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TITLE: Tap Your Local College or University for Extra Income
PRESENTER: Peg Hamless, MS Sports Science, Recreation & Nutrition
BIO: Director Fitness & Wellness University of Idaho, 20 + years in the field, Certified ACE GFI & PT, Master Trainer Gravity PT & Group, Stott Pilates, LeMond & Johnny G Cycling, Zumba
DESCRIPTION: Showing how I worked with the Physical Education Program at my local university and a local college to create one credit academic programs held at our recreation facility. This program allowed the university/college the ability to offer more classes, freedom for students and we sold personal training and class passes. It is a win win for everyone, students could take a variety of classes attend 18 classes and receive academic credit. I know that this type of program could be implemented nationwide and help our small clubs needing those extra dollars and help students have a better variety of fitness options to choose from.

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TITLE: How Stress Makes You Fat, Tired, and Sick!
PRESENTER: Sean Croxton
BIO: I am a Functional Diagnostic Nutritionist (FDN) and FDN instructor. I have worked with hundreds of clients, helping them find the root cause of their health and fitness challenges. I’m a born teacher who has knack for making complicated things seem really simple, as I demonstrate on my YouTube channel (23000 subscribers).
DESCRIPTION: Do you want to lose weight, but still have insomnia, constipation, low libido, and foggy brain? Achieving health and fitness objectives goes far beyond the diet and exercise. You don’t lose fat to get healthy! You get healthy to lose fat!

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TITLE: Fashion or Function?… Dare to be Bare!
PRESENTER: ATP, LLC Hayley Hollander & Arthur Hsu
BIO: Presenters/Educators/Trainers with over 20 years experience in the fitness industry.  Certified through ACE, NASM, PTA Global, AFAA, USA Weight Lifting, RYT200 YogaFit, and TRX Course Instructors (Fitness Anywhere, Inc).  As highly qualifed fitness professionals, we stay up to date on the latest research and principles, and present this information to our clients and peers.
DESCRIPTION: If computers weren’t invented, would society’s posture be different? If cars weren’t invented, would we be more fit? If shoes weren’t invented, would our feet be stronger? YES! Let us entertain you as we talk about the benefits of barefoot training and how to incorporate into your lifestyle.

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TITLE: You could do that… but why would you?
PRESENTER: ATP, LLC Hayley Hollander & Arthur Hsu
BIO: Presenters/Educators/Trainers with over 20 years experience in the fitness industry.  Certified through ACE, NASM, PTA Global, AFAA, USA Weight Lifting, RYT200 YogaFit, and TRX Course Instructors (Fitness Anywhere, Inc).  As highly qualifed fitness professionals, we stay up to date on the latest research and principles, and present this information to our clients and peers.
DESCRIPTION: The one question that our industry struggles to answer is… “ WHY would you do that?” Too often we see these outrageous exercises, without any purpose or goal, just for the sake of doing it.  Are we as trainers doing our due diligence and listening to our clients needs or catering to our own egos? Lets talk about how we become CONSCIOUS trainers, instead of UNCONSCIOUS trainers doing movement just for the sake of it.

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TITLE: Finding your Balance!
PRESENTER: ATP, LLC Hayley Hollander & Arthur Hsu
BIO: Presenters/Educators/Trainers with over 20 years experience in the fitness industry.  Certified through ACE, NASM, PTA Global, AFAA, USA Weight Lifting, RYT200 YogaFit, and TRX Course Instructors (Fitness Anywhere, Inc).  As highly qualifed fitness professionals, we stay up to date on the latest research and principles, and present this information to our clients and peers.
DESCRIPTION: We take traditional exercises and create a new way to train the body in space by focusing on balance and posture through movements with different environments.  With this approach you can enhance your function in whatever you do.  Balance fortifies the foundation to build on a myriad of activities.  As posture and balance are the key elements in all athleticism.

