2008 IDEA World Fitness Convention™
Preconference - 8:30am-5:30pm
015: Drums Alive™ Instructor Training Program (Pre / Group Exercise)
Presented By Carrie Ekins, MA
This Preconference is available for $199 Purchase
Preconference - Tuesday, 8:30am-5:30pm
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Come and be inspired by the acclaimed Drums Alive Instructor Training Program. You’ll learn the theory and application of this unforgettable and inspirational group exercise experience. This full-day training will explore sound and movement therapy using drumming and music. Examine the locomotor skills required to drum your way to a distinctive class design. Finally, a powerful group exercise format that is appropriate for ALL populations!
100: Back to the Future! A Taste of Zumba®! (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Beto Perez and Tanya Beardsley
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
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Remember the fun and exciting days of the original aerobic dance programs? A Taste of Zumba brings the fun back to fitness by combining high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the Zumba participants to dance away their worries. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music-dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
101: Gliding™-Plug and Play (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Mindy Mylrea
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
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Are you ready to work core, legs, glutes and upper body in a whole new way? Go beyond boring and traditional. We will use gliding discs, steps, tubing and body weight to transform your tried-and-true routines into integrated magic. You will learn mini "plug and play" workouts for each muscle group along with routines that target the whole body.
102: Core Up (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Christi Taylor
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
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Your entire core-shoulders to hips-stabilizes your body, so it's critical to keep it strong. Core Up reviews the musculature of the core and upper-body muscles, addresses any misconceptions you may have, and provides you with a multitude of training techniques that you can use with your students and clients right away. Core Up is perfect for personal trainers and group exercise instructors.
104: Muscles on Fire! (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Steve Boedt
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
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This high-energy muscle-conditioning class shows you how to combine dynamic movement with traditional toning exercises. Learn to take boring isolated exercises and turn them into a fun workout. Even without using any equipment, you'll see how easy it is to create spectacular workouts.
105: Boot Camp Bonanza (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Todd Durkin, MA
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
This dynamic, challenging and spirit-filled workout combines bodyweight exercises, sport drills and partner/teamwork drills to maximize strength, power, coordination and conditioning. You will experience over 30 unique exercises and drills, more than 10 Boot Camp chants, get many great new ideas, and have a ton of fun, regardless of your level.
106: Lean on Me Partner Workout (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Don Bahneman, MS
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
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Join us for this unique teamwork-based circuit training workout in which partners work together to push, motivate and challenge each other utilizing a variety of fitness tools in some creative and innovative ways.
113: Dance Duo! (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Raul Cacho and Yoav Avidar
time block A - Wednesday, 7:00-7:45am
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Here is your opportunity to experience a top-notch workout with two highly regarded presenters who have joined forces in this dance-aerobic extravaganza. Raul and Yoav have combined the flavor of their unique backgrounds (Spanish and Israeli) in symmetric and asymmetric dance choreography to create an explosion of style just for you! This is a "must be there" dance class.
130: GRAVITYGroup®: Compound Structures™ (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Elizabeth Leeds, DPT and Rob Glick
Special time: 10:45am-12:15pm
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:15pm
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Discover exciting ways to integrate compound movements with this dynamic new GRAVITYGroup workout! Witness some inventive strategies that are intended to target complementary and opposing muscle groups. We will combine instability, muscle group progressions and dynamic motion to challenge the core. In addition, you will learn how to create compound movements using the GTS(R), and how exercise sequences progress by joining elements that build upon one another.
131: Hip-Hop Hustle (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Chalene Johnson
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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Even your Aunt Betty can do the hustle. Learn how to take the concept of the hustle and incorporate its principles into a simple hip-hop dance class with a simple line-dance format!
132: Cardio Dance-ology (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Yoav Avidar
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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It's time to dance and Yoav knows every trick of the trade. Join this dance-aerobics session that will begin with a march or a hamstring curl, and before you know it you'll be pirouetting, jet
133: New School Step (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Steve Boedt
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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Are you tired of old-school step classes? Join us for a new take on step! Learn how we start from basic moves and change them into new, spectacular movement patterns! Move like you have never moved before, and check out this tap-free, high-energy step workshop. Emphasis is placed on logical combination building, while keeping the fun factor high from beginning to end.
134: BOSU® Cardio Express (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Shannon Fable
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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This action-packed workshop will deliver an explosion of cardio drills guaranteed to raise your heart rate and workout fun factor. Innovative movement patterns can be linked for group fitness or used independently for personal training or circuit workouts. Using the BOSU Balance Trainer, learn unique drills that will challenge your cardio fitness as well as improve your balance, agility, coordination and athletic power.
137: Contact Boxing Fundamentals (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Albert Isordia
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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This workshop covers all the skills necessary to develop an exciting workout program utilizing the time-tested concepts of the most conditioned athletes in the world. Jump rope warm-ups, proper stance and footwork, speed and power drills, and attack and evasion skills will be covered. In addition, you will be properly coached on how to safely and effectively use one of the most important tools used in boxing, the punch mitts.
