Asia Fitness Convention 2012

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You are either working with someone who has back pain, has had back pain or will have back pain. 85% of people will experience lower back pain during. Lower back pain is second only to the common cold for visits to the doctor. The general public and media perpetuate outdated or inaccurate information. Providing scientifically sound information can better serve customers and generate additional business opportunities.

Pelvic alignment can have more mechanical influence over the rest of the body than any other structure. Assessing the pelvis statically and dynamically can provide tremendous insight into what the hips, lumbar spine and the rest of the kinetic chain will do dynamically. Understanding the dysfunctions associated with pelvic misalignment can assist you in developing the safest and most effective exercise programs without reinforcing compensations.

Balance and reactive training come in many forms and are not one in the same. Responses and outcomes vary depending on the tool used, when it is used and how it is used. When applied appropriately, this training methodology has many valuable applications in fitness, rehabilitation and sports performance. We’ll look at some of the more popular tools-the “do’s” and “don’ts” and some applications you may have never thought of. Experience balance and reactive training 2.0.

Experience a dynamic, challenging and fun Pilates Mat class designed specifically to develop core strength, lumbopelvic stability and a strong upper body for recreational athletes. The class will focus on feeling, understanding and using the muscular sling system to develop dynamic strength for functional activities.

Learn key concepts for effective core training in this hands on workshop combining key anatomical concepts with essential exercises. Use The Anatomy in Three Dimensions™ system to build the diaphragm, spinal muscles, iliopsoas, quadratus lumborum, pelvic floor and abdominals in order to gain a clear understanding of how the core muscles work while learning essential exercises to use with clients. This is a great way for movers to learn, understand and apply anatomy in their training.

Discover the impact that Pre-Gen micro cycles have on performance, injury prevention and overall tissue tolerance associated with sport-specific movement patterns. Learn the many benefits of Myofascial Compression Techniques (MCT) in conjunction with muscular movement patterns and the transfer of energy and power throughout the body. See your clients reap the rewards of enhanced performance through improved muscle pliability, flexibility and greater joint range of motion by activating the fascial planes of the body and utilizing true functional movement prep.

Building a better base and a solid platform for human movement is paramount to achieve higher levels of performance. The foot is the foundation for every step you take; redefine the suspension of the lower leg so that optimal movement of the foot and lower leg can occur. This session will give you a comprehensive understanding of the foot as the foundation of human movement. Addressing the muscles of the lower leg allows you to free the foot for proper muscle activation and allow the optimization of the eccentric force of the rear foot for improved speed, agility and quickness.

Release Your Strength from the ground up. SMRT-CORE Max is a total body workout using the GRID™ revolutionary foam roller by Trigger Point Performance, to create a proprioceptive enriched environment and provide self-myofascial release while performing the exercises. All exercises in the warm-up, strength, and cardio phase are taught using a multi-level teaching approach, which provides options for levels 1-3

The dietary supplement industry is a multibillion dollar market, with over 29,000 supplements available. With all of these products and marketing hype, our clients are confused. This session will help separate the truth from the fiction and discuss some of the most popular supplements available, like omega-3 fats, creatine, protein and more. You will learn answers to your clients most pressing questions to help them sort through the hype and help you get better results!

Successful weight loss requires 24/7 focus. Learn how to teach your clients behavioral strategies they can use to manage cravings, control portion sizes, eliminate mindless eating and stay motivated outside of their training sessions. Walk away ready to teach your clients new tricks on how to modify eating behaviors in order to successfully tip the scales in their favor!

Session Description: Boot camps have become extremely popular, making it more important than ever to set yourself apart from the competition! Learn proven strategies, such as daily motivational messages, specialty workouts, contests and media outreach, that will drive clients to your camp each month. Increase client base, improve retention and create a one-of-a-kind workout experience!

Nutrition is constantly changing. Low fat today. Low carbs tomorrow. Intermittent fasting is hot. Does it work? Fish oil or krill oil or flax oil? The list can go on. This talk will cover some of the biggest stories and topics in nutrition so you can give your clients the truth about the ins and outs of what works and what doesn’t. Leading the discussion with Douglas Kalman and Fabio Comana.

In this popular and updated session you will learn how to manipulate reps, sets and loads to maximize strength training adaptations. Are you clear on when your athletes and clients should use failure training, and when they should not? You must also know how to manipulate all of the ingredients that make up the “strength recipe.” This fast moving presentation identifies research based periodized approaches that you can use to structure how you vary intensity over specific time periods. You will leave understanding how to direct, control and optimize your clients’, athletes’, and group fitness participants’ strength training results.

Business success is not a given! In fact, more than 77% of businesses fail within the first 5-years of start up dates and only 18 out of 100 businesses survive their 10th anniversary. Understand why businesses fail and ten ways you can avoid making the same mistakes. Learn how to create an unmistakable and professional business image. Learn how to resource outside expertise to shape business policy and direction. Structure a step-by-step business plan that will help you to manage your personal training business for growth and success. Learn to take steps that will help you manage your business for the long-term and keep a sharp management eye focused on the future.

