March 22-24, 2024 • Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
March 22-24, 2024 • Hyatt Regency San Francisco
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024
Saturday, March 23rd is when MANIA® hits it’s full stride. With an action packed lineup of workshops, seminars, and workouts, attendees will be screaming for more from our industry-leading experts.
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Session 1: 7:30am-8:45am
SA1A: Fluid Core Fusion (NEW) - Manuel Velazquez
Fluid Core Fusion is the ultimate workout, combining cardio and strengthening segments. Learn specific movements that target the core muscles and dynamic cardio sequences to design your own non-stop cardio-core-strength programming. This session focuses on combining specific core muscle toning moves with functional and dynamic cardio segments to create a complete cardio-core-strength experience.
SA1B: Time With Tissue (NEW) - Ann Gilbert
Practice mobility exercises to optimize agility as you move through your fitness age. Improve ROM, increase vitality & get moving with this easy-to-follow mobility sequence. Leave with a clear understanding of how we, as fit Pros, can contribute to movement that can transfer to advanced activities of daily living. This session is for all clients 20-90 years of age.
SA1C: Barre Mixer (NEW) Tricia Murphy-Madden
Mix it up with a blend of kickboxing, Barre strength and Barre-inspired active recovery. Include Tabata timing to crush a total body workout and include stretching and core-centric moves. Experience a low impact class with a big punch and lots of sweat, that’s easy on the body!
SA1D: True Power Yoga - Kimberly Spreen-Glick
Enjoy a feel good vinyasa flow yoga practice with a special focus on freedom and acceptance. Give yourself the opportunity to move, strengthen and stretch your body and mind with no judgments. Complete this practice of creative movement patterns with deep release postures to tap into your inner self.
SA1E: Schwinn®: Cycle A la Mode (NEW) - Keli Roberts
Tap into the unique ways your team wants to ride – ONLY with the Z-power console from Schwinn. Whether it’s RPM, Max HR, or FTP – we’ve got a ride for everyone. Build it and they will come. Real results, every time, with your ride or die. Let’s go!
SA1F: Aqua ZUMBA® - Eliza Stone, RD
Make a splash and experience the refreshing, invigorating Zumba® pool party featuring multiple Latin and International dance rhythms! This unique workout in the water complements all the muscles and allows students of all fitness levels, as well as those with disabilities or physical limitations, to join the Zumba experience!
SA1G: The Gut – Sleep Network Effect - Melissa Layne, MEd
Uncover the hidden secrets of how sleep profoundly influences your gut microbiome and how your gut biome affects your slumber in this enlightening workshop. Delve into the intricate relationship between quality sleep and a thriving gut ecosystem. Gain practical insights into optimizing your sleep habits to promote gut health and vice versa for overall vitality. (Lecture)
SA1H: 7 Skills to Turn Personal Training into a Lifelong Career (NEW) - Michael Hughes
Personal Training has been stereotyped and stigmatized as a “hobby job” where burnout rates are HIGH and the chances of turning fitness into a career are low. Michael Hughes breaks down the 7 skills every trainer needs to know to create a long-term sustainable career in the fitness industry.
Session 2: 9:15am-10:30am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
SA2B: Pursuing Your Passions in Wellness (NEW) - Reena Vokoun, MS
In this inspiring keynote session, explore the importance of holistic wellness and providing tools for awareness, vitality, and core human motivation. Explore your own motivations and aspirations to develop and share your personal authentic passion. Discover how to find your niche in this wonderful fitness industry and how to take chances to positively impact others’ lives.
Session 3: 11:00am-12:15pm
SA3A: Athletic Woman: Function & Strength (NEW) - Michael Hughes
You need strength, stamina, flexibility and power for the tasks of everyday life. Functional fitness improves your ability to run a marathon and walk your dog, to lift a barbell and lift your laundry. For whatever life brings you, train like the well-rounded female athlete that you are!
