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2008 IDEA World Fitness Convention™

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

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.


135: Schwinn® Cycling: Heart Rate Monitor Training (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Jay Blahnik
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm

For years, world-class athletes have used heart rate monitors to evaluate and improve performance. However, heart rate monitor research tells us that most people may not be getting the most out of this great training device. This workshop will debunk the myths and misconceptions associated with heart rate monitors, and provide an up-to-date, simplified approach to using a heart rate monitor for maximum benefit. We'll top it off with a power-packed simulation ride that will leave you feeling like a champion. Repeated as session #335.


136: Keiser® Cycling: M3 Stable (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Suzette O'Byrne
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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For many students, the cycling posture can be a challenging position to maintain. As a result, indoor cyclists often experience aches and pains during and after the ride. Get instruction on how to effectively activate the inner core to ensure compensating muscles do not take over and the efficiency of the pedal stroke is maximized. Help your students experience a smooth ride with a body that is both stable and strong.


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.


139: Extreme Interval Training (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Helen Vanderburg
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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Have fun in this intense class that will put the work back into your workouts! Maximize your time and results with interval training. Learn a variety of interval formats combining strength, cardio conditioning, plyometrics and functional movements that can be mixed and matched to create an intense and innovative workout for your participants.


140: Training Camp: Athletically-Inspired Boot Camp (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Peter Twist, MSc
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm

Boot camps combine strength training, yoga, Pilates, cardio and stretching to get everyday clientele into shape. For athletes, preseason training camps take it to the next level, utilizing drills focusing on speed, agility and quickness, Linked System(TM) Strength, integrated balance, core stability, rotary power and anaerobic energetics to help them be game ready. Experience athletic drills and sport-conditioning equipment ideal for use with athletically-inspired clientele.


145: Fitness Anywhere™: TRX® Suspension Training for Function (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm

Challenge and create power, strength, balance and mobility while completing an innovative and effective full-body strength-training program using only the TRX. This interactive session provides a comprehensive review of the exciting training capabilities of this new fitness tool. Get first-hand knowledge of how a concept so simple can offer enhanced training possibilities and challenge. Repeated as session #264.


146: STOTT PILATES® Programming on the V2 Max (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By PJ O'Clair
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm

This workshop utilizes the unique features of the STOTT PILATES V2 Max, an all-in-one equipment system that expands programming for group classes and private training. Learn how to transform the machine to explore selected essential-level exercises on the mat, reformer and Cadillac. Discover how to cue, correct and modify for individuals and groups to make the most of each workout.


147: Peak Pilates® MVe™ Flex and Flow (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Clare Dunphy
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm

Several creative MVe Fitness Chair progressions will be taught in this session! The first time through each sequence you will learn the moves, the second and third time through you will refine the movements and transitions, and enjoy the flow. Move from the inside out during this Pilates fusion workout designed to improve balance, activate your core and gain a sense of inner control that will be unforgettable.


148: Balanced Body University: Moving in Rhythm (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By M Valentin
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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If you love to move to music, then you'll love this class that will teach you the ins and outs of creating choreographed reformer classes using a variety of musical styles. Whether you are a group exercise instructor looking to use your love of music and choreography in your reformer classes, or a Pilates instructor who is considering ways to add a new twist, this practical class will get you started.


149: Alignment, Adjustments and Anatomy (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Diane Ambrosini, MA and Kathy Lee Kappmeier, PT
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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Hands-on adjustments, coupled with creative verbal cues, and tailored to individual needs, provide a most effective means of enhancing student alignment, comfort and safety during yoga practice. Explore biomechanical principles of foundational asanas, and sophisticated and subtle techniques for guiding students into their ideal physical alignment. These methods are also useful for decreasing the potential of physical injury during yoga practice.


150: Stretch Fusion: ROM and Core Training (Water Fitness) (WS / Water Fitness)
Presented By Laurie Denomme
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm
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Revitalize your flexibility programming with active stretch and core training combinations. Integrate yoga postures and diagonal movement patterns guaranteed to decrease joint and muscle pain. Movements will simultaneously increase balance, muscular endurance and joint range of motion. Take home a variety of teaching strategies and multilevel progressions that utilize drag, acceleration and traveling techniques.


151: GYROTONIC® Group (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Stephanie Spencer, MFA
time block C - Wednesday, 10:45am-12:35pm

Performed on equipment, this class is an introduction for people with no GYROTONIC experience. This participatory class will introduce key GYROTONIC fundamentals and how they enhance the physical body to perform more optimally. The focus of this class is to convey why GYROTONIC principles can enhance or complement a wide array of physical activity. The spiraling and circular motion patterns are key elements in increasing fluidity, flexibility, endurance and strength, as well as improving rhythm and coordination. Repeated as sessions 178, 238, 269, 288, 318 and 350.


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
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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.


163: Schwinn® Cycling: Cycle Sculpt (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Mindy Mylrea
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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Looking for an authentic, convenient and safe way to include a strength component in your cycling workout? Cycle Sculpt will show you how to use low-cost equipment and the space around your bike to integrate an effective strength component into your classes! Learn to cleverly use limited space and an interval format to create powerful strength sets that not only round out your cycling workout, but help balance some of cycling's mechanical stresses.


