hong kong

Designed by experts for the fitness professional who wants to harness the full potential of the TRX Suspension Trainer, this course teaches you how to incorporate the TRX into your clients' programs and how to grow your training business. In this class you'll learn over 70 TRX exercises, in detail, as well as all the benefits and target muscles of the exercises; how to properly perform and "cue" the exercise; and modifications and progressions to adapt the exercises to every fitness level. You'll also learn how to design your own TRX programs by following suspension training principles, using smart TRX exercise selection, and studying case scenarios to challenge your knowledge.

After completing the course participants should be able to:

• Understand why TRX Suspension Training is a unique training method for sports performance, and general fitness;

• Understand the proper assembly of the TRX in a variety of situations;

• Be able to utilize the TRX efficiently and effectively in one-on-one training and small group.

Course Materials: Participants will receive a TRX Suspension Training Course manual.

This hands-on course will allow you to take your knowledge of Trigger Point Performance Therapy to the next level by implementing Myofascial Compression Techniques into your daily routine. Our Master Trainer will define and work through six major areas of the body that we feel are key players in the human biomechanical chain. We will then build upon this U6 foundation by targeting other specific areas, resulting in even greater efficiency of movement.

Participants will learn to administer the manipulations and methodologies on themselves as well as how to communicate this process to others.

You will additionally learn to:

• Identify six major trigger points that influence biomechanics;
• Demonstrate Myofascial Compression Techniques (MCT) with clientele;
• Enhance elasticity within the muscle, thus improving overall biomechanics;
• Recognize improvements in tissue pliability and response through balance, range of motion, and posture tests;
• Introduce clients to the products, manipulations, and education regarding Trigger Point Therapy

This workshop is ideal for personal trainers, Yoga, Pilates and Group Exercises instructors, PE Teachers, Strength and Conditioning Coaches, athletes in performance/endurance events and fitness enthusiasts seeking to maintain proper conditioning.

TRX Rip Trainer Course

This course provides you with the essential knowledge and skills to train with the Rip Trainer. Whether your focus is on general fitness, sports performance or injury prevention, you'll learn how to effectively integrate Rip Training into your client programme:

You will be able to:

* Correctly set up and use the Rip Trainer, in various environments
* Use the Rip Trainer to get a dynamic total body workout
* Safely and effectively instruct others on the Rip Trainer
* Clearly articulate the science and benefits behind Rip Training

Ideal for: Personal Trainers, Fitness Professionals, Fitness Enthusiasts and Health Practitioners.

Medium of Instruction: English supplemented with Cantonese

This one day training course is suitable for personal trainers, gym instructors, physios or sports coaches and gives attendees an introduction on how to successfully implement ViPR with your clients/ athletes.

Topics covered on the day include:
* ViPR fundamental principles
* 6 steps to choosing an appropriate exercise
* ViPR coaching model and coaching cues
* Fundamental ViPR exercises with progression/ regression
* ViPR programme design and implementation

Joints and soft tissue inherently possess a mobility and stability quality. When a joint or soft tissue has had prolonged immobility, the proprioceptors become desensitized. Stretching a joint or soft tissue only captures mobility but not necessarily stability. In fact, if the soft tissues cannot control the increased range of motion, the client may be set up for increased risk of injury. Flexibility Highways has examined the 6 integrated chain relationships that is dependent upon the partnership of adjacent muscle groups to attain optimal function and performance. Flexibility Highways in Motion matches movement pattern progressions that enhance the proprioceptors of the soft tissue to maintain strength within each of the 6 Flexibility Highways and enrich movement performance.

Learning Objectives:

• How does the lower extremity affect the upper extremity, and why should we train them together? 
• Understand the 6 Flexibility Highways, the Anterior, Posterior, Lateral, Anterior & Posterior X-Factors, and the Turnpike 
• Develop strategies for movement progressions to enhance the Flexibility Highways. 
• Develop an application to how limitations create compensations which led to sub-optimal performance and possible injury. 
• Appreciate considerations of regression movements before progressing a client.

