolism and burn fat with nutrition and exercise. (LECTURE) (SA1H) (course outline)

SOCIAL MEDIA INTENSIVE FOR TODAY'S FITNESS PROFESSIONAL with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Social Media is THE 2012 tool for managers, personal trainers, and group fitness instructors who want to stay connected to the industry, keep their classes brimming with participants, and developing lifelong relationships with clients and classes. Join Lawrence for a theoretical exploration of the pros and cons of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wordpress, etc. including using social media to boost business as the newest advertising tool to draw newbies to your market. We will also do a practical demonstration of these sites, going live on the internet together with posts, tweets, retweets, and blogs! (SA1I) (course outline)

TIPPING THE SCALES—ENERGY BALANCE AND WEIGHT LOSS with Fabio Comana, MA, MS (top)
Over 75 % of individuals joining health clubs in the US cite weight loss as a key objective, yet many clients fail to achieve their weight loss goals. While metabolism and weight management is a controversial topic, programming starts with the knowledge of energy balance equations. Fitness professional need time-efficient yet accurate tools that quantify the energy balance equation - calories in and out. This session presents tools to measure the energy balance equation, and also offers other successful strategies to help clients achieve weight loss results. (SA1J) (course outline)

AQUA ZUMBA® with Julie Kelly (top)
This specialty course is the "pool party" workout for all ages. You'll learn how to teach safe, effective and challenging water-based workouts that integrate the Zumba formula and philosophy into traditional aqua fitness disciplines. (SA1K) (course outline)

DESIGNER CURRENTS with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Want to bring choreography ideas to your water classes that are "Monday Morning Ready?" Well now you CAN! This workshop emphasizes "cut and paste" movement patterns that are simple to replicate and easy to remember but super fun for your classes! Using buoyancy, drag, resistance, and the variety of working positions (neutral, rebounding, suspension, etc.), you will plug these patterns into any of your classes and add your favorite music for a fitness format appropriate for all fitness levels. (SA1L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RACE, SEASON 2 with Keli Roberts (top)
Whether it's track, road, mountain, or time trial, if you're on two wheels, and you're riding to win, it's a race—and that means it's ON! Bring the thrill of authenticity to your rides that will inspire your students to train hard and fight for the finish. This workshop includes a primer on implementing indoor training plans specific to each sport. In "Season 2" you'll participate in an all-new "Omnium Race", a sample of five different race events, and explore facets of competition that make for an unstoppable athlete! (SA1M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! with Adam Reid (top)
Anaerobic interval training is an effective way to help your riders blast through fitness plateaus, build power and speed--and torch calories. Learn appropriate measurement, recovery time and cues to keep your interval training programs scientifically-smart, fun and your riders injury-free. Leverage the dynamic "turning" and "banking" movements, exclusive to the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle – and walk away with 3 distinct interval workouts that you can teach the very next day! (Heart rate monitor a must!) (SA1N) (course outline)

Saturday 10:00am - 11:30am

ZUMBA® SENTAO with Adriana Carr (top)
Drag a chair onto the dance floor and your ready to experience the amazing new zumba Sentao program! Learn to do things with a chair you never imagined possible. With innovative and impressive new moves, turn an everyday object into a strong, sexy dance partner! Get refined and defined with unique resistance exercises designed to firm the buttocks, abs and arms while performing exciting and unexpected choreo to the sultry Zumba soundtrack. Attend this master class for a sneak preview of this all new Zumba program. (SA2A) (course outline)

HIGH VOLTAGE CARDIO with Leslie Grosshauser (top)
Short bursts of high energy segments combined with periods of recovery are the key to getting the most out of cardio. You will burn more calories and reach your goals in a shorter amount of time. Leslie will motivate you through high intensity athletic-style drills and then bring you back to earth with easy to follow low impact drills. No equipment needed, just a strong heart and a desire to work hard! (SA2B) (course outline)

CARDIO DANCE: DEFY GRAVITY! with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
This exciting method is the "heart of aerobics" because our clients can have fun while they sweat. As instructors, however, it's our job to teach clients to move efficiently and safely. Ankle mobility and intrinsic foot strength play important roles in balance, shock absorption, and overall movement confidence. In this workshop, you'll learn a groovilicious dance routine, while also practicing methods to build healthy ankles, strong feet and graceful landings. When you apply these foot-fitness methods to your own dance routines you'll smile proudly as you watch your clients defy gravity! (SA2C) (course outline)

JOINT AND MUSCULAR RANGE OF MOTION TESTING with Ken Baldwin, CPS, MEd (top)
Learn to assess your client's joint and muscular range of motion using a Goniometer. Physical therapists use this simple device to assess what the range of motion is before and after exercise therapy. Understand why goniometry assessments are an important component of the health/fitness screening process to design the proper flexibility/stretching program for your client. (SA2D) (course outline)

BOSU® STRONG+STRETCHED with Amy Dixon (top)
The BOSU® Balance Trainer offers you brand-new athletic, total body exercises and sequences that functionally strengthen the body from head to toe, and can be used in any type of strength, sculpt or conditioning workouts. Learn yoga-inspired stretch sequences that make easy stretches more challenging, and tough stretches easier! These stretch sequences can be broken up for short cool-down routines, or connected for full-length stretch workouts. Don't miss this chance to get the best of both worlds! (SA2E) (course outline)

JUMPSPORT® FITNESS TRAMPOLINE™: THE BOUNCE IS BACK with Abbie Appel, Irene McCormick, MS & Jeff McMullen (top)
Bounce into this exciting new exercise modality with lower impact and powerful potential! Whether you're a group fitness instructor, small group, or personal trainer, this cutting-edge program is an event you can't miss! Experience three unique approaches with three dynamic master trainers; Irene, Abbie and Jeff in a sampler class that highlights the multitude of fitness trampoline exercise options including muscle-sculpting techniques and cardiovascular challenges that burn calories! (SA2F) (course outline)

WHAT EVERY TRAINER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FASCIA with Michol Dalcourt (top)
Muscles have long been thought to be the only relevant system in movement, the only regulators for tension. "Strengthen the muscular system if you want to jump higher, prevent knee injury, or move quicker," was the common thought. With new research comes a new understanding and perspective on the body - and things are changing fast! This thought-provoking and solution-driven session will explore why we need to train the fascial system and how to do it effectively. (LECTURE) (SA2G) (course outline)

