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Fraser Quelch

Fraser Quelch

Founder of Storm Training Systems and director of programming for education for Fitness Anywhere. He is a featured fitness author and the creator of the TRX Suspension Training™ program and Storm Cycling™.




Sessions Presented by Fraser Quelch

158: Storm Cycling:™ The Lactic Acid Bath (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block D - Friday, 2:15-4:05pm
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Integrated into the fun and motivating environment of Storm Cycling, this lactate threshold workout uses intervals that are specifically designed to target one of the most important elements in cardiovascular performance.


207: Getting Serious About Functional Training (L / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block F - Saturday, 7:30-9:20am
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This session takes a hard look at the concepts behind functional training and teaches the participants how to integrate it with other training methods. The end result of this process will be the ability to successfully utilize functional training techniques to maximize your client's improvements.


247: Strength Training for Runners & Triathletes (L / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block H - Saturday, 1:00-2:50pm

Resistance training is a crucial yet under-trained element for endurance athletes. Develop periodized strength training programs specifically for the demands of triathletes and runners using the most effective exercises. Participants will come away from this interactive lecture with all of the tools necessary to create high impact strength training programs for their endurance athletes.


328: Perfect Class Planning for Indoor Group Cycling (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block K - Sunday, 10:05-11:55am
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"The flow" brings everything together into one smooth, seamless performance. This is what separates the great classes from the good. Combining all elements, you are able to make that connection with your participants. Participants respond and interact. The intensity is the right level and the right length. There is just enough rest and it comes just as your class needs it. In short, the class simply...flows!


175: Strength Training for Runners and Triathletes (L/D / Group Exercise / Personal Training / Sports Performance)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block D - Friday, 3:30-5:20pm

Resistance training is a crucial yet under-trained element for endurance athletes. Develop periodized strength training programs specifically for the demands of triathletes and runners using the most effective exercises. Participants will come away from this interactive lecture with the tools necessary to create high-impact strength training programs for their endurance athletes.


268: Creating Dynamic Team Environments in Cycling (WS / Group Exercise / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block G - Saturday, 10:30am-12:20pm
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Create the energy of a high-performance team in every class! This workshop introduces leadership techniques that promise to bring the interaction and energy of your cycling classes to a new level. Your participants will experience head-to-head competition, cooperation and interaction like they have never known it and send their energy levels soaring.


487: Hard Core Training (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block K - Sunday, 2:30-4:20pm
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Take core training to a whole new level! This workshop provides an overview of the structural anatomy and functionality of the core. In addition, participants will be exposed to innovative and demanding new exercises that can be adapted to challenge your most advanced clients and students.


612: Movement, Not Muscles: A Multi-Planar Approach to Training (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block M - Monday, 7:30-9:20am

The body knows only movement, not muscle. Challenge the staples of traditional program organization and move your training to a new level. This revolutionary workshop takes the elemental value of functional training and puts it into practice. Learn a complete functional movement training approach that will increase results, reduce injuries and develop stronger motor patterns in your clients and athletes.


213: TRX® Suspension Training Techniques for Functional Strength, Core Conditioning and Flexibility (WS)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block G - Saturday, 8:10-11:00am
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Learn why top professional athletes are turning to this new and effective training modality for improved performance. Learn the basics behind suspension training, solutions for anchoring the unit, as well as new exercises for every skill level. Advanced training techniques integrating other equipment and more complex movements will open your eyes to the high-end capabilities of bodyweight suspension training. Experiential workouts and hands-on case studies will be included in this session. This session is repeated as #303.


222: TRX® Suspension Training (WO)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
Special time: 11:10am-12:30pm
time block H - Saturday, 11:10am-12:30pm

Experience suspension training first hand! Incredibly fast-paced and intense, this workout will drive you from top to bottom and leave you wondering how you managed to train so effectively in such a short period of time. This innovative new training modality that demands both strength and stability is combined with a muscular endurance and core-targeted progression that will provide individualized challenge for every participant.


237: Getting Serious About Functional Training and Driving the Body to Peak Results (L/WS)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
Special time: 1:10-5:00pm - Overlaps Time Block J
time block I - Saturday, 1:10-5:00pm
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Learn the concepts behind functional training and how they pose challenges for many traditional training methods. Explore "posture first" training to address compensation and mobility issues before performance and a hands-on approach to integrated, multijoint training that identifies ideal movement speeds. Learn to develop functional core training routines you can use with clients immediately.