160: High-Low Fever (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Kari Anderson
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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Get Up...Get Down...Get Moving! Stylized and explosive high-low choreography with a definite dance flair designed for maximal use of the body and unlimited fun. Complexity progression, seamless transitioning and performance peaks give this workout its never-ending challenge and widespread appeal. Come prepared to turn up the heat!
161: Step Maneuvers (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Rebecca Small
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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Learn how to maneuver your way around the step like a true professional. A fantastic lesson in the playful art of choreography and superb breakdowns, you will be gliding easily through the most challenging maneuvers with minimal effort and maximal enjoyment. This class is for steppers who are looking for inspiration, motivation and cutting-edge choreography.
162: BOSU® Skills and Drills (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Jay Blahnik and Rob Glick
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
If you love the BOSU Balance Trainer and want new ideas for using it, this class is 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.
165: KETTLEBELL CONCEPTS: Introduction to Kettlebell Lifting (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Michelle Khai
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
Learn an effective total-body, low-impact, strength, power, dynamic flexibility and cardio workout that has been in use for centuries. Participants will learn the basic kettlebell movements as well as why kettlebells differ from dumbbells, barbells and machines. We will briefly discuss the history, science and many applications of kettlebell lifting.
180: BOSU® Block Party! (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Douglas Brooks, MS, Helen Vanderburg, Jay Blahnik, Keli Roberts, Mindy Mylrea, Peter Twist, MSc, Rob Glick, Shannon Fable and Stacey Lei Krauss
time block E - Wednesday, 5:10-6:10pm
Join members of the BOSU Development Team for a block party workout that will blow your mind. Using the BOSU Balance Trainer and the NEW BOSU Ballast(TM) Ball, you will get to experience a one-of-a-kind workout that is loaded with drills, skills and over-the-top fun! This special workout is limited to the first 100 people and will definitely sell out. This is the one party that everyone will be talking about!
200: Zumba®! Join the Party! (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Beto Perez and Tanya Beardsley
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
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Zumba's cardio party kicks it up a notch! While incorporating all of the basic rhythms used in A Taste of Zumba, additional rhythms are introduced and more extensive choreography has been added. The routines feature interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body.
201: Fat-Free Step (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Fred Hoffman, MEd
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
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This is one workout that you won't find in the supermarket! Treat yourself to a step class that is rich in fun and energy and will burn the fat right off of you! Learn fun and creative combinations that will give your students a pure cardio workout!
202: Cardio Crazy (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Mindy Mylrea
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
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Come see how you can turn the step and the floor into a fitness playground for the cardio crazed. Cardio intensity intervals are combined with new fitness drills and games to create this breathless bash. Use the step and the floor in all sorts of wild ways to excite your students and to keep them challenged and coming back for more.
203: Take the Curl Out! (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Bethany Diamond
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
It's purposeful, it's functional and it's CURL FREE! Take the Curl Out of your core classes. Redefine core to include more than your spinal flexors and extensors. Learn progressions to better serve your entire class and knock the socks off your front row!
204: The Kukuwa Dance Workout (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Kukuwa Nuama
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
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This class blends Latin, African and Caribbean rhythms into low-impact, high-energy cardiovascular, fun-filled, motivating and extremely energetic classes. This session will work the small muscle groups of the body.
205: Barefoot Core Workout (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Annette Lang, MS
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
This workout starts with standing and then moves your whole body through all planes of motion. Challenge your core along with hip and shoulder stability and mobility. You will get a great workout in many different positions that will leave you feeling invigorated.
206: Strength Without Boundaries (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Daryl Shute, MS
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
Innovative alternative strength-training ideas for any situation or clientele. Whether you train out of a facility or out of your car, this course is for you. During this session, you'll break away from traditional methods of strength training to discover new ways of building muscle using kettlebells, medicine balls, bands and bodyweight drills.
213: Step Jam 24 (WO / Group Exercise)
Presented By Larisa Settembro and Shaun McGeahy
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
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In this workout there is a little bit of step, a little bit of dance and a whole lot of jammin' going on. This workout is a bit sassy so get ready to jam... Step Jam, that is!
222: Timeless High-Low (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Steve Boedt
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
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Join this high-energy workout based on the classical high-low with a bit of a dance flavor. This class starts with basic movement that is familiar to most group exercise instructors, and culminates in a high-energy, challenging workout that is appropriate for all levels.
223: Step: The Big Picture (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Kari Anderson
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
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Creatively utilizing both traditional and non-traditional step moves helps us achieve an intense physical and mental challenge for the ultimate full-body workout. This step workshop emphasizes the benefits of going from A to B (and way beyond!) in a systematic learning-enhanced environment. Complexity and success can be long-term partners if the journey makes sense and the workout rocks. Club tested-for demanding clients year after year!
