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Child & Adult Training
Creating Successful Boot Camps - Premiering ACSM Health & Fitness Summit 2010
The economy's a mess. Put some black ink on your bottom line with a Boot Camp. Boot Camps are HOT and can be tailored to any demographic. Learn how to design and implement boot camps with appeal to a wide market, or address the unique demands of specific niches, such as the overweight or 50 and over Boomers. Everything you're going to need is included in this presentation, from target marketing to exercise progressions that challenge without injury, to teambuilding activities and much, much more. Enlist today!
Boot Camp Breakout - Premiering ACSM Health & Fitness Summit 2010
Boot camp workouts are super popular right now. Why? Because they're super efficient. It's 'multi-tasking' for your muscles. According to a study released last year by the American Council on Exercise, a typical boot camp-style workout enhances aerobic capacity and promotes significant calorie burning while also improving muscle fitness. Join the fun and experience a boot camp-style workout that will keep you jazzed and sweating as you tone, trim and build muscle. Also includes great take-away tips to foster team skills and positive thinking in a fast, efficient, high intensity circuit.
Creating Boot Camps for Zoomers - Premiered IDEA World 2009
Zoomers (active baby boomers) can expect to live at least another 50 years, if not forever, and they want to have some fun while they are doing it. Learn how to design and implement boot camps specific to the 50 and over market. Everything you need is included, from target marketing to exercise progressions that challenge without injury, to teambuilding activities and more. Zoom in, NOW!.
Buff Bodz ‘n Little Bodz - Premiered IDEA World 2008
The focus is on family fun with interactive circuit activities involving parent and child in tandem. Is it work? Is it play? You decide. Leigh gives you a playground full of creative ideas for interactive circuit training stations. With these tools you can challenge strength and endurance for the tall and the small, create cross-generational quality time for families and attract a new market for your group fitness program.
TRX Suspension
Training
TRX Group Suspension Training Course (GSTC)
Learn not only the basics of TRX Suspension Training, but how to teach others in a group fitness class. You will have a TRX workout in your back pocket ready to teach and be able to create your own classes to suit your teaching style. If you’re ready to discover a new way to make them sweat in group fitness, this course is for you. After completing this 1-day course you will be able to: Set up and use the TRX Suspension Trainer Adjust exercises for every fitness level Teach a range of both TRX strength and flexibility exercises Lead a TRX Group Class in 2 different formats Cue clients in a group class Design group TRX workouts to fit your own style
All-Day Workshop
TRX Suspension Trainer Course (STC)
Fitness professionals: get the basics of using your TRX Suspension Trainer for yourself and your clients. This expert-led course gives you the essential information and hands-on training you need. After completing the STC, you will be able to: Understand why Suspension Training is a unique and valuable training method for sports performance and general fitness. Properly set up and use the TRX Suspension Trainer in a variety of locations and for a wide array of exercises. Use the TRX as an efficient and effective exercise tool regardless of fitness level or performance training goals.
All-Day Workshop
TRX
Suspension Training - Metabolic Circuits
Push yourself through a number of fast paced, full body circuits that capitalize on the unique full body integration, exercise versatility and unmatched transition capability that makes the TRX the perfect complement to this intense style of training.
Convention Workshop
TRX
Suspension Training - Sports Performance
Some of the world’s top coaches and athletes are integrating TRX® Suspension Training® into team or individual athlete programs to reach peak results. Learn how these techniques can be adapted to be safe and effective for any client with functional and athletic aspirations. Discover a program targeted specifically at enhancing general athletic ability and address some specific strategies for individual sports.
Convention Workshop
TRX Suspension Training - TRX Fusion
This exciting session integrates the TRX® Suspension Trainer™ with other fitness equipment to give a heart-pounding workout. Learn how to enhance the TRX or create diverse circuits by combining multiple tools with smart and effective programming to achieve the highest levels of motivation and success for your clients.
Convention Workshop
TRX
Suspension Training - Circuit Training
This group strength workout uses timed sets and a grueling boot camp format to give participants an all body burn in record time. Use nothing but your participant’s body weight and the TRX to bring a completely new element to your group program and light up your studio like never before.
Convention Workshop
TRX
Suspension Training - Core Performance
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.
Convention Workshop
TRX Suspension Training - Body Blast
This empowering group strength workout set to music will hit your entire body and switch on your core like nothing you've ever encountered. Starting with a warm- up to get you fired up, the heart of the workout includes demanding exercises for lower & upper body strength and some additional moves that target the core specifically. This dynamic and high energy class is characterized by fun and smooth transitions using exercises that can be adapted to challenge every participant.
