FIT RendezvousCONFERENCEMount Royal UniversityMay 22- 24, 2015

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9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Tim Borys – ViPR™ for Personal TrainersSession code: A1-01ViPR™ bridges the gap between movement and strength, easily mak-ing it the most innovative fitness break through in years.

•Burn more calories during and after workouts•Build muscle strength and tone•Improve balance and flexibility•Increase strength and power.

This intensive course provides the comprehensive education necessary for you to effectively and safely train your clients with ViPR™. Learn:

•Scientific training principles behind ViPR™•How to progress or regress ViPR™ for any client•How to apply ViPR™ to personal training, small group training, boot camp-style classes, •How to apply the scientific training principles to other training modalities.

Upon registration, you will be enrolled in the online module 1 which must be completed by June 15, in order to become fully qualified. ViPR module 1 is worth an additional .3 CEC in addition to the 7 credit hours of the live workshop. A ViPR™ course manual will be provided at the course.

AFLCA CFT Examiners – AFLCA Certified Fitness Trainer Preparatory CourseSession code: A1-02This interactive 8-hour course will prepare candidates for aspects of the Certified Fitness Trainer theory and practical examinations. All CFT performance standards and core competencies will be covered includ-ing: anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, exercise prescription, client assessment, injury prevention, and nutrition. Practical exam requirements will also be covered with many opportunities to gain con-fidence and proficiency administering the assessments and pre-screen-ing protocols. Candidates will be eligible to register in any AFLCA - CFT exams following this course including the theory and practical sessions being held at Mount Royal University May 31. This course is available to those who have met the entrance criteria for the AFLCA Certified Fit-ness Trainer including: existing AFLCA Resistance Training Leaders, and those students or graduates of recognized post-secondary education programs. Please contact the AFLCA to confirm eligibility.

TIME Friday, May 22 Sessions

9:00 am – 5:00 pmViPRTM for Personal Trainers– A1-01

Tim Borys

9:00 am– 5:00 pmAFLCA Certified Fitness Trainer Preparatory Course – A1-02

AFLCA CFT Examiners

9:00 am – 3:00 pmAFLCA Functional Independence Training for the Older Adult – A1-03

Lesley McEwan

12:00 – 4:00 pmUrban Poling Course – A1-04

Susan Yackulic and Mandy Johnson

6:00 – 10:00 pm CPR (Level A) – A1-05

The Provincial Fitness Unit proudly presents,

Fit Rendezvous 2015

Fit Rendezvous 2015 Pre-Conference Sessions Friday May 22

Fit Rendezvous is Alberta’s Fitness Conference built with the highest of standards to

address the professional development needs of Alberta’s Exercise Professionals. This

annual conference continues to raise the bar and unleash a program that is leading

edge, dynamic and both physically and mentally challenging. Prepare to be inspired!

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Lesley McEwan – AFLCA Functional Independence Training for Older AdultsSession code: A1-03Lesley will lead you through practical, safe and appropriate movements designed specifically for the entire older adult age range. This interac-tive session is targeted for leaders working with older adults within the community and seniors’ facilities. The adaptable functional exercises included in the manual are designed to enhance your current program-ming. Highlights include: AFLCA’s new Falls Prevention supplement (launched in this workshop), suggested exercises, safety considerations, accommodating special conditions and an opportunity to network. This session will complement the AFLCA Fitness for the Older Adult certification.

12:00 – 4:00 pm

Susan Yackulic and Mandy Johnson – Urban Poling CourseSession code: A1-04Urban Poling, a form of Nordic walking, is an ideal outdoor activity for people of all ages and abilities, from super sedentary to super fit. Like cross-country skiing without the skis, Urban Poling gently works 90% of the body’s muscles. Ideal for core strengthening, Urban Poling burns up to 46% more calories than walking alone. The course will highlight some of over 100 research studies that have been conducted on Nordic walking. The design features of the poles and correct adjustment will be explained. The unique technique will be practiced, progressing through four basic steps. Instructional techniques will be introduced as well as how to troubleshoot common technique errors in participants. Tips and strategies for developing an on-going Nordic walking program will be discussed. Poles will be provided for the session and can be purchased separately at a discounted conference rate.

6:00 – 10:00 pm

CPR (Level A)Session code: A1-05

Fit Rendezvous 2015 Conference Sessions Saturday May 23

Participants should bring their own Yoga Mat.

TIME Saturday, May 23 Sessions

1 7:30 – 9:00 am

Moveball™ Super ClassAnita Parker

B1-01

Metabolic Shape Shifters – Glutes, Guts, and Glory!