Early Bird Fee HK$1,600 before March 15, 2012. Three day package workshop fee HK$4,500. Regular fee HK$2,000 on March 15, 2012 per workshop.

Explore the impact of the feet, hips, and thoracic spine on low back biomechanics. Attendees will develop functional strategies to improve conditions such as sacroiliac dysfunction, low back pain, spinal fusion, scoliosis, spinal stenosis, and the chain reaction upon spinal movements. Learn a regressive to progressive approach to improve functional strength and return to play for clients with back pain.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Learn the architectural structure of the spine
• Learn how the “Big Rocks” of movement (foot function, ankle dorsiflexion, pelvic motion, and thoracic spine actions) affect the low back 
• How does the lower extremity, the upper extremity, affect the low back, and why should we train them together?
• Understand the 6 Flexibility Highways, the Anterior, Posterior, Lateral, Anterior & Posterior X-Factors, and the Turnpike
• Develop strategies for movement progressions to enhance the back strength and function
• Develop an application to how limitations create compensations which led to sub-optimal performance and possible injury
• Appreciate considerations of regression movements before progressing a client
• To develop integrated movement patterns for all demographics ranging from special populations to high level athletes

Early Bird Fee HK$1,600 before March 15, 2012. Three day package workshop fee HK$4,500. Regular fee HK$2,000 on March 15, 2012 per workshop.

The Ultimate TRIADBALL™ Experience starts with the extremely popular TRIADBALL Excel Workout. This Pilates based workout will prove that the possibilities of incorporating the TRIADBALL into your workouts are limitless. After the workout Michael and Ton will discuss the science and philosophy behind the TRIADBALL, why it works the way it works and how you can incorporate into your sessions and classes. Then we will move on to the TRIADBALL Fusion Workout, where you will experience the TRIADBALL in a
completely different way. Feel the effects of movement on all aspects of your being as we integrate the different modalities Pilates, Yoga, Chinese Meridian exercises and the TRIADBALL™ into one flowing experience.

The way we use the Chair has evolved overtime. Originally Joseph Pilates created exercises and exercise combinations on the Wunda Chair to address specific issues of the individual client. With the introduction of new equipment, chairs have found their way into group fitness classes. In this workshop we will focus on the different ways you can exploit your Chair. We will cover how you can create flowing combinations to change the intensity of your workout, and experience the difference when using the principles of repetitions. Then to top it all off, we will focus on some specific deceleration exercises. These new exercises will challenge your body in completely new dimension.

Many of our clients suffer from unilateral development due to sport activities, work environment and even daily activities. Just think about normal everyday tasks like carrying your bags on the same side, writing with the same hand, walking up and down the stairs leading with the same leg, etc. etc. The traditional Pilates work generally does not emphasize unilateral exercises, but works the body as even as possible. However, unilateral movement patterns can be extremely effective in Pilates sessions and classes not only to re-balance the body and thereby avoiding potential injuries, but also to improve sport and activity performances. In this workshop, we will cover unilateral movement sequences that will address some of your clients’ imbalances.

The PTA Global Level One Advanced - Bridging Course is for the trainer already certified through another organization. This course will act as an adjunct to what you have previously learned, not contradict it, yet consisting of cutting edge content you have not seen before ‐ taken from the PTAG Certification. It is comprised of those components that are not currently addressed in the industry in this way. It does not cover your typical certification content like basic Anatomy and Physiology, Biomechanics, etc (which are found in the PTAG Certification Course). The Bridging Course also prepares you to take the Advanced Module and then flow into the Career Pathways with the top educators who are involved in the Certification.Students will receive:

• Free access to the PTA Global Community
• Free pracrtice exam
• Online exam to be completed at Optimum Performance Studio
• Pre-made programmes based on goals, style and level

