This session provides several water-specific functional exercises designed to improve ADLs (activities of daily living) on land, as well as cardiovascular and muscle conditioning for overall fitness. Your clients and students over 55, who are independent and not frail, will reap the benefits.

Stretch your strength and go beyond your limits! Tether training (for the water environment) increases resistance and intensity to develop strength and power. Using resistance tubing, discover how you can work out in assisted and resisted training modes, on your own, or in partners to add some true grit to your classes. Tether training is a great way to make a “splash” with your students.

SHAKTI is the Sanskrit word for the energy released throughout the body when one practices particular hatha yogic asanas. This is an aquatic, non-purist mind-body approach at its best. We will fuse fitness applications of standing and suspended yoga vinyasas, tai chi, Feldenkrais®, Gyrotonic® exercises and Pilates with non-traditional mind-body music. This water workshop is not to be missed!

Bring out the athlete in everyone! Train all your athletes (weekend warriors included) in this high-intensity, low-impact environment. Help your athletes develop lightning quickness, explosive power, agility and 3-D coordination to enhance their sport performance. Sports-specific skills will also be examined. Game on!

This workshop focuses on games and drills to enhance your students’ love and play of the water using core, stability, agility and balance. Each game and drill will have the students working in teams or small groups to accomplish a hard, yet fun workout.

Smooth out the speed bumps when putting movements together for aquatic fitness. Emphasis will be on smooth transitions, cuing, body awareness and creativity to guide your participants into new movements more easily. This workshop will build on basic water movements and provide a more clear and varied way for you to put together what you are already using.

Water training is not just for the aged and infirmed. It can be a significant form of training for amateur and professional athletes, active boomers who want to step up their training without the impact associated with many forms of land training and former swimmers who want an intensified workout. Learn how to create programming that is a step above the familiar—and watch their fitness take a new direction. This special preconference session truly has something for everyone. IDEA is happy to offer two distinct tracks of study, please read below to find the track that most suits your needs. Experienced Instructors: If you want to challenge yourself and your students, then you have come to the right place. In this 8-hour course of study, you will be exposed to the many methods/techniques that are guaranteed to bring greater intensity to your water fitness classes. Your students won’t have the time, or the breath, to trade recipes and tell stories about their children once you learn new methods for creating productive, progressive class formats. Empower yourself as an instructor, and empower your students to embrace new formats that truly train their bodies and keeps them mentally engaged in the water. Limited to 25 registrants for each track