Your athletic training just got legally juiced! Experience challenging new exercises and drills focused on integrated strength and power. This workout is designed to crank up energy, motivation and results! Simple and unique—this hard-core training and hard-core challenge workout “brings it!”

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?

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!

According to the World Health Organization over 171 billion people worldwide are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and the number is only increasing. As a diagnosis that can be controlled through diet and exercise, the fitness professional plays a key role in the prevention and management of this condition. Learn how to design fitness programming for the diabetic client that is safe, effective and follows evidence-based practice.

From heel strike to push-off, our foot dictates the way our body responds – and reacts – to human movement and athletic performance.

The coordinated eccentric and concentric contractions of the foot musculature often dictates the speed, strength and power of an athlete.

Learn how to apply barefoot training principles to optimize foot function in the client or athlete that is looking for an advantage.

Get ready to take the concept of barefoot training to a whole new level!

V-Core® is barefoot balance training workout that is the most functional approach to training the core.

Through specific exercises, V-Core® will enable you improve your foot posture, knee alignment and hip strength which can help eliminate back,

knee and foot pain often associated with poor posture and improper walking.

V-Core® combines the benefits of pilates, yoga and barefoot balance training to bring the focus on preventive medicine and the power of

proper body alignment. We are bringing core training off of the floor!

Zumba Fitness^® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music,
and contagious steps to form a “fitness-party” that is downright addictive.
Beto Perez an fitness instructor at his home town Cali in Colombia,
took an unexpected turn one fateful day in the mid-’90s when he darted off to teach an aerobics class and forgot his traditional aerobics music.
He improvised using his own mix of music from tapes he had in his backpack (salsa and merengue music he grew up with).
Spontaneously he created a new kind of dance-fitness, one that focused on letting the music move you
(instead of counting reps over the music). Energy electrified the room; people couldn’t stop smiling.
His class loved it! And on that day, a revolutionary new fitness concept was born – the Zumba^® Fitness-Party.
Since its inception in 2001, the Zumba program has grown to become the world’s largest – and most successful –
dance-fitness program with more than 12 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 110,000
locations across more than 125 countries.

The art to party yourself into shape That’s exactly what the Zumba^® program is all about. It’s an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-party™ that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health.

What differentiates great trainers from good trainers? It is their ability to engage individuals to build rapport, ignite their passions and empower lifestyle change. These skill sets transcend far beyond the exercise sciences – they are an art form involving the much-needed skills in rapport-building, communication and motivational interviewing, building upon its four pillars – empathy, discrepancy ambivalence and self-efficacy. 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.

Metabolism and fat loss remain highly popular, but controversial and often misunderstood topics in fitness. This session examines key principles of metabolism and fat utilization within the body, and discusses strategies to boost overall calorie burn. Join us to learn some of the latest strategies and applications to influence fatness and fitness

Over 75 % of individuals joining health clubs in the US cite weight loss as a key objective, yet many clients fail to achieve their weight loss goals. While metabolism and weight management is a controversial topic, programming starts with the knowledge of energy balance equations. Fitness professional need time-efficient, yet accurate tools that quantify the energy balance equation – calories in and out. This session present tools to measure the energy balance equation, and also offers other successful strategies to help clients achieve weight loss results

A scientific approach to boosting your metabolic burn. Metabolic Conditioning (MC) is hot, and while many fitness professionals grasp the basic concepts to this training philosophy, many miss opportunities to leverage the secrets of mechanical, neurological, bioenergetic and biological specificity of this training modality. While MC varies by purpose, for most it involves boosting metabolism, to transform fat-to-fit. In this 2-part session, Part One examines current research, training philosophies and strategies that fitness professionals can utilize to influence metabolism and total daily energy expenditure to accelerate results without injury, attrition and failure. Part two will introduce cardio and resistance programs that deliver a metabolic makeover. For all your MC needs, this one-two punch delivers best-in-class solutions.

Coronado, CA. The Beach… Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) physical training 101, forging elite fitness for your mission. Tackle the challenge of a broad, inclusive, constantly varied functional workout performed at high intensity to prepare for the unknown with no room for error. Your team will tackle strength, stamina, endurance, flexibility and durability, the hallmarks of Navy SEAL training. Are you cut out to be the best? “In combat losers don’t live to see another day – You have but one option… to win”

Elastic training offers numerous benefits that extend beyond simple portability that allow us to effectively manipulate the principle variables of load, volume and power for stabilization, strength and explosiveness. Learn unique ways to incorporate Stroops® elastic tubing for any population group; from de-conditioned clients and older adults to elite athletes. This session teaches you how to systematically include elastic resistance into your training phases that address Stabilization, Strength and Power. If load, speed and angulation are part of your training repertoire or you’re seeking unique training ideas, then look no further than Stroops for your training solutions….