Convention Workshop
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Older Adult Fitness
Interactive Games For Older Adults
Working in pairs or teams, stay fit by
playing games. Program directors and professional fitness instructors
will learn how working interactively can increase the social dimension
of your senior exercise program while promoting participant safety and
playfulness. Using a variety of equipment, such as balls and resistance
tubing, develop a program that builds strength, balance, and cardiovascular
fitnes in a supportive game atmosphere.
2 Hour Workshop
Yoga and Osteoporosis
It is estimated that one in two women over the age of 50 will have
an osteoporosis related fracture in her lifetime. Your members and clients
with osteoporosis may wonder if yoga is an appropriate exercise for them
and how to participate safely. This workshop explores some of the special
yoga program requirements relating to osteoporosis, as well as appropriate
postures to implement those requirements. Most importantly, learn what
you should not be doing with this population. Learn
how the correct selection of postures, attention to proper progression
and sequence will ensure safe, effective yoga classes to improve the
quality of life for your students with osteoporosis.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
Yoga For Active Older Adults
The benefits of yoga are numerous and rewarding, especially for active
seniors. This workshop will explore many special requirements of yoga
programs for seniors, including common physical conditions among seniors,
and appropriate postures to address those conditions. Learn how attention
to the proper sequence and progression will ensure safe, mentally and
physically stimulating yoga classes to improve the quality of life for
your active senior market.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
STRENGTH TRAINING
Strength In The Balance: A Stability Ball &
Chi Ball Workout
A first-class functional workout, challenging your body with a combination
of free and body-weight resistance and asymmetric instability. Strength in the
Balance features an easy-to-learn organizational routine keyed to body position
on the stability ball and concludes with a chi ball acupressure/myofascial-release
self-massage.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
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Core On The Floor
From basic to advanced, the focus for this workshop is abdominals. Review the
latest abdominal training research and apply the science as you explore an array
of ab exercises and variations. Learn an integrated approach to strengthening,
defining and maintaining muscles of the trunk.
3 Hour CEC Workshop
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the Video
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YOGA & MIND
BODY
Floor, Core & More
Floor, Core & MoreTM for personal fitness trainers introduces powerful
and effective alternatives to traditional weight room training. This one-day
workshop includes a personal fitness trainer’s overview of key Yoga and
Pilates concepts. The focus will be on real-world applications and practical,
hands-on training techniques suitable for pre and post rehab clients.
8 Hour CEC Workshop
Comparative Yoga
Vini, Ashtanga, Bikram, Kundalini! Whatever happened to plain old yoga? Considering that there are over 800 documented yoga styles, you have many reasons to be confused. In this workshop, yoga instructor Leigh Crews will provide a framework and a sampling of major yoga formats to sort it all out. Working along a continuum from Power Yoga, to Iyengar, to Yin, Leigh will show you the key differences and commonalities along with discussion of other styles that fall somewhere in between. Experience a practice providing a sample of each major style, and learn an organizational framework to identify any style of yoga by its essential elements and relate it to the rest of the yoga universe.
1.5 Hour CEC Workshop
AFPA Yoga
Instructor Certification
This AFPA certification program trains
participants to create dynamic, user-friendly, group fitness yoga classes. The
program addresses correct postural execution, transitions and modifications
of poses. Learn the techniques of class design, skills to communicate the mind/body
connection, and safe teaching methods. This certification program is structured
for beginners teaching yoga, practicing yoga, and learning yoga. Experienced
Yoga instructors will benefit form this workshop as it will offer new skills
to teach in health clubs and the gym environment. There are no prerequisites.
8 Hour Certification Course
Yoga for Healthy Backs
Eight out of 10 Americans will experience back pain at some point. Yoga builds strength, flexibility and functional integrity in the joints. Yoga for Healthy Backs focuses on the muscles and joints of the upper and lower back and the yoga postures that can build strength, improve posture and alleviate pain. The complete practice included in this workshop will concentrate on sequences for maintaining back health.
1.5 Hour Workshop
Yoga Core
Keeping the core strong and supple is important for health as well as aesthetics. Yoga Core delivers core training with a yoga perspective. Learn a variety of yoga postures appropriate for any fitness level that will strengthen the muscles of the abs and back while maintaining or increasing the flexibility of the spine. The complete practice included in this workshop will concentrate exclusively on core training.