Marc LebertB1-02

COREFX Power Play

Helen VanderburgB1-03

Thunder and Lightning: A

Cycling SensationKrista Popowych

B1-04

Building Your Business Without Burning Out

Brett KlikaB1-05

2 9:15 – 10:15 am

Keynote Steve Norris: Ethos - Authenticity in Performance

B2-01

10:15 – 10:45 am

Trade Show Opens and Energy Break

3

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

ViPR™ 3-DSimone Hodgkinson

B3-01

Fat Loss Results for Busy Adults

Brett KlikaB3-02

Ride Your Upper and Lower LimitsJudy Cudrak

B3-03

Waterworks Jackie Lebeau

B3-04

10:45 am – 12:15 pm

Dust Off the Step 2015Krista Popowych

B3-05

360 Metabolic Circuit ExperienceJessica Power Cyr

B3-06

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Lunch

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1:00 – 2:30 pmCOREFX Grit & GutHelen Vanderburg

B4-01

Indoor Cycle: Top Themes; Fantastic Focuses

Suzette O’ByrneB4-02

No Equipment, No ProblemJackie Lebeau

B4-03

1:15 – 2:45 pmSmashed Up Kickboxing

Krista PopowychB4-04

H.I.I.T. Cardio and CoreMichelle Felzmann

B4-05

360 Metabolic Circuit Experience (Repeat Block 3)Jessica Power Cyr

B4-06

2:30 – 3:00 pm Energy Break

5 3:00 – 4:30 pm

Yoga ExpressSimone

HodgkinsonB5-01

Programming for Bootcamps and Group Training

Marc LebertB5-02

Fitness Adventure: Fighting Childhood

Obesity Brett Klika

B5-03

Cycle Interactive Lisa Kingston

B5-04

Psycho Aqua Cycle (Deep)Judy Cudrak

B5-05

5b 4:45 – 6:00 pmPlyo – H2O

Jackie LebeauB5b-01

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Block 17:30 – 9:00 am

Anita Parker – Moveball™ Super-classSession code: B1-01Fill up your water bottle and get ready for plenty of zestful ideas to bring to your classes and clients! First, we’ll challenge our cardiovascular endurance and anaerobic capacity with intervals and functional movement patterns. Then, let’s dig deep into head-to-toe muscle conditioning, focusing on strat-egies of maximum benefit and appropriateness for each participant. We’ll finish strong with a mind-body inspired core segment, and aaaahhh, some delicious muscle lengthening.

Marc Lebert – LTS™: Metabolic Shape Shifters—Glutes, Guts and Glory! Session code: B1-02No, this isn’t some sort of Blade Runner or other sci-fi movie title… but it will be a blockbuster! This session combines the latest in H.I.I.T. training science with new exercises and programs with the Equalizer™ and Buddy System™ that are sure to please, in an evil, sweaty, and “I just crushed it” kind of way. Our focus will be three short intense workouts (Mad Gluteus Max, The Arms Race and Miss Ann-Aerobic) targeting the major muscle groups for maximum calorie expenditure and burn. This workout gets “Two Thumbs Up”!

Helen Vanderburg – COREFX Power PlaySession code: B1-03Power, quickness, and strength are arguably the most important physical attributes a client, athlete, or older adult can attain and maintain. Quick, explosive and reactive movement is essential for developing the athleticism necessary for sport and life for ALL ages. This workshop focuses on core, lower, and upper body power progressions. Power Play begins with floor based deceleration and movement progressions, and moves to elevated and loaded plyomeric challenges. Learn the science, drill mechanics, teaching cues and progressions to successfully implement this type of training into fitness and sport programs. Let the games begin!

Krista Popowych – Thunder and Lightning: A Cycling SensationSession code: B1-04When two cycling sensations collide, you get great energy, fantastic mo-mentum and a collision of cycling drills and ideas that are out of this world. Thundering from a low rumble and rapidly increasing in intensity, this high intensity interval based cycling workout is just the shock wave your cycling environment needs. Join cycling master trainer Krista Popowych and get ready to add some thunder and lightning into your next cycling class!

Brett Klika – Building Your Business Without Burning OutSession code: B1-05Personal trainers are always looking for ways to increase their income. With a limited amount of hours in a day, trainers can only work so long before they get burned out and frustrated. A frustrated, burned out trainer can’t help clients! This workshop will highlight 10 strategies that most train-ers are not doing to increase income and decrease burnout. Learn how to leverage your training time to create products, speak, and pursue other opportunities aside from training clients one-on-one. This presentation will leave you motivated, educated, and inspired to BE MORE!

Block 29:15 – 10:15 am

Steve Norris – ETHOS - Authenticity in PerformanceSession code: B2-01Join Stephen Norris as he takes you through a unique philosophical journey; alluding to his personal experience and the need for diligence, all the while ensuring that professionals must care for themselves and critical others if they are to ultimately perform to their potential in a sustained manner. Reflect on your practice as it pertains to sound personal ethos and ‘Authenticity in Performance’. Learn how you can strive to attain a competi-tive advantage and, arguably most importantly, a robust personal platform for strong relationships through the mindset of ‘Kaizen’.

Block 310:30 am – 12:00 pm

Simone Hodgkinson – ViPR™ 3-DSession code: B3-01Be one of the first in Canada to participate in the new ViPRTM 3-D group fitness program. Come and see how ViPRTM is revolutionizing the group fitness industry by using loaded movement training, synchronized to music. This strength and cardio based program will have you shifting, lifting, tilt-ing and dragging the ViPRTM to ensure you move through the three planes of movement to create a whole body integrated workout. Increasing mobil-ity, core function and creating a calorie-blasting workout, ViPRTM 3-D and loaded movement training is the hottest new way to train.

