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Are you doing everything you can to achieve your true potential in all realms of your life? Do you really know what you want and how you’re going to get it? And are you clear regarding what it takes to truly achieve your Personal Best in everything you do. Join Sherri McMillan, International Personal Trainer of the Year award winner, as she shares personal and career stories that have taught her various life lessons. The bottom line is that overall fitness is not just physical but encompasses physical, mental and spiritual aspects. Come and revisit the steps to achieving the balance that we all strive for.
This is a 1 - 2 hour keynote presentation Equipment Needs: Data projector and screen, IPOD hook-up, Wireless, Head-set mic Presenter: Alex and/or Sherri McMillan
Latin Dancing 101:
Salsa, Cha Cha, & Shimmies… You will learn how to take very basic movements, add some hips & shoulders and spice up a normal routine. You will be introduced to easy patterns that you can use to start or finish your classes with a little bit of fun attitude. Take the fear out of Latin Dancing and teach your clients that anybody can dance. Bring your baggy clothes, scarves and shawls – the right look is half the battle!!
This is a 1.5 hour workshop Equipment needs: Flipchart & Markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Pure Energy Cardio:
A little bit of Latin, a bit of kick-boxing and some good old-fashioned high low. This workout will provide you with a format that is fun, well-balanced between a variety of disciplines, easy to facilitate and will burn a ton of calories.
This is a 1.5 to 2 hour workshop Equipment needs: Flip-chart and markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
On and Off the Step:
Step Training, Low Impact, and High Impact aerobic training – all packed into one energetic, results-oriented workout. This session will teach you how to format a class that offers your participants a little bit of everything. Learn new and innovative patterns and exercises that incorporate all modes of aerobic fitness.
This is a 1.5 hour workshop Equipment needs: Steps, flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Step n’ Strength:
Aerobic training, high intensity intervals and full body conditioning – all packed into one energetic, results-oriented workout. This session will teach you how to format a class that offers your participants everything they’re looking for. Review the basic principles of step training, interval drills and muscle conditioning and then finish with experiencing this effective workout incorporating new and innovative patterns and exercises.
This is a 2 hour workshop Equipment needs: Steps, flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Cardio Knockout 101:
Never stepped inside a boxing ring? Not to worry – this workshop will teach you everything you need to know to implement high-energy, intense, powerful movements into your classes. Learn proper technique and safety cueing for all the basic punches and kicks. Walk away with a number of user-friendly patterns and drills that you can easily incorporate into any class.
This is a 2 hour workshop Equipment needs: Flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Sport Step:
Learn how to incorporate athletic movement patterns into simple combinations designed with a specific sport focus. You’ll walk away with simple, ready to use Step combos that’ll challenge any weekend warrior.
This is a 2 hour workshop Equipment needs: Steps, flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
I can dance!:
It’s a hip-hop’n good time! It’s fresh, daring and loose and the best part is that anybody can do it! You will learn how to take very basic movements, funk them up and then get down. Sherri will introduce you to easy patterns that you can use to start or finish your classes with a little bit of fun attitude. She doesn’t have any dance experience so she promises that if she can do it, so can you and all your participants. Take the fear out of funk and teach your clients that anybody can dance. Bring your baggy clothes and cool hats – the right look is half the battle!!
This is a 1.5 hour workshop Equipment needs: Flipchart & Markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Dance Step:
This session is nothing but a lot of fun! You will learn how to take very basic movements on the floor and on the step, funk them up, add some attitude and then get down. Sherri will introduce you to easy patterns that you can use to start or finish your classes. The good news is she doesn’t have any dance experience so she promises that if she can do it, so can you and all your participants. Take the fear out of funk and teach your clients that anybody can dance. Bring your baggy clothes and cool hats – the right look is half the battle!!
This is a 1.5 hour workshop. Equipment needs: Steps, Flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructor
Pure Energy Step n’ Sweat:
A class that offers a balance between a bit of choreography and a bit of athletic and powerful movements will be good for the brain and the body. Sherri will introduce you to a format that alternates between user-friendly, high-energy step choreography and non-dancy, strong anaerobic intervals. Your classes will walk out feeling both physically and mentally challenged without being overwhelmed with too many difficult movement patterns. This workshop will provide you with a win:win class for both instructors and participants.
This is 1.5 to 2 hour workshop. Equipment needs: Steps, flip-chart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan Audience: Group Fitness Instructor
Power Step:
Did you know that most fitness participants just want a great workout, a little fun and to leave their fitness class feeling successful? Well, this workshop is designed based on what members want! This workshop will introduce you to a non-choreographed, no-brainer, powerful, intense, high-energy step format that you can actually bring back to your members. Absolutely no dance routines! Sherri will teach you how to incorporate high intensity intervals into a step class and provide you with a format that can be implemented into your schedule immediately. This class format offers the results that your participants have been demanding and it continues to be her most popular step class format.
This is a 1.5 to 2 hour workshop Equipment needs: Steps, flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Pure Energy Hi-Low:
A class that offers a balance between a bit of choreography and a bit of athletic and powerful movements will be good for the brain and the body. Sherri will introduce you to a format that alternates between user-friendly, high-energy high-low choreography and non-dancy, strong anaerobic intervals. Your classes will walk out feeling both physically and mentally challenged without being overwhelmed with too many difficult movement patterns. This workshop will provide you with a win:win class for both instructors and participants.
This is a 1.5 to 2 hour workshop Equipment needs: Flip-chart and markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Powerful Low Impact:
As our population ages, participants are leaning towards workouts that offer minimal impact stresses. You need to ensure that your low-impact workouts will keep them returning! Sherri will teach you how to intensify and add variety to your low-impact workouts. She’ll teach you a format that provides a functional, simplistic, results-driven and multi-level workout. This format will allow you to teach a workout that appeals to beginners and your most demanding, advanced exercise-enthusiasts all in the same class. It will definitely become one of the most popular classes in your facility!
This is a 1.5 hour workshop Equipment needs: Flipchart & Markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Stepping into Wild Warm-ups and Funky Cool-downs:
Ignite your class in the first few minutes of any workout and they’ll stick around! Your attitude, personality, focus, style and the purpose and format of the class will be portrayed instantly. This workshop will offer fun, new warm-ups and cool-downs for the Step that will be sure to set the initial mood of the class and send your participants away smiling and anxiously awaiting the next workout! Your classes will become an instant hit!
This is a 1.5 to 2 hour workshop. Equipment needs: Steps, flipchart & markers Presenter: Sherri McMillan or Tracie Brothers-Norris Audience: Group Fitness Instructors
Achieving your Personal Best: