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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Friday 7:30am - 9:00am

CORE CONNECTION (info) (course outline)
BOSU® HIIT EXTREME ( (info) (course outline)
BODYFLOW® (info) (course outline)
JUNGSHIN® FITNESS (info) (course outline)
360 TRAINING: HIT IT HARD! (info) (course outline)
STRENGTH 101: START HERE FIRST (info) (course outline)
CLEANSE FOR LIFE (info) (course outline)
KETTLE WEIGHT BOOTCAMP FITNESS (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: HIIT IT! (info) (course outline)
AQUA DANCE PARTY (info) (course outline)
WATER CARDIO AND CORE (info) (course outline)
MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES (info) (course outline)
KRANK FUSION™ (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Friday 10:00am - 11:30am

CARDIO 101: START HERE FIRST! (info) (course outline)
ZUMBA TONING® (info) (course outline)
PILOXING® (info) (course outline)
SOLE TRAINING® (info) (course outline)
RED LINE CIRCUIT (info) (course outline)
LEADING TO WIN (info) (course outline)
COMPREHENSIVE CARBOHYDRATES (info) (course outline)
SEMI-PRIVATE PERSONAL TRAINING (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: YOU HAD ME AT HELLO (info) (course outline)
LINK OR SINK: THE NEXT STEP (info) (course outline)
AQUATIC FOUNDATIONS (info) (course outline)
REHABILITATIVE PILATES WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® (info) (course outline)
INTRODUCTION TO KRANKING® (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)
FEET AND FUNCTION WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® (info) (course outline)
KETTLE WIGHT BASIC TRAINING (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)
CREATIVE LANGUAGE AND CUEING: KRANKING & INDOOR CYCLING™ (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.)

THE MASALA BHANGRA WORKOUT® (info) (course outline)
GROUP RX: RIP (info) (course outline)
SHEANETICS™ (info) (course outline)
AQUATIC EXCELLENCE : AQUATIC MANAGEMENT FOR PROFIT SEMINAR (info) (course outline)
FLAB TO FAB: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO NUTRITIONAL FAT LOSS (info) (course outline)
AQUA MIXOLOGY (info) (course outline)
¡AY CARAMBA! AQUA (info) (course outline)
INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Friday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

ZUMBA TONING® (info) (course outline)
BOSU® CRUSH IT (info) (course outline)
CARDIO DANCE: DEFY GRAVITY! (info) (course outline)
PUTTING "INTENSITY" BACK INTO T'AI CHI (info) (course outline)
SMRT-CORE™ MOVEMENT (info) (course outline)
ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HIP (info) (course outline)
CARDIO REINVENTED (info) (course outline)
ARMED AND DANGEROUS (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: ENERGIZE AND SOCIALIZE (info) (course outline)
WATERinMOTION™: WAVE 8 (info) (course outline)
INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN (info) (course outline)
KRANKING® AND THE PERSONAL TRAINER (info) (course outline)

Friday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

STEPTONIC™ (info) (course outline)
BOSU® MULTIPLICITY (info) (course outline)
FIT CAMP FUSION (info) (course outline)
ZEN MEETS ZENEGRY (info) (course outline)
COUCH TO 5K: THE MINIMAL WAY (info) (course outline)
ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE CORE (info) (course outline)
HIGH OCTANE FUELING (info) (course outline)
KETTLE WEIGHT PROGRAMMING (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)
AQUA HIP & FUNK (info) (course outline)
THE POOL AS A TOOL (info) (course outline)
TNT—TRAMPOLINE—N—TUBING (info) (course outline)
POWER KRANKING™ (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING... TRAINING FOR SPORT & LIFE! (info) (course outline)

Friday 6:45pm - 7:45pm

STEP TILL YOU DROP (info) (course outline)
DANCE WITH GLEE! (info) (course outline)
GROUP RX: REVOLUTION (info) (course outline)
TRAINING THE HEART WITH COLOR: THE JOHNNY G ENERGY TRAINING SYSTEM™ (info) (course outline)

Friday 6:30pm - 8:00pm

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY ADDRESS - PANEL DISCUSSION (info) (course outline)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Saturday 7:30am - 9:00am

POWER HOUR: THE S.W.A.T. TEAM WORKOUT (info) (course outline)
DANCETONIC™ (info) (course outline)
FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER (info) (course outline)
SHEANETICS® (info) (course outline)
360 TRAINING: TURN IT UP; TURN IT DOWN: HOW TO PROGRESS AND REGRESS TRAINING INTENSITY (info) (course outline)
3D MATRIX PERFORMANCE SERIES: CORE CONVERSION TRAINING (info) (course outline)
CREAM RISES (info) (course outline)
SALSA HIP HOP CUBA SWIFT STYLE (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)
HIIT TRAINING: SWEAT 2 WET (info) (course outline)
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… (info) (course outline)
INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN (info) (course outline)
TRAINING THE HEART WITH COLOR THE JOHNNY G ENERGY TRAINING SYSTEM™ (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 10:00am - 11:30am

ZUMBA TONING® (info) (course outline)
PILOXING® (info) (course outline)
FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER (info) (course outline)
CORE COMMOTION (info) (course outline)
ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE FOOT AND ANKLE (info) (course outline)
SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS! PROMISES,PITFALLS & THE GOOD STUFF! (info) (course outline)
ULTIMATE BACK EXERCISES FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND PERFORMANCE (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE TREND REPORT 2012 (info) (course outline)
MOVE, SHAKE, SPLASH! (info) (course outline)
KEEPING IT FRESH (info) (course outline)
JUMPSPORT® FITNESS TRAMPOLINE™: THE BOUNCE IS BACK (info) (course outline)
CREATIVE LANGUAGE AND CUEING: KRANKING & INDOOR CYCLING™ (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)

ZUMBATOMIC® (info) (course outline)
THE MASALA BHANGRA WORKOUT® HIP-HOP STYLE (info) (course outline)
SGT. KEN'S BOOT CAMP: OPERATION EXCESSIVE FORCE™ (info) (course outline)
SMRT -CORE™ MAX (info) (course outline)
HIP HOP HUSTLE™: ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! (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)

BOSU® STRONG + STRETCHED (info) (course outline)
TRI-PLANAR PILATES (info) (course outline)
BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RACE, SEASON 2! (info) (course outline)
AQUA CORE TRAINING (info) (course outline)
HYDRO FLEX-N-FLOW (info) (course outline)
KRANK FUSION™ (info) (course outline)

Saturday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

HORIZONTAL CONDITIONING – STRENGTH & LENGTH (info) (course outline)
BENDER BALL® HEALTHY BACK (info) (course outline)
BODYPUMP® (info) (course outline)
ZUMBA® FITNESS PARTY (info) (course outline)
3D MATRIX PERFORMANCE SERIES: BALANCE ESCALATION TRAINING (info) (course outline)
HIGH VOLTAGE CARDIO (info) (course outline)
DO IT IN THE RAW…EATING THAT IS! (info) (course outline)
CHI-LATES (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: REMIXED AND REDELIVERED! (info) (course outline)
WATERinMOTION™: WAVE 9 (info) (course outline)
INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN (info) (course outline)
POWER KRANKING™ (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RE-CYCLE…CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

FOOLPROOF STEP (info) (course outline)
MAMMA WANTS HER BODY BACK (info) (course outline)
SH'BAM® (info) (course outline)
YOGA RHYTHM DANCE (info) (course outline)
SMRT-CORE™ MOVEMENT (info) (course outline)
ARTISTIC & SCIENTIFIC: THE NEW ERA OF EXERCISE RX (info) (course outline)
CLEANSE FOR LIFE (info) (course outline)
WILLPOWER AND GRACE®: MOVE WITH INTEGRITY (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: 7 SHORTCUTS TO MORE POWERFUL PLAYLISTS (info) (course outline)
KICKIN' IT IN THE POOL (info) (course outline)
AQUA ZEN BY CANDLELIGHT (info) (course outline)
JUMP INTO ACTIVE AGING (info) (course outline)
INTRODUCTION TO KRANKING® (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING…TRAINING FOR SPORTS & LIFE! (info) (course outline)

Saturday 6:30pm - 7:30pm

STEP FACTOR EXPRESS (info) (course outline)
CXWORX® (info) (course outline)
HORIZONTAL CONDITIONING - TAKE HOME THE CHALLENGE (info) (course outline)
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP GROW YOUR BUSINESS (info)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: POWER HOUR! (info) (course outline)
GROUP RX: RIP (info) (course outline)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Sunday 7:00am - 8:30am

