Sessions

Conference details are subject to change.

Saturday May 11

Sessions: Block 1

8:00-9:15 am

Gisèle Tenant - Understand, Connect and Transform | Lecture theatre JENKINS

Understanding and connecting with clients and class participants is essential for their success. Join Gisèle to discuss the intersections of motivational interviewing, the Big 5 personality theory, and the Myers-Briggs type indicator. Explore practical insights and real-world applications of these tools to enhance your ability to motivate, inspire, and connect with your clients and participants.

Amber Zenith and Janay Wilson - HIGH Fitness | Triple Gym

Join Amber and  Janay in a music-driven, high intensity, heart-pounding, and energetic full-body workout program. Work through choreographed routines with a modern twist.  This NO equipment format is simple, easy to follow, consistent, and fun!  Learn how cardio and toning tracks are the focus with additional cardio pushes, barre, abs, and arm tracks are  maximized for the workout.   Adaptable to all fitness levels, you will always leave feeling HIGH!

Jessica Power Cyr - Blast the A**: Activate the gluteal muscles | Stanley Gym

Your gluteal muscles are important for everyday function. We need them to maintain an upright erect posture, proper pelvic alignment, propulsion during walking and running, and even standing on one leg.  This workshop is perfect for all instructors from older adults, fitness to mind-body leaders.  In this workshop Jessica will review the gluteal muscles and their function and present you with effective exercises to blast each of those muscles.  Plus, she will provide you with postural cues to help your participants effectively engage those muscles. 

Sessions: Block 2

9:30–11:00 pm

Jessica Power Cyr - Active Pulse: Cardiovascular Physiology | Lecture theatre JENKINS

Cardiovascular training is one of the most important determinants of overall health. But, do you really understand how to create efficient and effective cardiovascular workouts? In this lecture Jessica will define and review VO2 max, the 3 energy-transfer systems, aerobic and anaerobic thresholds, and discuss various interval training techniques.  She will provide you with tools to design effective cardiovascular drills and send you away with samples of challenging, well-rounded cardiovascular workouts. Join Jess as she re-ignites your passion for teaching cardiovascular workouts.

Helen Vanderberg - Mobility Stability Paradigm | Triple Gym

What holds us back and limits us in movement? As our knowledge of the human body in motion expands, we realize more and more that no part of the body works in isolation and that the entire body works as an integrated whole. With this understanding defining actions as an isolated event such as a hamstring stretch is only telling a part of the story. In this workshop, you will learn about the mobility and stability continuum and how mobility and stability interplay with each other continually to allow effective and efficient movement to occur. You’ll take a look at alignment from the perspective of the whole body and how each body is unique in its expression of movement.

Simone Hodgkinson - The Perfect Warmup | Stanley Gym

We need to warm up better and get rid of the 90’s jump jacks! Update your current knowledge and warm up content to reflect current research and guidelines. We will explore movement prep that includes mobility, breath, balance, vibration and blood flow. You will leave with new warm-ups that you can use instantly. Perfect for personal trainers or group instructors.

Sessions: Block 3

11:15 am-12:45 - pm

Rory Hornstein - Revitalize Your Routine: Riding the wave of intermittent fasting and nutrition trends | Lecture theatre JENKINS

Explore the latest trends in nutrition, with a focus on intermittent fasting and how it can be integrated into client routines for optimal results. From debunking myths to discussing practical implementation, you’ll learn strategies for optimizing energy levels and maximizing muscle gain. Uncover how intermittent fasting can revolutionize both personal and client fitness journeys. Additionally, we'll touch upon other contemporary nutrition trends, providing actionable tips and information to keep clients motivated and on track towards their wellness goals. 

Get ready to elevate your training game and empower your clients with some nutritional knowledge and tools to help them thrive.

Helen Vanderburg - Functional Pilates | Triple Gym

Functional Training continues to be a top trend in the fitness industry. Discover how Pilates-based techniques can enhance your functional training methods. Built on a solid foundation of science and movement mechanics, you will acquire the necessary strategies and techniques to develop functional movement programs for your clients. Explore functional and applied movement principles and assess movement patterns that create conscious movement habits for effective results in everyday life and high performance. This core centric workshop is ideal for personal trainers and Pilates teachers. Pilates experience is not necessary.

Stacy Sullivan - BARRE Uncovered | Stanley Gym

Uncover the formula to launch a Barre class from great to extraordinary. Join Stacy to explore and discuss flow, rep ranges, progressive overload, cueing, musicality and using props to provide the best possible experience for your class.

Jessica Power Cyr - Zone Perfect Rides | Cycle studio

This ride goes far beyond standing up and sitting down. Take your cycling class to the next level–where science meets practical application. Jessica will provide you the tools to map out metabolically efficient and effective class designs and deliver a kick a** class. Experience challenging intervals and competition drills all rooted in essentials of exercise physiology. The result? A POWERFUL ride!

