Review the essential skills needed to successfully launch your career as a personal fitness trainer.  This ongoing workshop will cover the topics of communication, fitness foundations in personal training, assessment and screening, principals and elements of exercise program design, as well as provide opportunities to put theory to practice with case studies and practical demonstrations.  Completion of all workshops is recommended if sitting for the written exam to earn a certificate of completion.

Required Reading:  FIT Launch PT Foundations Workbook.
Suggested Reading:  ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 3^rd ed., ISBN#1-890720-14-

• Participants who successfully finish this intensive will qualify as a traveling fitness pro for Fit Bodies Inc. and Fit to Travel.  Certification through the American Council on Exercise or National Strength and Conditioning Association is strongly encouraged.  A Certificate of Course Completion will be provided for full attendance and success completion of program exam.  Tested knowledge will be based upon workbook and classroom lecture.

• Workbook will be provided at the first class. Suggested pre-conference reading of the ACE Personal Trainer Manual

Date: 09/26
Time: 8:00a-5:00p
Fee: US $119 Course (on site $149), Plus $30 workbook

Fit Bodies Inc. Aquatic Exercise Fundamentals Specialty Intensive - Denise Cox

Learn the skills vital to becoming a successful aquatic exercise leader.  This specialty certificate serves as an important first step into the field of teaching aquatic exercise and emphasizes practical skill mastery.  It addresses the benefits of aquatic exercise, the aquatic environment and principles of water, general anatomy and kinesiology, water depth options and appropriate movement plans, cueing skills, music use, working with special populations, the need for professionalism and leadership skills.

• Participants who successfully finish this intensive will qualify as a traveling fitness pro for Fit Bodies Inc. and Fit to Travel but will need to provide proper continuing education at the end of two years to remain eligible.  A Certificate of Course Completion will be provided for full attendance and success completion of program exam.

Date: 9/27
Time: 8:00a-5:00p
Fee: US $119 (on site $149)

Functional Personal Fitness Training - Missy Hawthorne

In this Intensive, you will learn what’s cutting edge in personal training. We will explore what functional fitness training is and HOW to integrate it into your clients’ programs. By learning how to integrate functional fitness training into your current training programs you can enhance the performance of your clientele more rapidly and more efficiently. You will learn exercises using tools as the TRX, medicine balls, stability balls, balance devices and body weight training just to name a few!.  You will get a better understanding of how the body is supposed to move, and how the body responds to different types of training. If you are a personal trainer looking to expand your knowledge as a trainer and ready to take your training to the next level, this intensive is for you!  Functional fitness training is challenging, rewarding and fun!

Workbook will be provided at the start of the intensive. Wear comfortable clothing and be ready to learn!

Date 9/27
Time 8:00a - 5:00p
Fee: US $129 (on site $159)

F.Y.I. FOUNDATION YOGA INTEGRATION INTENSIVE - Marianne Wells

Marianne has taken her popular Yoga Alliance 200 RYT Yoga Teacher Training program and broken it down to its basics. Foundational Yoga Information, will give you a good, solid foundation on the basics of yoga in an easy, condensed form. FYI, will focus on alignment, form, and mindfulness as it strengthens your body, increases your flexibility, and improves your balance. You'll also have the opportunity to explore a brief history of yoga and its texts, the energy of the Chakras, and the practice of Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation. If you've always wanted to delve deeper into your practice but never felt you had the time, this is the course and the opportunity for you. All levels welcome. 

• Please bring a notebook, pens or pencils, and your yoga mat.
• Upon successful completion of this program a Certificate of Completion will be presented.

Date: 9/28
Time: 8:00a-5:00p
Fee: US $149 (on site $179)

Pilates Instructor Intensive Series Certificate - June Kahn

Explore this 8 hour Matwork Intensive workshop which introduces a progressive series of exercises and modifications based on the methods of Joseph Pilates.  The concepts are based on principles of core stabilization, Pilates matwork, and physical therapy techniques.  Proper execution of form and technique are explored as they apply to training the fitness enthusiast.  Matwork Fundamentals enables you to design workouts for everyone – young, old, athletic, sedentary and even those rehabilitating from injury.  Leave with the tools necessary to design and implement a successful Pilates Matwork Program.  (On site exam administered, Manual additional $25.00)

Date 9/29
Time 8:00a - 5:00p
Fee: US $144 - includes $25 Manual (on site $169)

Beam Fit Intensive Certificate - David Mesirow

Beaming™, in part, is a Fitness Program; however Beaming™ imparts a pro-active strategy incorporating the physical with the experiential aspects of ones existence. Beamfit™ is the first organization in the fitness industry to develop and mainstream the concept of The B.E.A.M Method (Balancing Experiences with Activity to Motivate life change) which introduces to the participant  a more holistic approach to the outcome of workout participation and the impact it can have on a their daily life beyond the workout environment.

Through the Beaming™ experience, we strive to raise an individual’s overall awareness of all the aspects in his or her life, by paying close attention to breath, sense and sensory stimulation as well as lifestyle application – offering a unique and innovative program model.  The IMMEDIATE response from the sensory system makes one more effective at “committing to task with focus” coupled with the consistent feedback from the beam to the body to continually challenge these systems. In Beaming™ it is the IMMEDIATE and consistent adjustments that have to be made, allowing one to not only be focused but giving him or her the ability to adapt to change and adapt successfully in everything he or she does. 

Date 9/30
Time 8:00a - 5:00p
Fee: US $119 (on site $149)

Foundations of Thai Massage - Wayne Martin

Thai massage is one of four branches of healing passed down from ancient times. Its origins can be found in ancient Chinese and Indian forms of healing and bodywork. The theory and use of Sen Lines closely relate to the Chinese Meridian System.The restoring,  and moving,of Qi, chi or prana is common to all three: Chinese, Thai and Indian systems,either by bodywork (pressure and stretching) or by self-practice of yoga.

In this eight hour course, we will use Thai massage to promote good health in both the giver and receiver of this most ancient form of healing.

1.We will use Thai massage techniques involving use of finger,hand,elbows.arm,feet,and knee ; to both pressure and stretch the client in the following four positions

                A   Prone
                B   Supine
                C   Side
                D    Seated

2. We will learn graceful transition moves to reposition the client in the four basic position.

3. We will use as an overview the 12 Major Meridians of Traditional Chinese Medicine and how they are accessed in Thai Yoga Massage

Date 10/1
Time 8:00a - 5:00p
Fee: US $149 (on site $179)