120: Fitness Anywhere™: TRX® Suspension Training Techniques for Functional Strength and Core Conditioning (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
- Wednesday,
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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. CEC: ACE 0.2 NASM CGT 0.2 NASM CPT 0.2 AFAA 1.5 NSCA-CSCS 0.2 NSCA-CPT 0.2 AEA 1


130: Perfect Class Planning for Indoor Cycling (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
- Wednesday,

This session will teach the participant how to deliver flawless classes every time, with a multi-layered approach to class planning. Learn to integrate performance endurance training techniques with real cycling elements. These are infused with an innovative approach to building a dynamic team environment and a method for music selection that will create the most powerful cycling experience for your participants. CEC: ACE 0.2 NASM CGT 0.2 NASM CPT 0 AFAA 1.5 NSCA-CSCS 0 NSCA-CPT 0 AEA 1


159: The Real Deal-Functional Anatomy (L / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
- Wednesday,
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Do we really know what our muscles are doing? Emerging research is challenging what we thought we have always known about the way our muscles act in function. This new information has tremendous impact on the strategies trainers should employ as they bring their clients to peak levels of ability and fitness. Learn what your muscles are doing day to day in function and prepare to be surprised at how this might differ from what we have always been taught. CEC: ACE 0.2 NASM CGT 0.2 NASM CPT 0.2 AFAA 2.0 NSCA-CSCS 0.2 NSCA-CPT 0.2 AEA 1


211: Fitness Anywhere™: TRX® Suspension Training for Core Performance (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
- Wednesday,
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This workshop will provide a focused look at how to use suspension training techniques to build the strongest and most functional core ever. A full progression of movements is provided to suit every client, from the deconditioned to the high performance athlete, along with several fast-paced workouts using the TRX for core performance that will leave you trembling! CEC: ACE 0.2 NASM CGT 0.2 NASM CPT 0.2 AFAA 1.5 NSCA-CSCS 0.2 NSCA-CPT 0.2 AEA 1


269: Strength Training for Triathletes and Runners (L / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
- Wednesday,
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Resistance training is a crucial yet under-trained element for endurance athletes. Develop periodized strength training programs specifically for the demands of triathletes and runners using the most effective exercises. Participants will come away from this interactive lecture with all the tools necessary to create high-impact strength training programs for their endurance athletes. CEC: ACE 0.1 NASM CGT 0.2 NASM CPT 0.2 AFAA 1.5 NSCA-CSCS 0.2 NSCA-CPT 0.2 AEA 1


Preconference - 9:00am-5:00pm
017: The Cutting Edge of Function (Pre)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
This Preconference is available for $219   Purchase
Preconference - Tuesday, 9:00am-5:00pm
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This preconference session is likely to change the way you view muscle function, approach movement analysis and create exercises and programs to produce peak results. Come prepared for an intense day of active and practical learning. It will be divided into 3 major parts: (1) map muscle function back to gait mechanics; (2) create an understanding of the transformational zones of human movement; and (3) address important training challenges. By applying these principles to a chain reaction and proprioceptive approach to creating strength, balance and mobility, participants will gain an experience that will bring their training to a completely new level.


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.



275: Where the Studio Meets the Road (WS / Indoor Cycling)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block I - Thursday, 2:45-4:35pm
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Understanding the real world of training and racing can revolutionize how you teach. What really happens on the road? How do teams work together to fight the wind, to win the sprint? What is the difference between a time trial and a team time trial? Learn the ins and outs of these and other cycling elements and how to integrate them into your classes.


344: Fitness Anywhere™: Advanced TRX® Suspension Training Techniques (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block L - Friday, 10:10am-12:00pm

Learn challenging suspension training exercises that are being employed by top athletes around the world to bring their performance to a new level. This workshop integrates advanced training techniques and bodyweight actions in a strong experiential environment that is guaranteed to challenge even the most conditioned athletes.


387: Functional Proprioceptive Training (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block N - Friday, 4:40-6:30pm
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Create a peak gluteal contraction with a simple arm motion! Fire your calves with a reach of the foot! Understanding how our body is driven to react to our actions and how we can harness this incredible proprioceptive power is redefining the way we train our clients. Learn how to use this powerful technique to create functional chain reactions that will increase muscle activation and bring your clients to their peak.


407: Postural Programming for the New Millennium (WS / Personal Training)
Presented By Fraser Quelch
time block O - Saturday, 7:30-9:00am
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Postural dysfunction is prevalent in our modern society. Understand what factors and mechanisms have contributed to this and learn new strategies and techniques that can be readily applied today! This session includes a hands-on workout as an example of how these postural approaches are put into practice, and how they can help to fight the battle against gravity and enable us to win the postural war.