NUTRITIENT DEFICIENCIES: THE DOMINO EFFECT with Debra Orringer, MS (top)
One of the biggest threats to our health is our own environment. Toxins, chemicals, and contaminants are wreaking havoc on our world and in our bodies. Learn how to unlock the miracle of the human body through four core principles: Cleanse, Replenish, Protect and Thrive. Discover a new level of success, health and vitality through optimal nutrition. In addition to personally losing over 100lbs incorporating these nutritional techniques, Debra Orringer brought these strategies to the employees of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (LECTURE) (SA2H) (course outline)

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY ADDRESS - PANEL DISCUSSION with Fabio Comana, MA, MS, Mindy Mylrea, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, & Jay Blahnik (top)
Meet with industry experts in group fitness, personal training, nutrition and club operations to learn and discuss where our industry is now, the challenges we are facing in today's market, and where our future lies. An open forum will be part of this session, where you can address the experts and hear first-hand the best practices that exist today. Panel will address the state of the industry, its future, and action plans that you can take away to enhance your operation. (SA2I) (course outline)

INNER PEACE & POWER with Sandra Koulourides, MS, RD (top)
We put much energy and time into our bodies. You would think this was the key to happiness, but as we know, it's not. Happiness and serenity are an inside job that requires daily work. Learn tools and techniques that can help you de-stress and gain control of your life. You will realize how much power you DO have over your actions and reactions. This will be a one-of-a-kind session that you can't afford to miss! (LECTURE) (SA2J) (course outline)

KEEPIN' IT FRESH with Jen Keet, MS (top)
Ever stand up to teach and think, "If I see another Jumping Jack, I'll throw up!"? This fun, interactive session will challenge you to look at teaching in a different way with new purpose and direction. This will up-skill your teaching and presentation skills whether you teach in the water, on the deck, or both. Discover how to make any move or movement pattern feel brand new. This is a great place to come if you ever felt in a rut.(SA2K) (course outline)

AQUA CORE TRAINING with Manuel Velazquez (top)
Resistance training using core stabilization never was more refreshing. The water is the perfect medium to explore and improve dynamic balance, strength, agility and coordination. We'll take advantage of water properties in this workout using buoyancy and drag without equipment. Learn how to use training intensity, alignment, muscle involvement and muscle integration in this efficient total body workout. (SA2L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: 7 SHORTCUTS TO MORE POWERFUL PLAYLISTS with Julz Arney (top)
Don't spend another minute planning music for your rides. In this workshop, take a deep dive into mapping music effectively, using different genres, creating music-themed stages, managing student insights, even how to surprise and delight with musical contrast. Equip yourself with a strategy for assembling soundtracks that fire up your riders, leaving you with more time to do what you love…teach! Bonus: Access to hundreds of songs that are working magic in classes across the country. (SA2M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (top)
After twenty years of consistent stationary cycle design, the introduction of the RealRyder® Cycle has changed indoor bike technology forever. This ryde encourages, teaches and rewards good form and proper pedal stroke, while ryders experience the actions and benefits of turning, leaning and balancing. This workshop builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving instructors a glimpse into the RealRyder® methodology and teaching system. The future of indoor cycling is here. Join the revolution! (SA2N) (course outline)

Saturday 11:45am - 1:15pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 1)

(If you choose this session, your EXPO and lunch break is 1:15pm-2:15pm)

HORIZONTAL BOOT CAMP with Sandra Koulourides, MS, RD (top)
More Horizontal madness...just when you thought it couldn't get any worse! Combine some kick- butt cardio moves with some amazingly challenging Horizontal moves and you've got the most challenging boot-camp in town. Come learn new ways to condition your clients and class using mainly body weight with a few props. Your clients will love the intensity and the results. A boot-camp that is sure to be a hit. (SA3A) (course outline)

MUSIC MAKES THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER with Chris Freytag (top)
Madonna said it best. Music inspires, motivates and empowers, and is one of the most compelling variables in your studio. Think of the feeling you get when the song you thoughtfully picked creates a surge of energy in the room. Music can be the fun factor that keeps your class packed. With technology changing like a hem line, there are so many ways to purchase your music and put your signature on your class. Explore the latest trends in music, all the ways to purchase music, and what the future holds. (SA3C) (course outline)

MOVEMENT PREPARATION with Michol Dalcourt (top)
Evaluating movement is typically a complex and confusing task. Let Michol take the complexity out of it by introducing a dynamic movement preparation system to be incorporated into a warm-up to every session! This allows you to program more effectively and evaluate your client's movement in every session. In this workshop, you will learn: How to make an assessment a dynamic warm-up for your clients; what areas of the body are the most important to observe; the six steps in choosing the right exercise for your client; anatomy to simplify the process of evaluations/assessments. Movement preparation maximizes your client's ability. (LECTURE) (SA3E) (course outline)

BODY LEVERAGE TRAINING, NO EQUIPMENT, NO PROBLEM with Mike Bracko EdD, FACSM (top)
We love them, and so do our clients: exercises using the resistance of our body and that of a partner. This session will look at the latest research on body leverage training to develop the best program. Body leverage training is "hot" and can increase your revenue and client retention. (SA3F) (course outline)

SMRT-CORE™ MAX with Jamie Howell (top)
Release Your Strength from the ground up. SMRT-CORE Max is a total body workout using the GRID, the revolutionary foam roller by Trigger Point Performance Therapy, to create a proprioceptive enriched environment and provide self-myofascial release while performing the exercises. All exercises in the warm-up and strength and cardio phase, are taught using a multi-level teaching approach, which provides options for levels 1-3. Exercise tempos vary throughout this class. (SA3G) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RE-CYCLE…CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Gay Gasper (top)
Planning your classes should be simple and fun. Learn how to create and re-cycle classes and grow a rich library of creative workouts to choose from each week. RealRyder's unique RydeProfile Class Planning Template shows you how to bring real road profiles inside the classroom while maximizing teaching options. Learn to shine as a strong teacher, and instruct a class that's uniquely YOU without hiding behind music and other "props!" (Heart rate monitor highly recommended.) (SA3N) (course outline)

Saturday 11:45am - 1:15pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 1 & 2)

(If you choose this session, you will have no EXPO break. Lunch is included.)

