FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Bring your energy to kickstart MANIA® on Friday! With over 50 sessions on day one, you’re sure to get off to a great start. Take a look at the sessions listed below, choose your favorites, and plan your schedule for Saturday and Sunday accordingly.
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Session 1: 7:30am-8:45am
FR1A: The Hidden Core - NEW - Master Phil Ross, MS & George Corso, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Unlock the power within by training your hidden core! This session delves into the concept of the ‘cylinder of power,’ focusing on the deep core muscles that stabilize and strengthen your entire body. Learn techniques to engage and activate these crucial muscles for better posture, enhanced athletic performance, and overall strength. Discover your true potential from the inside out!
FR1B: Optimal Mobility: Enhancing Functionality - NEW - Ann Gilbert
This presentation illuminates the significance of exercise, cognitive stimulation, and social engagement in maintaining independence and vitality. Practical tips and lifestyle adjustments are shared, fostering a holistic approach to aging gracefully with optimal functionality.
FR1C: Ultimate Leg Day - NEW - Amber Toole
Leg day enthusiasts, this one’s for you! Supercharge your lower-body training with strength-building programming for sculpting powerful legs and glutes. Learn injury prevention, nutrition tips, and strength-focused workout variations. Elevate your lower-body game and help your clients build strength while achieving amazing results!
FR1D: The Warrior® Workout - NEW - Jani Roberts
The Warrior® Workout is an empowerment practice that is designed to teach you a very strong mind-body connection. It is a fusion of martial arts and functional fitness based on military training. Powerful music will drive you deeper into your practice. Quiet your mind, empower your body.
FR1E: LaBlast® Splash: Buoyant Ballroom Blitz - NEW - Apy Figueroa
LaBlast® Splash is an aqua 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 in the water. No partner needed! You will learn to Jive, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Lindy Hop, Salsa & more!
FR1F: Six Root Causes of Decreased Longevity - NEW - Melissa Layne, MEd
Unlock the six secrets to a longer, healthier life in this longevity workshop. Explore evidence-based practices to reduce premature mortality and enhance well-being. Dive into nutrition, exercise, stress management, and lifestyle changes that promote vitality and longevity. Empower yourself to live a fulfilling, extended life. (Lecture)
FR1G: Retention Strategies: Unlocking The Key To Customer Loyalty - NEW - Eduardo Netto, MS
Customer retention is vital for business success, necessitating behavior analysis, personalized experiences, and effective engagement tactics such as loyalty programs. Key strategies include collecting feedback, building trust-based relationships, leveraging CRM technology, tracking retention metrics, studying case studies, and staying ahead of industry trends to maintain customer loyalty.
Session 2: 9:00am-10:15am
FR2A: On the Floor! - NEW - Gail Bannister-Munn
Discover the Power of Ground-Based Strength Training! Join us for an engaging session where you’ll learn to lead a comprehensive strength class using floor-based exercises. Master advanced techniques, exercises, and progressions designed to maximize muscle engagement and intensity. Expand your training repertoire and elevate your fitness approach with this dynamic method!
FR2B: Move Efficiently, Effectively & Pain-Free - NEW - Greg Mack, CPT, CMES
Dive into an exciting exploration of the motor and sensory systems and their connection to pain. This innovative session challenges fit pros to rethink traditional approaches, offering fresh, creative strategies to design and implement exercise programs for our older clients. Help clients experiencing pain or discomfort move more freely and effectively with groundbreaking techniques that transform unsatisfactory movements into empowering, pain-free experiences.
FR2C: Cardio Dance - NEW - Linda McDonald
Experience the resurgence of dance in fitness like never before! Discover how straightforward dance moves, taught with dynamic energy, can provide an effective cardio workout while leaving students feeling inspired. Infuse incredible music and positive vibes for the ultimate dance-meets-sweat party, where fitness transforms into an exhilarating celebration of movement and energy. Get ready to make fitness fun and inspiring through the pure joy of dance!
FR2D: Optimal Warm-Ups with 2-4-4 - NEW - Eric D’Agati & Mike Perry
Transform your warm-up routines with this dynamic course that enhances movement competency and primes the body, reducing injuries and ensuring effective workouts. Boost your confidence and efficiency with proven strategies that elevate your fitness programming. Learn optimal warm-up techniques for safer, more effective exercise sessions! Join us for an educational and exciting journey into advanced warm-up strategies!