The PTA Global Level One Advanced - Bridging Course will cover materials that are not covered in previous certification courses and is the pre-requisite to the PTA Global Advanced Certification programme. Course will explore:* Functional Anatomy* Myofascial Lines* RACQS* Programme Design

This hands-on course will allow you to take your knowledge of Trigger Point Performance Therapy to the next level by implementing Myofascial Compression Techniques into your daily routine. Our Master Trainer will define and work through six major areas of the body that we feel are key players in the human biomechanical chain. We will then build upon this U6 foundation by targeting other specific areas, resulting in even greater efficiency of movement.

Participants will learn to administer the manipulations and methodologies on themselves as well as how to communicate this process to others.

You will additionally learn to:

• Identify six major trigger points that influence biomechanics;
• Demonstrate Myofascial Compression Techniques (MCT) with clientele;
• Enhance elasticity within the muscle, thus improving overall biomechanics;
• Recognize improvements in tissue pliability and response through balance, range of motion, and posture tests;
• Introduce clients to the products, manipulations, and education regarding Trigger Point Therapy

This workshop is ideal for personal trainers, Yoga, Pilates and Group Exercises instructors, PE Teachers, Strength and Conditioning Coaches, athletes in performance/endurance events and fitness enthusiasts seeking to maintain proper conditioning.

This one day training course is suitable for personal trainers, gym instructors, physios or sports coaches and gives attendees an introduction on how to successfully implement ViPR with your clients/ athletes.

Topics covered on the day include:
* ViPR fundamental principles
* 6 steps to choosing an appropriate exercise
* ViPR coaching model and coaching cues
* Fundamental ViPR exercises with progression/ regression
* ViPR programme design and implementation

The organized actions of the foot and ankle complex is often overlooked and misunderstood in the fitness industry. This adaptive lever plays a role in every upright action from human locomotion to squats and lunges. With the advancement of the fitness industry and expanding role of the fitness professional there is greater likelihood of encountering a client with foot pathology or foot compensations. To maintain competitive among your colleagues and achieve greatest results with your clients it is imperative to gain an understanding of the role the foot and ankle play in creating and modifying fitness programs.

Remarks: Includes manual and DVD

AFAA CEU's (2.5)

One of the hottest buzzwords currently in the fitness industry is "barefoot training". As we explore the benefits of working-out sans footwear we must ask ourselves "Why?" Why train barefoot when shoes seem to provide the support and shock absorption needed for optimal performance? The answer to this question lies in the function of the human foot.

With no established guidelines on barefoot training protocol, this is the only workshop that will fully prepare fitness professionals and running coaches to better integrate barefoot training and foot fitness into their client's workout and running programming. Taught by Podiatrist and Human Movement Specialist Dr Emily Splichal, this 6-hour workshop will cover foot & ankle function, barefoot progressions for different foot-types, barefoot balance training and barefoot running.

Benefits to the Barefoot Training Specialist® Credential

• Increase your income potential with advanced corrective exercise training;
• Promote yourself to barefoot running clubs and barefoot-friendly Podiatrists;
• Get listed on the EBFA "Find a Barefoot Training Specialist®" portal to improve exposure;
• Get access to the Barefoot Training Specialist® online-portal for monthly newsletters, barefoot training research, case studies and discussions with other fitness professionals requirements for Barefoot Training Specialist® Credential
• A current, nationally-acredited (NCCA) personal trainer certification (NASM, ACE, NSCA)
• Attend Barefoot Training Specialist® 7 hour workshop
• Successful completion of Barefoot Training Specialist® Certification Exam
• 50 question online exam - Passing rate is 70% - HK$800 examination fee included

Annual renewal fee $99 to maintain Barefoot Training Specialist® qualifications and membership to Barefoot Training Specialist® online-portal

Remarks: Includes manual and Foot Assessment DVD

AFAA CEU's 4.75