GROUP FITNESS MANAGEMENT with JJ Gunning (top)
For your members, it's all about building fitness. For you, it's all about building business. We're experts at both. GFM is a brilliant business tool with proven results around the world. We'll give you the blueprint for achieving higher profitability through group fitness, from studio layout to management to staffing. We'll show you to how to cultivate member loyalty, get those all-important referrals through point of sale strategy, perform an effectiveness audit on your programming-know what works and why, hire, develop and keep top instructors--potentially your best sales people, maximize numbers to minimize per-head service costs, and far more! This seminar is for anyone wanting to make a mark in the fitness industry. Free for Owners And Managers. Lunch included. (LECTURE) (SA3I) (course outline)

Saturday 12:30pm - 2:00pm (LUNCHTIME SESSION 2)

(If you choose this session, your EXPO and lunch break is 11:30pm-12:30pm)

SHEANETICS® with Shea Vaughn (top)
SheaNetics is a Revolutionary lifestyle, wellness, and exercise practice blending yoga, pilates, tai chi, martial arts, ballet, GYROKINESIS®, dance, and more, with emphasis on Tri-Core Power Training to develop all three core regions. This is a challenging full-body workout to build strength, flexibility and an absolutely "killer core". The driving force and heart of this Practice is The 5 Living Principles of Well-Being, an inspiring life-guide for everything you do. Get in shape; feel great and naturally embrace ongoing life-healthy choices. (SA3D) (course outline)

MEAT OR WHEAT? ANIMAL VS. PLANT FOOD FOR OPTIMAL NUTRITION! WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED NUTRITION AND THEIR "BIG TIME" BENIFITS! with Scott Josephson, MS (top)
Why plant based nutrition? Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? It's more like why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be potentially reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates. Understand how this plays a vital role and contributions to optimal health! Vegetarian, vegan or meat eater….this is for you! (SA3H) (course outline)

CREAM RISES with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Explore with Lawrence the difference between being good and great as a fitness teacher, personal trainer, and presenter. Join this Award Recipient for thoughts on sharpening your instructional skills, becoming a presenter, or attracting media attention. (LECTURE) (SA3J) (course outline)

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Making the transition from being a primarily "land-based" fitness instructor to a water fitness instructor is more than simply taking land-based choreography and "throwing it" into the pool. Considerations for buoyancy, 3-dimensional resistance, hydrostatic pressure and other class maintenance concerns are of up-most importance if you are to be successful. Should you teach in the water or from the deck, and if so, how to do that? What about music? So make a SPLASH in your water fitness teaching debut by learning what land-based instructors need to now in order to teach effective aqua fitness classes! (SA3K) (course outline)

HYDRO FLEX-N-FLOW with Jeff McMullen (top)
Ready to make the transition from turf to surf, and use the unique qualities of the aquatic environment to your advantage? Take the guesswork out of exercise selection and class flow for your aquatic fusion based mind body classes utilizing a "free flow" approach to class design. Learn how to synergistically design choreographed exercise sequences from varying mind/body formats to flow and heighten your participant's states of awareness – all the while improving your participant's muscular endurance, strength, CORE stabilization and flexibility. (SA3L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: ENERGIZE & SOCIALIZE with Jay Blahnik (top)
One of the best ways to add energy to your cycling class is to tap into your student's team spirit and camaraderie and build a powerful community of riders within each and every class. Learn how to infuse this type of vibe using simple techniques before, during and after each workout, and experience a ride that will bring your tribe together and your team spirit to new heights! (SA3M) (course outline)

Saturday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

BOOTY CAMP with Mindy Mylrea (top)
You have heard of Boot Camp, but have you ever heard of Booty Camp? Take your below the belt classes to camp with this whole new approach to buns and legs training – circuit style. You will experience the best lower body station ideas on the planet, and then you will hook up with a buddy, team, or just survive solo for a lower body challenge that is booty-crazy! (SA4A) (course outline)

SH'BAM® with Mysti Olgesby (top)
Sh'Bam is the new Les Mills® simple dance program that features the latest chart topping music and the hottest dance moves. It's a hip, fun, and sociable way to exercise - even for the dance challenged! (SA4B) (course outline)

GROUP RX: RIP with be Kristen Livingston & Jennifer Kuhn (top)
Want to get ripped? Group Rx RIP is a pre-choreographed barbell program designed to improve strength, endurance, and definition. Inject excitement into your classes with motivating music and effective weight room exercises. Group Rx gives you all the tools; we've done all the work, now put your personal stamp on it and get ripped! (SA4C) (course outline)

SPRI YOGA SCULPT with Chris Freytag (top)
This class is equal parts, Yoga, traditional strength and athletic cardio training. The flowing sequences of movements and typically a warm room will be sure to help de-stress your body and mind. This intense, but easy to follow program compliments your regular yoga practice while pushing your strength and flexibility to new heights. Use these ideas for your yoga program or incorporate into your strength classes. (SA4D) (course outline)

DYNAMAX™ MED BALL BOOT CAMP with Jennifer Widerstrom (top)
Experience the power of movement-based Dynamax™ training in a hard-hitting boot camp format. You'll learn the cornerstone movements and key combinations that are creating buzz, and discover a perfect fit for your boot camp. Timed intervals of strength to ball work drive calorie demand and blast your core. Scalable from beginner to advanced, this class format is an absolute winner. (SA4E) (course outline)

FLEXIBILITY FOR IMPROVED POSTURE with Ken Baldwin, CPS, MEd (top)
Learn to perform flexibility exercises and movements to improve your clients' range of motion (ROM) and posture. Due to the alarming rate of musculoskeletal injuries due to poor body alignment; learn to identify and address a client's ROM through selecting the best stretch for each individual muscle and joint structure. Feel confident in knowing the why's and how's of performing specific flexibility movements. (it's recommended that you attend the Joint and Muscular Range of Motion Testing (workshop) first) (SA4F) (course outline)

EATING FOR ENERGY AND PERFORMANCE with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
Did you know we eat approximately 50,000,000 calories in our lifetime? If you're an athlete, I hope you're hungry because you need a lot more! There's a huge difference between fitness and athletic intake. Training like a pro requires eating like one! This lecture will cover several steps for specific nutrient timing, calorie intake, caloric quantities, hormones productivity and the role of phytoestrogens, probiotics and antioxidants. Understand how they play a vital part in contributing to optimal health. (SA4H) (course outline)