164: Keiser® Cycling: M3 One-2-One (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Krista Popowych
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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Personal trainers, this is for you! Learn how to implement indoor cycling as an added tool to enhance a client's training program (and expand your skill set). This workshop reviews proper cycling technique, client evaluation, functional power tests, programming ideas, practical applications (e.g., triathlon training, outdoor riding and small-group training) and sample workouts.


165: KETTLEBELL CONCEPTS: Introduction to Kettlebell Lifting (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Adam Cronin
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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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.


166: (CANCELLED) Balance Bow™ Training by Ironwear Fitness™ (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Arnold Cook, MS
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm

Learn the most advanced, effective and addictive system of balance and focus training using Ironwear's Balance Bow. Strength, concentration and reaction speed are key. Learn how to balance and how to manipulate your center of gravity. This workshop will cover angular momentum and other balance techniques and methods for measuring improvement. The Balance Bow training system can be used to develop simple balance skills or sharpen the most elite athlete.


168: Train the Joes Like the Pros (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Todd Durkin, MA
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm

Learn how the NFL superstars' workout program can be used for all your clients. Speed, agility, quickness, core strength, power and balance are infused into one workout to create a motivating atmosphere that will challenge and inspire the athlete in all of us. We'll use the same drills the pros use to improve overall performance and conditioning; from young to old, weekend warrior to competitive athlete, they are all looking for results, motivation, accountability and to be challenged.


172: Assessment and Reaction-Shoulder Function (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Chuck Wolf, MS
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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Understanding the interaction of the lower extremity to the upper extremity is critical to developing a true functional shoulder training program. This session will demonstrate functional assessment techniques for the shoulder and how they are utilized in developing a program strategy for enhanced shoulder action. Note: This is the first of three sessions in the Assessment and Reaction series. Enrollment in all three is recommended, but not required.


173: STOTT PILATES® Jumpboard, Level 2 (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By John Garey, MS
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm

Give your clients and classes something to jump about with this pumped-up session on the reformer. Increase intensity and challenge coordination and cardiovascular fitness using more complex jumpboard intervals while ensuring safety and proper technique. Incorporate strengthening exercises for upper and lower body and the core. This plyometric workout will deliver all-over fitness while easily motivating and maintaining interest.


174: Peak Pilates® for the Obese Client (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Zoey Trap, MSc
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm

Obesity is a growing health concern. Discover how to work with obese clients using a Pilates protocol that will support their bodies and let them rediscover the joy of movement. Explore how to select, adapt and guide Pilates exercises on the mat and apparatus to provide a full hour of movement that empowers your clients and fuels their desire to do more. Unlock the door to your heart and open yourself to this rewarding work.


175: Balanced Body University: Experience EXO™! (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Lizbeth Garcia and Portia Page
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm

By combining the athleticism of the traditional Pilates chair with the flexibility of resistance tubing, the EXO chair creates a limitless variety of workouts for beginners, athletes and anyone wanting to crank up their program. Learn the essential principles of Pilates on the chair in this practical workshop.


176: Yoga for Runners (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Simone Hodgkinson
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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The action of running is predominantly flexion, and many runners complain of stiff ankles, tight hip flexors and pain in the lower back. This workshop will guide you through a range of yoga postures that specifically target these areas of discomfort so you can gain release, improved running technique and performance. This is an excellent session for personal trainers, runners, yoga teachers and group fitness instructors. No previous yoga experience is required and you do not need to be a runner to attend.


177: Stretch Fusion: Core Work for Function (Water Fitness) (WS / Water Fitness)
Presented By Laurie Denomme
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm
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Experience the powerful effects gained from combining various bases of support with resistance training in static and dynamic movement sequences. Review the integrated relationship of muscles important for hip and back function, and learn practical core training ideas using isotonic and isometric muscle work. The use of buoyant equipment will further enhance balance, strength and functional performance.


178: GYROTONIC® Group (WS / Mind-Body)
Presented By Emma Kingston
time block D - Wednesday, 3:00-4:50pm

See description on page 24 of this brochure. Repeated as sessions 151, 238, 269, 288, 318 and 350.


203: Take the Curl Out! (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Bethany Diamond
time block F - Thursday, 7:00-7:45am
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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!


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
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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.


226: Schwinn® Cycling: Ultimate Time Trial (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Keli Roberts
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am

Your opponent: the clock. Your goal: a personal record. Your intensity: high-end endurance. It's a test of legs and lungs in a simulation of cycling's most challenging competition. Learn how both individual and team time trials work, how athletes train for them, and how to incorporate these techniques and challenges into your classes! Now let's experience an authentic time trial challenge where the road is flat, the pace intense, and the only rider you can count on is you.


227: Keiser® Cycling: M3 Extend (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Suzette O'Byrne
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
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Coming off a cycle can leave you feeling hunched over and shortened. Yoga-inspired multi-segmental stretching will restore a functional posture and allow you to feel extended, open and full of ease. The techniques learned in this workshop will help you to maximize your time during the cool-down phase of any class.


228: Kick Box Round II (WS / Group Exercise)
Presented By Thomas the Promise
time block G - Thursday, 8:05-9:55am
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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.