SA3B: Master Knee-Pain Reduction Strategies (NEW) - Ruston Webb, MS
Unlock the secrets to mitigating knee pain and preventing injuries through targeted exercises. As a fitness professional, you’ll learn to optimize performance for your clients, enhancing satisfaction and profitability. Elevate your training approach to foster remarkable results, greater retention, and a thriving business. Join us to revolutionize your fitness strategy!
SA3C: SOULkickboxing™ (NEW) - Michele Park & Lindsey Coleman
SOULkickboxing™ is a creative fusion of kickboxing, dance, inspired-cardio, balance, and the ultimate in conditioning sequences, all in our signature FIGHTER FLOW. Set to crazy, fun and motivating music, SOULkb guarantees that you find your FOCUS, find your FIGHT, and find your FLOW! No equipment needed! Time to bring out your inner BADASSERY!
SA3D: Gentle Yoga for Mobility (NEW) - Manuel Velazquez
This yoga practice will emphasize joint health, muscle tension release, and a mindful approach to alignment through core stability offering movements that can be incorporated into your daily life. Maintain or improve mobility, stability, and flexibility for functional healthy aging.
SA3E: Schwinn®: Rhythm Roadtrip-Mastering Cycling Musicality (NEW) - Abbie Appel
Discover how to capture and captivate your riders by tapping into the emotion and hidden beats of a well curated playlist. Learn how to create magical, memorable rides with incredible musicality that drive performance for real results.
SA3F: Aqua Sit to Stand Skills (NEW) - Melissa Layne, MEd
Dive into improved strength and mobility with this pool-based active aging workshop. Experience the buoyant support of water as you practice sit-to-stand progressions. This unique aquatic environment offers gentle resistance and safety, making it perfect for active agers to build confidence, stability, and functional independence.
SA3G: Myofascial Release: The Vagus Nerve (NEW) - Dr. Julie Zuleger, PhD
The vagus nerve is the main nerve of the parasympathetic nervous system which calms the body after stress. Discover its untapped potential in this session that focuses on the science and connection of fascia and the vagus nerve. Experience the vagus nerve’s impact on performance and well-being. Learn myofascial release techniques and strategies for stimulating and reducing stress to unlock client success. (Lecture)
SA3H: Growth: Must or Bust (NEW) - Sara Kooperman, JD, Miriam Ball, Brandi Clark, Tricia Madden & Dan Kleckner
Take an insightful look at marketing, sales and growth and how they intertwine to expand your influence and financial success. Leave with practical solutions to grow, get more clients and expand your client base. Enjoy a candid conversation on what to watch out for and implement for guaranteed success as a Group Instructor, Personal Trainer and Business Owner and Manager.
Session 4 - LUNCHTIME SESSION 1:
12:30PM-1:45PM
If you choose this session, your lunch & expo break will be 1:45-2:45PM
SA4A: Arm Candy (NEW) - Abbie Appel
Whether you go heavy or light, overloading the muscles of your upper body is key to experiencing improved strength, movement quality, and the aesthetics your classes and clients desire. Review techniques to challenge your upper body in all directions and all positions. Understand how training your upper body can help you reach total body goals faster.
SA4C: WARRIOR Rhythm™ | Brave, Bold & Beautiful (NEW) - Ellen de Werd
Ever wish you loved yoga? WARRIOR Rhythm™ is the bridge between classic group exercise and traditional yoga. With its rebel vibe, edgy playlists, and unconventionally sweaty flows this format will rock your world! We intertwine mindfulness, yoga, weightlifting and even HIIT training into an extraordinary experience. We are where woo-woo meets WAAHOOOOO!
SA4E: Schwinn®: R.I.S.E. & #RideRight - Doris Thews
Results = Intensity + Science + Execution. Want your riders to get results? It’s all about intensity and staying true to the science of authentic cycling executed in a masterful class design that follows this simple set of rules. When you ride right, you always get results.