Brett Klika – Fat Loss Results for Busy AdultsSession code: B3-02Losing fat is a common goal amongst clients. Providing effective, efficient programming that maximizes results in minimum time will not only keep your clients coming back for more but they’ll tell their friends too! In this “hands on” workshop learn the researched and successfully applied cut-ting edge methods being used by the top trainers and coaches in the world to create fat loss success for their clients. Some of the current research and application may completely change the way you address fat loss with your clients. Come away with over 25 new exercises, programming ideas, and other tips to apply to your training business immediately.

Judy Cudrak – Riding Your Upper and Lower LimitsSession code: B3-03Let’s explore the upper and lower limits of your power zones. Once we de-termine your individual threshold power, we will ride terrain that intermix-es utilizing the upper and lower limits of each of your zones. Be prepared for a mental and physical cycling challenge like no other!

Jackie Lebeau – Waterworks - Creating Your Perfect Class PlanSession code: B3-04Reinvent yourself, your teaching style, and your classes with new choreog-raphy and class formats. Don’t know how to start, or think class planning is a drag? Jackie will provide the templates and you’ll make them your own. Ninety minutes of brainstorming and idea sharing will yield results in the form of multiple class blueprints and new choreography for weeks to come! Waterworks is an interactive lecture that will allow you to lay down the foundation to unraveling and executing your aquatic class plan.

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10:45 am – 12:15 pm

Krista Popowych – Dust Off the Step 2015Session code: B3-05If you still love to move and groove in a choreographed step class, this workout is for you. Join Krista as she takes you through fun moves and interesting twists on all your favorite basics. For the free-style step instruc-tors that love to move on and off the step, this workshop will leave you rejuvenated and ready to take on your next class. Dust off the step and get ready to introduce some practical and energizing step moves to your die-hard steppers!

Jessica Power Cyr – The 360 Metabolic Circuit ExperienceSession code: B3-06Come full circle in this metabolic based workshop sure to blow your mind! Jess will incorporate the 360 Unit, TRX Suspension Trainers, TRX Rip Trainers and the Track to create a variety of unique circuit based workouts. The workshop will review and define metabolic training, how to manage large groups efficiently and effective class design and delivery. You do not want to miss this session. Come get POWERED UP with Jess!

Block 41:00 – 2:30 pm

Helen Vanderburg – COREFX Grit and GutSession code: B4-01Unique partner drills, self-toss techniques, lines of resistance and reaction/return drills are part of the tool kit in this session. Using COREFX Wall Balls, heavy-duty strength bands, and other functional training tools, learn how to create linked upper body, lower body and core strength whole body move-ment to maximize power expression and optimal performance. Perfect for personal trainers, coaches and group fitness instructors looking for new and creative exercises to add to their strength and functional training repertoire. Grit and Gut trains function and gets results.

Suzette O’Byrne – Indoor Cycle: Top Themes; Fantastic FocusesSession code: B4-02Stop taking your class on a road to nowhere! This workshop will take you through a grab bag of theme ideas and focuses that have proven successful in the indoor cycling setting along with the tips, tricks and tools to pull them off. Learn how to develop and deliver rides that will get the entire facility buzzing about the experience, the challenge and what is coming next.

Jackie Lebeau – No Equipment, No Problem Session code: B4-03Appreciate water for the fabulous tool it is—the only one you really need to create challenging and rewarding aquatic workouts. The properties of water and it’s physical laws will be discussed in detail as well as how to incorporate them into your class choreography. This shallow water session consists of intervals within intervals and choreography sequencing with no additional equipment required. No equipment, No problem is a fast paced class which continues to build upon itself so that each series is a more chal-lenging version of the previous set. This class is perfect for new instructors and veterans alike who need at least one new idea to return home with!

1:15 – 2:45 pm

Krista Popowych – Smashed Up KickboxingSession code: B4-04Okay, so this may not be the kind of smashed that you are thinking of but this hard core and fun kickboxing workout will infuse your cardio workouts with some jabs, hooks, jumps, kicks, heart-pumping interval training, agil-ity combinations, body weight training and more. Join Krista as she leads you through this no-fluff, no excuses session that will smash through any plateau. Get ready to take it up a notch and get kickboxing smashed in a healthy and fun way!

Michelle Felzmann – H.I.I.T. Cardio and CoreSession code: B4-05High intensity interval training is the industry trend. Abdominal and core training is important to generate power and strength, so put them together and you get an action packed, calorie blasting, core defining session. Add to this, impeccable teaching skills and a range of different options and you will come out of this session with the tools to deliver this class format in your next H.I.I.T. class!

