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101: New School Stability Ball Training (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Douglas Brooks, MS
time block B - Friday, 8:15-10:05am
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Experience the next generation of ball training with the BOSU® Ballast Ball. The multidirectional load creates a weighted stability ball that incorporates audible, visual and kinesthetic references to make total body training more versatile, more effective--and FUN! Learn new exercises and drills that will keep you and your clients ahead of the rest in functional training. Stability ball training just got better!


103: Are You Ready to Zumba®? (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Jessica Thompson and Tony Witt
time block B - Friday, 8:15-10:05am
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Zumba is the fitness phenomenon that is taking the world by storm! Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music and dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting and effective fitness system. Zumba utilizes the principles of cardio and fitness interval training and resistance training to maximize caloric output, fat burning, and total body toning.


104: Resist-A-Ball® Boot Camp (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Robert Steigele
time block B - Friday, 8:15-10:05am
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Is it tough? You bet! Is it a dance class? No way! This all-ball drill class puts a new spin on traditional calisthenics. Learn fun and functional exercises to toughen up your participants with a total body ball formula that delivers power, core strength, balance and a whole lotta sweat!


105: BODYVIVE™ (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By David Spence and Jan Kincaid
time block B - Friday, 8:15-10:05am
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BODYVIVE is the low-impact group fitness workout by Les Mills that lets you choose just how hard you work. Using VIVE balls, tubes and optional hand weights, you're talked step-by-step through the entire class by a skilled instructor, all while listening to uplifting and inspiring music. Best of all, you finish feeling thoroughly rejuvenated and fizzing with energy.


120: Ballet Ball: Strength & Grace in Motion (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Rebecca Lloyd, PhD
time block C - Friday, 10:20am-12:10pm
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No dance experience required! Learn the terminology and techniques of ballet ball fitness so that you can put a flowing workout together. Eight essential ballet ball exercises will be taught in a superset, sequential fashion so that you will understand how to gracefully link standing, prone, sideways and supine exercises. Ballet ball is ideal for fitness enthusiasts who want to increase strength and flexibility through graceful movement.


121: BOSU® All-Ball Sport Circuit (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Douglas Brooks, MS and Sport Circuit WS
time block C - Friday, 10:20am-12:10pm
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Learn to develop high-energy athletic workouts using the BOSU® Balance Trainer, BOSU® Soft Fitness Balls and weighted stability balls. Whether you own one or all three pieces of equipment, take home exercise progressions to help improve power torso training, dynamic flexibility, core strength, shoulder stability, proprioceptive skills and hand-eye coordination common to many sports.


123: Turbo Intervention--Creating Addictions (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Zoey Trap, MSc
time block C - Friday, 10:20am-12:10pm
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Get your people addicted to your workout by following these simple Turbo-tested tips. Learn new techniques that apply to kickboxing or any cardio format destined to boost your weekly attendance and increase job satisfaction. Leave with creative ways to fuse funk, capoeira and kickboxing into one unconventional foot stompin', hip pumpin' workout.


150: Functional Circuits--Any Time, Anyone (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training / Special Populations)
Presented By Fabio Comana, MA, MS
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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Circuits are no longer viewed in the traditional sense--they can achieve almost any goal and are bound only by your imagination. Learn to design effective circuits to target a variety of clients, from athletes to seniors. Brand yourself apart with creative, fun and challenging, yet functional circuits to improve performance and activities of daily living.


151: Circuit Training Partner Challenge (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Jay Blahnik
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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This unique workshop explores how to teach circuit classes with your students working as partners in order to maximize the results and create an atmosphere that is friendly, competitive and positively fun! Using just one step, BOSU Balance Trainer and a set of weights per two people, you will get more ideas than you can carry home to use in your circuit classes or small group training.


153: Super Starts and Fantastic Finishes (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Petra Kolber
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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We are in a service business and the first and last impressions are the lasting ones. In this session, we will discuss how to take your classes from just exercise, to an experience. You will also walk away with several warm-ups and cool-downs to use next week.


154: Drums Alive™: Tribal Beats (WS / Group Exercise / Mind-Body / Special Populations)
Presented By Carrie Ekins, MA
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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We need to dance and drum as much as every other culture throughout history. Drums Alive: Tribal Beats allows us to be in our body instead of our heads and to feel the ecstasy of letting go. Come and experience tribal rhythms and movements to help us let go and release stress, all while enjoying the benefits of physical, emotional and mental health.


155: Unlocked and Unloaded (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Abbie Appel
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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Research shows that most consumer injuries occur in the transverse planes. This is because consumers do not practice in 3 planes of movement. The Unlocked and Unloaded program has been created as a training option, designed to increase consumer competency and proficiency in 3 planes of motion and to assist group exercise instructors with program design for strength and conditioning classes.