FR2E: Buoy, Oh Buoy, Oh Buoy! - Manuel Velazquez, Mac Carvalho & Tanisha (Tani) Haggard
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.
FR2F: Sip or Skip: Alcohol’s True Impact - Melissa Layne, MEd
Delve into the fascinating world of the mind and body with our workshop on alcohol’s impact. Explore its effects on the brain, liver, and overall health. Gain insights into moderation and make informed choices for a healthier, more mindful relationship with alcohol. (Lecture)
FR2G: Start & Grow Your Business - NEW - Sara Kooperman, Erica Day, Ann Gilbert, & Amber Toole
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. (Business Summit Lecture)
Session 3: 11:00am-12:15Pm
FR3A: Athletic Woman: Function & Strength - NEW - Melissa Layne, MEd & Amber Toole
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!
FR3B: ”Don’t Just Sit There!” - Chair Yoga - NEW - Gusti Ratliff, MEd, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
Anyone can do Chair Yoga, including traditional yoga practitioners! Come and experience the possibilities of introducing chair yoga in studios, at work, seminars or any place where getting onto the floor may not be practical. Enjoy the chair yoga alternative.
FR3C: SOULfusion™ EXPERIENCE - Michele Park
Athletic mind-body movement set to crazy fun music! Experience a SOULfusion masterclass and dive deeper into the importance of music and how it connects to movement. Walk away with easy-to-learn, easy-to-teach, fun-to-take choreography to use in your classes right away. SOULfusion is a blend of yoga-inspired moves, flexibility, mobility training, and cardio bursts designed for EVERYbody. It’s more than a class, it’s an EXPERIENCE!
FR3D: Bring the Toys! - Gail Bannister-Munn
Discover how myofascial restorative bodywork will release stress and regain vitality. Familiarize yourself with fascia and understand which toys will release restrictions in specific structures that cause misalignment, compensation patterns, aches and pains, and loss of range of motion. Leave with the ability to breathe more easily, increase circulation, balance hormones, and relieve the stress and strains of everyday life.
FR3E: Aqua Disco - NEW - Tanisha (Tani) Haggard
Dive into the ultimate Aqua Disco party! Trade your platforms for water slides and groove to funky beats in this low-impact, high-energy aqua dance class. Get ready to challenge your muscles, stimulate your brain, and make a splash—no glitter ball needed!
Want More? Check out the Online Aquatic Exercise Cert HERE.
FR3F: Preventing Common Fitness Injuries - NEW - Dr. Edward Laskowski, MD
This session will discuss common fitness and sports injuries seen in a sports medicine practice. Evidence based strategies for recognizing and preventing these injuries in your training population will also be discussed. (Lecture)
FR3G: Anti-Obesity Wellness & Fitness Programming - NEW - Bob Esquerre, MA, NSCA-CPT & Ann Gilbert
Join industry experts Ann & Bob in a vital discussion on the impact of Anti-Obesity Medications (GLP-1 / Ozempic) on fitness programming. Explore customer-centric support, operational preparedness, omni-channel options, and continuing education for seamless service delivery. With over 60 years of combined experience, they will address unresolved questions to enhance weight-loss customer care. (Business Summit Lecture)
Session 4 - LUNCHTIME SESSION 1:
12:30PM-1:45PM
IF YOU CHOOSE THIS SESSION, THEN 1:45PM - 2:45PM WILL BE YOUR EXPO AND LUNCH BREAK
FR4A: Fluid Core Fusion - 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.
FR4B: Sitting Pretty: Strength & Support - Ann Gilbert
Get fit while you sit! In this session, learn innovative sequences that can be performed from a seated position for a total body workout. Perfect for virtual training sessions or accommodating multiple demographics in a gym setting, this low-impact workout provides total body sculpting for all participants. Improve strength, mobility, and balance for clients of every ability.
FR4D: Goodbye Back Pain - Gail Bannister-Munn
In this expert-led class, you’ll explore the root causes of common lower back pain, often linked to lower body mechanics. Using tools like tennis balls, lacrosse balls, foam rollers, yoga blocks, and straps, you’ll learn how to guide your clients through targeted muscle care, myofascial release, corrective exercises, and dynamic stretching techniques. This class equips you with practical strategies for long-term pain relief and enhanced mobility.