Jessica Power Cyr – The 360 Metabolic Circuit Experience (repeat of Block 3)Session code: B4-06Come full circle in this metabolic based workshop sure to blow your mind! Jess will incorporate the 360 Unit, TRX Suspension Trainers, TRX Rip Trainers and track work to create a variety of circuit based workouts. The workshop will review and define metabolic training, how to manage large groups efficiently and effective class design and delivery. You do not want to miss this session. Come get POWERED UP with Jess!

Block 53:00– 4:30 pm

Simone Hodgkinson – Yoga ExpressSession code: B5-01Everyone knows the benefits of yoga, but finding the time can be a chal-lenge. In this workshop we will guide you through 3 x 20min Express Yoga routines. We will show you time efficient yoga routines for runners, stress and tight shoulders. Taking an express approach to yoga can be a realistic way to add yoga to your life and help you target key areas. No previous yoga experience required.

Marc Lebert – LTS™: The NEW Cool Tools and Programming for Bootcamps and Group TrainingSession code: B5-02From the inventor of the Equalizer™ and Buddy System™, this session is sure to keep your group training and bootcamp sessions fresh, fun and chal-lenging with amazing, portable tools including Lebert Fitness System’s latest invention! Agility and mobility drills, compound body weight movements, unique unilateral rowing and manual resistance exercises, partner training, athletic conditioning drill sequences, unique class programming and more. This session has everything!

Brett Klika – Fitness Adventure: Fighting Childhood ObesitySession code: B5-03Childhood obesity is becoming an epidemic. Kids are losing the interest and necessity for physical activity. Kids don’t know how to play anymore! This “out of the box” workshop discusses and demonstrates how to facilitate imaginative play in conjunction with fitness programming for youth. Learn the 10 essential components of a youth fitness program and how to apply them in a fun, imagination-infused environment. Add 20 new exercises to your teaching “tool box” and learn how to apply them in a creative “adventure” format for youth. This workshop is a MUST for everyone either currently working or wishing to work with youth.

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Lisa Kingston – Cycle InteractiveSession code: B5-04Create excitement and interaction in your cycle classes by exploring new skills, drills and ideas. Interaction and motivation without changing the way you teach.

Judy Cudrak – Psycho Aqua CycleSession code: B5-05In this deep-water workshop, learn about the creative ways to incorporate cycling interval drills into your aquatic exercise class program. We will explore variations in speed, resistance, and body position to challenge any level of participant in this non impact environment.

Block 5b4:45 – 6:00 pm

Jackie Lebeau – Plyo-H2OSession code: B5b-01Athletes turn towards plyometric training to achieve faster sprints, more powerful throws and higher jumps. Discuss the parallels between aquatic and land based plyometric training and learn which plyometric drills are recommended for improved performance in field sports, court sports, winter sports and more. Plyo-H2O is a non-choreographed aquatic exercise class delivering intervals of high intensity plyometric drills and active recovery. The plyometric drills are designed to improve sports related skills including, vertical jumps, continuous jumps, vertical power, lateral explosiveness, and quick change in direction. The active recovery intervals feature suspended movements and core training. Plyometric training is an advanced progression: proceed with caution.

Fit Rendezvous 2015 Conference Sessions Sunday, May 24

TIME Sunday, May 24 Sessions

6 7:45 – 9:15 am

ViPRTM AthleticSimone

HodgkinsonC1-01

Functional After 50

Brett KlikaC1-02

BOSU H.I.I.T. Challenge

Helen Vanderburg

C1-03

Powered Up Cycling IntervalsSuzette O’Byrne

C1-04

Keepin’ it Fresh . . . and the

Passion AliveMarjorie O’Connor

C1-05

Suspension Training for

Active Seniors Fraser Quelch

C1-06

9:15 – 9:45 am Energy Break

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9:45 – 11:15 am

Small Group, Big ResultsBrett Klika

C2-01

Specialty Populations and the Water: A Research Update

Judy CudrakC2-02

10:00– 11:30 am

Obstacle Race TrainingFraser Quelch

C2-03

BOSU Dimensional CoreHelen Vanderburg

C2-04

Taking a H.I.I.T. on the BikeKrista Popowych

C2-05

11:15 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch

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12:15 – 1:45 pm

Buddha BarreHelen Vanderburg

C3-01

5 Minute Body Weight Super Circuits

Brett KlikaC3-02

Indoor CyclingVideo Dance Experience

Jessica Power CyrC3-03

Tidal Mania Aquatic Circuits

Jackie LebeauC3-04

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Got a Little T.I.M.E. on Your HandsKrista Popowych

C3-05

Multi-Modal CircuitsFraser Quelch

C3-06

1:45 – 2:30 pm Energy Break

9 2:30 – 4:00 pmBody Force

Michelle FelzmannC4-01

Partner Myo-Release,

Flex Your Limits Marjorie O’Connor

C4-02

Warrior Yoga: Release Your Inner

Warrior Jessica Power Cyr

C4-03

Suspension Training for Active

Seniors (repeat Block 6)

Fraser QuelchC4-04

Deep Water in 32’sJackie Lebeau

C4-05

9b 4:00 – 5:15 pmSplishin’ and a Splashin’: Movin’ and a Mowin’;

Judy CudrakC5-01

Participants should bring their own Yoga Mat.

