Sessions from 2007 IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™
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Presented by Bob Esquerre, MA
All factors considered, everyday consumers, who can potentially be or who are actually utilizing the services of a fitness professional, are becoming better educated. In the process, they are better able to assess their own needs and discern substance from hype. Journey to Success: How to Sell Without Selling! explains how easy it is for personal trainers to master the art of building relationships and sell without really selling—so much so that their clients might actually be “happy” about spending their hard-earned money on fitness services.
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Presented by Nicki Anderson
As the fitness industry evolves, more trainers are breaking away from the safety net of being employed and venturing out into the world of entrepreneurship. Making the decision to go out on their own is the easy part! From developing a solid business plan to creating a successful marketing strategy and brand, much more needs to be learned.
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Presented by Annette Lang, MS
By observing a movement actively, passively, toward gravity, away from gravity, with different lever length, and other changing variables, fitness professionals can get a better idea of precisely what their clients need. The Never-Ending Looking Glass of Movement examines three different movement patterns performed in numerous ways, and details a specific thought process that fitness professionals can utilize to better identify the possible missing links in their clients’ progress.
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Presented by Joseph Signorile, PhD
Periodization has been used to help optimize training responses in athletes for decades. Featuring a hands-on demonstration, Periodization for Everyone links the scientific to the practical and explains how fitness professionals can apply this powerful tool to provide maximal benefits and functional improvement for their clients, regardless of their age or fitness level.
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Presented by Annette Lang, MS
Expanding business and income options demands creativity. Partner and small group training is not only an efficient way for personal trainers to increase their income, it can attract potential clients who might otherwise not have been attracted to private personal training.
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Presented by Fraser Quelch
Getting Serious About Functional Training reviews the concepts underlying functional training and explains why they pose challenges for many traditional training methods. The DVD explores why “posture first” training helps address compensation and mobility issues before performance and offers a hands-on approach to integrated multijoint training that identifies ideal movement speeds.
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Presented by Beth Wolfgram, MS, RD
Adhering to sound nutritional practices is an essential part of any well-considered fitness program. Unfortunately, some fitness professionals are confused about how much and what types of nutrition information they should give to their clients. Scope of Practice…Where Fitness Ends and Nutrition Begins discusses what a proper scope of practice involves and provides practical tips to help fitness professionals educate their clients about healthy eating, while staying within their professional boundaries.
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Presented by Darren Jacobson, Nicki Anderson and Tony Tamules
Pricing Your Services offers a thought-provoking discussion from three renowned fitness professionals (Nicki Anderson, Darren Jacobson, and Tony Tamules), who address many of the issues that face owners, general managers, fitness managers, and trainers when it comes to pricing training services. The DVD covers a variety of key factors involved in pricing training services, including discounting, multilevel-tier systems, handling member objections, building in value, and setting staff up to succeed.
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Presented by Jacques Henri Taylor
Why does an exercise work for some people and not for others? Force and the Nervous System: You Have a Lot of Nerve answers this and other questions in order to help fitness professionals to get more from the training techniques and regimens that they currently employ. The DVD also explores how the nervous system orchestrates muscular contraction and how it interacts with the immune system to affect the strength of contractile tissue.
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Presented by Fraser Quelch
TRX® Suspension Training Techniques for Functional Strength, Core Conditioning, and Flexibility reviews why some of the most accomplished athletes in the world are using this new and effective training modality to help improve their performance. The DVD explains the basics behind suspension training and offers solutions for anchoring the unit, as well as new exercises for every skill level.
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