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What do 70% of personal trainers have in common? They earn just 30K per year! How can you become 10% of trainers that make six-figures? Start by attending the 3rd Annual Midwest Strength, Conditioning & Rehabilitation Symposium The future of our industry is in helping active adults stay active longer. Bigger, stronger, faster is great for athletes and growing children. But most of us don't train athletes or children. We train adults with complex lives and lots of different abilities. When someone comes to you in pain, do you know what to do? Do you know how to modify a client's program so they can still progress? If someone comes to you after physical therapy, do you know how to help them transition into regular training? Do you know when to refer a client out to physical therapy, massage, or chiropractic? Do you have these specialists in your trainer tool box, specialists you trust to help you help your clients? You could spend thousands of dollars taking seminars all over the country given by these specialists. We've brought them all together for two days in September. If you've ever struggled with how to progress a client, this seminar is for you. Our specialists are tops in their field, and can give you the tools you need to work with the people who will be the bread and butter of your business: active adults who want to stay active longer! This is the future of the fitness industry. Learn from the best of the best in the rehabilitation, corrective exercise and conditioning fields. We've brought them all together for you! And that is just DAY ONE! But what about those of us who do train athletes, or HEALTHY, SPORTS SPECIFIC CLIENTS, OR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRAIN LIKE ATHLETES? DAY TWO is for you! DAY TWO features presenters who are the top in their fields of golf training, speed training, resistance band training, functional training and more. Some of our speakers include people like Mike Boyle, Dave Schmitz, Ben Shear and Aaron Moser. These people know how to train athletes! Check out their credentials below. If you need sport specific information to take your clients to the next level, or want creative, innovative ways to challenge your advanced clients, be sure to attend DAY TWO. Let's face it: IN REALITY, most of us train both kinds of individuals, soccer moms and athletes. This weekend will give you the tools you can use with every type of client. The FREE Bonuses alone are worth the price of admission. Free Bonuses: We have asked each presenter to give you “the meat”. We have asked the questions and they have given us the answers. #1 Know how to effectively train groups and partners. Dave Schmitz and Robert Garza have highlighted over 10 things to do and what not to do when training groups and partners. #2 We have asked the Mohr Results team the sought after nutrition experts what are the THREE most important things you should know when helping your clients with nutrition plans.
 #3 When it comes to understanding the core complex there are no two people more qualified than Robert Lardner and Judy Florendo. We probed both of them for the secrets you need to know as a trainer when giving the most effective core programs to your clients. #4 If you train golfers you are going to love this , Ben Shear gives you exercises for rotary stability and how to avoid back pain due to pelvic hyper-mobility. #5 We all have those clients who complain of shoulder tightness or pain. You stretch them and the pain or tightness inevitably returns. Evan Osar has created a 30 minute video showing you the signs of a weak and unstable shoulder along with easy to use shoulder progressions for you and your clients. This videowill change the way you see the upper extremity when training yourself and your clients. #6 Coach Mike Boyle has given you the ultimate in a sneak preview... Read the first chapter of his book, Designing Strength Training Programs & Facilities. #7 3 month membership to PTU. The entire PTU website is focused on one thing: your business success as a Personal Trainer. If you're interested in getting more clients, growing your business, adding new revenue streams and becoming a Six-Figure Personal Trainer, then you must become a member of Personal Trainer U. As a member of PTU, you'll be putting our world-class fitness business-building team to work on YOUR Personal Training Business  See what just some of last year's attendees had to say... "Your staff is great! You all were a lot of fun, and made the experience even more enjoyable. The girls that came with me have been to many conferences/seminars. They continually commented that they couldn't believe how great the seminar was! I felt the same way. The speakers gave us a wealth of information, and were very personable as well. I was impressed, and look forward to your next event. I think that was only your second Midwest Strength, Conditioning, and Rehabilitation Seminar. WELL DONE!... To be one of the best, you have to learn from the best! You have to make it happen. :) I thank you for being on the cutting edge!" Aaron, IA "Most of the seminars and conferences I have attended throughout the past few years have focused primarily on the active and generally healthy