Block 67:45 – 9:15 am

Simone Hodgkinson – ViPRTM AthleticSession code: C1-01Be one of the first in Canada to participate in the new ViPRTM Athletic group fitness program. Athletic movement is the sum of the entire muscular system working in concert with the connective tissues, joints, cardio respiratory and nervous systems. Add a ViPRTM to this move-ment style and you have an explosive metabolic conditioning class that trains the whole body as one unit. Whole body integration is the heart of every ViPRTM class and this powerful athletic program will help you move faster, feel stronger and become more agile. Come and try the hottest new fitness tool and experience the vitality and power of ViPRTM.

Brett Klika – Functional After 50Session code: C1-02Baby Boomers are one of the fastest growing demographics seeking the services of a personal trainer. As this demographic retires they are looking for fun, effective, engaging programs to keep them happy and healthy for life. This hands-on workshop discusses and demonstrates the physical, mental, and emotional considerations for motivating and inspiring these clients to a life of wellness. Learn exercises, games and drills designed to not only get results, but keep them coming back for more.

Helen Vanderburg – BOSU H.I.I.T. ChallengeSession code: C1-03Get maximum benefits in record time while increasing cardio capacity and improving muscular strength and endurance! Interval training is one of the best ways to increase fitness, and this workout is guaran-teed to raise your heart rate, challenge your muscles, and push the limits on FUN! Learn how to use high octane cardio/strength pyramids to push your fitness to new levels!

Suzette O’Byrne – Powered Up Intervals: Charge up Your Indoor Cycling ExperienceSession code: C1-04Give your cycling intervals some substance by incorporating power goals. Ensure your participants identify a realistic challenge that is unique for them on any given day and learn how to incorporate their goals into each step of the class. This workshop is loaded with power packed interval drills that will keep your participants puffing for more.

Marjorie O’Connor – Keepin’ It Fresh . . . and the Passion AliveSession code: C1-05As fitness leaders and role models, we make change with the people we impact. We encourage, we inspire and we give permission but at times we may neglect to fuel our own spirits and our own passion. We overlook the value of taking care of our own physical, mental and emotional needs. Marjorie will explore ways in which we can keep our passion alive, our ideas fresh and our bodies ageless for longevity in the fitness industry!

Fraser Quelch – Suspension Training for Active SeniorsSession code: C1-06“65 is the new 45”. The older population has never been more motivated to stay active and healthy than right now. Learn how to use the TRX® Suspension Trainer™ to improve function and keep seniors pursuing the activities they love, long into their golden years.

Block 79:45 – 11:15 am

Brett Klika – Small Group, Big ResultsSession code: C2-01As the number of opportunities for small group personal training increases, it’s important that trainers understand the differences in programming necessary for facilitating individual success in the group environment. This workshop discusses and demonstrates strategies for effective small group program design as well as how to manage the small group dynamic. Learn how to easily and effectively as-sess and modify programs for individuals within a group while maintaining an en-gaging group cohesiveness. Go back to work with over 10 new mini-circuits that can be used with almost any group to burn calories, create energy, and facilitate success for everyone involved.

Judy Cudrak – Specialty Populations and the Water: A Research UpdateSession code: C2-02What’s new and intriguing in the aquatic exercise field specific to specialty popu-lations? In this workshop, we will discuss some of the latest research on specialty groups, including older adults, and how to apply that information to enhance your aquatic leadership.

10:00 – 11:30 am

Fraser Quelch – Obstacle Race TrainingSession code: C2-03Obstacle based races like Tough Mudder and Urbanathlon are exploding in popu-larity. Learn how to effectively prepare your clients for the challenges of these types of events for increased performance. This workshop will increase trainers’ awareness of the crucial variables involved in obstacle course racing and how to use this information in program design and delivery. Learn effective program-ming, key exercises and progressions for mobility, strength and power and take your obstacle course race training to the next level.

Helen Vanderburg – BOSU Dimensional CoreSession code: C2-04Advance your core training techniques by taking a global approach as you explore multi-dimensional methods to effectively produce power and improve core function. Learn a series of integrated core exercises to mobilize, stabilize and strengthen the core, giving you greater ability to access the core for optimal func-tion. Dimensional core training delivers results!

Krista Popowych – Taking a H.I.I.T. on the BikeSession code: C2-05H.I.I.T. (high intensity interval training) is all the rage and for good reason; it works. In this workshop learn how to effectively apply H.I.I.T. training using a number of different formats. By having a deeper understanding of its application plus a real life approach to the ride, experience why indoor cycling and interval training are a perfect marriage. This type of H.I.I.T. on the bike will give you a great workout minus the road rash.

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Block 812:15 – 1:45 pm

Helen Vanderburg – Buddha BarreSession code: C3-01Barre workouts are incredibly popular among participants. In this session learn a well-balanced and authentic method of training with purpose and intension. Experience an amazing blend of yoga and ballet based movement that provides a unique and graceful way to teach a mind body class that will increase stamina, strength, stability and mobility.