BOOTY CAMP (info) (course outline)
BOSU® PILATES 3D (info) (course outline)
BODYCOMBAT® (info) (course outline)
SGT KEN'S OBSTACLE COURSE: OPERATION DEEP IMPACT™ (info) (course outline)
SQUATOLOGY (info) (course outline)
ALL ABOUT ALCOHOL (info) (course outline)
BREATHLESS BODY: THE ULTIMATE CALORIE BURN (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE WAKE UP WORKOUT (info) (course outline)
GENTLE AQUA (info) (course outline)
FLUID FUSION (info) (course outline)
WHERE'S THE PARTY? (info) (course outline)
INTRODUCTION TO KRANKING® (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! (info) (course outline)

Sunday 8:45am - 10:15am

HORIZONTAL BOOT CAMP (info) (course outline)
BALANCED BODY (info) (course outline)
BENDER BARRE NONE (info) (course outline)
ENGAGE…IGNITE…EMPOWER…© (info) (course outline)
SUGAR SABOTAGE! WHAT TO USE? (info) (course outline)
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE: TRAIN THE CHAIN (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: SHORT AND SWEET (info) (course outline)
¡AY CARAMBA! AQUA (info) (course outline)
MULTIDIMENSIONAL MONSTER AQUA CHOREOGRAPHY (info) (course outline)
JUMPSPORT®: BOUNCIN' BOOTY DANCE (info) (course outline)
KRANKING® AND THE PERSONAL TRAINER (info) (course outline)
REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RECYCLE... CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! (info) (course outline)

Sunday 11:15am - 12:45pm

SCULPTONIC™ (info) (course outline)
BOSU® PLYO PROGRESSIONS (info) (course outline)
TABATA BOOTCAMP (info) (course outline)
360 TRAINING: FROM FUNCTION TO PERFORMANCE (info) (course outline)
3D FLEXIBILITY: MOSTABILITY OF THE BODY (info) (course outline)
MEAT OR WHEAT? ANIMAL VS. PLANT FOOD FOR OPTIMAL NUTRITION (info) (course outline)
SGT. KEN'S KETTLEBALL WORKSHOP: OPERATION BREAKING BARRIERS™ (info) (course outline)
SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE (info) (course outline)
HOW TO TEACH THE "WHY?" (info) (course outline)
AQUA CORE TRAINING (info) (course outline)
PILOXING® (info) (course outline)
KRANK FUSION™ (info) (course outline)

Sunday 1:00pm - 2:30pm

STEP SWAP (info) (course outline)
JUNGSHIN® FITNESS FOR THE CORE AND THE GENTLE WARRIOR (info) (course outline)
EQUIPMENT-LESS BOOTCAMP (info) (course outline)
MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES (info) (course outline)
LEARNING TO FUNCTION…ON THE GROUND (info) (course outline)
WOMEN, WEIGHTS AND RESULTS! (info) (course outline)
BODY LEVERAGE TRAINING, NO EQUIPMENT, NO PROBLEM (info) (course outline)
WATER WARRIOR (info) (course outline)
RHYTHM RAPIDS (info) (course outline)
POWER KRANKING™ (info) (course outline)

Friday 7:30am-9:00am

CORE CONNECTION with Jen Hall (top)
The core is the powerhouse of the body and 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 abs 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. You will learn the best core exercises on the planet. (FR1A) (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! (FR1B) (course outline)

BODYFLOW® with Lori Lowell (top)
BODYFLOW® is a yoga, Tai Chi, and Pilates workout that builds flexibility and strength, leaving you feeling centered and calm. Controlled breathing, focused concentration and a carefully structured series of stretches, moves and poses to music creates a holistic workout that brings the body into a state of harmony and balance. (FR1C) (course outline)

JUNGSHIN® FITNESS with Annika Kahn, MA (top)
JUNGSHIN is a high intensity class incorporating a full body workout which uses a unique piece of equipment derived from martial arts: a wooden practice sword. The sword brings an element of combat training, mental focus, and the ability to be radically present as the practitioners slice through the air while kicking, jumping, stretching and targeting their core. It works the body from the INSIDE-OUT and truly is the, NO CHEAT WORKOUT® (FR1D) (course outline)

360 TRAINING: HIT IT HARD! with Abbie Appel (top)
This workshop will push the athletic limit with a focus on two training phases, Athletic Performance and Explosive Power. It will provide your 1-on-1 clients with the experience of conditioning like an athlete with high intensity routines designed specifically for personal training. Agility, acceleration and deceleration become the training methods of choice where increasing power output can make all the difference. (FR1E) (course outline)

STRENGTH 101: START HERE FIRST with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
If you are a group exercise leader teaching any form of strength conditioning to your clients, 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 strength circuit, abs & back core classes, weight-lifting pump classes, or even bootcamp, 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. Address practical examples with bodyweight and handweights and discuss methods for delivering cardiovascular conditioning to clients, with a flexibility component. (LECTURE) (FR1F) (course outline)

CLEANSE FOR LIFE with Christa Schleicher (top)
Claim control over your life through nutrition. Have you asked yourself: Why am I so tired? Why do I crave sweets? Why can't I lose weight? Why do I feel so depressed? Why is my child's life expectancy less than mine? Learn about the impacts of 21st century living on our health. Change the way you see the food you eat, the water you drink and the air you breathe by introducing you to a system that safely and naturally removes harmful impurities from the body while restoring optimal nutrition. (LECTURE) (FR1G) (course outline)

KETTLE WEIGHT BOOTCAMP FITNESS with Sean Armstead, CSCS (top)
As a former Captain in United States Marine Corps Infantry, Sean knows a thing or two about boot camp. An accomplished kettle weight competitive lifter, instructor and strength coach - he combines intelligent kettle weight training concepts with dynamic, integrated body weight movements to..... (FR1H) (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? And what are the best ways to execute this approach in your cycling classes? 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! (FR1I) (course outline)

AQUA DANCE PARTY with Dawn Stenis (top)
Treat your aqua students to a jammin' dance party, all while persuading them to work hard. Take them back in time and invigorate them with the dances they grew up loving on land, but using the properties of water to make it a killer workout! They'll be having so much fun they won't even notice how hard they're working! (FR1J) (course outline)

WATER CARDIO AND CORE with Connie Warasila (top)
It's time to rev up your heart rate and tighten up your center. Combine fast-paced cardio moves with snippets of core-focused exercises to create a class that helps clients identify what challenging, aerobic exercise feels like. Plus, they'll enhance their kinesthetic understanding of their core and discover how to fire it up. It's a two-fer! Finish with a plan you can implement at your next class. (FR1K) (course outline)

MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES 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. (FR1L) (course outline)

KRANK FUSION™ with Pam Bartlett (top)
What do you get when you combine the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix with an indoor cycle?Johnny G the creator of spinning now brings you KRANK Fusion™, the ultimate full body experience. When you bring the Johnny G KRANKcycle by Matrix into the indoor cycling room and combine an equal number of bikes to an equal number of KRANKcyles, you get a comprehensive full-body workout. It's well balanced, increases strength, improves cardio vascular fitness and incinerates calories. KRANK Fusion will enhance your current programming, as well as bring a whole new audience into your studio. (FR1M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS and 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. The introductory instructor training workshop – This is How We Ryde! -- builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving participants a glimpse into the RealRyder® Indoor Cycling methodology and teaching system. Come experience the future of indoor cycling, today! No one has our ryde! (FR1N) (course outline)

Friday 10:00am-11:30am

CARDIO 101: START HERE FIRST! with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
If you are a group exercise leader teaching any form of 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. Address practical examples with music, cueing, creating effective warm-ups, and methods for delivering cardio conditioning to clients, with a flexibility component. (FR2A) (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! (FR2B) (course outline)

PILOXING® with Viveca Jensen (top)
Transform yourself into a tough and agile boxer, 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 and 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. This new has been featured on TV shows such as The Doctors, Access Hollywood, and ET! and in magazines including Shape, Fitness Magazine, Redbook, O Magazine, Elle, Vogue, OK!, People and US Weekly. (FR2C) (course outline)

SOLE TRAINING® with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
For 30+ years, fitness shoe technology have 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. This workshop offers thought-provoking information for your clients; from athletes to older adults. Sole Training® not a sweaty workout, but a proactive approach to awakening your kinetic chain from the ground up, by a leader in the foot-fitness category. (FR2D) (course outline)

RED LINE CIRCUIT with Jay Blahnik, Josh Crosby and Keli Roberts (top)
It's time to get amped up, get competitive and get ready to rumble. This workshop is designed to give you new ideas for bootcamp and circuit classes that are designed to amplify camaraderie, team spirit and competition, and get results while maximizing the fun factor. You will not even know you are working out, but you will push your limits as you work in partners and tribes to help take your team to the championship! Perfect for all levels of fitness, these ideas will put a new surge of energy into your bootcamp and circuit training classes! (FR2E) (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) (FR2F) (course outline)

COMPREHENSIVE CARBOHYDRATES with Fabio Comana, MA, MS, CSCS (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) (FR2G) (course outline)