population, athletes, fitness enthusiasts, etc. It was encouraging to hear presenters speak about the general population; the folks I work with every day. Although I do work with a number of "healthy" and "athletic" clients, I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with many people who struggle with daily physical activity. I sincerely appreciated the fact that this population was recognized by the presenters at the 2nd Annual Strength, Conditioning, and Rehabilitation Symposium, presented by Fitness Education Seminars. In addition to the insightful and incredibly knowledgeable presenters, I also appreciated the extremely helpful and welcoming staff who coordinated the event. Many thanks to everyone involved!" Linda, IA This year’s event is no exception! Register Now for just $299   Michael Boyle is one of the most sought after coaches and speakers in the area of performance training and athletic rehabilitation. In fact, Mike’s client list reads like a Who’s Who of athletic success in New England and across the country. Boyle has been involved in training and rehabilitation with a wide range of athletes, from stars in every major professional sport, to the US Women’s Olympic teams in soccer and ice hockey. In addition Mike has served as a consultant to some of the top teams in the NFL, NHL, as well as numerous division one athletic programs. Mike’s impact is now being felt globally through his website www.strengthcoach.com , and through the translation of his book Functional Training for Sports into both Japanese and Chinese. Mike has produced a total of 27 video and DVD projects all of which are available at www.performbetter.com A Joint by Joint Approach to Training   Are you ready for a paradigm shift? A Joint-by-Joint Approach to Training will change the way you look at training and warm-up. Do you think you understand the interrelationship of the hip and low back or ankle and knee? The Joint-by-Joint Approach will make it all seem simple. Great new ideas for both warm-up and training.   Interval Training   Interval training is the new buzzword. Aerobic training is out, intervals are in. Discover some things you might not know about interval training and most importantly how easy it can be to use. The Shape of Your Life—that is surely something our clients are hoping to achieve.  And it takes a balance—food and exercise, but also the behaviors required to adhere to a program so individuals can also maintain their weight loss.  This session will cover the absolute most useful recommendations to ensure guaranteed success for your clients.  Whether your clients want weight loss, weight maintenance or improve body composition and fitness, discover the tools to teach them to reach the shape of their life!  Christopher Mohr, PhD, RD, is a consultant to a number of media outlets and corporations including the Discovery Health Channel, The National Dairy Council, Clif Bar, and Nordic Naturals, among others. Through his company Mohr Results, Inc., (www.MohrResults.com) he works with all types of individuals from soccer moms to collegiate and professional athletes. He can be heard weekly on WHAS radio in Louisville and often appears on WHAS TV as a nutritional guest expert. He has authored or coauthored several textbooks and book chapters, including a New York Times Besteller that he consulted on with LL Cool J called “LL Cool J’s Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood’s Fittest Star” and another to be released in 2008, with Actor and Dancing with the Stars Runner Up, Mario Lopez. He has written over 500 articles for consumer publications, such as Men’s Fitness, Weight Watchers, Men’s Health and Fitness, to name a few.  Dr. Mohr earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Nutrition from The Pennsylvania State University and University of Massachusetts, respectively. He earned his PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics.  Kara Mohr, PhD, is an internationally known educator in the area of weight loss, behavior change, and exercise and is the co-owner of Mohr Results, Inc. Prior to Mohr Results, Dr. Mohr was an assistant professor at the University of Louisville, and was the Assistant Director of the Physical Activity & Weight Management Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. She regularly lectures nationally and internationally on the topic of behavior change and weight management, and is a sought after expert source by national publications including the New York Times, Fitness, Health, Self, and more.  Dr. Mohr has been working in the area of weight control research for the past eight years and was named one of the top weight loss doctors in the country by Prevention Magazine. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Master of Science and PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Pittsburgh. Back pain can be chronic, debilitating problem for our clients. Robert Lardner will show the importance of creating stabilization with in the lumbar area when working with your clients. He will highlights strategies you can use with your clients to prevent low back problems and help those clients that suffer from low back pain. Robert Lardner graduated from the Department of Physical Therapy, Lund’s University, Sweden in 1991. He has worked in several inpatient / outpatient rehabilitation facilities in Sweden prior to moving to the United States in 1992. Having been a staff physical therapist at McNeal Hospital, Clearing Industrial Clinic, and a supervisor of physical therapy at Mercy Hospital; he has also been in charge of physical therapy services at a number private outpatient and sports clinics. He studied with Professors of Janda and Lewit from the Czech Republic who are both pioneers of functional rehabilitation and manual medicine. Currently, he is in private practice in Chicago and teaches various rehabilitation seminars throughout the United States. Do your clients complain of pain in their shoulders? Do they struggle with overhead activities? Have they spoken about previous shoulder injuries that plague their workout? Rotator cuff injuries can really place limitations on our clients’ ability to work out or even perform regular activities. In Rock Solid Rotator Cuff you will discover: -the importance of stabilization in the shoulder to decrease shoulder AND neck pain -how to adapt exercises to make them pain free -how to progress your clients through upper body exercises Dr. Evan Osar is the president of O.S.A.R. Consulting Inc., specializing in chiropractic orthopedics, sports medicine, athletic training and functional rehabilitation. He is also the president of Fitness Education Seminars™, where he developed the Fast and Furious™ series of seminars. He has presented for several national organizations including Perform Better, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the International Youth Conditioning Association. As the co-founder of Performance Enhancement Sports Massage™ (PESM), he perfected the ProNB™ technique, a revolutionary soft tissue assessment and treatment technique designed to improve athletic performance. Dr. Osar holds a faculty position at The Soma Institute – National School for Clinical Massage Therapy, where he teaches kinesiology and clinical integration. One of the founding board members of the International Youth and Conditioning Association, he authored a chapter on posture and co-authored a chapter on flexibility for Developmental Essentials, the official textbook of the International Youth and Conditioning Association (IYCA). Additionally, he has written 4 manuals on functional anatomy, rehabilitation and conditioning.  Dr. Osar received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Chiropractic degrees from the Palmer College of Chiropractic.  He earned a diploma in clinical massage therapy from The Soma Institute – National School for Clinical Massage Therapy and national certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He has dedicated himself to learning through attending over 1000 hours of continuing education, including Muscle Activation Technique.  In addition to his work with the public, Dr. Osar is in demand throughout the country as a speaker to audiences of personal trainers and health care practitioners. He treats professional athletes of the National Football League and Major League Baseball and he is the official chiropractic physician for the Jofferey Ballet of Chicago and Zephyr Dance Company.  So often golfers want to create power in their golf swing. Too often the average golfer does not know how to efficiently generate power. Ben Shear will highlight PROPER rotary mechanics to achieve power and how to train your clients for power in their swing. Ben Shear is director of golf performance at Golfer’s Edge, a facility which has become one of the nation’s top spots for technologically-advanced teaching, testing, and conditioning. He has been working with golfers for 10 years, including professional golfers with wins on the European Tour and participation in the Ryder Cup, Numerous PGA Teaching Pros, and recreational and competitive amateurs of all levels. He is CGFI (Certified Golf Fitness Instructor) and has been featured in The Met Golfer Magazine, the New Jersey State Golf Association Magazine and has presented on swing mechanics and performance training to the New Jersey State PGA.  Teach kids, sprinters and your clients that like to run, correct techniques on how to run. This will give helpful hints and terms that trainers and coaches can use to correct poor mechanics during sprinting. Prior to working with Perform Better Aaron attended the University of Miami where he had an impressive athletic career both in football and track. Just a few of the highlights from his collegiate career include: * University Of Miami Track and Football 96-01 * All Big East Football 99, 2000, 2001 * All American Track and Field 99-2000 Track and Field Decathlon * US Championships runner up 2000 Indoor Heptathlon * Fastest 60m dash by multi eventer in the world in 2000 as the US Championships * 2nd fastest 100m by multieventer in 2001 10.42  Learn WHY the use of elastic resistance is essential in improving movement quality and performance Learn HOW to implement resistance band training into your group fitness and conditioning programs to enhance functional reactive strength Learn HOW to quickly and easily set up training circuits using resistance bands for strength, power, or metabolic conditioning.  