GROUP TRAINING TRANSFORMATION with Abbie Appel (top)
As a fitness professional you already recognize the potential of fee-based group training; but are having problems getting members and even staff to see the value and pay for it. This informative lecture will review the components of "must have" programming, how to launch, create, integrate and manage it. Identify 5 common obstacles and discover proven approaches to overcoming them. (SA4I) (course outline)

ENGAGE…IGNITE…EMPOWER…© with Fabio Comana, MA, MS (top)
What differentiates great trainers from good trainers? It is their ability to engage individuals to build rapport, ignite their passions to create a vision for change, and empower them with memorable experiences. These skill sets transcend the exercise sciences. They are art forms involving much-needed skills in distinguishing ambivalence from resistance, personality indexing, neuro-linguistic programming, behavioral change/ personality conflict avoidance. This session, learn key strategies to empower clients. Rise above and differentiate yourself to become a great professional. (LECTURE) (SA4J) (course outline)

WATERinMOTION®: WAVE 9: NOODLES & THE ATHLETE with Melissa Layne, MEd, Jeff McMullen, Jen Keet, MS & Manuel Velazquez (top)
WATERinMOTION® 9 provides exciting aqua choreography and uses dynamic music to improve your aqua programming. Learn how use noodles in the water to spice up your aqua routines and add an element of athleticism to the mix. This session ends with an aqua flexibility track, and includes rhythm influences in the newly refined music which complements the updated choreography, sure to help you catch the wave! Remember, every WATERinMOTION® "WAVE" release is completely different and unique from every other one - Don't Miss WAVE 9, 10 and 11 - the variety is sure to WOW you! (SA4L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE with Keli Roberts (top)
Here's a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It's the ultimate cycling 2-for-1. (SA4M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (top)
Anaerobic interval training is an effective way to help your riders blast through fitness plateaus, build power and speed--and torch calories. Learn appropriate measurement, recovery time and cues to keep your interval training programs scientifically-smart, fun and your riders injury-free. Leverage the dynamic "turning" and "banking" movements, exclusive to the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle – and walk away with 3 distinct interval workouts that you can teach the very next day! (Heart rate monitor a must!) (SA4N) (course outline)

Saturday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

TABATA BOOTCAMP with Mindy Mylrea (top)
When was the last time you saw a complete total body turn around in you or your clients? How many of your students credit you for their fitness and weight loss success? If the answer is not as many as you'd like then you are ready for Tabata Bootcamp. Learn how to implement and execute Mindy's 6 and 30-minute tabata and HIIT interval training workouts and find out how you too can become a Tabata bootcamp trainer. (SA5A) (course outline)

BODYATTACK® with Josh Keenum (top)
BODYATTACK® is the sports-inspired cardio workout for building strength and stamina. This high-energy interval training class combines athletic conditioning movements with strength and stabilization exercises. Dynamic instructors and powerful music motivate everyone toward their fitness goals—from the beginner athlete to the hard-core competitor! (SA5B) (course outline)

SPRI KICK IT XTREME with Chris Freytag (top)
Learn how to create a kick butt fat burning class using great music and with easy drills and combos that men and women will love. Cardio kickboxing sculpts the major muscle groups arms while providing an intense cardio workout. Keep your heart rate elevated like you are out for a run but instead you are kicking some butt and releasing aggression in an easy to follow format. The focus will be on effective and safe movements while providing a challenging and fun workout! (SA5C) (course outline)

DELICIOUS YOG-AHH with Julz Arney (top)
Yoga is yummy for the body, mind and soul, and this practice delivers on all three fronts! Heat up and flow from pose to pose, Pause to explore the subtleties of each posture. Experience creative updates to traditional sequences and rich cues for mindfulness and technique that combined turn yoga into a craving you just can't live without. (SA5D) (course outline)

DYNAMAX™ CARDIO CORE: FAT BURNING MED BALL TRAINING with Jennifer Widerstrom (top)
Learn how to utilize never seen before Dynamax™ Medicine Ball training to ignite your metabolism and torch fat by safely targeting fast twitch muscle fiber through dynamic, total body plyometrics. Your clients will have fun and get in amazing shape with these partner-based, high velocity workouts. (SA5E) (course outline)

JUMP INTO ACTIVE AGING with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Trampolines offer ALL the benefits of exercise, including safe and effective workouts for active aging adults, and offer cardio options that increase lean mass, decrease fat, and strengthen bones, without the impact associated with walking and running. Trampoline exercises are safe for those with fragile conditions, can be progressed or regressed for a variety of fitness levels, and promote balance through use of the sturdy handle—and ours is the best trampoline around! (SA5F) (course outline)

JUNGSHIN® FITNESS: CORE I CUT I CALM with Annika Kahn, MA (top)
Core | Cut | Calm is designed to energize and optimize your body from the inside out. It utilizes the sword to enhance the breath inbetween the athletic components. You'll feel renewed, revitalized and stress-free after this heart-pumping,vmind-focusing workout. Core | Cut | Calm is divided into 4 easy-to-follow components:
• An intense, total body workout using your body as the weight.
• A kicking section using Jungshin strikes to catch your breath between kicks.
• A low-intensity Jungshin workout for those who want to move at a slower pace.
• A relaxing heart-centered meditation.
(SA5G) (course outline)

ALL ABOUT ALCOHOL with Melissa Layne, MEd (top)
Alcohol is not just an energy source, it is also a psychoactive drug and a toxin to the body. This in-depth lecture covers toxicity, oxidative stress, breakdown basics and the effects on vitamins. Also covered is the information that everyone wants to know: the fattening power of alcohol and the effect on the appetite! Everything about alcohol, presented in an easy to understand format with photos, illustrations and analogies. (LECTURE) (SA5H) (course outline)

THE MYO-FASCIAL SYSTEM: IMPACT ON MOVEMENT AND TRAINING. with Michol Dalcourt (top)
It has been long thought that muscles are the only relevant system in movement, the only regulators for tension. "Strengthen the muscular system if you want to jump higher, prevent knee injury, or move quicker," they might have said. A new thought continues to emerge, one that is based heavily in new biomechanical research on the most efficacious ways to train. Join Michol as he describes the hidden influence of the fascial system and shows how to properly train and condition it using the latest exercises and methodologies. (LECTURE) (SA5I) (course outline)

BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS with Fabio Comana, MA, MS(top)
Confused with ever-changing programming guidelines, evolving scope of practice and even how to communicate with clients or when to incorporate the psychological and emotional programming components? Relax and breathe as this session will help make sense of it all. You'll learn how to deliver a customizable, plug-and-play comprehensive model for fitness-health-performance whether you're a new or seasoned fitness professional. (LECTURE) (SA5J) (course outline)

¡AY CARAMBA! AQUA with Manuel Velazquez (top)
¡Ay Caramba! Aqua is the aqua version of the land session you know and love! Ay Caramba is a Latin expression of utter enthusiasm. This course is an explosive exploration of authentic Latin movement from around the world. Learn the simplest, 5-part S.M.A.R.T. method for implementing Latin styles like tango, samba, merengue or cumbia into your routines, while experiencing the hottest Latin music made just for ¡Ay Caramba Aqua! (SA5K) (course outline)

HYDRO YO-CHI with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Discussion and practical application will be applied to learning the basics behind both T'ai Chi and general hatha yoga asanas. Next, the Yo-Chi program will be introduced, cycling adaptable power yoga asanas with T'ai short form for release of lactate produced during yoga postures. The mind-body effect produced is completely complemented and balance by these two forms of fitness. As one discipline works the body, the other relaxes it and encourages meditation. (SA5L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: RELEASE AND RELIEVE with Helen Vanderburg (top)
You know cycling is fantastic for cardiovascular training, calorie burn and an all-around strengthened lower body, but like other sports that demand big power in a limited range of motion, tension and discomfort can too often be the aftermath of a great ride. Not just for cyclists, this workshop pulls the best flexibility, relaxation and self-myofascial release techniques using easy to access equipment into simple sequences you can teach anywhere. Learn how to relieve the hips, back, shoulders and legs, rejuvenate the joints and restore maximal performance to a tight and tired body. This workshop includes a 30-minute cycling workout. (SA5M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING…TRAINING FOR SPORT & LIFE! with Leslee Bender (top)
The only indoor bike that offers safe, tri-planar training, the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle is a leading-edge motion resistance tool that helps ryders discover a deeper core connection and greater movement efficiency through applied functional resistance. Learn the importance of training in three planes, how it translates to life, as well as various rotation and balance-based sports. Understand why 3-dimensional cycling is a smart (and fun!) Rx for injury-prevention and compromised knees and backs. (SA5N) (course outline)

Saturday 6:30pm - 7:30pm

BALL BLAST with Helen Vanderburg (top)
Blast your stability ball training workouts to a new level of intensity. Experience a challenging yet fun workout by combining unique sequences of ball exercises together to create a workout with style and strength. Ball training heightens postural awareness, spinal stabilization and trunk power. Have a total body blast! MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. FREE DVD (SA6A) (course outline)

CXWORX® with Josh Keenum (top)
CXWORX® hones the torso and sling muscles of your entire core that connect your upper body to your lower body. This intricate program is ideal for tightening your glutes and gut while improving functional strength and assisting in injury prevention. Tightly packed 30 minutes, CXWORX® is perfect for all participant levels. (FREE MASTERCLASS, NO CEC's) (SA6B) (course outline)

SPRI® 360: CORE TO CARDIO with Abbie Appel (top)
Join Abbie for 360 Training in this time-efficient master class and walk away with the new Step 360™ Pro. This dynamic, total-body workout allows you to train on a reactive and unstable surface while focusing on strength development, balance, coordination and movement quality. Experience this Foundation-to-Performance program and find new ways to modify and progress movements appropriate for a multi-level class. MASTERCLASS: $49.95. Walk away with a FREE Step360™Pro (a $130 value!) No CECs. (SA6E) (course outline)

FLUID YOGA with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Experience yoga movements in the fluid environment of the pool. Moving pose to pose, or asana to asana, this Vinyasas Yoga program takes on a new twist as you include flowing patterns and controlled variations. Lawrence, star of several land yoga videos, and industry leader in aquatic exercise, articulates each yoga pose thoroughly and clearly transitioning your aqua movements to fuse the mind, body, and spirit in an invigorating workout that blends both strength and flexibility. An exciting new program option, this workout is also perfect for every water cool-down. (SA6L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: POWER HOUR! with Gregg Cook (top)
Take the ride that's making Schwinn® Cycling Master Trainer Gregg Cook's classes go wild! Taught on the new Schwinn® Authentic Cycling Performance Bike with the MPower™ Console, you'll measure watts, speed, distance, heart rate and calories - features that completely revolutionize your ride. Plus, Gregg will hand you a complete breakdown of the workout…Everything you need to teach this ride as your own no matter what indoor cycling technology you have at your club. MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA Attendees / $20 Non-Attendees. No CECs. (SA6M) (course outline)

Sunday 7:00am - 8:30am

FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER with Wendi Malphurs & Jocelyn Geronimo (top)
You watch MTV and VH1. You love the moves, the music and the magic of this amazing dance style. You've thought about teaching cardio dance but didn't know where to begin. Well, look no further: Our popular, easy to learn dance moves provide the perfect combination of cardio and strength training. You will feel like you're part of a music video rather than in a cardio-crazy, core-chiseling, booty-toning, arm-sculpting workout class. (SU1A) (course outline)

WHERE'S THE PARTY? with Meredith Campbell (top)
Powder Blue formats (Turbo Kick, Hip Hop Hustle & PiYo) are known for their laid back, fun approach to fitness that pack studios world-wide. Learn to make every class you teach the talk of the town with our 7 simple steps. Guaranteed – this is a party you do NOT want to miss! (SU1B) (course outline)

BOSU® SMART FEET STRONG BODY with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Get strong and centered in this workshop which uses the BOSU® Balance Trainer to strengthen your feet, ankles and legs. Learn techniques to help prevent kinetic chain injuries and improve lower body movement quality. Stimulating your feet on the unstable surface provided by the Balance Trainer will enhance proprioceptive awareness and reduce stress levels. Leave this workshop understanding the benefits of "barefoot training" and learn a variety of foot and leg conditioning routines which transfer to disciplines such as yoga and Pilates. (SU1E) (course outline)

JOINT INTEGRITY AND INJURY PREVENTION: THE HIPS with Michol Dalcourt (top)
The hips have been described as the crossroads of the body, an interdependent ring vital in abdominal and low back function. The hips often hold the key to enhance function and performance. Michol will delve into the integrated function of this all-important area of the body in this interactive session. You will learn: how to assess proper hip function; how the hip is vital for effective and purposeful movement; what an effective hip exercise is; the six steps in choosing the right hip exercise for your client; practical anatomy and biomechanics of the hip. This session perhaps may be the most important session for your client's overall well-being. (SU1F) (course outline)