Lunch 12:45 - 1:15

On your own

Sessions: Block 4 

1:15 - 2:45 pm

Terry Kane - Training Our Joints4Life™ : Upper Body Exercises | Lecture theatre JENKINS

Exercise is the single most effective non-surgical treatment method to preserve and improve joint mobility, muscular strength, and functional independence at any age. Is an exercise appropriate or inappropriate for your client or class? Why? Can you modify the exercise to make it appropriate? In this interactive, fast-paced session, physiotherapist Terry Kane will delve into a variety of upper body exercises to explain and answer these questions and more using an anatomical, biomechanical, and injury prevention lens.

Jessica Power Cyr - 360 Power Circuit | Triple Gym

Circuit training involves rotating through a variety of exercise stations with brief rest intervals in between sets. Come full circle in this metabolic-based workshop loaded with great ideas and takeaways. Jess incorporates a variety of portable equipment options to create unique circuit-based workouts. She’ll also review and define metabolic training, how to manage large groups efficiently, and discuss effective class design and delivery. Come get POWERED UP with Jess!

Robin O’Grady - Choreography 101: Bring it back to the basics | Stanley Gym

Revolutionize your classes and ignite a passion for choreography in yourself and your participants. Led by Robin O’Grady, this session is designed to equip you with the tools and techniques you need to introduce choreography into your repertoire or elevate your choreography game. Enhance your mastery of musicality and learn how to synchronize movement seamlessly with the rhythm of the music. Take away new ideas to ignite your creativity, and 5 fresh choreography combinations ready to implement in your classes immediately. Whether you teach step, dance-based classes, hi-lo, or music-based conditioning, this session is tailored to enhance your teaching repertoire

Joan Carlson - Cycle Skills and Drills-Back to the Basics | Cycle Studio

One of the biggest challenges for cycle leaders is maximizing the workout for all of our students, while also meeting their individual needs. What if we could create a class that felt like it was designed specifically for each of our students? In this workshop, we’ll go back to the basics, and review the importance of bike set-up, bike positions and work-rest ratios. We’ll also explore how to vary the skills and drills to fit the individual needs of our students more accurately. Join Joan to go back to the basics, with a lot of energy and a little twist!

Sessions: Block 5 

3:00–4:15 pm

Terry Kane - Training Our Joints4Life™ : Lower Body Exercises | Lecture theatre JENKINS

Exercise is the single most effective non-surgical treatment method to preserve and improve joint mobility, muscular strength, and functional independence at any age. Is an exercise appropriate or inappropriate for your client or class? Why? Can you modify the exercise to make it appropriate? In this interactive, fast-paced session, physiotherapist Terry Kane will delve into a variety of lower body exercises to explain and answer these questions and more using an anatomical, biomechanical and injury-prevention lens.

Helen Vanderburg - Flexibility Formulas | Triple Gym

Flexibility training seems to be the final frontier in exercise design and research. As much as we know about flexibility training there is still much that is unknown. The debate of "to stretch or not to stretch" at this time seems to be based more on personal preference. In this session, we will look at the science of flexibility, physiology of stretching, stretching progression, and a variety of stretching techniques. Learn the latest techniques of stretching and the process to determine which method is the right one for your clients.

Michelle Felzmann - Play Camp: Boot camp 2.0 | Stanley Gym

Let’s play! This bootcamp style class offers a library of new games, fun drills, and interactive challenges that will have your participants laughing while they sweat. Play hard, work hard, and connect with others while challenging your body in Play-Camp 2.0.

Sessions: Block 6

4:30-5:30 pm

Nicole Libin - Mindfulness and Meditation | Lecture theatre JENKINS

Mindfulness, meditation and self-care can seem impossible at times, especially when so much of your time is focussed on caring for others. Learn tools and strategies for mindfulness and meditation (also the differences and overlap of both) as means for self-care for busy fitness professionals.

Helen Vanderburg - Functional Aging | Triple Gym

Aging is inevitable but how we age is a choice. By the year 2030, it is predicted that 20-25% of the total population will be over the age of 65. With the continued growth in this demographic, trainers need to understand the importance of functional exercise programming to meet the needs of these clients. In this workshop, you will learn common concerns, corrective exercises, and programming for the aging client.

Simone Hodgkinson - Soft Tissue Release (upper and lower body) | Stanley Gym

Using a combination of yoga therapy and tennis ball release techniques, we will lengthen, release and relax the shoulders, hips and lower back to help you feel wonderful. Ease away tension, improve mobility and increase the fluidity of soft tissue so you can stand taller and move with ease. Learn tips and techniques for your clients and participants, and for yourself.