SEMI-PRIVATE PERSONAL TRAINING with Sean Armstead, CSCS (top)
This workshop will assist the personal trainer in developing and/or enhancing their ability to execute an effective movement screen, along with understanding client goals by generating a program that will address both the needs and wants of "apparently healthy" clients from a variety of backgrounds. During today's economically stressful times, prospective clients will be excited to experience a training approach that can be more affordable, fun and transformative. Semi-private training is not to be confused with Group Training, as you will be taught to provide movement based training where 2-4 clients will be working off of separate, individualized programs. (FR2H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: YOU HAD ME AT HELLO with Jeffrey Scott (top)
Don't miss this opportunity to identify, practice and implement some of the most important communication skills you need to be a world-class cycling instructor, (and learn the common pitfalls you'll definitely want to avoid!) Experience a self-assessment to help you pinpoint places for improvement and leave with a before, during and after class communication checklist sure to help every group cycling instructor better connect with and inspire a room full of riders. This workshop includes a complete ride experience with detailed notes. (FR2I) (course outline)

LINK OR SINK: THE NEXT STEP with Connie Warasila (top)
Creating innovative movement plans for water fitness classes can be as easy as A, B, C. Take a bit of structure, add a splash of spice, and connect the pieces like a puzzle for an exercise experience that seems more play than work. Walk away with YOUR new class to teach at home. (FR2J) (course outline)

AQUATIC FOUNDATIONS with Jeff McMullen (top)
New to the aquatic fitness arena? Maybe it's time to explore the possibilities of expanding your fitness knowledge in the pool environment. Apply your land based knowledge to a new aquatic environment and expand your teaching and income possibilities. Examine the similarities and explore the differences that exist between land and water – learn the theory and examine the principles behind submerged resistance, drag, eddy, viscosity and buoyancy; appropriate music use and movement vocabulary, the advantages of teaching on deck and the benefits of aquatic exercise for varied fitness levels. Walk away with a class design you'll be able to teach Monday morning, ready to go! (FR2K) (course outline)

REHABILITATIVE PILATES WITH THE CHIBOLSTER® with Leslee Bender (top)
Why are so many students getting injured in large Pilates classes? Well it was never meant to be an aerobic class, but originally designed for rehabilitation one on one. So 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 better health and above all pain free movement. Experience a safer approach to Pilates and learn techniques to critically think as a trainer to suit a client's individual needs. (FR2L) (course outline)

INTRODUCTION TO KRANKING® with Pam Bartlett (top)
Discover how fitness innovator Johnny G, founder of Kranking® and creator of Spinning®, revolutionizes the way you think about exercise! Kranking provides a fun and effective cardiovascular and strength-training workout while increasing balance and symmetry in the upper body. Find out how to integrate the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix into your facility: From 1 on 1, or in a circuit to 4 on the floor in small group training with a Personal Trainer, combined with the indoor cycle for the ultimate, calorie-incinerating full-body workout, or Kranking classes using the Johnny G Energy Training System, see how the KRANKcycle has become the most exciting and effective piece of upper-body cardiovascular and strength training equipment in the industry! (FR2M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! with Douglas Brooks, MS and Adam Reid (top)
With Douglas Brooks and Adam Reid In any cycling race, cyclists believe each ryder carries a box of wood-stick matches. Every time you attack or push out of your comfort zone it costs you a "stick." More fit ryders have more sticks to burn. Learn the drills and skills that will keep you ryding at the front of the pack. If you want to incinerate the calories and improve fitness quickly, you've got to build a bigger matchbox. Build the confidence to burn your last match and lay it all on the line! Get fit, fast and powerful by capturing the thrill of interval training at its best! (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 Stephanie Masceri, MED (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! (FR3A) (course outline)

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! (FR3E) (course outline)

KETTLE WEIGHT BASIC TRAINING with Sean Armstead, CSCS (top)
Foundational kettle weight lifting, combined with a large number of kettle weight movements into goal oriented circuits to engage, stimulate and develop clients in private and semi-private personal training settings. (FR3H) (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. (FR3I) (course outline)

CREATIVE LANGUAGE AND CUEING: KRANKING & INDOOR CYCLING™ with Yvonne Juarez (top)
What do you get when you combine the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix with an indoor cycle? A total-body training experience that conditions, strengthens and tones both the upper and the lower body in one dynamic training session. See how Johnny G, the creator of spinning, once again changes the way you interact with your class participants. In this session you'll learn how to adapt your cueing and coaching skills for creating a powerful and effective training session using language that inspires and motivates participants to achieve their performance goals while using training techniques, drills and heart rate games utilizing both the upper body and lower body in one indoor cycling class! (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)

THE MASALA BHANGRA WORKOUT® with Sarina Jain (top)
Dance your way to fitness! The Masala Bhangra Workout® is derived from the Indian words for Masala, which means spicy in Hindi, and Bhangra, which is a traditional folk dance from the northern state of Punjab, India. It's an exercise dance routine that modernizes high-energy Bhangra dance steps and blends it with the exhilaration of Bollywood. The Masala Bhangra Workout® proudly holds claim to be the first ever introduction of Indian dance to the global fitness scene to be certified by the American fitness boards. This unique dance mixes cardiovascular endurance with fun, and is suitable for participants of all ages and fitness levels. You've seen fitness personality and creator, Sarina Jain on Fit TV, now come experience for yourself why everyone's talking about the Masala Bhangra Workout®! Balle Balle! (FR3B) (course outline)

GROUP RX: RIP with Brad Dale, PT, MDT, Wendy Dale, MS & Kristen Livingston, MA, ED (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! (FR3C) (course outline)

SHEANETICS™ with Shea Vaughn (top)
SheaNetics® is the newest mind-body program—a Revolutionary Lifestyle and Exercise Practice blending yoga, pilates, tai chi, martial arts, GYROKINESIS, dance, and more emphasizing Tri-Core Power Training developing all three core regions. The heart of this practice is the Five Living Principles of Well-Being. Get in shape, feel great, and naturally embrace ongoing life-healthy choices. (FR3D) (course outline)

AQUATIC EXCELLENCE : AQUATIC MANAGEMENT FOR PROFIT SEMINAR with Sara Kooperman, JD (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! (LECTURE) (FR3F) (course outline)

FLAB TO FAB: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO NUTRITIONAL FAT LOSS with Mike Bracko, EDD, CSCS, FASCM (top)
Apply your land based knowledge to a new aquatic environment and expand your teaching and income possibilities. Examine the similarities and explore the differences that exist between land and water – learn the theory and examine the principles behind submerged resistance, drag, eddy, viscosity and buoyancy; appropriate music use and movement vocabulary, the advantages of teaching on deck and the benefits of aquatic exercise for working with special populations. Walk away with a class design you'll be able to teach Monday morning, ready to go! (FR3G) (course outline)

AQUA MIXOLOGY with Dawn Stenis (top)
You know that interval training is a highly effective training technique, but it takes a bit of discipline on the instructor's part. If there are a lot of distractions on your pool deck, and you don't want to keep a close eye on a clock or a stopwatch, try mixing it up with intermittent training. You can make your job easier, and still deliver and intense workout by inserting intermittent power bursts and bouts of active recovery throughout the class. You will increase your participants' fitness levels as well as the fun factor with this perfect cocktail, producing a workout that's shaken—not stirred. (FR3J) (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! (FR3K) (course outline)

INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN with Jay Blahnik and Josh Crosby (top)
Dubbed "the perfect calorie burn," Indo-Row® is a one-of-a-kind rowing workout that truly changes the way you think about group exercise. Working in teams, partners and as one crew, get world-class coaching and a transforming, total-body workout that leaves you begging for more. Easy to learn, Indo-Row® is perfect for group exercise instructors and personal trainers. No experience is necessary. (FR3L) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS and 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. The introductory instructor training workshop – This is How We Ryde! – builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving participants a glimpse into the RealRyder Indoor Cycling methodology and teaching system. Come experience the future of indoor cycling, today! No one has our ryde! (FR3N) (course outline)

Friday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

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! (FR4A) (course outline)

BOSU® CRUSH IT with Douglas Brooks, MS (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? (FR4B) (course outline)

CARDIO DANCE: DEFY GRAVITY! with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Cardio Dance: 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! (FR4C) (course outline)

PUTTING "INTENSITY" BACK INTO T'AI CHI with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Often conceptualized as "for the elderly exerciser," the martial arts of Chi 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 (with continuous lower-body strength exercises), cardio junkies the ability to dance mindfully while barefoot (with nonstop upper-body and lower-body integration), and type "A" individuals the ability to slow down and focus (with challenging moving meditation), T'ai Chi offers intensity usually unexplored in the Western world. (FR4D) (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. (FR4E) (course outline)

ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE HIP with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (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. (LECTURE) (FR4F) (course outline)