SPRI REHABILITATIVE PILATES WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® with Leslee Bender (top)
Why are so many students getting injured in Pilates classes? Well, Pilates was never meant to be an aerobics class, but was originally designed for one-on-one rehabilitation. Come discover why the ChiBolster® can be one of the best tools to give you the crucial exercises to assist your clients to wellness and pain free movement. Experience a safer approach to Pilates, and learn techniques to suit a client's individual needs. (SU1G) (course outline)

FUEL + FITNESS with Sandra Koulourides MS, RD (top)
Come learn the how to fuel your body for exercise and for life. Make sure you are doing all that you need to do to get the best results from your workouts. Learn how to put meals and snacks together in perfect balance. Hear about the most common mistakes people make. Being lean and healthy is much more than working out. Nutrition is the key to getting results! (LECTURE) (SU1H) (course outline)

THE FACTS ON FAT with Melissa Layne, MEd (top)
Everything you wanted to know about that loathsome, but necessary, padding on your glutes, thighs and belly. From the fat in food to the fat on your fingertips, how did it get there, what do we do with it, how can we most effectively get rid of it and why do we have to have it at all? It's is a fat fact-finding mission. (LECTURE) (SU1I) (course outline)

ANALYZING AND ASSESSING POSTURE AND BODY ALIGNMENT with Ken Baldwin, CPS, MEd (top)
Learn to assess your clients in all areas of posture, body alignment and muscle fiber direction using a Posture and Body Alignment Grid and client/patient evaluation sheet. This valuable lecture exposes a logical sequence to understand, analyze, and assess a client's strengths, weaknesses and health concerns. Discover ways to implement these procedures into your everyday protocols. (LECTURE) (SU1J) (course outline)

H20 CIRCUIT PARTY with Jeff McMullen (top)
Step beyond the usual hum-drum "follow the leader" type approach to your classes and develop a true sense of camaraderie for your participants, circuit-style. Partner up and discover the possibilities that this method of training has on improving cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, endurance, and power development! Examine the principles of circuit training as they apply to class design and format, equipment usage, and participant motivation and socialization. Have them waiting in line for your classes! (SU1K) (course outline)

AQUA HIP & FUNK with Manuel Velazquez (top)
Take your hips and funk them in the pool! Approach your aqua class from another point of view with this cardio-based hip-hop and funk oriented workout. There are enough ideas to help you to refresh your own style with movements to put your class on the cutting edge. (SU1L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE WAKE UP WORKOUT with Mindy Mylrea (top)
It takes a special kind of instructor to grow and maintain a sold-out indoor cycling class in those early morning time slots. But crack the code and you'll find yourself coaching of a pack of the most loyal riders in the club. This workshop covers the Top 5 "musts" for winning in the morning and you'll experience a wake-up ride to make you rise and shine. Don't worry about getting up in time to have your coffee first. In this workshop we supply the coffee too! (SU1M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (top)
The only indoor bike that offers safe, tri-planar training, the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle is a leading-edge motion resistance tool that helps ryders discover a deeper core connection and greater movement efficiency through applied functional resistance. Learn the importance of training in three planes, how it translates to life, as well as various rotation and balance-based sports. Understand why 3-dimensional cycling is a smart (and fun!) Rx for injury-prevention and compromised knees and backs. (SU1N) (course outline)

Sunday 8:45am - 10:15am

MAMMA WANTS HER BODY BACK with Mindy Mylrea (top)
There are 7 major changes to a woman's body caused by pregnancy that can stay with us for years. Conventional exercise only addresses two. You need to focus on all 7 to get your Body Back. Learn the secrets to assist moms get their body back, and start looking fabulous again! (SU2A) (course outline)

PILOXING® with Courtney Gornall (top)
Transform into a tough, agile boxer, a gracious ballerina, and hip street dancer—all in one workout! PILOXING® is the first program that blends the muscle sculpting of Pilates, the strengthening and cardio of boxing, and the fun, sensuality of dance into a high energy cardio workout. Using the most current science, PILOXING® incorporates formats such as interval and barefoot training to burn maximum calories and increase stamina. (SU2B) (course outline)

BAREFOOT BOOTCAMP with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Our foot should dissipate ground reaction through our innate loading response and dense network of sensory receptors. However, exercising with traditional shoes do not enhance foot or ankle function; studies suggest that traditional footwear impairs the foot's perception of reaction forces, resulting in increased stress to the body. This workshop prepares you to integrate foot-fitness into current programming. You'll experiment with some of your favorite resistance and cardio exercises, and return home with a new methodology, which you can apply "on Monday." (SU2D) (course outline)

SPRI 360 TRAINING: EXPLOSIVE CARDIO with Abbie Appel (top)
Explosive Cardio is the ultimate training test, with high intensity drills that will elevate the heart rate, jumpstart your metabolism and burn maximum calories. Featuring the Step360 Pro, this session builds upon a progressive training approach that takes you from foundation-to-performance utilizing the science of aerobic and anaerobic energy systems. Whether the movements are sport-specific or just plain fun, you'll learn programming options of linear or circuit class progressions to keep your workouts feeling fresh, intense and explosive! (SU2E) (course outline)

JUMPSPORT®: BOUNCIN' BOOTY DANCE with Jeff McMullen (top)
Name your style - hip hop, Latin, jazz? The possibilities are endless! Learn how to combine the cardiovascular benefits of dance with the reactive surface of a trampoline and triple the training effect your students or clients experience during their workouts, no matter what their fitness level or ability. Refresh your existing dance program with a new tool and have your students clamoring at the door to get into your classes. Walk away from this session with choreography nuggets you can use Monday morning, ready to go! (SU2F) (course outline)

CORRECTIVE BODY WEIGHT AND TUBING EXERCISES TO ENHANCE POSTURE & BODY ALIGNMENT with Ken Baldwin, CPS, MEd (top)
Body Weight and Tubing Exercises to Enhance Posture & Body Alignment (workshop) Learn a systematic process to correct alignment, reverse patterns, improve posture, relieve back pain and train people using simple, yet effective, tubing and strength training exercises. This session teaches upper, core, and lower body resistance training exercises using fitness tubing and body weight exercises designed to correct posture and body alignment issues. (SU2G) (course outline)