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TITLE: Inspire a lifestyle change – join the fight against obesity crisis in America!
PRESENTER: Orshi McNaughton
BIO: I’m a certified fitness trainer and health coach and also run and operate bootcamps and a comprehensive weight loss program that inspires lifestyle change.
DESCRIPTION: I would like to show other fitness professionals how easy it is to incorporate nutrition into a fitness training regimen and amplify clients weight-loss success by 3 fold. The trick is to inspire, ignite the desire and lead by example. Teach your clients a comprehensive lifestyle change and not just a diet & exercise program and they will flourish. This is your opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives and the community around you.

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TITLE: Medical Health Care and Fitness ….The Opportunities That Await Us!
PRESENTER: Natalie Johnson
BIO: I’m a 27 year veteran in the industry. I’ve worked in Fitness since my mom owned a healthclub and I got certified at age 13! I’ve worked as a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Program Manager, Fitness Model and business owner. I currently live in Tampa, FL and work for a Medical Health Plan running the weight loss, fitness and preventative programs for over 7000 members and 62 worksites. I also own a small business where I cater to pre/post natal weight management and programs for moms and families. I’m the Regional Director for the Medical Fitness Industry and over the last 3 years I’ve become more involved in Medical Fitness Centers in hospitals and working closely with physicians to create a bridge and a lasting relationship with Medicine and Fitness.
DESCRIPTION: Health Care in our county is changing drastically and businesses are FINALLY seeing the link between being healthy and decreasing their “bottom line”. As health plans and businesses are holding their employees and members more accountable for their own health there are opportunities opening for fitness professionals to become involved. Think “outside of the box” and learn to approach healthcare and medicine with a plan that will not only inspire employees to be happier and healthier but will show companies an ROI that potentially lowers their spending on healthcare, decreases employee turnover and increases work productivity.

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TITLE: The Battle of the Bulge. Community Health War.
PRESENTER: Ian McGriff
BIO: Ian McGriff is the Head Trainer and Fitness Director with Results Fitness Training at Tipton Lakes Athletic Club in Columbus, IN. Ian has grown the fitness program at TLAC over 300% in less than 4 years and has created a profound impact in his community to contest and work similar to the Battle of the Bulge, that has created greater community awareness and excitement about health, fitness, and changing lives.
DESCRIPTION: The Battle of the Bulge was a 6 week Weight Loss Contest held at TLAC in the fall of 2009. A price of $50 per person for teams of 5 gave entry into the contest, winning team won $2,500. Our goal was 10 teams of 5 (breaking even). 55 teams of 5 signed up! This is how we did it and the community reaction.

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TITLE: Changing Lives. One School At A Time
PRESENTER: Lance Breger
BIO: Lance Breger, MS, NASM-CPT, PES career trainer, speaker, and author in fitness, lifestyle, and wellness. Lance is the President of Infinity Wellness Foundation, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC that fights childhood obesity. He is also the Head Private Trainer at MINT, author of ‘Lance: The Blog!’, and columnist for City Living Magazine.
DESCRIPTION: Have you ever seen how big a child’s smile can get after receiving a piece of fresh fruit? How calm and relaxed a child can be after sitting and meditating? Or even how bright a child’s eyes can be when they use resistance bands for the first time? I have, in over 600 children. And you can too by learning from how a Washington, DC non-profit uses TOTAL Wellness programs for – changing lives. One school at a time.

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TITLE: Primal Catalyst – Movement for an open mind
PRESENTER: Marc and Grace Coronel
BIO: I am a 10 year fitness enthusiast and I have always been interested in movement. I went to School for Athletic training and Pre Physical Therapy. We were always taught to look at someone’s GAIT in order to try and identify the disconnection in an athlete’s body. Back then we were still benching and performing squats instead of analyzing functional movement. I am one of 13 premier Budokon Students, current TRX STC instructor and one of 7 TRX R4 instructors as well as a student of life and my peers. I hope to share my collected knowledge
DESCRIPTION: I would like to use a movement based program for martial artists, wrestlers and functional fitness enthusiasts to introduce them to older forms of movement such as movement prep, Yoga, Pilates, Martial Arts and basic conditioning. Bring yourself back to earth…