Brett Klika – 5 Minute Body Weight Super CircuitsSession code: C3-02Fitness clients of all ages are looking for short, intense, effective, and easy to follow fitness programs that can be done anywhere. Learn six unique 5-minute high intensity, fat-burning body weight circuits utilizing coordina-tion, speed, agility, strength, power, and mobility. Use these short intense workouts to build fun and engaging training sessions in addition to provid-ing your clients with safe, effective, and efficient workouts they can do at home.

Jessica Power Cyr – Indoor Cycling Video Dance ExperienceSession code: C3-03Jessica is part of the Much Music/MTV generation and loves nothing more than the idea of watching videos of her favourite songs. She is going to take the idea of music in your classes to the next level and provide you with a fun visual experience of your favourite cycling songs. The workshop will include music videos and cycling clips plus tips on how to add videos to your cycle class! This workshop will review cycling guidelines, profiles and drills, plus guide you with idea on class design and delivery.

Jackie Lebeau – Tidal Mania Aquatic CircuitsSession code: C3-04Generate intensity in your aquatic cardio classes without compromising your participants’ safety. Speed is only one of the numerous options to adding variety and increasing intensity in water exercise classes. Discuss which exercises work, don’t work, and which to avoid altogether to develop a class that is challenging, safe, and fun! Have your class sweatin’ and swearin’ by the time they’re done with these intense stations and grounded recovery.

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Krista Popowych – Got a Little T.I.M.E. on Your HandsSession code: C3-05Time in this session is defined as Timed but Intensely Motivating Exercises! In this workshop we will analyze 3 different cardio interval formats that will get your participants’ hearts pumping and bodies moving. After a review of the research in this area, we will apply it in a user friendly, effective and motivating way. Don’t waste any more time. Make the most of each and every second of your client’s workouts with interval training.

Fraser Quelch – Multi-Modal CircuitsSession code: C3-06Can TRX training improve your kettlebell technique? Help your olympic lifts? Increase your performance regardless of the modality you use? In this advanced session apply key TRX training principles to multi-modality circuits and experience how to build “high intensity intervals on strong focused movements” the TRX way. Get ready to experience the safest and most ef-fective high intensity interval training approach you’ve ever seen!

Block 92:30 – 4:00 pm

Michelle Felzmann – Body ForceSession code: C4-01No equipment, no problem! Body Force is designed to produce high inten-sity training through exercises using only your body weight. Exercises are sequenced together to get your body to work as one unit through all planes of motion. Working through total body exercises is the most efficient and effective way to train. Learn how to train hard with just your body!

Marjorie O’Connor – Partner Myo-Release; Flex Your LimitsSession code: C4-02This stretch session emphasizes the benefit of working with a partner and will redefine your participant’s fascial experience! Learn how to unlock the body for optimal movement and how to decrease the risk of injury, enhance performance and speed up recovery. Marjorie will teach ways to release key muscle groups with various stretching tools and address fascial fluidity us-ing all planes of motion through her movements. Be prepared for a soothing session with the experience enhanced with a partner. You both deserve it!

Jessica Power Cyr – Warrior Yoga: Release Your Inner WarriorSession code: C4-03Join Jessica for a strong and athletic yoga practice that will draw out the warrior within you. Perfect flowing sequences that challenge balance, strength and stability await you; all linked with mindfulness of movement, breath work and finished off with an empowering yet calming series. The workshop will review what yoga is including, breath work, several standing and seated postures. We’ll put it all together with tips on design and deliv-ery of your Warrior Yoga class. Get ready to unleash your inner warrior.

Fraser Quelch – Suspension Training for Active Seniors (repeat of Block 6)Session code: C4-04“65 is the new 45”. The older population has never been more motivated to stay active and healthy than right now. Learn how to use the TRX® Suspen-sion Trainer™ to improve function and keep seniors pursuing the activities they love, long into their golden years.

Jackie Lebeau – Deep Water in 32’sSession code: C4-05There is more to developing choreography than just linking moves together. Jackie will help you to utilize the music, pick your base moves, progress those moves, and finally build a class full of 32-count blocks you can take to your deep water exercise class. Everything but the kitchen sink is packed into this deep water workout! Varying tempos and planes of movement, intervals within intervals, and building block choreography comes together in a grand finale of four 32-count combinations.

Block 9b4:00 – 5:15 pm

Judy Cudrak – Splishin’ and a Splashin’; Movin’ and a Mowin’Session code: C5-01In this gentle-focused workshop, leaders will be given the tools to create water exercises that enhance daily living. Learn ways to help your clients remain active and mobile in their homes while improving their balance, muscle strength and endurance, agility, body awareness andrange of motion.