CARDIO REINVENTED with Fabio Comana, MA, MS, CSCS (top)
Frustrated with ineffective programs that fail to deliver? Do your programs fail to hit weight loss goals or push athletes through plateaus? Blame it on older standardized programming guidelines. Why use MHR-based programs for cardio when MHR offers no correlation to performance? If metabolism is as unique as your fingerprint – so should your programs. Learn the latest research and metabolic significance behind VT1 and VT2 and understand how to program around these markers for true results for weight loss and performance. Rethink the way you train for cardio…retrain the way you think about cardio programming. (LECTURE) (FR4G) (course outline)

ARMED AND DANGEROUS with Abbie Appel (top)
Discover new ways to strengthen and chisel the upper body one-on-one or in a group. Challenge your body with tubing, as well as your own body weight, hit all the major hot spots for muscle conditioning in this workout and focus on creating balance for optimal posture. By experiencing innovative combos for group weight training, you'll be inspired to customize these moves for your members back home. (FR4H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: ENERGIZE AND SOCIALIZE with Julz Arney (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! (FR4I) (course outline)

WATERinMOTION®: WAVE 8 Sara Kooperman, JD, Connie Warasila, Jen Keet, Jeff McMullen, Melissa Layne, MED & Manuel Velazquez (top)
WATERinMOTION® WAVE 8 is the next addition to this aquatic exercise series. Learn how to accommodate special populations using progressions and regressions to tailor-fit this hot new program to every participant. See how intensity intervals can challenge experienced practitioners, those recovering from injury, the young, the old, and everyone in between, while working within their respective limits. Along with easier to learn, carefully refined choreography and a new, eclectic mix of music to satisfy every age group, catch the wave! (FR4K) (course outline)

INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN with Jay Blahnik and Josh Crosby (top)
Dubbed "the perfect calorie burn," Indo-Row® is a one-of-a-kind rowing workout that truly changes the way you think about group exercise. Working in teams, partners and as one crew, get world-class coaching and a transforming, total-body workout that leaves you begging for more. Easy to learn, Indo-Row® is perfect for group exercise instructors and personal trainers. No experience is necessary. (FR4L) (course outline)

KRANKING® AND THE PERSONAL TRAINER with Yvonne Juarez and Pam Bartlett (top)
Come experience why the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix® is becoming the most versatile piece of upper body cardio and strength training equipment in the industry! Personal Trainers can incorporate Kranking® into their client programming, helping them to restore upper body balance and symmetry, increase strength and endurance, and effectively manage weight. This session introduces Fitness Professionals to three practical methods of integrating Kranking® into their program design, using Personal Training protocols, small group training and circuit training. During the workout we'll feature KRANK Circuit™ - a brand new spin on circuit training! (FR4M) (course outline)

Friday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

STEPTONIC™ with Amy Nixon (top)
StepTonic™ is a completely new way to step! This fresh, empowering, intriguing 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)

BOSU® MULTIPLICITY with Jay Blahnik & Mindy Mylrea (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. (FR5B) (course outline)

FIT CAMP FUSION with Gay Gasper (top)
This workshop is geared to the instructor who wants to teach hard core athletic choreography without the boots! In this clinic you will learn a variety of cardiovascular exercise patterns interval-ed with creative strength and integrated power segments. This interactive workshop will include various ideas for a stationary fitness circuit designed for maximum results. (FR5C) (course outline)

ZEN MEETS ZENERGY with Irene McCormick, MS, CSCS (top)
Experience a blend of "Zen" (activities that engage the core and challenge the mind), with a powerful blast of explosive "Zenergy," (high-intensity cardio intervals) that is totally effective and intense! Following the ACSM ratios for interval training, this workout is a 2:1 format that is both explosive and effective for individuals who wish to learn how to incorporate intervals of core-based movements into their traditional fitness classes. We use YES Fitness Music for this amazing workout that is reproducible and "Monday morning ready" for you start teaching immediately! (FR5D) (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. (FR5E) (course outline)

ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE CORE with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (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) (FR5F) (course outline)

HIGH OCTANE FUELING with Fabio Comana, MA, MS, CSCS (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) (FR5G) (course outline)

KETTLE WEIGHT PROGRAMMING with Sean Armstead, CSCS (top)
This workshop discusses strategies, key considerations and methods that will empower participants to effectively implement kettle weight training in a private or semi-private session. (FR5H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: RIDE ONE, GET ONE FREE with Jeffrey Scott (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. (FR5I) (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. (FR5J) (course outline)

THE POOL AS A TOOL with Dawn Stenis (top)
Sure, noodles , buoys and gloves all have a place in our water workout but what about using the pool as a tool? Utilizing all the principles of water, we will create ten new choreography concepts focusing on inertia, turbulence, buoyancy, drag and action/reaction. You will leave with an arsenal of information without having an arsenal of equipment. (FR5K) (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! (FR5L) (course outline)

POWER KRANKING™ with Pam Bartlett (top)
Give your arms a turn with an incredible upper body strength and cardiovascular workout! The Johnny G KRANKcycle by Matrix allows you to tap into the athletic potential of your upper body in ways never before imagined. POWER Kranking® uses the KRANKcycles independent crank arms to recruit the muscles of the arms, shoulders, back, chest, and core in a high intensity workout guaranteed to break any misconceptions about the value of using the upper body as a form of cardio and strength training! Experience why the American Council on Exercise, (ACE) considers Kranking to be a calorie burning exercise on par with most lower body training modalities. (FR5M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING... TRAINING FOR SPORT & LIFE! with Leslee Bender(top)
Propel functional training to the next level by leveraging the dynamic movement exclusive to the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle. The only indoor bike that offers safe, tri-planar training, the RealRyder® Bike is paving a new path as a motion resistance tool that helps your 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 could be the best Rx for fun, injury prevention and compromised knees and backs. Join us for the ryde of your life! (FR5N) (course outline)

Friday 6:45pm - 7:45pm

STEP TILL 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. Excite and ignite your step followers with fresh ideas. Enjoy the last 20 minutes of class using the new MUSCLE BAR tool. The Muscle Bar includes the bar, weights, covered slastic tube, $20 DVD starring Gay Gasper, drawstring backpack, and a fantastic workout! Every participant receives this $73.99 value FREE with their $10 registration! This class will sell out!!! MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6A) (course outline)

DANCE WITH GLEE! with Julz Arney (top)
Calling all GLEEks! Come learn the GLEE numbers that made you jump off the couch and wish you were in the club. Dance your teen angst away, then let Julz show you how to simplify any music video or TV performance into something your classes can use to melt calories and win at Regionals!. MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6D) (course outline)

GROUP RX: REVOLUTION with Brad Dale, PT, MDT, Wendy Dale, MS, & Kristen Livingston, MA, ED (top)
Want to revolutionize your cycling classes? This pre-choreographed cycling class brings the outdoor ride inside. Kill the calories as you interval train through sprints and climbs. Revolution matches proven cycling techniques with awesome music that caters to all fitness levels. Group Rx gives you all the tools. We've done all the work, now put your personal stamp on it and join the Revolution! No CECs. MASTERCLASS: FREE FOR MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (FR6I) (course outline)

TRAINING THE HEART WITH COLOR: THE JOHNNY G ENERGY TRAINING SYSTEM™ with Audrey Lee, PHD (top)
Nearly 20 years ago, Johnny G was amongst the first to introduce Heart Rate training to the general fitness population through the use of Heart Rate Monitors. The Johnny G Energy Training System presents a more complete approach to the practice of enhancing your training through observation of your heart in part through the use of color. In this session we'll show you how to enhance your training by using color as a means to communicate about, and monitor intensity. Using the MYZONE® color-coded monitoring system, we will show you how to make your workouts more fun, more effective, and more measurable! (FR6M) (course outline)

Friday 6:30pm - 8:00pm

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY ADDRESS - PANEL DISCUSSION With Sara Kooperman, JD, Lori Lowell, Fabio Comana, MA, MS, Mindy Mylrea, Lawrence Biscontini, MA, Jay Blahnik & Scott Josephson (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. (FR6F) (course outline)
6:30pm - 7:30pm (Panel Discussion)
7:30pm - 8:00pm (Round Table Breakouts)

Saturday 7:30am - 9:00am

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! (SA1A) (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. (SA1B) (course outline)

FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER with Jen Hall & Heather Gidusko (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: 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. (SA1C) (course outline)

SHEANETICS® with Shea Vaughn (top)
SheaNetics is a Revolutionary Lifestyle Wellness and Exercise Practice blending Yoga, Pilates, T'ai 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. (SA1D) (course outline)