Grow your class numbers. Master the art of breaking down even complex choreography in a way that helps ALL participants feel successful. Make every class you teach a multi-level class where both beginners and die-hard steppers feel successful and challenged! Based on Fitness First’s very own Easy Step program taught in over 70 clubs across 7 countries. Discover a foolproof formula to breakdown ANY choreography block in a logical, gradual and balanced way so that it’s easy to follow. Workshop will also cover simple tips to success when faced with participants of varied experience and skills. Theory and practical drills on breakdown choreography in a way that is logical, gradual and balanced.

TRX Training Zone is a new anchoring solution that provides a revolutionary environment for functional circuit training. Learn how to skillfully use all of the elements of the TRX® Training Zone to bring the best of Suspension Training®, Rip™ Training, and Functional Conditioning together in one effective, high energy workout.

Elite military, police forces and fire departments are all faced with a similar requirement. Peak function in potentially life threatening environments. With the stakes so high, the training these athletes use must be founded on science, based in best practices and proven effective. Learn how to apply TRX Training principles in tactical conditioning programs to bring peak functional results.

TRX RIP Training is a functional, integrated, 3 dimensional training system designed to impact posture, stability and movement with maximum efficiency. This hands-on session delves into the sciences at work in RIP Training and how they are applied in a practical, real world setting. Learn the principles that govern this effective new modality and how to integrate them into your training for peak performance.

65 is the new 45″ The older population has never been more motivated to stay active and healthy than right now. Learn how to use the TRX® Suspension Trainer™ to improve function and keep seniors pursuing the activities they love long into their golden years.

Take intensity to a whole new level with this advanced programming session. Learn how to apply the key learnings from both the research behind metabolic training and from the experience of the best field practitioners in the world to build safe, effective and intelligent metabolic training programs. Participants will leave this advanced programming session with a greater understanding of how to optimally enhance the appearance, performance and functionality of clients using an effective, safe and efficient programming model for this incredibly powerful training modality.

Yoga postures can be ideal for building strength and freeing the hips and lumbar spine of tension. In this session you will explore the anatomy of the lumbar and pelvic and the common misalignments and imbalances. We will practice and analysis a series of yoga postures that are ideal for lumbar and pelvic mobility and stability. Learn what to include and what to avoid in a yoga practice for a healthy back.

“No Guts.. No Glory” 90 minute beach workout.. Coronado, CA. The Beach… Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) physical training 101, forging elite fitness for your mission. Tackle the challenge of a broad, inclusive, constantly varied functional workout performed at high intensity to prepare for the unknown with no room for error. Your team will tackle strength, stamina, endurance, flexibility and durability, the hallmarks of Navy SEAL training. Are you cut out to be the best?

Fusion Fitness Training with the foam roller combines the disciplines of yoga, Pilates and fitness conditioning with additional challenge of the foam roller. The instability of the foam roller adds greater neuromuscular challenge to tradition postures and exercises. In this workshop you will learn a series of exercises and postures for strength, balance and flexibility with a focus on form, execution and purpose. This workshop is formatted to give personal trainers and group exercise instructor’s specific techniques blending yoga, pilates and fitness based movements with the foam roller to bring back to your clients.

This workshop is designed to give you the most current information regarding pregnancy and pilates and yoga based exercises. Research in pregnancy and exercise is applied to fusion fitness exercises including exercise precautions at each stage of pregnancy, exercises to strengthen your client’s changing body and stretches to increase the level of comfort during pregnancy. In this workshop you learn how to apply the research on prenatal exercise design and modification/ alternative exercise for your pregnant client.

With changes in healthcare, more and more personal trainers are finding themselves answering questions about sports injuries and designing safe exercise programs for injured clients. In this session, Physical Therapist Terry Kane, will present both the science as well as protocols for personal trainers to increase their confidence and competency in working with this client population. Topics to be discussed include, stages of tissue healing, diagnostic tests, acute management, non-surgical vs. surgical treatments, rehabilitation, post-rehab exercise.

Currently the greatest threat to the lifestyle of adults over the age of forty is osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip, knee and spine. In this session, Physical Therapist Terry Kane will discuss the pathophysiology and latest research in spinal conditions such as spinal stenosis, osteoporosis and others as well as exercise strategies and protocols to optimize spinal mobility and function in this client population

The Fletcher Towelwork® was developed by Pilates Master Ron Fletcher over the course of four decades. Originally designed to stabilize and balance the shoulder girdle, Fletcher Towelworkâ can be applied to Pilates studio, personal training and/or physical therapy settings. A complete Fletcher Towelworkâ program ranges from simple stabilization and range of motion exercises to complex movement patterns that challenge advanced students and athletes alike.