1.5 Hour Workshop
Strong Yoga for Great Legs (adapted from the EveryDay Yoga series)
Strong Yoga for Great Legs is all about the lower body. From the hips to the toes, learn dynamic poses that strengthen, stretch and improve your legs. This workshop will open your hips, strengthen your quads, stretch your hamstrings, build strong knees and ankles, and unify the lower body. Finish with a complete practice that will leave your legs feeling like limp noodles.
1.5 Hour Workshop
Yoga and Osteoporosis
It is estimated that one in two women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporosis
related fracture in her lifetime. Your members and clients with osteoporosis
may wonder if yoga is an appropriate exercise for them and how to participate
safely. This workshop explores some of the special yoga program requirements
relating to osteoporosis, as well as appropriate postures to implement those
requirements. Most importantly, learn what you should not be doing with this
population. Learn how the correct selection of postures, attention to proper
progression and sequence will ensure safe, effective yoga classes to improve
the quality of life for your students with osteoporosis.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
Yoga For Active Older Adults
The benefits of yoga are numerous and rewarding, especially for active seniors.
This workshop will explore many special requirements of yoga programs for seniors,
including common physical conditions among seniors, and appropriate postures
to address those conditions. Learn how attention to the proper sequence and
progression will ensure safe, mentally and physically stimulating yoga classes
to improve the quality of life for your active senior market.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
Private Practice - Creating A Personal Yoga Experience
Discover the joy of having your own customized private yoga practice. This
lecture defines a path for getting the greatest return on the investment of
your workout time. Learn how to create a practice that answers your individual
needs, including equipment basics, prioritizing, personal assessment and setting
up your space.
2 Hour CEC Lecture
EVERYDAY YOGA™ -
Vinyasa Flow Series
EveryDay Yoga™ Workshop Series
Yoga can be practiced every day, but do you really want to do the same practice
every day? This workshop series gives you five complete daily practices, that
can be done Monday through Friday. Each two-hour workshop explores unique
aspects of the focus practice, in depth. Energize on Monday and mellow out
on Friday. In between, focus on a different area of the body each day.
EveryDay Yoga™ Focus on Healthy Backs
Eight out of 10 Americans will experience back pain at some point. Yoga builds strength, flexibility and functional integrity in the joints. Yoga for Healthy Backs focuses on the muscles and joints of the upper and lower back and the yoga postures that can build strength, improve posture and alleviate pain. The complete practice included in this workshop will concentrate on sequences for maintaining back health.
1.5 Hour Workshop
Easy EveryDay Yoga™
This workshop develops a Monday morning workout that will get you moving
and pump up your energy level. A great practice for any day of the week
when you want to concentrate on flow and warmth.
1.5 Hr. CEC Workshop
EveryDay Yoga™ - Energy
This workshop develops a Monday morning workout that will get you moving
and pump up your energy level. A great practice for any day of the week
when you want to concentrate on flow and warmth.
2 Hr. CEC Workshop
EveryDay Yoga™ - Shoulders 
This workshop will review the anatomy of the shoulders and discuss yoga
postures that strengthen and stretch the shoulder and shoulder girdle. Includes
a complete practice that focuses on shoulders. more
2 Hr. CEC Workshop
EveryDay Yoga™ - Hips & Knees
This workshop will review the anatomy of the hip joint and the knees and
discuss postures that open the hips, strengthen the knees and unify the lower
body. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of straps and manual manipulation
to protect the knee joint. Includes a complete practice that incorporates
the postures discussed, ready for your immediate use.
2 Hr. CEC Workshop
Workshop DVD Available in the Dynalife Pro Shop
EveryDay Yoga™ - Abs & Back
Every one appreciates the value of core conditioning. This workshop delivers
core training with from a yoga perspective. Review the anatomy of the abs
and back, and discuss important yoga postures to help keep the core strong
and supple. The complete practice included in this workshop will concentrate
on core training.
2 Hr. CEC Workshop
EveryDay Yoga™ - Relaxation & Stress
Relief
This workshop will focus on the mellow side of yoga. You know how to do hard.
Learn how to do soft, expertly, and bring balance to your yoga practice. Bring
blankets and bolsters. This workshop will discuss the benefits of a relaxing
practice and suggest postures and sequences that will calm you down, chill
you out, and leave you limp-noodle-relaxed. (Participants should bring two
full size or larger blankets for the workshop.)