360 TRAINING: TURN IT UP; TURN IT DOWN: HOW TO PROGRESS AND REGRESS TRAINING INTENSITY with Abbie Appel (top)
Learn to meet the specific needs of small group training participants with just enough intensity and variation. With the help of the Step360, uncover progression options to increase total energy expenditure and regression options to simplify, allowing less to be more. This will help teach trainers and instructors the movements needed to reach all populations, along with an easy to learn way to assess and choose the appropriate exercise options for all clients. (SA1E) (course outline)

3D MATRIX PERFORMANCE SERIES: CORE CONVERSION TRAINING with with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (top)
This session will discuss what constitutes the core and how to best train it for better function. The Principle-Strategy-Technique Process of Applied Functional Science™ will be introduced and participants will learn more on how this influences the core by going through the Core Conversion workout. Various positions and actions to functionally feed the core in all three planes of motion will be leveraged, thus creating a workshop that you will not want to miss! (LECTURE) (SA1F) (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) (SA1G) (course outline)

SALSA HIP HOP CUBA SWIFT STYLE with Cuba Swift (top)
Salsa Hip Hop 1 is a fun filled dance workout designed for all levels. This unique concept combines Latin Afro Cuban and Urban rhythms along with Cuba Swift's creative teaching methods that will teach you how to dance salsa hip hop, all while burning calories and breaking a sweat. Cuba's high energy personality will ignite the passion and fire in you to break loose on the dance floor. (SA1H) (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. (SA1I) (course outline)

HIIT TRAINING: SWEAT 2 WET with Jeff McMullen (top)
Let's head to the pool and give high intensity interval training a new twist! Bootcamp style calanetics, sport specific drills, and even familiar sequences take on new meaning TABATA style! Discover how to create unique and challenging water workouts by combining the intensity of interval training with the power of deep or shallow water. Learn the principles of TABATA style training as they apply to class format and workout design. Varying intensity, speed, water depth, and ROM styles will enhance flexibility, muscular and aerobic endurance. Refresh your existing program by offering interval based activities in a suitable for all ages and abilities. (SA1J) (course outline)

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… with Irene McCormick, MS, CSCS (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! (SA1K) (course outline)

INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN with Jay Blahnik and Josh Crosby (top)
Dubbed "the perfect calorie burn," Indo-Row® is a one-of-a-kind rowing workout that truly changes the way you think about group exercise. Working in teams, partners and as one crew, get world-class coaching and a transforming, total-body workout that leaves you begging for more. Easy to learn, Indo-Row® is perfect for group exercise instructors and personal trainers. No experience is necessary. (SA1L) (course outline)

TRAINING THE HEART WITH COLOR THE JOHNNY G ENERGY TRAINING SYSTEM™ with Audrey Lee, PHD (top)
Nearly 20 years ago, Johnny G was amongst the first to introduce Heart Rate training to the general fitness population through the use of Heart Rate Monitors. The Johnny G Energy Training System presents a more complete approach to the practice of enhancing your training through observation of your heart in part through the use of color. In this session we'll show you how to enhance your training by using color as a means to communicate about, and monitor intensity. Using the MYZONE® color-coded monitoring system, we will show you how to make your workouts more fun, more effective, and more measurable! (SA1M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS and 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. The introductory instructor training workshop – This is How We Ryde! – builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving participants a glimpse into the RealRyder Indoor Cycling methodology and teaching system. Come experience the future of indoor cycling, today! No one has our ryde! (SA1N) (course outline)

Saturday 10:00am - 11:30am

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! (SA2A) (course outline)

PILOXING® with Viveca Jensen (top)
Transform yourself into a tough and agile boxer, 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 and 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. This new has been featured on TV shows such as The Doctors, Access Hollywood, and ET! and in magazines including Shape, Fitness Magazine, Redbook, O Magazine, Elle, Vogue, OK!, People and US Weekly. (SA2B) (course outline)

FLIRTY GIRL™ TEASER with Jen Hall & Heather Gidusko (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: 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. (SA2C) (course outline)

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. (SA2E) (course outline)

ASSESSMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING FOR THE FOOT AND ANKLE with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (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) (SA2F) (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) (SA2G) (course outline)

ULTIMATE BACK EXERCISES FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND PERFORMANCE with Mike Bracko, EDD, CSCS, FASCM (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. (SA2H) (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. (SA2I) (course outline)

MOVE, SHAKE, SPLASH! with Dawn Stenis (top)
Your students love to move and shake with great choreography, but they love POWER too. Make a splash and give them the best of both worlds! Learn how to strategically place bouts of power into your water fitness classes, and then incorporate them seamlessly into your choreography. Your class will feel both familiar and fresh, allowing your students to be successful and challenged at the same time. (SA2J) (course outline)

KEEPING IT FRESH with Jen Keet (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 have ever felt in a rut. (SA2K) (course outline)

JUMPSPORT® FITNESS TRAMPOLINE™: THE BOUNCE IS BACK with Abbie Appel, Irene Lewis-McCormick, MS, CSCS & 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! (SA2L) (course outline)

CREATIVE LANGUAGE AND CUEING: KRANKING & INDOOR CYCLING™ with Yvonne Juarez and Pam Bartlett (top)
What do you get when you combine the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix with an indoor cycle? A total-body training experience that conditions, strengthens and tones both the upper and the lower body in one dynamic training session. See how Johnny G, the creator of spinning, once again changes the way you interact with your class participants. In this session you'll learn how to adapt your cueing and coaching skills for creating a powerful and effective training session using language that inspires and motivates participants to achieve their performance goals while using training techniques, drills and heart rate games utilizing both the upper body and lower body in one indoor cycling class! (SA2M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS and 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. The introductory instructor training workshop – This is How We Ryde! -- builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving participants a glimpse into the RealRyder® Indoor Cycling methodology and teaching system. Come experience the future of indoor cycling, today! No one has our ryde! (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)

ZUMBATOMIC® with Stephanie Masceri, MED(top)
Designed exclusively for kids (ages 4-12), Zumbatomic® classes are rockin', high-energy fitness parties packed with specially choreographed, kid-friendly routines and all the music kids love, like hip-hop, reggaeton, cumbia, and more. Parents love Zumbatomic® because of the effects it has on kids, increasing their focus, self-confidence, metabolism, and coordination. Zumbatomic® meets family fitness goals by giving parents a great reason to head to the gym–for themselves, their kids, and a totally fun, family experience! (SA3A) (course outline)

THE MASALA BHANGRA WORKOUT® HIP-HOP STYLE with Gail Barranda Rivas (top)
Masala means "spicy" in Hindi, Bhangra is a folk dance from the northern part of Punjab, India. Music, celebration, and the beat of the dhol drum are the life of Bhangra; glitz and glamour are the heart of Bollywood. Feel that funky Masala rhythm as you flow through challenging and traditionally inspired moves from India. Come experience why artists such as Jay-Z, Missy Elliot, Britney Spears, and Lady Gaga are so drawn to this style of music and dance. The Masala Bhangra Workout® is a great calorie/fat burning, muscle building exercise workout. Whether you're looking to spice up your usual workout routine, or just wanting something different to get your groove on, the Masala Bhangra Workout® Hip-Hop Style is guaranteed to challenge your endurance, work your muscles, and leave you feeling exhilarated! Balle Balle! (SA3C) (course outline)

SGT. KEN'S BOOT CAMP: OPERATION EXCESSIVE FORCE™ with Sgt. Ken Weichert (top)
This session utilizes highly effective physical fitness training techniques practiced by the U.S. military. Complete with aerobic conditioning drills, calisthenics, SPRI® tubing and Step360™ exercises, you'll burn over 1,000 calories in 75 minutes! SGT Ken will lead you through a series of heart-pounding military exercises, cadence calls, and fierce kickboxing drills, all to upbeat music. Over 250,000 Soldiers have used SGT Ken's program to prepare for combat! Participants will experience the complete workout, followed by a lecture on program preparation and implementation, and receive a handout on instructor guidelines. (SA3E) (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. (SA3H) (course outline)

HIP HOP HUSTLE™: ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN with Angie Green (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! (SA3L) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: BURN YOUR LAST MATCH! with Douglas Brooks, MS and Adam Reid (top)
In any cycling race, cyclists believe each ryder carries a box of wood-stick matches. Every time you attack or push out of your comfort zone it costs you a "stick." More fit ryders have more sticks to burn. Learn the drills and skills that will keep you ryding at the front of the pack. If you want to incinerate the calories and improve fitness quickly, you've got to build a bigger matchbox. Build the confidence to burn your last match and lay it all on the line! Get fit, fast and powerful by capturing the thrill of interval training at its best! (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 Sara Kooperman & Erin Kelly (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. (SA3F) (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)

