KEYNOTE ADDRESS: LET LAWRENCE KICK OFF YOUR EVENT WITH THIS KEYNOTE OF 10-60 MINUTES.
"THE LB Method": FASCINATING PARADOXES OF FITNESS: Lawrence will share with you 6 easy ways to improve the quality of your life. Shrink down what all the fitness experts say into 6 words. We will explore amazingly true-- yet paradoxical-- facets of fitness that nevertheless oftentimes prove uncanny. This candid look at the industry will put together the state of affairs of fitness in the world in a way that is, in a word, fascinating! (Equipment: none required. Lawrence can speak indoors or outdoors. Note that an optional PowerPoint slide presentation is dependent upon being indoors for technical reasons).
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Programs: Precons
GLIDING INTO EVOLVED ENERGIES
EVOLUTION MIND-BODY: WHERE EAST MEETS BEST
The following is best offered as a PRECONVENTION WORKSHOP with a MINIMUM of FIVE hours: Spend a day with one of the world's leading pioneers of mind-body hybrid programming as we fuse the best of the next generation of mind-body fitness applications: yoga, Pilates, T'ai Chi, and Feldenkrais with popular gym equipment. Suitable for both group exercise and personal trainers, this "minds-on" workshop will give you:
- new exercises with equipment (foam roller, Gliding disk) based on the principles of T'ai Chi, Yoga, Pilates, and Feldenkrais for equipment
- practical class formats and choreography progressions with names and exercises
- evolved exercises from each discipline that stand alone strong, including exercise progressions and regressions
- ideas on creating and implementing mind-body fusion programs with classes and clients
Equipment: inflated 55cm stability balls if possible, Gliding disks, foam rollers (3 feet long, 6"diameter), powerpoint projector, screen, yoga mats |
AQUATIC PERSONAL TRAINING PRINCIPLES
A huge trend in the personal training market today is aquatic personal training. Truly, aquatic personal trainers rarely can satisfy all the demands of potential clients and their waiting list is often full. Spend a day with Lawrence Biscontini, MA, aquatic personal trainer of the Caribbean's Golden Door Spas, (or another faculty member) learning about the components of an aquatic personal training session. We will review the fundamental principles of aquatic fitness, attend group strength and cardiovascular aquatic sessions, and learn individualized personal training techniques adapted especially for the aquatic personal trainer. You will take away a career path to help add personal training in the aquatic environment to your job description, including both deep and shallow water training, no equipment training, and movement patterns and exercises using the most popular aquatic equipment available today. (Equipment: lcd projector, webbed gloves, aquatic noodles, water buoys, and elastic tubing) |
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