Purpose: The purpose of the workout session is to demonstrate the Fletcher Towelwork® and for delegates to experience the work. The Fletcher Towelwork® is versatile and can be used in combination with other movements such as Pilates Matwork and Fletcher Floorwork®.

The session will provide a discussion of advanced strength and conditioning protocols for the ever-growing popular combat sports of Boxing, Kickboxing, Thai, Wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts. A review of variables and sports specific biomotor-abilities for effective program development will be addressed. Moreover, traditional, and new, innovative, training protocols for maximizing performance in each fighting style will be afforded.

This session will review the short history of sports nutrition, nutrition strategies, nutrition products and discuss how to apply an evidence based-approach for clients as well as for one self when setting goals.

This session will review the energy system demands of training and actual fighting that the Mixed Martial Artists undergoes. This session will also cover how to properly feed and use nutrition strategies with the Mixed Martial Artist for optimal recovery and performance

Power is the single most important factor for determining athletic success. In this session attendees will learn how to improve power production for sport through the use of plyometric training. Appropriate training progressions and modifications based on age, ability and facility design will also be discussed in this lecture/lab session

In order to prepare an athlete for competition a controlled amount of chaos must be introduced into the training environment in order to prepare them for the unpredictable nature of sports. In this session attendees will learn how to incorporate reactive agility training into the training programs of athletes to help improve their speed agility and quickness.

Learn how to disguise work with play and make training session’s fun for a variety of clients and athletes with diverse goals. Attendees will have the chance participate in the hands-on portion of this workshop as games designed to address strength, multidirectional speed and explosiveness, cardiovascular health, and functional performance will be discussed.

In this session the personal trainer will learn how to develop systematic movement preparation programs and progressions based on a variety of motor learning concepts and theories.

This presentation is designed to provide options for the strength and conditioning professional on how to integrate ladder training drills into a comprehensive training program for the athlete in all of us.

In this workshop attendees will gain the necessary expertise to incorporate medicine ball work into the training programs for a variety of clients to improve health, fitness and functional performance for both sports and daily life.

Everyone is always asking you for better abs. Give them what they want while still using smart programming. Get abs for “show” and for “go!” Learn when to follow the rules of ab training – and when to break them. Discover creative new exercises to give clients the best of both worlds and achieve well-developed and well-functioning abdominals. And learn why planks are over-used and why it just might still be acceptable to perform crunches. The exercises are tied together in a complete, progressive training program to start right and finish strong for great-looking, well-performing abs.

Exercise affects the brain more powerfully than it affects the body. Discover the physiology of brain degeneration and regeneration when exercise is employed. And go deeper into your brain by discovering how attitudes, opinions, and feelings about exercise are learned and what it takes to change the learned responses for a more positive result of your efforts. Knowing how to turn this around will powerfully affect your ability to inspire people to fitness and transform lives. Learn drills to engage clients and up the enjoyment of exercise to enhance the exercise experience with emotion.

Everyone needs plyometrics. Life often makes you move in rapid and unpredictable ways. And if life makes you do it, you had better train for it. Fast, explosive movement requires high levels of coordination, reactivity, and agility to produce power when the time comes. Discover the right way to start using upper body and lower body plyometrics, how to progress for higher levels of performance, and avoid common plyometric training mistakes that even some athletes make.

Resistance training typically equals lifting. In the real world, the fittest, most capable people do more than lift against gravity…they shift and twist! Handling gravity and momentum well is essential for precise and powerful movement. No matter what your fitness goal, activity, or sport, movement is essential. Performance improves only when the body is trained to integrate and coordinate movement with simultaneous mental focus and engagement. Discover how the addition of shifting and twisting to your lifting will take your results to new levels!

Spice up your workouts with the real deal! The latest African Hip-Life, Soukous, Makossa, and Zouk with Kukuwa. This workout wakes you up, brings your body to live and pumps fun through your viens, adding enthusiasm and spunk to your world of fitness.

Step up your workout and add some fun, energy, and pizzaz by moving your boombsey with Kukuwa. This cardio workout explosion will have you burning calories and fat sculpting your entire body

Join Lawrence for an in-depth chat about this year’s AFC Fitness Convention. If you are new, you’ll love getting tips on how to make the most out the largest continuing education even in Asia. Get tips from the pros on how to take sessions, how to remember what you learn, and what not to miss. If you are a seasoned “AFC Veteran Attendee,” you’ll definitely want to get a sneak peak at what’s new with insider information that won’t be released anywhere else in the convention….hear it first right here in our chat!

The best communicators in group fitness and personal training incorporate three-part cues often in their teaching strategies: visual, verbal, and kinesthetic. In many ways, it’s not the WHAT we teach but the HOW we teach it that makes a difference so that the widest percentage of learners achieve success, sooner! Learn and practice award-winning ways develop these skills in six easy steps to leave the workshop a better cuer than you entered, guaranteed!