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TITLE: More than a job – The REAL role of the fitness professional
PRESENTER: Melissa Spraul and Mona Kirton
BIOS: Mona Kirton and Melissa Spraul collectively have more than 25 years experience in the fitness industry, with a focus on group exercise.  Longtime step instructors at several national fitness clubs, they believe in creating a fun environment where members can feel free to relax and express themselves through movement.  Teaching individually and as a tag-team, Mona and Melissa like to show people that it’s not about how good/bad you do in a class, it’s about the personal journey and the joy you take from that experience.
DESCRIPTION: As fitness professionals we know our job is to help people get/stay in shape and live healthier lives.  But is that really all it is? Our job is unlike any other, in that we see the positive results our work has on the individual and we impact their lives in a deeply personal way. Every day, we hear about people that will do just about anything to avoid missing a cardio class: drive across town, forego social plans, work around health and personal issues…the list goes on and on. In the midst of our own busy work and personal lives, it’s important to remember how we directly touch the lives of our members each and every day – even if we only see them for one hour a week.  It goes far beyond “inspiring the world to fitness” – it’s inspiring people to have fun; to find themselves; to become something they never thought they could be; to improve their skills; to discover new friends; and to enjoy life just a little bit more. And that goes far beyond any other kind of job you can imagine.

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TITLE: Hard Core Momma
PRESENTER: Erica Ziel
BIOS: Erica Ziel, owner of Core Athletica, has a passion for improving peoples’ lives. She has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Health from Iowa State University. Erica is a personal trainer, Pilates instructor, nutrition consultant, and specializes working with women before, during, and after pregnancy.
DESCRIPTION: I was outside running only 4 weeks after giving birth to my second child! Learning to connect with the correct muscles can open the door for healthier, faster, smoother labor and recovery, even for those on bed rest. Babies of exercising moms are just as developed and healthy!

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TITLE: “Fury & Finesse” The amazing power of ballet and martial arts combined.
PRESENTER: Andrea Ruhl
BIOS: I am a personal trainer and Pilates instructor as well as a ballet hybrid and martial arts teacher. I have been instructing for over 10yrs.
DESCRIPTION: Both ballet and martial arts require an extreme mental and physical self-mastery. The practitioner has to possess and command a very focused mind to body connection in both art forms. The object of both is to train by instruction and practice, especially to teach  improvement of physical powers, strength and self-control. Thus the extreme training going into both disciplines is often comparable from the very fledgling beginnings to the highest levels of practice.  When combined in a class format, the student often finds a fluid and seamless experience, giving a ying and a yang with out the need to label the original form.

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TITLE: “Healthy Baby” or “Helping Moms make healthier babies”
PRESENTER: Birgitta Lauren
BIOS: “Swedish athlete Birgitta Lauren has been a certified pre-postnatal fitness expert since 1992 and worked in the fitness industry since 1980. She has written the award-winning book “”Expecting Fitness”" and articles in various media, including ePregnancy and OK! Weekly. She sits on the boards of HMHB and SWEA.
DESCRIPTION:  A client came to me after 2 horrendous & unfit pregnancies. Ready adopt the next baby, she had with pre-conceptional, pre & postnatal exercise, not only the easiest pregnancy and labor cut into 1/10th, but a much easier and smarter child. This is the moment I knew I had to help moms have healthier pregnancies & babies.
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TITLE: Event Organizer Extraordinaire
PRESENTER: Sherri McMillan
BIOS: Sherri McMillan, M.Sc. has been inspiring the world to adopt a fitness lifestyle for over 20 years and has received numerous industry awards including 2006 IDEA Fitness Director of the Year, 1998 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, 1998 CanFitPro Fitness Presenter of the Year and 2005/2006 ACE Fitness Educator of the Year – Runner up.  As a fitness trainer, fitness columnist for various magazines and newspapers, author of five books and manuals including “Go For Fit – the Winning Way to Fat Loss”, “Fit over Forty” & “The Successful Trainers Guide to Marketing”,  featured presenter in various fitness DVDs, and international fitness presenter, she is a spokesperson for Nike, Nautilus, Twist Conditioning and PowerBar. 
DESCRIPTION:  Learn all the critical components of hosting events within your business including triathlons, fun runs, exercise-a-thons, adventures and more…Have a blast and get paid to do it!
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How Stress Makes You Fat, Tired, and Sick!