Dave Schmitz is the developer of RBT.com and the owner PERFORMAX – Performance Training located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 1986, as a physical therapist and License Athletic Trainer, Dave has had the opportunity to help 1000's of people restore their ability to return back to performing day to day functional activities after injury. Since 1997, Dave has had the opportunity to help highly motivated individuals and athletes return back to performing at levels that they previously were not able to do as a result of injury or inadequate training and the KEY Training Tool resistance bands. Dave lectures Nationally in the field of physical therapy, fitness and performance enhancement as it relates to Reactive Resistance Band Training. (RBT) He consults with over 35 high schools and colleges on how to implement RBT Fast – FIT and Flexible into their multi-directional speed and strength training programs. He is the founder and developer of www.resistancebandtraining.com which is the only website exclusively devoted to Resistance Band Training - Conditioning and Rehabilitation . Owner of PERFORMAX- Performance Training LLC. Dave professional certifications and licenses include a CSCS through NSCA, PES from NASM, Certified Youth Conditioning Specialist through the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA), Board Certified Physical Therapist, and a Certified Athletic Trainer.  Learn the impact the pelvic floor, transversus abdominus and other small muscles have on stabilization, core training and progressing low level clients to higher level clients. Judith Florendo has been a physical therapist since graduating from the University of Illinois in 1984. Her earlier career spanned working in several areas of physical therapy: acute care, chronic pain, geriatrics, orthopedics, sports medicine and administration. Since 1997 she has been working exclusively with patients having a wide variety of pelvic and related spinal problems that are often chronic or long standing in nature. Although this area of physical therapy can be quite challenging and complex, Judith finds immense satisfaction in helping people achieve their goals, relieve pain, and improve function.  The hips are the power source of the body in all forms of function including walking, running, pushing, pulling, throwing, catching, swinging, jumping, landing, etc. This fact is simple to concept when we view the large soft tissue mass surrounding the hip. Therefore we must appreciate the hips as a potential cause and/or compensation of many body dysfunctions. Adam works with a wide variety of diagnosis and patient populations. He utilizes his experience in functional training and rehabilitation, combined with ART to create a unique individualized program. Adam regularly lectures to personal trainers in the Chicagoland area about varied topics such as integrated movement and implementing successful exercise programs. He is dedicated to bridging the gap between the fitness and rehabilitation worlds to further benefit his patients and clients. Adam chose to become a Physical Therapist because he wanted to work intimately with people and have an impact on their well-being. Also, he wanted a career where he can wear gym shoes and not have to shave every day.  Want to generate more money per working hour? Then this seminar on small group personal training is for you! With small group training personal trainers earn more per hour while clients save on cost and get great results- that’s a win-win for both parties. In this seminar you'll not only learn how to create and organize your programs but also learn how to market and advertise your small group training classes. With over 25 years experience in the fitness industry, Robert continually delivers exceptional personal training services. Your training sessions with Robert are designed with creative and innovative exercise techniques that will have you reach your desired goals. Over the years he has acquired over 5 national personal trainer certifications as well as serving seven years as faculty member and international lecturer for the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He enjoys training clients of all types and goals including, youth and adult sports conditioning, post-rehabilitation, fat loss, and strengthening for the elderly population. Robert continues to educate through the industry’s leading personal training organizations such as The American Council on Exercise, National Academy of Sports Medicine, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Register Now for $299 Schedule of Events-September 20 & 21, 2008**  *Bonus Sunday Morning Workout for Charity 7:00 AM with Dave Schmitz-The Band Man ** Times, speakers and topics can change without notice. 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Shape of Your Life with Dr. Christopher Mohr & Dr. Kara Mohr www.mohrresults.com http://www.mohrresults.comshapeimage_9_link_0
Lumbar Stability with Robert Lardner, PT
Rock Solid Rotator Cuff with Evan Osar, DC, CMT, PES, CSCS, ACE-CPT www.osarconsulting.com http://www.osarconsulting.comshapeimage_11_link_0
 
American Council on Fitness
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National Academy of Sports Medicine   1.3 CEUs
 
National Strength & Conditioning Association   1.3 CEUs