In fitness, we’ve long been developing the newest techniques and trends in isolation and functional training. Join Lawrence in this interactive lecture as we explore at least 10 innovative training techniques for building mental muscle. You will gain an understanding of general brain function during training and during sleep, plus easy techniques for improving both long and short term memory, maximizing alertness, increasing reaction time, and improving overall wellness through mental power! If you are a pt or group ex instructor and don’t know if your clients are right-brained or left-brained, this lecture will help you not only understand what they are, but also help you cue to them in ways they will understand more quickly.

Today’s group fitness professional faces a plethora of exciting challenges, from getting certified, finding work, learning teaching techniques, sourcing music, moves, & choreography, and even sourcing health care. Join Lawrence for an in-depth look at specific sources available to begin, continue, and fast-track your career, gleaning dozens of tips and trends from successful fitness professionals around the globe, all in one lecture. Whether you are newly-certified or have been teaching for a while, if you want to put your finger on the pulse of the group fitness instructor’s path, this lecture will give you a portal to the world of successful group fitness instruction.

Nike Training Club (NTC) is a widely successful app that is available for iPhones and iPads. Leah Kim created two NTC Yoga programs that are featured on the app. She regularly leads NTC Yoga classes in London at various Niketown locations. NTC Yoga is ideal for athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and yoga practitioners who want to move, sweat, and power up the physical aspect of the practice without losing the essence of yoga and breath. It’s an athlete’s approach to the benefits of yoga that yield stronger, longer, and more supple muscles, which provides more body control, and most of all more longevity.

This class will be a solid vinyasa class as taught in Santa Monica / Los Angeles, which is the home of modern vinyasa flow. The focus will be on opening the hips and heart, so it will be a great session to do at the end of a long day at the Convention, to be better primed for the following day of more exercise and movement. Hip-opening releases tension from the hip and lower back area, while heart-opening both calms and energizes on a mental-emotional level.

This class will be a solid vinyasa class as taught in Santa Monica / Los Angeles, which is the home of modern vinyasa flow. It will be a playful, high-energy practice exploring various arm balances and inversions, with a focus on using the core. It will be a great session to do at the beginning of the day or mid-morning, as it will leave you feeling energized and full of positivity.

Barre is the hottest method of training since the Pilates boom!! This is the first and only safe method of Barre training for the fitness professional that will not over utilize the student’s hip flexors creating low back pain or even injuries like many other programs. Ours focuses on the body’s ability to lengthen against gravity and applied functional exercises for all levels of students.

• You do not have to be a classical dancer to appreciate the movement of vertical training for stronger legs butt and back utilizing Gliding™, Bender Ball™ .
• You will be able to lead a successful Bender Barre Method class that your students will be coming back for more
• The best part is there is no Barre required which requires the student to be focused on the goal of each and every exercise creating fantastic results!

This course is a logically safer approach to Pilates mat training due to there is no exercises that will in any way harm either the lumbar or cervical spine due to we do not do antiquated core training on the floor. This is the modern day approach to standing exercises but embracing the principles of ‘contrology” but for today’s’ society and student that spends over 70% of their day sitting over a computer or texting. The core starts from the floor and the feet up and we need to start looking at the ground reaction of gravity to how it affects our body and this session will do just that with the use of small props for a class for the students of today not the elite dancers of Joe’ era.

• Learn how you can still do exercises that have the Pilates feel but standing
• Understand the purpose and WHY of every exercise
• Experience the difference utilizing the BenderBall™ protects the back in ‘ALL’ floor exercises

The chi-bolster is a product you must experience to appreciate. Why do you have low or upper back pain, headaches or even lack of motivation to move. When your fascia becomes dehydrated and you have been training incorrectly you will start to feel the negative affects it has on the rest of your body over time. This session shows you the simple techniques of reflexology and correct movement patterns to give you a healthier you!

• Every fitness professional can use these techniques and understand the simplicity yet complexity of how it works
• Learn how you can integrate all of the techniques into mind body programming
• You will have immediate strategies that will improve your client’s ability to move pain free

A classical approach to the mysterious, genius work of Lotte Berk. In this workshop we will trace the original system back to its roots, learning from her initial repertoire of unique body positions. Her legendary sculpting method coined as “the ultimate body transformation system,” gained popularity for its recognized results: high, lifted gluteals; long, lean dancer-like legs; and washboard abs. Uncover the lost link in mind-body movement systems and rediscover one of the best-kept secrets of its time.

Let’s learn the technical–how to use resistance bands effectively–and the stylistic–how to create a seamless flow between traditional exercises with and without them. Using the resistance band to enhance classic Pilates, Lotte Berk, yoga, strength, and rehabilitative exercises, this workshop will give you many tips and takeaways for adding diversity and originality to your classes or personal training.

Practicing yoga outdoors brings a new spirit of exploration to your mind-body fitness routine. Come sweat and bask in the light of the inner and outer Sun. Flow through the Sun Salutations and embrace the power of yoga–stretching, opening, and strengthening the body.

EVERYONE needs to cross train, and research supports it. This is mind-body cross-training without the madness of most station-circuits! Embark on a mind-body circuit journey: Let Lawrence and Lyndsay act as tour guides as we explore and fuse specific techniques from Feldenkrais, yoga, T’ai Chi, and Pilates. You will gain specific techniques for implementing mind-body elements into your classes as well as class possibilities themselves to create a mind-body circuit back in your clubs. What a great way to expose people to additional benefits of mind-body!

¡Ay CarAmba! is a Latin expression of utter enthusiasm! And this 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 and fused ballroom dancing techniques from Latin styles like Salsa, Tango, Merengue or Cumbia into your cardio/endurance and muscle tone workouts. Posture, alignment and proper core engagement are the key for successful and powerful results. Learn how to make any-body merengue the hips, tango the torso and salsa the legs and shoulders as you have the time of your life! Whether you are Latin-born or Latin challenged ¡Ay CarAmba! is for you!

Latin, creative dance moves and drama. Move your step class to another level with cardio-dance moves over and around the bench. Let your body experience how to get sweat with a little twist of rumba and rhythm using steps that you know with a new focus in fun and dance.

Join this effective and dynamic Aquatic Interval training workshop design to challenge and improve all the energy systems in your body. Cardiovascular capacity, functional strength and muscle reactivity hand by hand to promote the maximum caloric burning in and out of the pool.

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.

Proper movement preparation is the essential way to begin any training bout. It must help prepare the body’s systems for optimal movement and efficiency. In this session, you will learn how to use vipr to properly prepare the muscular, fascial, and neural systems in a flowing routine from beginner to advanced.

Movement and energy system development are symbiotic, you can’t have one without the other. This vipr session is devoted to the principle of metabolic development and the critical role of play. You will learn the key aspects/regulators that are involved in enhancing energy system development while utilizing intent driven drills (i.e. Play). You will also learn how to use vipr in completely different ways (including: partner, ground, and release work)

‘Warding’ drills have been used by athletes for years to elicit athletic gains that can be transferred into sport. A Warding pattern is simply maintaining whole body tension while producing integrated movement patterns (think of a stiff arm in Football or a post up in Basketball). Learn the secrets of why this has such physiological benefit and how we can prescribe Warding drills for general clients right up to athletes.

Shifting is described as moving a mass horizontally a field of gravity. Most of the time, strength programs are solely focused on lifting strategies (namely, moving a mass vertically in a field of gravity). While this offers many training and adaptation benefits, we feel it is incomplete. Join Michol as he discusses the merits of shifting drills and shares biomechanical information to support this training. You will also learn many ViPR Shifting drills to increase foundational and sport strength.

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.

This is truly medicine ball training as you have never experienced it before. Mindy starts you off with a strength and flow warm up that truly is core and more. You will quickly go cardio crazy with med ball in motion combined with cutting edge cardio combos that are super fun and super challenging. Intensity intervals are next focusing on both cardio and strength. An amazing creative floor workout completes this package using the ball to engage and activate even the tiniest of muscles This is a workout not to be missed.

You want ideas for kids – maybe even some game ideas for your adults. Well this is the workshop for you! Mindy is the best at creating fantastic games, drills, and tangible teaching skills for kids programming. Learn 30+ ready-made games for instant application and tried and true terrific teaching techniques for all ages and stages. If you don’t teach kids now, you’ll want to after this workshop. A great workshop also for personal trainers and parents.

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 Booty Beat 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.

Every conditioning program should begin with the Four Step Philosophy; Test, Evaluation, Set Goals and Program Design. By learning athletes’ strengths and weaknesses it is much easier to direct their training and achieve maximum results. Testing also helps determine if the program is effectively achieving the goals desired and most importantly, how the athlete is progressing. In part 1, delegates will participate in Performance Tests; Vertical Jump, Pro-Agility Run and 10-Yard Dash. Coaches will also participate in one of the two Energy System Tests; Anaerobic Test – 300 Yard Shuttle OR Aerobic Test – Beep Test.

Every conditioning program should begin with the Four Step Philosophy; Test, Evaluation, Set Goals and Program Design. By learning athletes’ strengths and weaknesses it is much easier to direct their training and achieve maximum results. Testing also helps determine if the program is effectively achieving the goals desired and most importantly, how the athlete is progressing. In Part 2, results will be reviewed and goals set and sample programs designed.

This lecture will review the benefits of Olympic Weightlifting, program design associated with the lifts as well how they could be incorporated in training specific sports.

This session will teach delegates exercise progressions for the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk.

This lecture will review scientific evidence, clinical impressions theories in long-term athlete development and how training youth athletes can benefit children’s and adolescents’ health, fitness and long-terms athletic development.