SA4G: Physics of Pain & Performance - Patrick Mummy
Utilize physics as it pertains to musculoskeletal compensations and pain planes of motion to get your clients proactive and compliant with corrective exercises. Employ postural analysis pre- and post-workout to reinforce healthy daily habits, and ultimately increase athletic performance. (Lecture)
Session 4 - LUNCHTIME SESSION 2:
1:15PM-2:30PM
If you choose this session, your lunch & expo break will be 12:15-1:15PM
SA4B: S.E.A.T.® Supported Exercise for Ageless Training - Ann Gilbert
It’s time to take aging sitting down! Discover how incorporating a chair can increase access to your fitness offerings by catering to clients of all abilities. Perfect for deconditioned clients or those overcoming injuries, you’ll learn how to design seat-based programming that doesn’t lack intensity or fun, guaranteed to get a “seated” ovation from all of your students!
SA4D: Tiger Tail® Active Recovery (NEW) - Dr. Julie Zuleger, PhD
Discover great myofascial active recovery techniques in this Happy Muscles! 365 workshop. Learn guided muscle care and stretching techniques for all ages using best-in-class Tiger Tail massage sticks and balls. Improve flexibility, mobility, and ROM, as well as reduce muscle knots, aches, and pains while using these affordable, portable and FUN stretch-recovery tools.
SA4F: 4 Functional Aqua Circuits (NEW) - Melissa Layne, MEd
Dive into vitality with our aquatic circuit workshop! Designed for enhancing daily life functionality, this pool-based session guides you through a series of exercises targeting strength, flexibility, and balance. Experience the therapeutic benefits of water while improving your everyday activities. Leave with four comprehensive class designs to incorporate into your classes immediately.
SA4H: Find & Enroll Clients Using Social Media (NEW) - Brandi Clark
If you want to create a name and following for yourself, you need to stand out on social media, and that can be difficult. In this course you will learn the 4 simple steps for standing out so you can enroll more clients, make more money, and have a larger impact! This session is perfect for both instructors, personal trainers, and studio owners and managers.
Session 5: 2:45pm-4:00pm
SA5A: Core Training Meets Fun (NEW) - Reyes & Campos
Latin rhythms and athletic movements perfectly combine in the most extraordinary, intense, dynamic, and fun group fitness class on the market. Each movement pattern is designed to develop mobility & endurance with emphasis on the CORE. Burn up to 39% more calories than other conventional cardio workouts. It is not dance, not choreography, it’s a LIFESTYLE!
SA5B: Athletic Aging (NEW) - Tricia Murphy Madden
With so many of our Active Aging members being strong and fit already, we need to provide programming that keeps them feeling engaged and efficient. Learn to create workouts that help the fit stay. Walk away with some easy format tricks for creating intensity without discouraging the art of listening to their own body.
SA5C: LaBlast® Fitness: Ballroom Blitz (NEW) - Dusty Solis & Javier Alvarez
LaBlast® is a dance fitness program created by “Dancing with the Stars” pro, Louis van Amstel. Experience a diverse mix of famous ballroom dances set to your favorite music. No partner needed! You will learn to Jive, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Lindy Hop, Salsa & more!
SA5D: Posture & Alignment with Personal Training - Patrick Mummy
Almost all workouts require good posture and alignment to maximize results while minimizing injury. However, it is difficult to assess our clients and ensure all participants are moving properly. Join our resident expert on posture, alignment and evaluation, Patrick Mummy, as he discusses the best coaching and cueing strategies for alignment and posture and how to do it effectively in personal training and a small group environment.
SA5E: Schwinn®: Cycle Mixology: Curating Killer Playlists - Abbie Appel
Where did you get that song! We’re sharing the secret to sourcing music for playlists that rock every ride. Learn where to find the tunes and uncover new apps and programs to remix and customize your own tracks. Become your own mixologist and discover the recipe for savage playlists.