FR4G: Stretching For Strength - Flexible Foundations Panel - Sara Kooperman, JD, Amber Toole, Jani Roberts, & Dr. Edward Laskowski, MD
Stretching is an integral part of any exercise program, yet there is immense inconsistency and uncertainty surrounding the practice. Join our panel of experts as they discuss both the art and the science of flexibility training and specific routines that will allow your clients to develop maximal strength gains safely and quickly.
Session 4 - LUNCHTIME SESSION 2: 1:15PM - 2:30PM
IF YOU CHOOSE THIS SESSION, THEN 12:15PM - 1:15PM WILL BE YOUR EXPO AND LUNCH BREAK
FR4C: Step, Stamina & Strength - NEW - Siri Chilazi, MBA, MA
Everything you love about Step Aerobics plus seamlessly integrated full-body training to build strength and stamina! This session alternates between classic aerobic step combinations and strength training intervals for a dynamite workout that leaves you sweaty and smiling. Learn to create and deliver this all-levels workout to pack your classes!
FR4E: Water Remix - NEW - Dawn Stenis
Stuck in a choreography rut or noticing your students aren’t seeing results? Revitalize your classes with high-intensity intervals and power. Discover how HIIT, Sprint Interval Training, Tabata, and plyometrics can boost fitness, reduce boredom, and elevate your classes to the next level, keeping your students engaged and progressing.
FR4F: 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)
Session 5: 2:45PM-4:00PM
FR5A: Mobility Training – Online or In-Person - NEW - Ruston Webb, MS
Unlock the untapped potential of mobility training. Integrate mobility exercises into group sessions to enhance client retention, achieve better results, and increase your revenue. Experience firsthand the movement sequences that unlock the body’s potential. Don’t miss out on this burgeoning trend in the fitness industry. Join Ruston and stay ahead in this competitive market.
FR5B: Strength Training For Longevity & Vitality II - NEW - Sara Kooperman, JD
Whether a personal quest or a way to engage the fastest-growing segment of the population, this incredibly creative bodyweight workout presents effective and manageable training techniques for the 50+ population. Led by an icon in the fitness industry, Sara takes you through this Group Strength Class using unique multi-joint, rhythmic exercises for a total body strength workout. Endurance, flexibility, and balance are the lenses we use when analyzing our programming. It’s not about how long or hard you train; it’s about exercising smart for longevity and vitality.
FR5C: Hustle & Flow - NEW - Tanisha (Tani) Haggard
This total body workout gives you the best of both worlds to improve your cardiovascular endurance and get those muscles pumping! Tone all muscle groups in a session that magically blends intense cardio bursts while focusing on slow motion strength exercises. Hustle up and enjoy the flow!
FR5D: SYMMETRY: Scientific Stretching - Patrick Mummy & Gail Bannister-Munn
Ever wish you had a quantifiable system for measuring the success and outcome of corrective exercise? In this session, you will learn, practice, and implement the AlignSmartTM system to measure and create custom corrective exercise routines. Leave ready to assist, mentor, coach, and guide clients through their journey to be pain-free and performance-ready.
FR5E: Aqua Boot Camp Boq - Style - NEW - Tom Ford
Swing, Punch and Run in a “completely” new aquatic workout! Experience a truly unique session utilizing movements from many different sports and using resistive aquatic exercise equipment. This explosive, intense and fun workout will strengthen your core, tone your arms and legs, all while improving your coordination and balance.
FR5F: Cracking the Code to Weight Loss - Amber Toole
Uncover the common pitfalls clients encounter in their pursuit of quick-fix weight loss solutions. This session highlights key health foundations for lasting success, examines how dieting history affects metabolism, and offers actionable coaching strategies to help clients achieve sustainable, long-term weight loss results. (Lecture)
FR5G: Operating A Profitable Boutique Studio - NEW - Ann Gilbert
Uncover the keys to opening and managing a successful boutique studio from a 40-year business owner who reveals her path to success. Learn how to balance passion with the inevitable challenges of frustrations and failures. Gain insights into building loyal, productive teams, overcoming inflation, and driving business growth.