This session will review ways in which long term athlete development can be applied to Training Youth Athletes.

A practical session aiming to make the participants to discover and experience the fundamentals of Parkour. Different games, situations and themes will be sat up. The session will include core elements of Parkour such as Challenges and Fears, exploring your environment and learning how to use it in a different way, Creativity, imagination and self expression and Functional Conditioning and spirit (Attitude, behavior, ethos, etc)

Intense practical session focused on the main conditioning drills and principles of Parkour. This is an introduction to the most common conditioning exercises that prepare your body to the very demanding discipline of Parkour incuding Quadrupedal movement, Upper body strength, muscle up, traversing, climp up..etc, Lower body strength, lundges, squats, box jumps and Conditioning through movement

A series of short theoretical/practical sessions introducing the essential Parkour attributes. Different themes will be presented to the participants who are invited to interact through group work and discussion with the coaches. Themes include breaking a jump, Safety / Injuries, the whys and hows of conditioning and exploring your environment.

Keeping members engaged is a full time job but gets a whole lot easier once you know how. Let Mr Retention fill your calendar with fresh ideas to keep your members loyal, active and involved at your club while also promoting referrals, renewals and driving new traffic through the doors. Includes a bag of take-away strategies along with the tools needed to put them into action.

Make any task easier, any challenge achievable and any dream come true with this simple but powerful approach to getting the job done. Use these methods in all facets of your business, health and personal life along with innovative ways to benchmark and monitor the results for the best possible outcomes. These strategies have helped transform ordinary athletes into champions and turn struggling businesses into market dominators.

The best ideas from around the globe examining varying club formats, marketing strategies, layout and design with an exploration of the differing service models to consider along with a range of proven strategies that can be adapted to suit almost any size or style of club. Keep abreast of emerging trends and discover the pitfalls and traps to avoid while staying ahead of the pack. Learn how to move towards strategies that appeal to you and how to compete head on with those that don’t.

As AFC 2012 comes to a close it’s time to consider all you have witnessed, learned and experienced and create an action plan for implementing the best ideas with flawless efficiency.

Not an easy task with so much to do and so little time. Become a master of your world and take control of your destiny with Paul Brown’s winning formula for making the most of every minute.

Leave AFC on a high and feeling ready to be all you can be… it’s about time!

Everyone wants results–but when it comes to pushing for them, some clients avoid HEAVY lifting, SPEED AND IMPACT – 3 parts that come with elite athlete training. What if you could make exercise kinder on the body but still max effort, results, and a metabolic meltdown?! This session will give you all the tools you need to take your training to the next intensity level. Leave with easy to use workout designs to create cutting edge training plans that motivate clients while having fun.

This is a fun and informative workshop incorporating some the Polestar principles work, mat repertoire and programme design. Participants will come away with applicable Pilates matwork tools and a small taste of the Polestar mat training course.

In this 90 minute workshop, based on the work published by Thomas Myers in “Anatomy Trains”, Adam and Andrew give a longitudinal view of the body.

An introduction to the Myofascial Lines of the human body, you will see, feel and gain an understanding of how easy it really is to include this cutting edge science in all of your workouts. You will finish this lecture with a very real and very applicable set of myofascial rules that will simplify the way you train forever.

Kettlebells are rapidly becoming the tool of choice for functional fitness trainers and coaches the world over because of its extreme versatility and multi-modal approach to fitness training. No other single tool can simultaneously develop Strength, Power and Endurance more effectively. Learn how by manipulating the load, the tempo of the lifts and the duration can drastically impact the overall training effect. By mastering the basic lifts, a trainer can effectively program for all levels of fitness.
World-renown coach Steve Cotter will show you how

Steve Cotter will show you how to combine 2 of the most popular training tools today, kettlebells and ropes, to give you fast and effective high-intensity anaerobic conditioning circuits that leaves every muscle in your body begging for mercy. These low tech/high concept tools can create a virtually limitless array of exercise options.

Learn the fundamentals of Kettlebell sport, one of the most grueling tests of mental and physical toughness in the world of sports conditioning. 3 simple lifts, the Clean, the Jerk and the Snatch test every fiber of your being. If you love pushing yourself to your limit, this is the class for you!

A boxing aerobics class that assimilates the fundamental techniques and applicable skills that form the cornerstone of boxing ability – from novice through Olympic-level competition training. Participants learn to relax into combination punching with defensive syncopation and multi-directional footwork patterns – set to a Hip Hop soundtrack.

A cardio movement experience based on authentic Chinese Kung Fu and choreographed into the series of exercises that resemble practice forms. The format is the perfect marriage of fitness, conditioning and true Chinese martial movement

Focuses on developing the core area – abdominals, lower back, and supporting trunk muscles – using a medicine ball and body weight for resistance. The format of the class is based on progressions, building upon a base level towards integrative and more advanced movements. Partner drills are included to increase fun and efficiency.