SA5F: Buoy, Oh Buoy, Oh Buoy! (NEW) - Manuel Velazquez & Sara Vandenberg
Take advantage of aqua dumbbells to build muscular endurance, power, and overall tone. Build lean muscle through the creative use of drag, resistance, and buoyancy by using just one aqua dumbbell or both dumbbells enmeshed, or as under-arm flotation devices. Recharge, refresh and revive your water workouts using hand buoys like never before.
SA5G: Kitchen Makeover for Weight Loss Success (NEW) - Dr. Candice Seti, Psy.D.
Did you know that the set-up of your kitchen can have a direct effect on your weight? Learn all the whats, whys, and hows to set your kitchen up to be an ally in your weight loss efforts and learn how to easily present the info to your clients. (Lecture)
SA5H: Start & Grow Your Business (NEW) - Sara Kooperman, Ruston Webb, MS, Erica Day & Michael Hughes
Explore your options for guaranteed financial and personal success as a Personal Trainer and/or Business Owner. Painlessly grow your business attracting new clients and retaining valuable customers. Expansion and retention are key. Examine affordable marketing automations (social media, emails, text messages), surveys & feedback, loyalty rewards and simple payment processing to grow your client base and revenue. All necessary and extremely affordable.
Session 6: 4:30pm-5:45pm
SA6A: Pickleball Power & Performance (NEW) - Sara Kooperman, JD
Experience the best techniques used to train for power and performance for the ever-growing sport of Pickleball. This incredibly creative strength-focused tubing workout uses effective and manageable resistance techniques. Enhance speed, increase endurance, and decrease the risk of injury by training off the court. Hit the ball harder. Chase the ball faster. Enjoy the sport longer. This pickleball press program ensures your clients will compete at the highest level.
SA6B: Shoulder Pain: Optimize Through Exercise (NEW) - Ruston Webb, MS
Step up your fitness game by mastering exercises that alleviate shoulder pain and prevent injuries. This course empowers fitness professionals to enhance client satisfaction and results, increasing retention and profit. Learn to optimize performance through pain-reducing strategies, and watch your business thrive. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your expertise!
SA6C: ZUMBA® - Eliza Stone, MA
Zumba® is perfect for everybody and every body! We take the “work” out of workout, by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. A total workout, combining all elements of fitness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy and a serious dose of awesome each time you leave class.
SA6D: By Any Stretch (NEW) - Abbie Appel
Flexibility allows us to move freely in our daily life. What’s more, a balance of mobility and stability in each joint helps prevent injury. In this hands-on session, review the science of “contract-relax” stretching. Experience multiple one-on-one stretching exercises and leave with a proven technique and system to grow your business and help your clients move better and smarter.
SA6E: Schwinn® Indoor Cycling: Beast Mode (NEW) - Jason Schneider
HIIT workouts are all the rage but not all are done right. This workout is designed to push your limits while honoring the science of true HIIT for real results. We’ll show you how to take breathless beast mode. Get ready to Rumble!
SA6F: H2O Reporting for Duty (NEW) - Tanish (Tani) Haggard
Enjoy this bootcamp program filled with power and energy to give your aqua program a boost. Stand at attention and watch your creativity soar. Try some fun, new obstacle courses in the pool, and leave with 6 new routines to keep your members coming back again and again.
SA6G: Building Muscle While Losing Fat (NEW) - Melissa Layne, MEd
Join this transformative workshop and unlock the secrets of building muscle while torching
unwanted fat. Explore science-backed strategies, personalized workouts, and nutrition tips to
achieve a balanced, strong, and lean physique. Elevate your fitness journey and build your
dream body. (Lecture)
SA6H: Tax & Financial Fitness Bootcamp (NEW) - Erica Day
Banish financial overwhelm, pump up your gym’s profits and be tax-ready with tips and tricks from our Financial Fitness Bootcamp for Gym Owners and Fitness Professionals. Let’s keep your bookkeeping in shape, have stress-free tax savings, demystify W9s and 1099s and discuss some tax strategies to bring to your CPA
