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ACE MOVER ACADEMY

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You’ll have the opportunity to interact with ACE’s most credible minds and partners in education, and learn how you can improve your practice to inspire your communities to better health.

The ACE Mover Academy will:

  • Provide you with the latest research you can implement in your client sessions
  • Give you cutting-edge tools to help clients achieve lasting behavior change
  • Connect you with industry leaders and peers who share your mission to get people moving
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ACE Mover Academy Sessions

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Speed Training—The Basics for Success in Sport

Anthony Wall, MS

Acceleration and quickness are critical components of any athletic program. Regardless of ability or experience, speed- and acceleration-based programs need to be structured and progressive in nature. In this session, you’ll discover the concept of “relative training,” and how foundational training principles for recreational and professional athletes are the same. Join Anthony, a World Masters-ranked sprinter, for this fun, dynamic and explosive practical workout session. He will lead you through a world-class agility and quickness session that will show you how to blend these skills into a seamless session that will leave you breathless…for more!

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Supporting an Active, High Quality of Life for the Aging Population

Sabrena Jo, MS

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2030, the size of the older population will increase so that one in every five residents will be of retirement age. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80% of older adults have at least one chronic health condition such as diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease. Regular physical activity can help prevent these conditions and is crucial to maintaining health throughout the aging process. As a result, there is an emerging demand for health and exercise professionals with expertise in senior fitness. That’s where you come in.

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Functional Movement Patterns for Older Adults

Cody Sipe, PhD

The seven fundamental movement patterns can be incredibly beneficial for older adults of all ages and functional levels. In this workshop, we will cover techniques and strategies for applying the “Big 3” patterns—deadlift, squat and lunge—to this diverse group, including: teaching strategies; simple assessments to determine which clients “earn the right” to load these patterns; how to regress and progress each movement; how to deal with chronic conditions and orthopedic issues; ways to integrate muscle power training; and programming variables. There will be a considerable amount of small-group and partner work to facilitate the learning.

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Unintended Consequences: Your “Healthy” Diet May Be Wrecking Your Health

Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSD

Eating healthy or “clean” is often a struggle our clients take on believing the change will help them lose weight, feel better, increase energy or improve athletic performance. While their intentions are excellent, the outcomes can be devastating. Come and learn why gluten-free, low-carb, Paleo, Keto and other “clean” diets could be causing far more harm than good to their long-term health. While weight loss and good health may be the goal, a higher mortality rate could be the outcome.

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Impacting Prediabetes and Diabetes Through Exercise and Movement

Sabrena Jo, MS

As the number of Americans with diabetes mellitus (DM) continues to rise at alarming rates, the demand for professionals who understand these clients and their specific needs increases. Having a better understanding of the condition gives you an opportunity to positively impact the lives of those who suffer from it. Learn what exercise professionals need to know about how DM impacts the human body, the lifestyle behavior-change strategies that have been shown to prevent and/or manage DM, and how exercise professionals can become valuable additions to the healthcare team of a client with DM.

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Improving Upper-Body Kinetic Chain Function for Shoulder and Neck Pain

Lauren Shroyer, MS

What percentage of your clients have aches, pains or diagnosed injuries in the upper extremities? Upper-body dysfunction can have a significant negative impact on client success and well-being. This session will dig into the anatomy and biomechanics of the upper-body kinetic chain to give you a more thorough understanding of why dysfunction may occur. You will then learn how to apply and progress upper-extremity exercises to decrease shoulder and neck pain. Plus, you’ll understand how to more effectively meet the needs and goals of clients of all fitness levels, from beginners to athletes.

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Let’s Play—The Science of Fitness Fun!

Michael Piercy, MS

Help your clients find their way to better health and fitness results through the magic of fun! This session will feature some unique ways to implement fun and creativity into your programming for improved adherence and success potential. Unlock the keys to games and play to help your clients reach the next level on the road to consistency and commitment. Redefine fitness for your clients as fun!

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Launching Your Clients’ Success—Principles and Practice of Stages of Change

Anthony Wall, MS

Helping people improve their lives is at the root of what we do as exercise professionals. How successful are we in doing that? How do we know which client will be successful and which won’t be? If we understand what factors help predict whether someone will be successful in making a change, then perhaps we can be more successful as exercise professionals. In this session, we’ll look at one of the most successful behavior-change models. We’ll explore the process that we all go through when dealing with change and discuss how to make behavior change an intentional process. Using the model, we’ll discuss how to guide clients in their journey to making long-lasting behavior-change choices through tailoring their actions.

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The Pelvic Floor: Glute Connection

Farel Hruska

The glutes are an integral component of a healthy pelvic floor. Learn ways to incorporate specific equipment to create incredible hip, glute and pelvic floor activation. Explore the science and exercise behind programming that is perfect for your pre- and postnatal clients or anyone else desiring pelvic floor restoration and strength.

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Loaded Mobility Training: Combining Mobility, Stability and Strength in Program Design

John Sinclair

Many protocols promote the concept that stability must precede mobility, which precedes strength. In this very interactive session, learn why mobility, stability and strength may be best achieved when trained together. Discover why biology loves to achieve these three outcomes together and why biomechanics are better served when mobility, stability and strength are combined.

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Coaching Conditioning for Muscle-Building Fat Loss

Peter Twist, MSc

The primary goals of most new or prospective clients are to lose fat and change their body shape by adding muscle. Come experience a conditioning workout that mixes maximum fat burn with effective functional training, while loading the body in the right ways to build muscle. We’ll fine-tune the mechanics and ROM that exponentially increases muscle development, physical function and fat loss.

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The 2020 Olympic Circuit

Alex McLean, MS, and Michael Piercy, MS

Every 4 years, the world marvels at the sculpted bodies and heroic feats of the Olympians. Tackle solo, partner and team challenges based on the actual training methods used in sports, designed to pull out your inner athlete! This circuit combines fitness and sports that will spark creativity in your programming and leave you inspired. Go for the gold!

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Move Away From Knee Pain

Chuck Wolf, MS

The knee is a victim of every movement a person takes. It’s often blamed for movement limitations yet in actuality, it’s dependent upon the actions of the foot, ankle and hips. Explore the biomechanics of the knee and learn how to modulate the basic lunge movement pattern to allow the knee to move in all three planes of motion. Also, discover nearly two dozen lunge variations that can help the knee move away from pain.

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Move Laugh Connect—MLC MOVE

Carla Sottovia, PhD

MLC MOVE is a balanced program for total well-being that addresses one’s physical, emotional and social dimensions in a group setting. This is a group class designed to extend the functional years of our clients and students in a safe, relaxing and fun environment. Come move, laugh and connect with us!

FAQs

Online: Visit this link to sign up today! By Phone: Call our Inspired Service Team toll-free at (800) 999-4332, ext. 7. Outside the U.S. and Canada: dial (858) 535-8979, ext. 7. (7:00am-5:00pm Pacific Time, Monday-Friday) Please have your credit card number and expiration date ready.