224: Drums Alive™: Step and Drum (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Carrie Ekins, MA
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
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Step and Drum combines the pulsating rhythms of the drums with the powerful movements from step and dance aerobics. It is a unique high-energy step, dance and rhythmic experience. This dynamic workout is not only for step enthusiasts, but for anyone wanting to experience a new way to combine the positive benefits of rhythm and step aerobics into their existing programs.
225: Core Off the Floor! (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Shannon Fable
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
Tired of endless crunches? Then let's take the Core Off the Floor! Remove the crunches, get off the mat and put kettlebells, medicine balls and BOSU(R) Ballast(TM) Balls in your hand! Learn to swing and clean, lift, shift and shake, or throw and catch while engaging muscles so deep you'll wonder what your core training has done for you all these years. These functional training movements will teach you how to use momentum to your advantage and operate in a vertical manner. Exercises are multiplanar, multidirectional and multi-effective.
228: Kick Box Round II (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Thomas the Promise
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
This session incorporates the basic and advanced boxing skills needed for punching and footwork. Physical fitness and martial arts components will be integrated for a scientifically-designed system that will provide the proper work and active rest intervals required to optimize physical conditioning.
229: Stretch Sequence Solutions (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Jay Blahnik
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
The perfect stretch sequences can be difficult and time consuming to put together. Sometimes you need a 5-minute routine for just the neck and shoulders for a regular client, and sometimes you need a 15-minute routine for the whole body after a cycling class. This workshop is designed to provide you with a variety of short routines for all areas of the body. They can be used independently or together for powerful results.
251: Groove FX (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Rebecca Small
time block H - Thursday, 10:15am-12:05pm
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Groove FX is an achievable aerobic program with essences of dance. It is a salubrious selection of street, disco, dance and hip-hop routines set to a melodic mix of sounds and rhythms. Groove FX captures the spirit of dance, combines it with fun and delivers real fitness results. A must for all non-dancers wishing to have a boogie!
252: Not Your Momma's Step (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Patrick Goudeau
time block H - Thursday, 10:15am-12:05pm
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Step outside the box and stimulate your body and your mind with this incredibly fun and challenging workout. The choreography is EXCITING. It moves and it's definitely going to make you sweat! Whether you master all the layers or choose to stay with the base moves, this routine is one BIG dance party on the step! Refreshing and innovative...definitely NOT YOUR MOMMA'S STEP!
253: Step Surplus (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Christi Taylor
time block H - Thursday, 10:15am-12:05pm
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Step Surplus is overflowing with HOT new choreography, and HOT new combination-creation concepts. See how easy it is to create and teach a surplus of new step combinations using a combo creation blueprint that will help you to implement proper transition and music selection. You will take home three new step combinations, as well as four mini mix-and-match combinations that can be used for months to come.
254: Double Step Explorations (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Yoav Avidar
time block H - Thursday, 10:15am-12:05pm
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Don't panic! You may be entering uncharted territory but Yoav is the perfect guide. Hand in hand, you will step off the edge and bring new creations, new relations between participants, and new traveling patterns that will make even the most conventional stepper willing to join the experience. Two steps, a good attitude, and there is no land we can't conquer.
257: Authentic Cardio Boxing (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Albert Isordia
time block H - Thursday, 10:15am-12:05pm
Long before boxing and kickboxing became buzz words in the fitness industry, real boxers were shadowboxing to music to improve rhythm, timing, agility and speed. Now you can add these skills to the great cardiovascular benefits gained by millions. Get back to the authentic fundamentals by learning to perform actual boxing techniques derived from the ring and add a shot of adrenaline to your cardio workouts.
270: Hip-Hop Hit List (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Juliane Arney
time block I - Thursday, 2:45-4:35pm
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Groove, funk, jam and rock to the Hip-Hop Hit List! This is choreography that will make you look good and is set to music you can get your hands on NOW! You'll pick up teaching techniques and professional tips that are bound to get your classes moving. Kick-start your hip-hop classes and turn up your level of cool!
271: Step-The Rhythm is Gonna Get You (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Rob Glick
time block I - Thursday, 2:45-4:35pm
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One of the hottest trends in step is to add rhythm. In this workshop, we will focus on just how simple and fun adding rhythm can be.
272: Drums Alive™: Power Beats II With Live Drums (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Carrie Ekins, MA
time block I - Thursday, 2:45-4:35pm
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Power Beats II is a dance and rhythm celebration! You will feel and experience the pulsating rhythms, dynamic movements and powerful percussions of this new and unique high-energy dance and rhythmic workshop. Drums Alive combines traditional aerobic movements with the powerful beat and rhythms of the drums. It is a workout for the entire body, mind and spirit!
273: Creating Sport Conditioning Circuits (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Peter Twist, MSc
time block I - Thursday, 2:45-4:35pm
No more recycled boot camp moves! Come experience a real sport conditioning circuit based on exercises, techniques and training tools used and tested by thousands of professional athletes. Experience a circuit that trains the body as a functional whole. Agility, balance, integrated strength, partner drills, aerobic and anaerobic energetics and good times are all built into this invigorating workshop.