FR5H: Retention Strategies: Unlocking The Key To Customer Loyalty - NEW - Eduardo Netto, MS
Customer retention is vital for business success, necessitating behavior analysis, personalized experiences, and effective engagement tactics such as loyalty programs. Key strategies include collecting feedback, building trust-based relationships, leveraging CRM technology, tracking retention metrics, studying case studies, and staying ahead of industry trends to maintain customer loyalty. (Business Summit Lecture)
Session 6: 4:30PM-5:45PM
FR6A: Deep Core and Pelvic Floor - NEW - Melissa Layne, MEd
Join an inclusive workshop focusing on deep core and pelvic floor health for all genders. Discover exercises and techniques to strengthen and support these vital muscle groups, promoting better posture, balance, better bladder function, and overall wellness. Take control of your core and pelvic floor health in this informative and empowering session.
FR6B: 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.
FR6C: Barre Hard Core - NEW - Linda McDonald
Legs may get all the glory in a barre class but do you know what part of your body is the real winner? YOUR CORE! Barre focus on balance, core stability, and maintaining a neutral pelvis, make it a killer core workout from start to finish without requiring a single crunch.
FR6D: Pilates Powered by Corespring® - NEW - Charlyn d'Anconia, MA, NCPT
Experience the CoreSpring® workout, where Pilates principles merge with dynamic spring-loaded resistance. This unique Spring Reformer, powered by your movements, offers a personalized and responsive exercise experience. Enhance your core strength, flexibility, balance, and overall body conditioning in a session designed to elevate your fitness and functional performance.
FR6E: Aqua Vibes - NEW - Dawn Stenis
Treat your aqua students to a vibrant dance party, all while persuading them to work hard. Take them back in time and invigorate them with the dances they grew up loving on land, but using the properties of water to make it a killer workout! They’ll be having so much fun they won’t even notice how hard they are working.
FR6F: How You Move Matters - Dr. Edward Laskowski, MD
This session will discuss the importance of ensuring proper movement patterns when performing sports activities as well as when training with resistance. Evidence based strategies to protect from injury as well as optimize performance will be outlined. (Lecture)
FR6G: Rethinking Obesity Treatment: Elevate your Business - NEW - Dr. Renee Rogers, PHD, FACSM
Obesity is a complex metabolic disease that typically cannot be addressed with a one-size-fits-all program. The fitness industry has cycled through generations of weight loss trends, often providing solutions rather than creating supportive environments. This session focuses on using behavior strategies to enhance your business approach. (Lecture)
Session 7: 6:00PM-7:00PM
FR7A: MANIA® DANCE OFF!!
Join the stars of MANIA® in this wild workout with the best in dance fitness. Have a blast with LaBlast®, Zumba®, Alignment Essentials, Tani Haggard, & Manuel Velazquez and learn tons of new moves to drive your dance programs to the next level. You even can win a free certification from one of these amazing programs. It’s going to be a party of epic proportions!
FR7B: Fitness Idol
Sara Kooperman, JD, Ann Gilbert, Bob Esquerre, MA, NSCA-CPT, & Amber Toole
Do you have what it takes to become the next SCW Fitness Idol? As the winner of this prestigious title, not only will you receive coverage in 2024 SCW newsletters, but you’ll get a chance to show off your skills as a featured presenter at the 2025 SCW MANIA® Convention of your choice!
Each 2024 SCW Fitness Idol Winner receives:
• A slot as a presenter at a future SCW MANIA®
• FREE SCW Online Certification of your choice
• Coverage in a SCW Newsletter
• 1-year FREE SCW OnDemand Membership
FR7D: Foam Rolling off the Floor - NEW - Siri Chilazi, MBA, MA
Unlock the power of foam rolling for all clients—even those who struggle with floor exercises! In this dynamic session, you’ll explore standing and seated techniques that deliver safe, effective myofascial release. Leave empowered to boost your clients’ flexibility, reduce their injury risk, and enhance their mobility—all while keeping them comfortably off the floor!
FR7G: Keynote & Cocktails - 5 Keys for Financial Fitness Success - NEW - Patrick Mummy
Unlock your financial potential with this inspiring and innovative session. Discover essential strategies to maximize profits, minimize losses, and build a thriving fitness business. Learn how to position yourself as a top professional, leverage key business principles, and achieve sustainable growth. Ideal for fitness entrepreneurs of all levels aiming to elevate their business acumen and success.(Lecture)