WOMEN, METABOLISM & THE HORMONE HIGHWAY! WANNA FIX IT? with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
Learn the specifics about "special concerns" of females including peri-menopausal challenges, gender differences, muscle strength, body composition, metabolism, the hormonal roller coaster and other physiological factors that play an enormous role in training. Explore practical and useful information to guide your female clientele about dietary intake, energy expenditure and exercise for a lifetime. (LECTURE) (SU2H) (course outline)

EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH UPDATE: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF ELITE PERFORMANCE with Michol Dalcourt (top)
Which structures do elite athletes use most often? This lecture provides the latest research on movement and human function in a captivating and engaging way. By looking at elite athletes, Michol uncovers what truly makes them successful in motion. Michol connects these ideas to the most recent research available, making this research come alive. Individuals who like to know the latest research, but find it boring and hard to apply will be surprised to find this lecture fascinating! (SU2I) (course outline)

10 TIPS FOR MUSCLING UP YOUR PERSONAL TRAINING, MARKETING AND SALES with Joe Carmean & Tara Sampson (top)
This presentation explores the success of the GHF Training marketing and sales process at Gainesville Health & Fitness, while giving participants tangible, implementable strategies to reproduce their success in your own department. This interactive case study promises to keep you involved from the beginning to the end, while demonstrating firsthand the power of innovative marketing and sales strategies. (SU2J) (course outline)

AQUA ROUTES—THE WATER WALKING WORKOUT with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Water walking can be a tremendous fitness activity and an alternative to traditional shallow water aerobic "dance" workouts. Skills of balance training, ankle mobility, gait patterns and increased walking speed can be had by learning how to teach this simple format. Learn techniques and options for instructing this highly adaptable format – only a shallow pool is required. Appropriate for overweight, de-conditioned, older adults, and general populations. (SU2K) (course outline)

RHYTHM RAPIDS with Jen Keet, MS (top)
People love to work out to a great beat. This session teaches you how to incorporate music from around the world and diverse dance styles into the water. Using world rhythms and the principles of water, we create a fun and exciting workout that will leave you smiling. (SU2L) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: HIIT IT! with Helen Vanderburg (top)
High Intensity Interval Training is all the rage, and it continues to grow in popularity across all workout platforms. But is this type of training really more effective than other types? Learn the science, and more importantly, the psychology of high intensity interval training, and experience new ways to deliver, measure, recover and repeat high-intensity intervals to your riders that produce results and keep them coming back for more! (SU2M) (course outline)

Sunday 11:15am - 12:45pm

SCULPTONIC™ with Amy Nixon (top)
SculpTonic™ is a powerful new way to strength train! Learn how to perform total-body strength and power moves to perfectly matched music to create a workout experience that is fresh, empowering, intriguing, fun, and addictive! SculpTonic™ helps YOU and every participant in your class to feel strong and successful. This class is very different; you have to experience an entire 60-minute workout, start to finish, to appreciate the excitement and addiction it can bring to your classes. In this workshop, you'll learn how to make any strength workout a Tonic™ workout - balls, dumbbells, body bars - you'll have the power to do it all. (SU3A) (course outline)

SLAMDUNK SPORT CIRCUIT with Mindy Mylrea (top)
Mindy will have you seamlessly transitioning between solo, partner, and team workouts and back again without you even noticing that you are working out harder than you can remember. You will learn 30 stations and at least 10 group or partner challenges. If you teach boot camp, circuit, or anything else in fitness you owe it to yourself to take this session. (SU3B) (course outline)

TRI-PLANAR PILATES with Leslee Bender (top)
Why are there so many students complaining of back and neck pain or even injuries in traditional mat classes? The answer is simple: too much supine flexion and overutilization of the hip flexors. The body was not meant to train on the floor - it was meant to stand and move. As an infant, your desire was to walk and crawl and eventually stand! This course allows you to explore how you can train the body vertically in all three planes where gravity has an influence on lengthening the muscles rather than shortening them as it is done on the floor. Your students will walk away feeling more flexible and functional from this method - guaranteed! (SU3D) (course outline)

BOSU® BALANCED BODY with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Redefine and explore your body's balance systems using the BOSU® Balance Trainer and a soft-touch weighted ball, and walk away with a whole new perspective on balance. More than just your ability to stand on one leg, balance signifies both the starting and ending point of human movement, and this workshop will show you how to train complementary aspects of balance to improve proprioception, strength and flexibility. (SU3E) (course outline)

COUCH TO 5K: THE MINIMAL WAY with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? Sometimes it's not about the speed or intensity… but just staying committed to your race. Minimal Running is not only safe, but it's a smart opportunity to turn the running-phobic into enthusiasts. In this workshop we'll give you a new approach with skills and drills to energize the new exerciser. Armed with over a decade of foot-fitness experience, let us dispel "barefoot myths" and help you set your client on track to attain a realistic 5K goal that may change their life forever. (LECTURE) (SU3F) (course outline)

MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES: TRIGGER POINT PERFORMANCE THERAPY with Dimitri Garcia (top)
A clear understanding of the association of the Ultimate 6 areas of the body and their effect on biomechanics enables you to manage aches and pains and promote recovery through increased blood flow and range of motion. We will explain the human biomechanical chain and demonstrate how our patented TP Therapy® tools can be implemented into your daily routine to increase biomechanical efficiency, and ultimately performance, through self-myofascial release therapy. (SU3G) (course outline)

SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS! PROMISES, PITFALLS & THE GOOD STUFF! with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
Today's multi-billion dollar industry is full of pills, potions, powders and promises! Can they help? Address the pros, cons, risks, benefits and dosages of some popular supplements and ergogenic aids. Supplements can make a HUGE difference in performance. Understand marketing of supplements, and the science supporting their efficacy and safety. (LECTURE) (SU3H) (course outline)

3D FLEXIBILITY: MOSTABILITY OF THE BODY with Adam Wolf, PT (top)
Motion plus stability lends itself to "Mostability." In this session, you will learn not only how to create three-dimensional motion throughout the entire body, but also how to create three-dimensional stability for optimal environments for injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement. The Principle-Strategy-Technique Process of Applied Functional Science™ will be introduced and participants will learn how flexibility will dramatically enhance strength and cardiovascular endurance in this workshop! (LECTURE) (SU3I) (course outline)

