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Game Ready

Today’s fitness client wants more than fat loss, they also want back their ability to “play the game”. Resistance Band Training provides trainers, coaches and fitness professionals the ability to not only provide their clients with the traditional fat loss, strength and metabolic training but also be used to gain speed, agility and power in any age group. Fitness clients know they may not play the game like they use to but it doesn’t mean they don’t want to train to be “Game Ready”. However this type of training takes a special coach with some simple tools and the training knowledge to help their clients recapture Game Ready status. Dave “The Band Man” Schmitz has been ahead of the curve when it comes to getting baby boomers better with bands and he is about to show you how to use Resistance Bands to achieve this exciting transformation with your fitness clients. Dave will provide you both the “Why” and the “How” to use a simple single looped resistance band to start developing training programs that improve flexibility, mobility,and core stability before taking you through a progressive athletic based training approach that will keep your clients feeling and looking like they are “Game Ready”.

Make sure you come dressed to play and learn how training with bands will not only create a positive transformation on your body but with a little action could also transform the bottom-line of your training business.

Former editorial director of fitness content for Experience Life magazine, Jen spent the past decade covering the best training methodologies the fitness industry has to offer. She now talks fitness, food, happy life and general health topics at her website, Thrive with Jen Sinkler (www.jensinkler.com). 

Recently listed as Shape magazine’s “Top 30 Motivators of 2013,” she also made Huffington Post’s line-up of “20 of the Best Fitness Experts Worth Following on Twitter.”

Offline, Jen works with clients to expand their capabilities at Movement Minneapolis, a facility that uses biofeedback-based training techniques. She is a certified kettlebell instructor through the RKC and KBA, and an Olympic lifting coach through USA Weightlifting; she also holds coaching certifications through TACFIT, CrossFit and L.I.F.T. (Ultimate Sandbag).

She played rugby for 13 years, many of those on the U.S. national 7s and 15s teams.

From Student to Teacher: Applying Lessons Learned From Fitness Biggies

Jen Sinkler become a personal trainer somewhat by accident — a magazine editor, she made the rounds on the fitness-seminar circuit for years. Over time, listening to all of the info from the best and brightest in the fitness industry inspired her to begin training people, too. In this presentation, she shares some of the best lessons she’s learned, who they’re from, and how to apply them yourself. 

Mike Robertson has helped clients and athletes from all walks of life achieve their strength, physique and performance related goals. Mike received his Masters Degree in Sports Biomechanics from the world-renowned Human Performance Lab at Ball State University. Mike is the president of Robertson Training Systems, and the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training which was named one of America’s Top Ten Gyms by Men’s Health magazine in 2009 and 2010.

Complete Core Training: From Research to Real-World Results

Core training is a consistent buzzword in the strength and conditioning community. But are we getting the most out of our core training? Are our athletes maximizing their performance in the gym and on the field?

In this presentation, Mike will not only review the pertinent literature on the topic, but how this information can be applied to any strength and conditioning program for maximal results.

Steve Long,NSCA, FMS, USAW, IYCA, TPI, HKC, KBA

Jared Woolever – M.S., NSCA-CPT, IYCA, TPI, FMS

Smart Group Training is changing the way the best trainers in the world train large groups.  Steve Long and Jared Woolever are known for their practical approach to group training and their devotion to making large group training as much like personal training as possible.  Steve and Jared are both extremely educated in the field and have been mentored by the best strength coaches and clinicians in the industry.  Jared and Steve both own and train in two of the most well respected training studios in the Midwest.  Both are dedicated industry leaders as speakers, authors, and regular contributors to the best online industry resources.

Screening and Corrective Exercise in Large Group Training

Group training doesn’t have to be a watered down version of the type of training your clients really deserve.  Learn how to take your group training to an entirely new level. Your group training can include screening, corrective exercise, individualized program design, and everything else that personal training offers.

In this information packed lecture and hands on experience, Steve and Jared will show you ways to screen your large group clients. Even better, they will show you how to use the screen results to incorporate corrective exercises and red lights into your large group personal training program.  Smart Group Training believes that the best way to learn is to experience what it is like for yourself, so be prepared for a great workout during this hands on demonstration.