IDEA Personal Trainer Institute™ - Workshop Sessions

This hands-on workshop will outline the importance of postural analysis in programming STOTT PILATES workouts. Ideal posture, as well as flat back, sway back and kyphosis-lordosis posture will be reviewed. How muscle imbalances typically manifest in static posture will be covered and participants will practice conducting postural analysis. Finally, common Pilates exercise choices and modifications to accommodate these imbalances in order to work toward restoring balance in the musculature over time will be explored and experienced. Limited to 30 registrants.

There are over 2 million Bowflex home gyms sold in the United States. Bowflex owners are looking for personal trainers who know how to use this equipment and put them on results-oriented programs. Jumpstart your personal training business and learn how to set up the newest Bowflex machines to customize individual workout programs for the home exerciser. Participants will learn how to set up the machine in the most efficient way possible, as well as perform numerous exercises in a variety of positions. Limited to 30 registrants.

This fully interactive hands-on workshop reveals the functional anatomy of the lumbo-pelvic hip girdle and teaches you how faulty movement patterns and/or biomechanics lead to structural malalignments. You will learn how to assess imbalances of the lumbo-pelvic hip girdle, learn an array of corrective exercises, and have the opportunity to create your own corrective exercises. These techniques will help to alleviate your clients’ pain and improve function.

This dynamic workshop presents the latest, most advanced sports speed training drills used by professional and Olympic athletes. Focus is on dynamic drills that develop stops, starts and multidirectional movement.

Too many athletes fail to fully develop their athletic ability because they waste their time on training programs designed for bodybuilders. In this session, you will learn how to develop a comprehensive training program that helps athletes not only look impressive in competition, but also to play impressively!

Learn the latest balance training techniques and exercises. Updated research will be presented with practical application to personal trainers. Hands-on movements will show progression from unstable apparatus to real-life environments. The movements presented are for all populations, elite athletes to elders.

Ever wonder why the best stretching programs always seem to “come up short?” Although stretching is a reasonably good technique for enhancing movement, it is far from being enough. Using small equipment, participants will experience a comprehensive approach to improved mobility. This course will teach the trainer how to release soft tissue and stiff joints, as well as techniques to mobilize the spine. See how this unique combination of stretching, body therapy and fascial release will help your clients achieve greater whole-body mobility.

Your clients want to gain skills that will have a high level of transfer to their chosen sports, recreations or daily activities. Experience a series of exercise progressions using the BOSU® Balance Trainer, BOSU® Ballast Ball™ and soft-weighted fitness balls that focus on cardiovascular fitness, balance and equilibrium, multidirectional movement, quickness and agility, athletic strength and power, rotary and core strength, as well as dynamic flexibility. This whole-body, integrated approach holds value for functional fitness programs.

Although active dynamic warm-ups have become more widely accepted and serve as a staple in most collegiate and professional organizations, several critical attributes have been overlooked. See how kinesthetic awareness, proper body alignment, symmetrical ranges of motion and teaching the body to be resilient to vertical (gravity) loading are all commonly ignored qualities of the active dynamic warm-up, and how, if cued correctly and consistently, it can make a dramatic improvement in the performance of your athletes!

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.

More and more consumers are putting exercise equipment into their homes. Many of these people need personal trainers who know how to use the equipment properly and are able to develop strength circuits and exercise variations. Using a Bowflex home gym and other portable fitness products, you will gain insight into training tools and programming that will help your at-home training clients achieve their goals.

Understanding the concepts and principles surrounding stabilization training is only a small part of the puzzle. Being able to properly, safely and effectively apply and progress it is the defining factor of a great fitness professional. In Part 2 of this two-part series, we will demonstrate implementation strategies and practice techniques to better promote stabilization. Please also join us for Part 1, Session #125.

Take your core training to a whole new level of effectiveness and safety using creative floor/mat progressions, the BOSU® Ballast Ball™ (weighted stability ball training) and the BOSU® Balance Trainer. Adopt a new perspective and evidence-based training methodologies for a range of clients. Add fresh elements to abdominal and back training and learn many new core exercises that will effectively challenge your clients’ “power center,” while simultaneously improving overall movement capabilities. If you think that you’ve seen it all with regard to core training, think again!

Are your clients in a rut? Are you stuck in a mental gridlock? Break out of the norm and get results! Using the special “dial-up” component of the Bowflex® SelectTech® dumbbells you can maximize results and minimize time. This two-phase program provides your client with an integrated workout that will not only improve strength and power, but is geared toward improving metabolic rate, strength-speed contraction and energy deficit. Limited to 20 people.

Expanding your business and income options demands creativity. Partner and small group training is not only an efficient way for you to increase your income, it can attract potential clients who might otherwise not have been attracted to private personal training. This session will cover key logistics such as workout efficiency, being able to observe several people at once and creative progressions that allow you to “tweak” each client’s program—on the spot!

Clients today understand that a strong core is essential. We will explore and experience first hand how multiplanar movement is required for every activity we participate in. Learn how to target the intricate musculature we call “the core.” Then, discover how a limited number of stability tools plus imagery can be incorporated for variety, balance and added challenge. Leave with a toolbox full of ways to train your client’s core through multiplanar movement.

Periodization has been used to optimize training responses in athletes for decades. In this hands-on session, you will link the scientific to the practical and learn how to apply this powerful tool to provide maximal benefits and functional improvements for your clients regardless of their age or fitness level.

Experience the next generation of stability ball training using the BOSU® Ballast Ball™. The multidimensional stabilizing load inside the ball creates a weighted stability ball that incorporates both audible and visual references to make total-body training more versatile, more effective—and FUN! Learn new exercises and drills that will keep you and your clients ahead of the rest in functional training. Stability ball training just got better!

This workshop will teach the fitness professional how to take speed/agility ladder training to new dimensions in order to create a truly unique workout experience. Attendees will not only learn how to instruct the fundamentals of ladder training, but also have their minds opened to the infinite number of creative possibilities this modality provides. In addition, participants will have ample opportunity to learn by doing this workout in the exciting hands-on section of this presentation.

By observing a movement actively, passively, toward gravity, away from gravity, with different lever lengths and other changing variables, we can get a better idea of precisely what the client needs. Are they really “tight?” Is there a mobility or stability issue? In this session we will look at three different movement patterns done in numerous ways, and go through a specific thought process to better identify the necessary missing links to the client’s progress.

This session is repeated as #213. Please see page 12 for complete description.

Whether you’re working with competitive athletes or weekend warriors, this course will educate you on the difference between gravity- and elastomer-based resistance training. We will discuss which is more appropriate with specific exercise programs and athletes. With the use of the Bowflex home gym and other portable fitness products, you’ll learn how to utilize these training tools to develop an optimal performance program that will give both you and your clients a competitive edge.