BOSU® STRONG + STRETCHED with Julz Arney (top)
The BOSU® Balance Trainer is one of the fitness industry's best strengthening and stretching accessories, and this workshop covers both! First, you will learn brand-new athletic, total body exercises and sequences that are designed to functionally strengthen the body from head to toe, and can be used in any type of strength, sculpt or conditioning workouts. Then, you will learn a variety of yoga-inspired stretch sequences that utilize the Balance Trainer to make easy stretches more challenging, and tough stretches easier to do! These stretch sequences can broken up to be used for short and sweet cool-down routines, or connected together for full-length stretch workouts. Don't miss this chance to get the best of both worlds! (SA3B) (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! (SA3D) (course outline)

BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS with Fabio Comana, MA, MS, CSCS (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) (SA3G) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN RACE, SEASON 2! with Keli Roberts (top)
Whether it's track, road, mountain, cyclocross, 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! Capture the thrill of bike racing in your indoor classes and bring an authenticity to your rides that will inspire your students to train hard and fight for the finish. This workshop includes a primer on bike racing and a how-to for 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 beyond the physical that make for an unstoppable athlete! (SA3I) (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. (SA3J) (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. (SA3K) (course outline)

KRANK FUSION™ with Pam Bartlett (top)
What do you get when you combine the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix with an indoor cycle?Johnny G the creator of spinning now brings you KRANK Fusion™, the ultimate full body experience. When you bring the Johnny G KRANKcycle by Matrix into the indoor cycling room and combine an equal number of bikes to an equal number of KRANKcyles, you get a comprehensive full-body workout. It's well balanced, increases strength, improves cardio vascular fitness and incinerates calories. KRANK Fusion will enhance your current programming, as well as bring a whole new audience into your studio. (SA3M) (course outline)

Saturday 2:15pm - 3:45pm

HORIZONTAL CONDITIONING – STRENGTH & LENGTH with Sandra Koulourides, MS, RD (top)
Horizontal Conditionings' strength and intesity fused with the much needed flexibility and lengthening of yoga for a perfectly balanced workout. Do not be mislead...this is not an easy class. It is just a new way of teaching a very difficult class. Horizontal Strength & Length is a fast pace class that it sure to challenge even the most advanced students and client. (SA4A) (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.. (SA4B) (course outline)

BODYPUMP® with Sheldon McBee, MS and Angel Santiago (top)
BODYPUMP® is the original barbell class that strengthens your entire body. This 60-minute workout challenges all your major muscle groups by using the best weight-room exercises like squats, presses, lifts and curls. Great music, awesome instructors and your choice of weight inspire you to get the results you came for – and fast! (SA4C) (course outline)

ZUMBA® FITNESS PARTY with Stephanie Masceri, MED (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! (SA4D) (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! (SA4E) (course outline)

3D MATRIX PERFORMANCE SERIES: BALANCE ESCALATION TRAINING with with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (top)
This session will showcase how to load the entire hip three-dimensionally with authentic motion in allowing balance to enhance the function of any patient/client. The Principle-Strategy-Technique Process of Applied Functional Science™ will be introduced and participants will learn more on how this influences balance training by going through the Balance Escalation workout, creating a workshop that will dramatically impact how you train the body! (SA4F) (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! (SA4G) (course outline)

CHI-LATES with Lawrence Biscontini, MA (top)
Unlock the chi potential of your body between floor-based Pilates moves fused with standing T'ai Chi movements for an undulating experience in functional training. Gain muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and gait improvement with the fusion of ancient Eastern and new Western exercises: Our music - especially created for the class - changes from Western to Chinese in five minute segments. (SA4H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: REMIXED AND REDELIVERED! with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Refresh and invigorate your next indoor cycling class without having to completely change the way you teach! Learn how to remix and redeliver the great cues, drills and interactive moments you're already teaching to make your rides feel brand new. We'll take a dozen classic indoor cycling elements seen in class after class and spin them off in ways that will make you say, "I never thought of that!" You'll leave with a pocketful of inspiration and new tools for recreating fantastic workout moments for your students in a snap. (SA4I) (course outline)

WATERinMOTION®: WAVE 9 with Connie Warasila, Sara Kooperman, JD, Jen Keet, Melissa Layne, MED, Jeff McMullen & Manuel Velazquez (top)
WATERinMOTION®: WAVE 9 is the next addition to this aquatic exercise series. Learn how use noodles in the water to spice up your WIM routine and add an element of athleticism to the mix. This session ends with an aqua flexibility track, and includes a ton of rhythm influences in the newly refined music which complements the updated choreography, sure to help you catch the wave! (SA4K) (course outline)

INDO-ROW®: THE PERFECT CALORIE BURN with Julz Arney and Josh Crosby (top)
Dubbed "the perfect calorie burn," Indo-Row® is a one-of-a-kind rowing workout that truly changes the way you think about group exercise. Working in teams, partners and as one crew, get world-class coaching and a transforming, total-body workout that leaves you begging for more. Easy to learn, Indo-Row® is perfect for group exercise instructors and personal trainers. No experience is necessary. (SA4L) (course outline)

POWER KRANKING™ with Pam Bartlett (top)
Give your arms a turn with an incredible upper body strength and cardiovascular workout! The Johnny G KRANKcycle by Matrix allows you to tap into the athletic potential of your upper body in ways never before imagined. POWER Kranking® uses the KRANKcycles independent crank arms to recruit the muscles of the arms, shoulders, back, chest, and core in a high intensity workout guaranteed to break misconceptions about the value of using the upper body as a form of cardio and strength training! Experience why the American Council on Exercise, (ACE) considers Kranking to be a calorie burning exercise on par with most lower body training modalities. (SA4M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RE-CYCLE… CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! with 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.) (SA4N) (course outline)

Saturday 4:00pm - 5:30pm

FOOLPROOF STEP with Abbie Appel (top)
Experience this user-friendly and fun choreographed step class that's filled with plenty of creative ideas. Learn the simple steps and skills necessary to teaching choreography that appeals to all of your members. Review proven layering techniques to create built-in modifications and logical progressions. Walk away with 3 easy-to-teach and easy-to-learn combinations, surprise yourself by teaching them on Monday morning and making it look easy! (SA5A) (course outline)

MAMMA WANTS HER BODY BACK with Jen Hall (top)
There are 7 major changes from 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 there body back. (SA5B) (course outline)

SH'BAM® with Sheldon McBee, MS (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! (SA5C) (course outline)

YOGA RHYTHM DANCE with Sara Kooperman (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. (SA5D) (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. (SA5E) (course outline)

ARTISTIC & SCIENTIFIC: THE NEW ERA OF EXERCISE RX with Mike Bracko, EDD, CSCS, FASCM (top)
This presentation is a "must see" for fitness pro's wanting to recharge their batteries for exercise prescription. In this inspiring presentation you will walk away with a latest research on alternative exercise prescriptions and you will be challenged to "think outside the box" relating to social concepts and personal motivators for exercise adherence. Motivation for fitness will be discussed relating to different levels of fitness, "fitness desire," and fitness personalities. Training clients can be challenging (for client and trainer), and we need provide clients, and us, with motivated, and "fresh" work-outs using objective and subjective methods of exercise prescription. (LECTURE) (SA5F) (course outline)

CLEANSE FOR LIFE with Christa Schleicher (top)
Claim control over your life through nutrition. Have you asked yourself: Why am I so tired? Why do I crave sweets? Why can't I lose weight? Why do I feel so depressed? Why is my child's life expectancy less than mine? Learn about the impacts of 21st century living on our health. Change the way you see the food you eat, the water you drink and the air you breathe by introducing you to a system that safely and naturally removes harmful impurities from the body while restoring optimal nutrition. (SA5G) (course outline)

WILLPOWER AND 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! (SA5H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: 7 SHORTCUTS TO MORE POWERFUL PLAYLISTS with Julz Arney (top)
Don't spend another unproductive minute planning music for your rides. In this workshop we'll take a deep dive into mapping music effectively, using different genres, creating music-themed stages, managing insights from students, even how to surprise and delight with musical contrast. Then, let the Seven Shortcuts to More Powerful Playlists equip you with a simple strategy for assembling hype soundtracks that fire up your riders, leaving you with more time to do what you love…teach! Workshop Bonus: Access to hundreds of songs that are working magic in classes across the country. (SA5I) (course outline)

KICKIN' IT IN THE POOL with Jen Keet (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! (SA5J) (course outline)

AQUA ZEN BY CANDLELIGHT with Connie Warasila (top)
Slip into the pool and experience a relaxing blend of ancient movement forms (yoga and Tai-Chi) and more contemporary mind/body movement (Ai-Chi, Pilates, dance, aqua movement). You will journey to a place of deep physical and mental relaxation while practicing breathing techniques, centering, balance, core control, and free-flow forms. Wash away the day's tension and stress. Float away refreshed, renewed and calm. (SA5K) (course outline)