2 Hr. CEC Workshop
EveryDay Yoga: Focus on Great Legs
The focus of this convention workshop is all about the lower body. From the hips to the toes, learn dynamic poses that strengthen, stretch and improve your legs. This workshop will open your hips, strengthen your quads, stretch your hamstrings, build strong knees and ankles, and unify the lower body. Finish with a complete practice that will leave your legs feeling like limp noodles.
Accompany
your practice with AJANI: Music for Flow Yoga, vol. 1 (available
here)
Unleashing
the Athlete With Zen
A unique application of the Reebok
5-Point Movement Screen and mind-body exercise for enhancement of your individual
training program. Learn to identify many typical imbalances that are created
by common sports activities. Match the imbalance with the appropriate yoga and
pilates postures for stretching or strengthening. These skills are immediately
useful for athletes. Participate in a 20-minute workout that can be used as
a warm up for your sport, or extended to create a full-hour exercise class.
Knowledge of the Reebok 5-Point Movement Screen is not a pre-requisite for this
course.
3 Hr. CEC Workshop
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Vinyasa Krama
Vinyasa Krama is the skill of
combining yoga postures in sequences that flow smoothly and in which the postures
are complementary, one to another. This course offers a step-by-step plan to
organize your class, artfully and intelligently. As you experience 5 complete
vinyasas, you will learn how to select and sequence complementary and interdependent
yoga poses for a workout that flows magically from beginning to end to create
harmony, balance, and seamless transitions. Use this choreography in your next
class, or create your own using the skills presented. Come away with instant
choreography for 5 complete vinyasas.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
Personal
Training
Unleashing
the Athlete With Zen
A unique application of the Reebok
5-Point Movement Screen and mind-body exercise for enhancement of your individual
training program. Learn to identify many typical imbalances that are created
by common sports activities. Match the imbalance with the appropriate yoga and
pilates postures for stretching or strengthening. These skills are immediately
useful for athletes. Participate in a 20-minute workout that can be used as
a warm up for your sport, or extended to create a full-hour exercise class.
Knowledge of the Reebok 5-Point Movement Screen is not a pre-requisite for this
course.
3 Hr. CEC Workshop
Buy
the DVD
Strength In The Balance: A Stability Ball & Chi Ball Workout
A first-class functional workout, challenging your body with a combination
of free and body-weight resistance and asymmetric instability. Strength in
the Balance features an easy-to-learn organizational routine keyed to body
position on the stability ball and concludes with a chi ball acupressure/myofascial-release
self-massage.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
Core on the Floor
From basic to advanced, the focus of this workshop is abdominals. Learn an
integrated approach to strengthen, define and maintain all major muscles of
the trunk. Enjoy an excruciatingly intense master class, properly sequenced
to be the most effective workout your midsection has ever known.
3 Hr. Advanced Workshop
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the Video
Abs
Core on the Floor
From basic to advanced, the focus of
this workshop is abdominals. Learn an integrated approach to
strengthen, define and maintain all major muscles of the trunk.
Enjoy an excruciatingly intense master class, properly sequenced
to be the most effective workout your midsection has ever known.
3 Hr. Advanced Workshop
Buy
the Video
Strength In The Balance: A Stability Ball & Chi Ball Workout
A first-class functional workout, challenging your body with a combination
of free and body-weight resistance and asymmetric instability. Strength in
the Balance features an easy-to-learn organizational routine keyed to body
position on the stability ball and concludes with a chi ball acupressure/myofascial-release
self-massage.
2 Hour CEC Workshop
Buy
the Video
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Leigh's Master Classes
The perfect way to enhance your next Dynalife workshop. It’s
as easy as 1-2-3 to...
- 1 Inspire
your membership and instructors.
- 2 Promote
your own program to members and prospective members.
- 3 Generate extra revenue for your
continuing education budget.
- Stability Ball & chi ball
- Yoga
- Relaxation
- Abdominals
- Body Sculpting (various equipment)
- Circuit Training
- Multi-generational games
Boot Camp Master Class
Skills, Drills
and Thrills! Work to your max in a high-energy Boot Camp
style that incorporates kick boxing drills, athletic drills, coordination
and balance. Play hard and have mega-fun with our "unison circuit".
Wrap up the workout with a super abs section, followed by a relaxing
and restorative cool-down reward.
90 Minutes (No CECs)
Leigh’s Master Classes can vary in length and the
content can be customized to meet the specific needs of your
program or facility. CEUs are not available for master classes.
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