159: The Future of Group Exercise (P / Group Exercise)
Presented By Carol Murphy, Chalene Johnson and Patrick Goudeau
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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Group exercise has changed dramatically within the past 10 years and will continue to evolve. New class formats have captivated member interest; programming has become a sophisticated formula; and instructor qualifications and recruitment strategies have become more challenging. Join our experts for a discussion on emerging trends in group exercise, continuing education and instructor issues.


160: Back to the Future: Back to Basics (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Bethany Diamond
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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The future of water fitness is understanding the basics and effectively utilizing your environment. Learn the 6 basic moves for cardio fitness and how to manipulate these moves for greater and lesser intensity. Take home the ability to teach to a variety of fitness levels in one class.


170: BOSU® Three Ring Circuit (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Douglas Brooks, MS, Jay Blahnik, Keli Roberts and Shannon Griffiths-Fable
time block E - Friday, 5:15-6:45pm

Join four of the BOSU Development Team for a three ring circuit that will blow your mind. Using the BOSU Balance Trainer and the new BOSU Ballast Ball, you will get to experience a one-of-a-kind workout that is loaded with drills, skills and over-the-top fun! This is the one party that everyone will be talking about!


200: Boot Camp (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Todd Durkin, MA
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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Talk about motivating and exhilarating! This dynamic workout combines cardiovascular conditioning, functional sports training and conditioning exercises, and calisthenics using body weight and partners--all while singing traditional military hymns. This class will provide you with a boot camp protocol using NO equipment, along with all the songs necessary to conduct a great class.


201: BOSU® Complete Lower Body Overload (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Keli Roberts
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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Blast legs, glutes, hamstrings and quads while strengthening the core and improving balance! Using the protocol from the BOSU® Complete Workout System, this workshop focuses on lower body exercises that challenge even the most serious client or student. Plus, learn clever, simple ways to progress, regress and adapt each exercise to accommodate even beginner clients or students. This workshop is your solution to lower body overload!


202: Sensational Stretching and Flawless Flexibility (WS / Group Exercise / Mind-Body)
Presented By Robert Sherman
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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Learn the reactive, PNF quality of partner yoga and flexibility. This training is beneficial for increasing range of motion, and it also allows for gains in balance and muscular control. The connection to touch is deeply rooted in each one of us and opening ourselves up to this can unlock positive emotions and begin to break down fears. This workshop can shed light on a compassionate and giving future for yourself and those around you.


203: Fool-Proof, Full-Body Flexibility Formula (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Jay Blahnik
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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Stretching and flexibility are two of the hottest topics in our industry, but there are many unanswered questions about the most effective approach, when to do it and even whether we should do it at all! This workshop is designed to dive deep into the latest research and practical application, and bring your flexibility training knowledge to a whole new level.


204: A Ball Had By All: Teaching Multilevel Ball (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Rebecca Lloyd, PhD
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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Strike a balance and learn how to keep a group together while offering multilevel variations for each ball exercise. Get ready to instill confidence in novice participants and entice advanced participants to beg for more. Adaptive teaching strategies and ball exercise progression will be addressed through lecture, movement and partner work. A ball will be had by all!


205: BodyBar Express (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Carol Murphy
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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Take the expressway to fast, creative and effective workouts tailor made for the time crunched individual who wants maximal results in minimal time. Express workouts are booming and are a great way to optimize studio time and keep members happy. Learn two 30-minute workouts using the BodyBar and step. Partner, trio and group express circuits are a great way to increase profit and expand your business.


220: Myofascial Slings (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Anthony Carey, MA
time block G - Saturday, 9:35-11:25am
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Myofascial slings are structures that are anatomically connected and functionally related. This fascinating information into our understanding of the human musculoskeletal system continues to emerge from both research and clinical application. Slings and chains are windows into a deeper appreciation of true function.


221: BOSU® Skills and Drills (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Jay Blahnik
time block G - Saturday, 9:35-11:25am

If you love the BOSU® Balance Trainer and want new ideas--this is the workshop for you! Learn dozens of exercises, drills, skills and activities that can be done on the BOSU® Balance Trainer in a group or personal training setting. Discover how to progress, regress and adapt each exercise to accommodate almost all fitness and skill levels with minimal equipment.


222: STOTT PILATES® Fitness Circle® Flow (WS / Group Exercise / Mind-Body)
Presented By Jennifer Dahl
time block G - Saturday, 9:35-11:25am

Increase strength, flexibility and muscle tone with the dynamic Fitness Circle® resistance ring. This energizing workshop will help you develop greater body awareness. Cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness will be included.


223: Fitness Dance Workout (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Patrick Goudeau
time block G - Saturday, 9:35-11:25am
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This hot cardio jam combines both fitness and dance into one amazing workout! You won't have a problem keeping your heart rate up in this nonstop, fun-filled cardio explosion. Patrick will demonstrate how to mix movement and fitness together for an effective, dynamic body challenge. So, get your groove on, get ready to sweat and let's dance!