JUMP INTO ACTIVE AGING with Irene McCormick, MS, CSCS (top)
Trampoline fitness offers ALL the benefits of exercise, and the JumpSport® Fitness Trampoline™ offers a safe and effective workout for adults who want to maintain their health and fitness well into their later years. The flexible mat allows for invigorating cardio options that increase lean mass, decrease fat, and strengthen bones, without the impact associated with exercises such as walking and running. The exercises presented in this session are safe for those with fragile conditions, and can be progressed or regressed for a variety of fitness levels to enhance muscular strength and endurance, as well as promote balance through use of the sturdy handle. Come and learn about the benefits of using trampolines to encourage active aging! (SA5L) (course outline)

INTRODUCTION TO KRANKING® with Pam Bartlett (top)
Discover how fitness innovator Johnny G, founder of Kranking® and creator of Spinning®, revolutionizes the way you think about exercise! Kranking provides a fun and effective cardiovascular and strength-training workout while increasing balance and symmetry in the upper body. Find out how to integrate the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix into your facility: From 1 on 1, or in a circuit to 4 on the floor in small group training with a Personal Trainer, combined with the indoor cycle for the ultimate, calorie-incinerating full-body workout, or Kranking classes using the Johnny G Energy Training System, see how the KRANKcycle has become the most exciting and effective piece of upper-body cardiovascular and strength training equipment in the industry! (SA5M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: TRI-PLANAR RYDING… TRAINING FOR SPORTS & LIFE! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (top)
Propel functional training to the next level by leveraging the dynamic movement exclusive to the RealRyder® Indoor Cycle. The only indoor bike that offers safe, tri-planar training, the RealRyder® Bike is paving a new path as a motion resistance tool that helps your 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 could be the best Rx for fun, injury prevention and compromised knees and backs. Join us for the ryde of your life! (SA5N) (course outline)

Saturday 6:30pm - 7:30pm

STEP FACTOR EXPRESS with Gay Gasper (top)
There is no fear – only fun! – when stepping with Gay Gasper. From the first National Step Champion herself, this workout offers an energizing mix of powerful moves and a variety of ever-changing combinations to sharpen your step skills. Experience this dynamic workout step by step along with Gay! MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA ATTENDEES/$20 Non-Attendees. NO CECs. (SA6A) (course outline)

CXWORX® with Sheldon McBee, MS & Angel Santiago(top)
CXWORX® is a 30-minute class that targets all the muscles in your torso. It's set to the latest music, and features revolutionary choreography that is backed by scientific research. It's designed to take your current training regime to the next level, and will work well alongside other group fitness or personal training programs in clubs. FREE MASTERCLASS: No CECs (SA6C) (course outline)

HORIZONTAL CONDITIONING—TAKE HOME THE CHALLENGE with Sandra Koulourides, MS (top)
Horizontal Conditioning is a high-intensity group exercise class. A one-of-a-kind workout people grow to love. If you have hard-core clientele who are looking for a challenge, this is your opportunity to add Horizontal Conditioning to your group exercise schedule. Learn how to begin teaching Horizontal Conditioning. Explore how Horizontal moves and classes evolve. Learn how to start with the basics and creatively add intensity as you and your class grow stronger. This master class is NOT a workout; it is an instructional class. Participants must have attended at least one Horizontal Conditioning class prior to taking this class. MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA Attendees / $20 Non-Attendees. No CECs. (SA6D) (course outline)

SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES THAT WILL HELP GROW YOUR BUSINESS with Bryan Daddio (top)
Discover a social media strategy that suits your needs for ultimate results. In this session, Bryan will discuss ways to maximize your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn results. Whether your considering social media marketing or have been using it with frustrating results, join Bryan and learn more on how to optimize your exposure. FREE MASTERCLASS: No CECs (SA6F)

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. (SA6I) (course outline)

GROUP RX: RIP with Brad Dale, PT, MDT, Wendy Dale, MS & Kristen Livingston, MA, ED (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!MASTERCLASS: $10 MANIA Attendees / $20 Non-Attendees. No CECs. (SA6L) (course outline)

Sunday 7:00am - 8:30am

BOOTY CAMP with Jen Hall (top)
You have heard of Boot Camp but have you ever heard of Booty camp for the Bun and legs? 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. (SU1A) (course outline)

BOSU® PILATES 3D with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Are you ready to dimensionalize your Pilates repertoire? The BOSU® Balance Trainer and Ballast Ball are the perfect accessories to bring a wide range of Pilates exercises into the third dimension. In this workshop, you'll experience ways to execute traditional mat and equipment based Pilates exercises, coupled with the Balance Trainer and Ballast Ball. From the most advanced to the least experienced, this workshop will leave you with unlimited ideas as well as dynamic and fresh content to use with a student, client, one-on-one training and in group settings. Come challenge your core and train the whole body! (SU1B) (course outline)

BODYCOMBAT® with Sheldon McBee, MS and Angel Santiago (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. (SU1C) (course outline)

SGT KEN'S OBSTACLE COURSE: OPERATION DEEP IMPACT™ with Sgt. Ken Weichert (top)
This session includes a series of military functional fitness drills designed to target every muscle in your body and burn over 700 calories in 60 minutes. Deep Impact specializes in combining diverse movements and endurance and strength challenges. It challenges you to perform the muscular endurance and aerobic conditioning drills with little or no break in between exercises. Best of all, this program is designed to function as a military-style obstacle course. Hooah! (SU1E) (course outline)

SQUATOLOGY with Lenny Parracino(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. (LECTURE) (SU1F) (course outline)

ALL ABOUT ALCOHOL with Melissa Layne, MED (top)
Alcohol is not just an energy source, but 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 is wanting to know: the fattening power of alcohol and the effect on the appetite! All about alcohol presented in an easy to understand format with photos, illustrations and analogies. (SU1G) (course outline)

BREATHLESS BODY: THE ULTIMATE CALORIE BURN with Amy Dixon (top)
You've heard the hype, now come experience what it is all about in this super effective calorie torching system inspired by the Tabata interval protocol. This workshop will break down the mystique behind Tabata training and dive into the science behind High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), as well as provide you with tons of progres-sive drills and exercises to help you bring the heat back to your main studio classes. GO BIG, GO BREATHLESS AND FEEL THE DIFFERENCE! (SU1H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: THE WAKE UP WORKOUT with Doris Thews (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! (SU1I) (course outline)

GENTLE AQUA with Irene McCormick, MS, CSCS (top)
This low impact water workout is an excellent choice for persons who cannot withstand the constant repetition of rebounding in water. Alternatively using yoga and Pilates-based techniques, this workout offers flexibility and nonimpact, shallow water toning. (SU1J) (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 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. (SU1K) (course outline)

WHERE'S THE PARTY? with Genelle Seward, MA (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! (SU1L) (course outline)

INTRODUCTION TO KRANKING® with Yvonne Juarez (top)
Discover how fitness innovator Johnny G, founder of Kranking® and creator of Spinning®, revolutionizes the way you think about exercise! Kranking provides a fun and effective cardiovascular and strength-training workout while increasing balance and symmetry in the upper body. Find out how to integrate the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix into your facility: From 1 on 1, or in a circuit to 4 on the floor in small group training with a Personal Trainer, combined with the indoor cycle for the ultimate, calorie-incinerating full-body workout, or Kranking classes using the Johnny G Energy Training System, see how the KRANKcycle has become the most exciting and effective piece of upper-body cardiovascular and strength training equipment in the industry! (SU1M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: THIS IS HOW WE RYDE! with Douglas Brooks, MS and 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. The introductory instructor training workshop – This is How We Ryde! – builds on the history of indoor cycling, giving participants a glimpse into the RealRyder Indoor Cycling methodology and teaching system. Come experience the future of indoor cycling, today! No one has our ryde! (SU1N) (course outline)

Sunday 8:45am - 10:15am

HORIZONTAL BOOT CAMP with Sandra Koulourides, RD, MS (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. (SU2A) (course outline)

BALANCED BODY with Gay Gasper (top)
In this workshop you will learn how to produce a "balanced body" by implementing various fitness equipment, such as BOSU, stability balls or weighted balls to promote universal body control. Discover various exercise patterns, skills and drills to enhance and heighten your students equilibrium. Practice numerous exercises that will challenge and increase your clients' cardiovascular system, muscular strength and endurance as well as flexibility. (SU2B) (course outline)

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 own 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. (SU2E) (course outline)

ENGAGE…IGNITE…EMPOWER…© with Fabio Comana, MA, MS, CSCS (top)
What differentiates great trainers from good trainers? It is their ability to engage individuals to build rapport, ignite their passions to help create a vision for change, and then empower these individuals self-sufficiency with memorable experiences. These skill sets transcend far beyond the exercise sciences. It is an art form involving the much-needed skills in rapport-building, motivational interviewing, distinguishing ambivalence from resistance, personality indexing, neuro-linguistic programming, behavioral change / stage of behavior skills; and avoiding personality conflict. Join this session to learn key coaching strategies to use to empower clients. Rise above the mediocrity of the masses – differentiate yourself to become a great professional. (LECTURE) (SU2F) (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) (SU2G) (course outline)