Enhancing Efficiency in every workout This fascinating workshop provides personal trainers with the basic tenets of the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic education. Come learn how you can assist your clients and yourself become or remain injury free by understanding habitual movement patterns that may be contributing to repetitive injuries and/or training plateaus. Whether your client is an elite professional athlete, recovering from an injury/surgery, or just one of the millions of fitness minded exercisers, Feldenkrais can create an improved awareness that will lead to more efficient performance. This workshop will give personal trainers instant take-away “Oh, Wow” factors from Feldenkrais that they can implement with their clients to improve overall kinesthetic Awareness Through Movement. “Make the impossible, possible, the possible, easy and the easy, elegant” *

This innovative, evolved Pilates experience begins with an overview of the Feldenkrais method and applies it to the traditional, classical mat pilates experience we all know and love. This workshop will give you the ability to refresh the classical repertoire by using a few verbally directed awareness cues that will take your clients mat work experience to the next level!

“You have to know what you are doing in order to do what you want” *

Awareness Through Movement and the ideas of reversibility and increasing the level of challenge and how our ideas of stability and mobility are impacted. By adding movements that demand a higher level of organization, we can make what once seemed challenging quite simple in comparison. See and feel the difference a heightened awareness can have on your own organization and then bring it back to share with your students. Valerie will give all group ex movement leaders– regardless of what they teach– tangible, take-away applications from The Feldenkrais Method that will lead to overall awareness, heightening their roles as kinesthetic educators. This is your chance not only to get a crash course in Feldenkrais, but also to learn with one of the world’s leading educators some practical skills to implement in your class on Monday. Since Valerie holds group ex fitness certifications, teaches different forms of traditional group fitness, and is part of the Feldenkrais guild, she brings you the tripartite bundle of practical experience. This is a rare opportunity to put your finger on the pulse of The Feldenkrais Method and take it to your classes? “…self knowledge through awareness is the goal of education.”*

Created by Black Belt and fitness expert Violet Zaki, ‘Zen Combat’ is a total body workout using basic martial arts and kickboxing inspired techniques in choreographed routines. It promotes both cardiovascular and strength, while improving balance and agility. These moves are easy to follow, non-contact drills and accommodate all fitness levels. Find your inner warrior!

Violet Zaki’s signature workout combines strengthening and stabilizing core moves for a stronger back and leaner abs. Creative moves are incorporated to target the abs and back from various angles. It’s a “no fluff” workout zones in on your abs, cutting to the chase, as you feel your midsection tightening, back strengthening, core stabilizing in short order. Are you ABsessed?

Jomurai is Violet Zaki’s new signature program, an innovative simulated stick fighting workout based on authentic weaponry and traditional fighting techniques used in martial arts. Each participant uses a training stick in blocks and strikes while moving gracefully through choreographed steps and stances called “katas”. The moves are executed with an emphasis on beauty, elegance, precision and power.

Want to create a purposeful workout that delivers maximum results in 20 minutes or less? When training time is compressed, use this easy-to-implement four-step workout design system to create multiple workouts that are jam packed with inspiration and perspiration. Ignite your creativity and discover how combining simple strategies will produce great results.

Life’s most explosive moments appear unexpectedly – is your body ready? This cutting edge session will expose the anatomy of an injury from the myofascial/ neurological perspective to deepen your understanding of trauma. Best training practices will be shared highlighting the essential strategies to reduce risk combined with key practical concepts in exercise design to systematically build an intuitive, injury free body. Preparation fuels prevention.

Want workouts that inspire your clients to bring their best effort, build a body that works, challenge themselves to push harder while experiencing a sense of competitive play? TEAM training methodology gives your workouts a buzz – Together Everyone Achieves More means more results, more camaraderie, more challenge and more fun. This new 2012 “Twist” on small group / bootcamp style training ignites effort and passion to elevate training results and creates a high tempo environment of fun and excitement. Drive all levels of professional, personal and business results to the next level. Experience it now!

The essence of strength, power, speed, agility and quickness is a comprehensive core development plan. Adopt this revolutionary core training system to enhance ground up force production, essential braking skills and explosive rotary power. Impact all levels of performance with a well built core.

Every single person faces daunting challenges in life, sport and career. Coach Twist shares his personal private story of long earning and living his peak only to be suddenly destroyed, and his approach to winning each day along the way to a relentless return to action. Motivation, inspiration, and mind-set are the igniting philosophies you can apply to your own goals and challenges. Adopt strategies and learn inspirational lessons you can apply to clients to compel them to adopt fitness, nutrition and self-healing to improve mentally, physically and spiritually. Head home with potent actions to lead, influence and impact. By hearing what it takes to come back when knocked down, you’ll leave recharged and clear about how to go after your dreams.