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2015 Presenter Biographies

Tim Borys, CEO of FRESH Wellness Group, has one simple mission in life - to help as many people as possible experience how amazing it is to be healthy, fit, and active! Tim has been helping individuals and companies transform their health, happiness, and lifestyle for over 20 years as a wellness professional and international educator. His philosophy of health and vitality has become the foundation for each division of FRESH. His presentations are engaging, entertaining, and provide great strategies that can be actioned today.

Judy Cudrak, B.Sc., B.Mgmt., is an AFLCA Trainer of fitness leaders. She is the YMCA representative on the AFLCA Board of Directors, and provides guidance and mentorship to YMCA Trainers through her YMCA educator role. Judy is a Keiser National Trainer, Stott Pilates instructor, Fusion instructor, certified Level 1 Ashtanga Yoga instructor, and has been an innovative and energetic land and aquatic exercise leader for over 29 years, bringing her passion and love for fitness to every class and course she teaches.

Michelle Felzmann has covered all avenues of fitness in her 20 year career. She is a Bender Ball master trainer, TRX master instructor, international fitness presenter and has 10 years of experience in fitness programming. With experience in fitness competitions, television and exercise videos, Michelle is the total package!

Simone Hodgkinson has been involved in the fitness industry for 26 years and with an extensive background in education, fitness and Yoga, she is passionate about moving intelligently. She is a personal trainer, group fitness instructor, the Director of Physical Yoga, the Provincial Group Fitness Director for Spa Lady, a Bender Ball master trainer and a ViPRTM Pro Trainer. She has written several fitness manuals, produced videos and written for national newspapers and fitness media.

Mandy Johnson is the Alberta ambassador for Vancouver-based Urban Poling Inc., travelling the province to share her “passion for poling.” Mandy earned a BA (Special-ized Honours, Physical Education) from York University and a diploma in Adult Educa-tion from George Brown College. Mandy has presented internationally and in Canada from coast to coast on topics related to active living and active transportation.

Lisa Kingston has been involved in the fitness industry for over 25 years. Currently the offsite Group Fitness Director for the Calgary Jewish Community Centre (under Heavens Fitness) and the Director of Education for Heavens Fitness, her experience in the industry has been mentored under internationally renowned fitness expert Helen Vanderburg. Instructor, director and manager, Lisa is also a Master Trainer the Fusion-Fitness-Training program and a member of the Canadian Master Trainer team for the Bosu. Her high energy and enthusiastic presentations and classes are not to be missed.

Brett Klika is the Director of Athletic Performance for Todd Durkin’s Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego and has worked with thousands of youth and elite athletes. He holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and has been published in a variety of academic textbooks and industry publications. Brett is the 2013 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, a dynamic international speaker, and a consultant to many youth based fitness organizations.

Jackie Lebeau is currently the Assistant Director for Fitness at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD where she personal trains and teaches a myriad of group classes. Jackie is a trainer for AEA and provides continuing education credits for fitness professionals holding ACE, AFAA and AEA certifications. Jackie has presented master classes, fitness lectures, instructor workshops, and learn-to-teach classes at the local, state, and national level.

Marc Lebert, owner of Lebert Fitness Inc. is a Taekwondo Black Belt , a Certified NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) practitioner and international presenter. He was the 2010 Silver Lining Entrepreneur of the Year, named Top 100 Fitness Entrepreneurs in the industry, and a finalist for Canfitpro’s Fitness Professional of the Year award in 2012. He is the developer of the Lebert EQUALIZER™, BUDDY SYSTEM™ and STRETCH STRAP™, portable and versatile tools used in many of the world’s leading clubs, boot camps, military physical training facilities, school/athletic programs and home gyms in over 30 countries.

Lesley McEwan’s endless pursuit in promoting, delivering and supporting healthy active lifestyles has evolved into a life-long commitment! Lesley is the AFLCA Older Adult Project Coordinator and has been delivering the AFLCA Ever Active Adults and Fitness for the Older Adults programs for over 10 years. Leading a variety of fitness classes herself, she possesses a deep passion for getting and keeping older adults active!

Steve Norris PhD, is the Executive Vice-President and Chief Sport Officer at the WinSport Winter Sport Institute based in Calgary, Alberta, and is charged with bring-ing together world-leading performance and development programming along with the incredible facilities afforded by Canada Olympic Park, the Canmore Nordic Centre, and the Olympic Speed Skating Oval. Unique in its vision and purpose, WinSport Canada (a not-for-profit organization) has become the yardstick by which the world measures Olympic legacies and winter sport development programs.

Suzette O’Byrne, BSc Kinesiology, is a Keiser Master Trainer, TRX senior instructor, Yoga therapist and the author of Yoga for the Core: Finding Stability in an Unstable Environment. In addition to teaching at conferences, workshops and teacher training programs throughout North America, Suzette is a faculty member with Mount Royal University’s Yoga Therapy program in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Marjorie O’Connor, BEd., ACSM, AFLCA Trainer of fitness leaders, Can-Fit-Pro and Stott Pilates certified and Nike Athlete, is the owner of Fit International. A respected international fitness presenter and aerobic champion, Marjorie was honoured with the “Woman of Vision”, the “Women Of Distinction” award in Athletics, Recreation and Fitness, the recipient of the “Mall Peepre” memorial award and the “Celebration of Women in Fitness” award from the Running Room. Recently Marjorie was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame as a recipient of the Alberta Centennial Salute for Sport and Recreation.