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE: TRAIN THE CHAIN with Stacey Lei Krauss (top)
Our foot, by design, should properly dissipate ground reaction forces through our innate loading response and dense network of sensory receptors. However, exercising with traditional shoes does not enhance foot or ankle function; some studies suggest that traditional footwear impairs the foot's perception of reaction forces, resulting in increased stress to the body. This workshop prepares fitness pros 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." (SU2H) (course outline)

SCHWINN® CYCLING: SHORT AND SWEET with Amy Dixon (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. (SU2I) (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! (SU2J) (course outline)

MULTIDIMENSIONAL MONSTER AQUA CHOREOGRAPHY with Melissa Layne, MED (top)
It's time to take your aqua choreography to the next level with different dimensions in the pool. With creative uses of flotation, suspension, anchoring, rebounding, lever length and partner work, you will walk away with a dozen new combinations that will turn your "ho-hum" class into a "multidimensional monster". (SU2K) (course outline)

JUMPSPORT®: BOUNCIN' BOOTY DANCE with Jeff McMullen (top)
BOUNCE into a new approach to dance training and be introduced to the benefits of the JumpSport® Fitness Trampoline™. Name your style - hip hop, Latin, jazz? The possibilities are endless! Learn how to synergistically combine the cardiovascular benefits of a dance routine with the reactive surface of trampoline and triple the training effect your students or client's experience, during their workouts, no matter what their fitness level or ability. Refresh your existing dance based program with the integration of a new tool and have your students clamoring at the door to get into your classes. Walk away from this session with enough choreography nuggets you can use Monday morning, ready to go! (SU2L) (course outline)

KRANKING® AND THE PERSONAL TRAINER with Yvonne Juarez and Pam Bartlett (top)
Come experience why the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix® is becoming the most versatile piece of upper body cardio and strength training equipment in the industry! Personal Trainers can incorporate Kranking® into their client programming, helping them to restore upper body balance and symmetry, increase strength and endurance, and effectively manage weight. This session introduces Fitness Professionals to three practical methods of integrating Kranking® into their program design, using Personal Training protocols, small group training and circuit training. During the workout we'll feature KRANK Circuit™ - a brand new spin on circuit training! (SU2M) (course outline)

REALRYDER® INDOOR CYCLING: RECYCLE... CLASS PLANNING IN MINUTES! with Douglas Brooks, MS & Adam Reid (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. (SU2N) (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)

BOSU® PLYO PROGRESSIONS with Amy Dixon (top)
Quick, explosive and reactive movement is essential for developing the athleticism necessary for sport and life. Moving is one thing, but how fast you respond by decreasing "coupling" time off the floor is another! This workshop focuses on lower and upper body plyometric progressions, which can be appropriate for most of your clients or athletes. Don't be intimidated by plyo training! Come and learn the drill mechanics, teaching cues and progressions to successfully implement this type of training into fitness and sport programs. (SU3B) (course outline)

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. (SU3C) (course outline)

360 TRAINING: FROM FUNCTION TO PERFORMANCE with Abbie Appel (top)
It's time you experienced 360 Training! Learn a specific training system that features 3 minute routines through 6 phases of training with 0 rest. This new 3-6-0 training system allows every participant to develop strength, balance and movement integrity within large group programs and classes. Training on the Step360's responsive and reactive surface will leave you feeling energized and ready for more.(SU3E) (course outline)

3D FLEXIBILITY: MOSTABILITY OF THE BODY with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (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 lecture! (LECTURE) (SU3F) (course outline)

MEAT OR WHEAT? ANIMAL VS. PLANT FOOD FOR OPTIMAL NUTRITION with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (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! (LECTURE) (SU3G) (course outline)

SGT. KEN'S KETTLEBALL WORKSHOP: OPERATION BREAKING BARRIERS™ with Sgt. Ken Weichert (top)
This session utilizes highly effective physical fitness training techniques practiced by the U.S. military. Complete with aerobic conditioning drills and newly featured KettleBALL calisthenics, you'll burn over 700 calories in 60-minutes and work every muscle in your body! The SPRI® KettleBALL is designed like a kettle weight, but with the texture and size of a highly durable medicine ball. Kettle weight training just got safer! SGT Ken will lead you the same muscle-targeting techniques used to prepare Soldiers for combat. Participants will experience the complete workout, followed by a lecture on program preparation and implementation, and receive a handout on instructor guidelines. (SU3H) (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. (SU3I) (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. Throughout a lecture and a workout, you will 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. (SU3J) (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. (SU3K) (course outline)

PILOXING® with Viveca Jensen (top)
Transform yourself into a tough and agile boxer, 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 and 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. This new has been featured on TV shows such as The Doctors, Access Hollywood, and ET! and in magazines including Shape, Fitness Magazine, Redbook, O Magazine, Elle, Vogue, OK!, People and US Weekly. (SU3L) (course outline)

KRANK FUSION™ with Pam Bartlett (top)
What do you get when you combine the Johnny G KRANKcycle® by Matrix with an indoor cycle?Johnny G the creator of spinning now brings you KRANK Fusion™, the ultimate full body experience. When you bring the Johnny G KRANKcycle by Matrix into the indoor cycling room and combine an equal number of bikes to an equal number of KRANKcyles, you get a comprehensive full-body workout. It's well balanced, increases strength, improves cardio vascular fitness and incinerates calories. KRANK Fusion will enhance your current programming, as well as bring a whole new audience into your studio. (SU3M) (course outline)

Sunday 1:00pm - 2:30pm

STEP SWAP with Amy Nixon (top)
The revolutionary teaching style simplifies individual move breakdown and combo creation. Our method can help you catalog your ever-growing inventory of moves with clarity and organization -- allowing you to surprise your class with a new little twist of fun... every time you teach. (SU4A) (course outline)

JUNGSHIN® FITNESS FOR THE CORE AND THE GENTLE WARRIOR with Annika Kahn (top)
This is a different course in the Jungshin programming, which includes two distinct workouts: The first is a core focused class, which uses a sword to give you a workout from the inside-out; the second is a slower Jungshin program designed for the deconditioned, older, or newer participant. The wooden practice sword is a unique piece of equipment derived from martial arts, and brings an element of combat training, mental focus, and the ability to be radically present as the practitioners slice through the air while kicking, pressing and stretching to target the core. (SU4B) (course outline)

EQUIPMENT-LESS BOOTCAMP with Abbie Appel (top)
This one of a kind, high-intensity workshop was designed to help you train your clients and classes ANYWHERE. By utilizing bodyweight, learn to control the body, develop speed, endurance, strength, coordination, and power. Blocks of timed strength moves and cardio drills offer inexpensive ideas to challenge your participants while using no equipment. (SU4C) (course outline)

MYOFASCIAL COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES 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. (SU4E) (course outline)

LEARNING TO FUNCTION…ON THE GROUND with with Lenny Parracino, CMT, FAFS (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! (SU4F) (course outline)

WOMEN, WEIGHTS AND RESULTS! with Scott Josephson, MS, RD (top)
Outstanding results can be obtained by understanding the body composition and physiology of females. Additionally, various hormone changes occur in-conjunction with a solid weight-training program. Learn the quantities of protein, fat and carbohydrate intake in-conjunction with various exercise protocols to make a tremendous difference in your physique! Learn and explore the practical link between the physiological and functional needs to create a superb training program for females. (LECTURE) (SU4G) (course outline)

BODY LEVERAGE TRAINING, NO EQUIPMENT, NO PROBLEM with Mike Bracko, EDD, CSCS, 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. (SU4H) (course outline)

WATER WARRIOR with Connie Warasila (top)
Become a champion for high intensity water fitness! A new wave of fit and skilled clients is looking for fresh ways to stay fit and healthy. What better place than the water ?– it offers the perfect environment for high intensity training without the risk of injury. Learn the tricks of the trade for adding intensity, motivating clients and attracting fit exercisers to the pool. (SU4J) (course outline)

RHYTHM RAPIDS with Jen Keet (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. (SU4K) (course outline)

POWER KRANKING™ with Pam Bartlett (top)
Give your arms a turn with an incredible upper body strength and cardiovascular workout! The Johnny G KRANKcycle by Matrix allows you to tap into the athletic potential of your upper body in ways never before imagined. POWER Kranking® uses the KRANKcycles independent crank arms to recruit the muscles of the arms, shoulders, back, chest, and core in a high intensity workout guaranteed to break any misconceptions about the value of using the upper body as a form of cardio and strength training! Experience why the American Council on Exercise, (ACE) considers Kranking to be a calorie burning exercise on par with most lower body training modalities. (SU4M) (course outline)