Ignite Fitness!

Ignite Phoenix

This idea of IGNITE FITNESS was inspired by an event I attended back in 2008 called IGNITE PHOENIX. Sixteen presenters were chosen to speak on a topic that they were inspired about in hopes to ‘ignite’ the passion and ‘unite’ the efforts of creative people in Phoenix. (I still remember one speaker’s unique experiences with fire-walking and how it demystified what I thought was a crazy idea. Oddly enough, fire-walking is now on my top list of things to do before I die).

The Ignite Phoenix event was, of course, inspired by the originator of the ‘ignite’ concept, Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. And since then, Ignite events have been popping up around the world – from Ignite Seattle to Ignite Vancouver to Ignite Dublin! Communities are gathering together, sharing their ideas and evolving from the thoughts that inspired them.

The premise is simple: selected presenters have 5 minutes, 20 ppt slides to share a story, idea, thought about anything that inspires them. The traditional ignite events focus on igniting the spirit of a community within a specific city. But because this idea is so interesting, I thought, why not tap into a community we have within our own health & fitness industry. How can we inspire health & fitness professionals with new ideas and thoughts?

And so the pitch to IDEA began. I enlisted the help of Ryan Halvorson who was equally interested in the concept and we quickly launched our search for presenters. And what better place to have the initial ignite session than at IDEA World Health & Fitness Convention!

I hope you are equally inspired by the ignite concept and we hope you submit a talk and/or attend the Ignite Session (#439) at the convention.

Ignite the Flame for Fitness!