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With overall mental health and a holistic view to fitness leading the industry this year, here are some Pro Skills learning opportunities that shouldn’t be missed!

The Business of Fitness: Landing The Gig 1

JUN 07 • 4:00P-5:00P PDT

We know the power and inspiring energy that group fitness provides to our participants and the work and passion we, as individual instructors, put into creating and leading amazing experiences. But how do we get ourselves in the door, get POUND onto gym schedules and even make a full-time career in fitness? In this free workshop, Vice President of Group Fitness for Crunch Fitness, Marc Santa Maria, shares his thoughts on this topic, tapping into over 25 years of experience in the industry as an instructor, leader, and mentor.

POUND Education Hours: 1

Exercise Science: If you Aren’t Assessing, You’re Guessing!

JUN 13 • 11:00A-12:30P PDT

Join NASM master trainer Wendy Batts for this notto-miss course focused on corrective exercise. In this course, Pros will discover the most effective methods for enhancing group fitness participants’ movement patterns and performance. The assessment and Corrective Exercise Model pioneered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine has helped thousands of personal trainers and strength coaches program for goals ranging from post-rehabilitation to sport. This course will overview and discuss the importance of strategies that implement corrective exercise into your programming to enhance overall quality of movement while increasing performance.

POUND Education Hours: 1 + NASM/AFAA CECs: 2

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Exercise Science: Science of PLAY 3

JUN 22 • 10:00A-11:30A PDT

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Why is play fundamental to children’s development and what role does it have in adulthood? Play is a fun and positive tool for decreasing stress and aggression while also increasing creativity, imagination, self-awareness and self-acceptance, leadership and more. Join ICON Pia Thiemann, as we discuss ways and opportunities to create play in our everyday lives (for children and adults alike!) and the non-medicinal methods that guide behavior from an early age. Leave this course with tips and inspiration for introducing more PLAY into everything you do!

POUND Education Hours: 1

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