224: Drums Alive™: Kids Beat (WS / Group Exercise / Special Populations)
Presented By Carrie Ekins, MA
time block G - Saturday, 9:35-11:25am
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Drums Alive: Kids Beat is simply FUN! Every child was born with the ability to move and feel rhythm. Join us in this unique workout that will guide you through a program of drumming, movement and creative exploration that will not only thrill the child, but the instructor as well.


225: Zumba®--The Next Step! (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Jessica Thompson and Tony Witt
time block G - Saturday, 9:35-11:25am
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If you thought the basics were fun, wait until you spice it up with more advanced techniques. You'll be amazed at how simple and natural it is to incorporate "the next step." Zumba's Fusion of Latin and international music and dance themes is simple and designed so that anyone can join in at any time.


240: Kickin' Core Ball Workout (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Chalene Johnson
time block H - Saturday, 1:00-2:50pm
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A ball workout like no other created by fusing the cardiovascular benefits of kickboxing, with the added benefit of using a ball for upper body resistance, with intervals of core strengthening exercises into one super effective interval workout using a stability ball.


241: Take the Curl Out! (WS / Group Exercise / Personal Training)
Presented By Bethany Diamond
time block H - Saturday, 1:00-2:50pm
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Purposeful, functional trunk training without a single CRUNCH!! Work with or without equipment to revolutionize your core training classes--curl free!


243: DanceBody BOOGIE! (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Juliane Arney
time block H - Saturday, 1:00-2:50pm
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A formula to make you sweat, while shakin' it without regret. The fastest hour in the gym, to get you feelin' sexy-slim. Simple steps. High energy. Awesome songs. Variety. It's cardio, c'mon you'll see! We won't just dance...we'll BOOGIE. Learn to bring dance to everyone!


244: Fluid Strength With Resist-A-Ball® (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Carol Murphy
time block H - Saturday, 1:00-2:50pm
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This fusion workout offers the best of the Resist-A-Ball® programs resulting in a flowing rhythmic session that combines strength, dynamic stretch, yoga and Pilates. From warm-up to cool-down, you will experience progressive and challenging moves that are clear, concise and easy to deliver in an all new Resist-A-Ball® workout.


245: More Body Design (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Patrick Goudeau
time block H - Saturday, 1:00-2:50pm
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Patrick returns with this follow-up to his highly imaginative, total body workout. More creative intervals and functional exercises for training the entire body! Increase strength, flexibility and endurance while improving cardiovascular fitness all in one incredible workout! This dynamic workshop tackles the most challenging body sculpting dilemma...how to be efficient, creative and FUN! Using minimal equipment and a step, redesign your body into one that is sleek and toned.


260: Soca Sensation (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Jody Evanson
time block I - Saturday, 3:05-4:55pm
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This flavorful session dishes up a delightful combination of comfortable choreography with passionate performance. You'll enjoy the sweet and satisfying movement energy that's created in this hi/lo format while finding yourself tempted by spicy moves and tantalizing dance influences. Indulge yourself with awesome combinations of all your favorite moves. Add some spice and top it off with as much attitude as you choose. This session is Hot! Hot! Hot!


263: Up, Down and All Around (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Robert Steigele
time block I - Saturday, 3:05-4:55pm
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Let's play with the rhythm, the floor space and the step itself, for a fun step challenge. We'll look at planes of movement, and how to create flow when adding variety to your choreography. Sometimes we're up, sometimes we're down, but there's definitely fun all around!


264: Your CENTER MOVES You (WS / Group Exercise / Mind-Body)
Presented By Shannon Griffiths-Fable
time block I - Saturday, 3:05-4:55pm
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In this power-packed, cardio-interval class, you will learn easy-to-follow, rhythmic movements that bring focus to body awareness and control of effort through the body's Center to improve effectiveness and intensify every Move. CenterMoves is a fusion-style workout based in dance, Pilates and fitness, which seamlessly alternates between fluid, low-impact movement to condition the heart with dynamic, balance sequences to challenge muscular endurance, flexibility and core strength.


265: Step Moves, New Grooves (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Petra Kolber
time block I - Saturday, 3:05-4:55pm
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Learn how to take traditional step moves and transform them into imaginative step combinations by simply adding the elements of rhythm, direction and style. This session will follow the logical progression of layering and will demonstrate the elements needed to step your choreography up to the next level of creativity.


300: LOVE 2 Hip Hop (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Juliane Arney
time block J - Sunday, 8:00-9:50am
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Hip hop is always so cool, but not always so simple! Julz draws on 15 years of teaching hip hop in health clubs to bring you 3 unique formats guaranteed to pack the house. You'll learn how to keep the energy up, and the workout rockin', while dancing to authentic yet doable choreography.