Anita Parker, BSc, BEd, RYT 200, AFLCA Trainer – begins each day with a glass of water and a self-message of gratitude that fitness and wellness is actually her liveli-hood. Twenty years of passion for human movement and potential has brought Anita to inspiring leaders with certification courses and workshops, writing articles, hosting mountain yoga retreats, and now developing Moveball™ Fitness.

Krista Popowych, B.HKin, has been inspiring fitness leaders, trainers and manag-ers for over two decades with her motivating and practical sessions. As the 2014 IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year award winner and a two-time Can-Fit-Pro Canadian Fitness Presenter of the Year, Krista has shown an outstanding commitment to fitness and truly walks the talk. As an international trainer and education consultant for Keiser® and JumpSport®, TV personality, DVD creator and talent, past program direc-tor, published author, professional speaker and Adidas 3-stripe team sponsored, Krista spreads her passion for fitness around the globe. Krista’s energy, mega-watt smile, creative sessions and real-life approach to instructing make her a highly sought after presenter and educator!

Jessica Power Cyr, MSc, CSEP-CEP, ACSM-CES, AFLCA Trainer, 200hr Yoga Alliance. Jess is a fitness and mind body guru, leading industry educator, programmer and public speaker. Jessica brings a wealth of information, charisma and personality to each session making them fun and easy to learn from. You’ll never walk away bored from one of her session but you WILL learn something new or change your perspec-tive on something old. Jess is fortunate to be working closely with industry leaders at Heavens Fitness, Mount Royal University and the AFLCA to provide you with industry trends that are safe and effective. Get ready to ‘Get Powered Up!’ in one of Jess’s sessions.

Fraser Quelch is the head of training and development for TRX® and the creator and lead educator of the revolutionary TRX® Suspension Training program. An award-winning presenter Fraser is an internationally renowned expert who has been featured in the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune and has presented at confer-ences and events all over the world. As an international leader Fraser thrives on bring-ing new ideas to the forefront, stretching the minds of his audiences and providing relevant and effective training solutions in a practical setting.

Helen Vanderburg, Bkin, AFLCA Trainer, ACE, CFP, Pilates, Yoga certified, is the owner of Heavens Fitness Club, Fusion Fitness Training™, an international health and fitness consultant and is a respected motivational speaker. She was the 2005 IDEA Fitness Instructor of the Year, 2006/1996 CanFitPro Presenter of the Year, 1996 IDEA Program Director of the Year, 2001 Women of Vision, and the 2001 Mall Peepre National Fitness Leadership recipient. Helen brings a wealth of experience to her presentations, workshop and classes as a business owner, instructor trainer, writer, DVD producer and elite athlete.

Susan Yackulic is an AFLCA Trainer of fitness leaders and a CSEP Certified Personal Trainer. As a master trainer for Urban Poling she offers Instructor workshops in Alberta as well as regular walking classes in Edmonton. She earned her Master of Education degree in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Alberta. She presently is coaching people to reach personal success through her business as a personal trainer and continues to facilitate professional development workshops for the Alberta Teach-ers’ Association, The Provincial Fitness Unit, and The National Coaching Certification program.

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Fit Rendezvous 2015

• Cash, cheque, Visa or MasterCard accepted. Please add $10 processing fee for mailed or faxed registrations. Make cheques payable to the Provincial Fitness Unit.

• Conference fees include: conference sessions, nutrition breaks, and 2 lunches.

• NFLA members are requested to provide certification verification with registration to receive member pricing. NFLA Members: BCRPA, MFC, NSFA, OFC, , FNB, and SPRA.

Accommodation/

Fees:ADVANCED REGISTRATION(on or before April 24, 2015)

REGULAR REGISTRATION(after April 24, 2015)

$235.00 (plus GST)AFLCA, NFLA, and Fit Directory members

$285.00 (plus GST)Non AFLCA Certified

$285.00 (plus GST)AFLCA, NFLA, and Fit Directory members

$345.00 (plus GST)Non AFLCA Certified

Hotel Information:Mount Royal University Residence

• Located on site at Mount Royal University and is a short 5 minute walk from conference venue.• Guest or dormitory style rooms – single rooms with private washrooms.• Rates starting from $54.50 (plus tax) per night.• A limited number of rooms have been reserved for Fit Rendezvous participants. Book early!• When booking rooms, mention that you will be attending the Fit Rendezvous 2015 conference!

FRIDAY, MAY 22 PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION FEES

ViPRTM for Personal Trainers $199.00 (plus GST)

AFLCA Certified Fitness Trainer Preparatory Course $140.00 (plus GST)

AFLCA Functional Independence Training for Older Adults $140.00 (plus GST)

Urban Poling Course $99.00 (plus GST)

CPR (Level A) $60.00 (plus GST)

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