CUE, COACH, COMMUNICATE with Jeff McMullen (top)
Focus on three simple areas already in your tool belt to fine tune your performance even further. The Three C's: Cue, Coach, Communicate. Examine the commonalities and misconceptions of saying too much. Learn a simple formula to make your verbal, visual, and kinesthetic language appropriate for all fitness levels to interpret and follow. Review proven coaching techniques so you can work the room, while managing the masses! (SU3J) (course outline)

GENTLE AQUA with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Non-rebounding water workouts are an excellent venue for persons who cannot withstand the constant rebounding in traditional water classes. The hopping, jumping and running movements so prevalent in aqua is replaced by muscle specific, precise movements performed through a full range of motion using yoga and Pilates-based techniques. This workshop includes an abundance of ideas for non-impact, shallow water exercise. (SU3K) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE with Gregg Cook (top)
Here's a ride well worth the price of admission! Expect an indoor cycling workout filled with world-class coaching, motivation, incredible energy and style. Then wipe the sweat from your eyes as your Schwinn® Master Trainer hands you not only one detailed handout with all the components of this ride broken down including music, cueing, imagery, and cues, but a second complete ride ready to go, for FREE. It's the ultimate cycling 2-for-1. (SU3M) (course outline)

Sunday 1:00pm - 2:30pm

BENDER BARRE NONE with Leslee Bender (top)
This session is the first to bring the only "safe" Barre training to fitness professionals. Why lose countless students to Barre studios when you can offer a class on your schedule!! Barre is the next hot movement class. This session will review all the principles of how to teach safely and effectively, reviewing how to hold posture and muscle activation. Come and lengthen and strengthen your body for an entirely new experience. (SU4A) (course outline)

XERCISE LAB™ RECESS LAB with Jenny Rowe & Breann Mitchell (top)
Xercise Lab® is a new fitness franchise company offering two adult programs (Burn Lab™ and Build Lab™) and one kids program (Recess Lab™). Today, we invite you to become a kid again and give Recess Lab™ a try! It's a pre-choreographed, 45-minute, cardio and strength training program designed for boys and girls ages 4-10. (SU4B) (course outline)

20-20-20 BAREFOOT BODY with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Explore a non-traditional approach to a fusion workout: instead of fusing different disciplines, we have one mind/body workout maintaining faith and reverence to individual disciplines. With separate segments of yoga, Pilates, and standing Chinese mind-body work, discover different ways to link-- not combine--these popular disciplines. This class addresses posture, so you not only gain strength, cardiovascular, and flexibility improvements, but you also improve barefoot health, gait & balance as well! (SU4D) (course outline)

DYNAMAX™ MED BALL: EXPLOSIVE PARTNER TRAINING with Jennifer Widerstrom (top)
Learn explosive partner-based movement patterns that target fast twitch muscle fiber while emphasizing accuracy and coordination. This motivating workout system develops Power and Speed with skills and drills that will get your clients into amazing shape both mentally and physically. (SU4E) (course outline)

THE MOMMY MAKEOVER—THE POSTPARTUM STRENGTH WORKOUT with Irene McCormick, MS (top)
Research tells us pregnant women enjoy and benefit tremendously from exercise during all three trimesters of pregnancy as well as after post-partum. This session will explore the issues related to post-partum women, and address her unique postural issues, muscular imbalances, and increased body fat due to pregnancy. Learn to customize a strength program that will address problem areas, blast fat, and strengthen abdominal muscles that can go a long way in achieving immediate results post-partum and beyond. (SU4F) (course outline)

JOINT INTEGRITY AND INJURY PREVENTION: SHOULDER AND SPINE. with Michol Dalcourt (top)
TThe shoulder and the spine are inseparable. What affects one, will surely affect the other. In everything that we do, the shoulders and spine have a significant role. Only recently has a new understanding emerged regarding these two important areas of the body. Michol will take you through the newest research in a fundamental and practical workshop. He will explain: how to assess proper shoulder and spine function; how the shoulders and spine are vital for effective and purposeful movement; what an effective shoulder/spine exercise is; the six steps in choosing the right shoulder/spine exercise for your client; practical anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder and spine. (SU4G) (course outline)

SUGAR SABOTAGE! WHAT TO USE? with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
It's in everything! Hum? Sugar or artificial sweeteners? What should you use? Let's see! There's Splenda, Equal, Sweet-n-Low, Sugar Alcohols, Stevia, Asulfame K, Lakanto, real sugars and more! Learn the truth and understand the acceptable daily intake, the composition, metabolism and safety including their effects on appetite, weight loss, fat storage and your overall health. Highly effective for everyone! (LECTURE) (SU4H) (course outline)

ASSESSMENT and PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HIP with Adam Wolf, PT (top)
This hands-on workshop will address the functional anatomy of the hip and explore useful assessment techniques the health professional can successfully use to determine the action of the hip and its chain reaction throughout the whole body. The attendee will gain an understanding of the expected biomechanical reactions of movement and some of the common compensations through these assessment tools. (SU4I) (course outline)

FLEXING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA MUSCLE with Jeff McMullen (top)
Are you overwhelmed by the amount of time and knowledge it takes to keep up with the cyberspace world? FaceBook and Twitter have you sweating bullets? Still unconvinced that it could have a dramatic impact on your fitness career? Join Jeff McMullen, international fitness presenter, as he provides social media information that can dramatically increase your business growth and earning potential. Learn the new "do's" and "don'ts" on how to create and online presence in less than 30 minutes a day. (SU4J) (course outline)

FLUID FUSION with Manuel Velazquez (top)
Through a non-purist approach, embark on a physical, psychological and spiritual journey, exploring the philosophies and concepts behind T'ai chi, Qi Gong, Pilates and Yoga and how they interrelate to one another in the water - for all populations. Learn how to synergistically design choreographed exercise to heighten your participants' states of awareness—all the while improving your participants' muscular endurance, strength, coordination and core stabilization. (SU4K) (course outline)

KICKIN' IT IN THE POOL with Jen Keet, MS (top)
Add some power and purpose to your aquatic workout as you bring Martial Arts into the pool. This workshop examines how to use disciplines from Tai Chi to Boxing in the water. From theoretical background to practical application, this workshop offers a great way to mix up the experience you deliver to your classes. Punch, Block and Kick new energy into your next class! (SU4L) (course outline)