Online Session Listings

Reed Engel

From Fitness to Wellness to Well-Being — An Evolution of Worksite Health Promotion
Lecture | Business of Fitness

This session will review the latest developments in our profession (from a focus on fitness to one on wellness and now to one on well-being), provide real-world examples of this evolutionary process, and position health-promotion professionals to be at the forefront of this opportunity with programs and services to meet consumer demand.

Dane Robinson

Attention to Retention

Explore top-level strategies for inspiring, enlightening, encouraging and retaining your current community of clients.

Jeff Schumacher

Building the Client Journey: From Lead to Raving Fan

The key to keeping a client around long enough to change their life lies in how they are onboarded, nurtured and celebrated within your fitness community. Learn actionable steps and practices proven to increase client satisfaction, retention and lifetime value.

Christin Everson

Creating Successful Experiences for New Exercisers

Get step-by-step guidance about creating a successful experience for the new exerciser. Anchored in behavior-change principles, and with fostering a sense of belonging as our goal, we’ll discuss easy-to-integrate processes that improve new clients’ self-efficacy and support adherence. 

William Dillon

Health Apps - What You Need to Know about Privacy and Security

Consumers and fitness professionals regularly use fitness-related health apps. While many of these apps provide important feedback to the client, coach and sometimes to health care professionals, users should be aware of the regulatory obligations related to data privacy and security. 

Alexis Batrakoulis, Ph.D., ACSM-EP, CPT, EIM

Communication Strategies for Medical Fitness Clients

Learn how to apply the initial interview, preparticipation health screening, health and fitness assessment, individualized program design, health/wellness coaching skills, and behavior change strategies for individuals facing chronic diseases or conditions. 

  

Justin Hunsinger; Melissa Otterbein; Monica Forquer

Inclusive Fitness: No-Cost Strategies to Support Physical Activity for People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID)

Approximately twice as many people with intellectual disabilities (ID) are insufficiently active compared to peers without disabilities. Learn from Special Olympics International about no-cost strategies to form community partnerships that improve the active participation of people with ID in gyms, what people with ID need to participate in fitness in inclusive atmospheres, and how to engage people with intellectual disabilities in your gym leadership. Attendees will learn about universal design principles, communication skills for working with people with ID, and how to use Special Olympics fitness assessment resources. 

Summer Sides

Workout Remixes Save YOU Planning Time

Developing a good workout plan takes time, so why not make it one that you can use again and again with just a few simple tweaks? The purpose of this session is to provide you with a step-by-step approach to developing science-backed exercise routines that you can then remix with ease. With the knowledge gained from this session, you will be able to spend more time working with your clients and less time writing new workouts. 

Aleen Dailey

Expanding Your Reach: Effective Exercise Training for Older Adults

Agility, balance, coordination, power and reaction time are critical for the older adult to maintain independence, but the majority of exercise programming for this population just doesn’t adequately address these areas. Explore the “why” of shifting your approach when working with older adults by looking at current research and the “how” by practicing progressions that will boost older adults’ functional movement capacity. 

   

Jeff Schlicht; Maria Fiatarone Singh; Michael Inskip

Pro Tips for Engaging People with Cognitive Impairment in Evidence-Based Exercise: A Master Class 
Interactive Workshop | Science to Practice

Our team, with over 75 years of experience working with people with Down syndrome and dementia, shares practical tips for eliciting maximal and safe participation during group- and 1-on-1 exercise training. Participants will practice engagement and cueing strategies, leaving confident they can be effective trainers for people with cognitive impairment. The workshop also includes a presentation describing the importance of progressive resistance training for the prevention and treatment of dementia. 

Jonathan Mike

Eccentrics for Functional Aging: How to Use Eccentric Training to Gain Strength and Reduce Injury

This presentation examines the science of eccentric training and extends this science by focusing on practical recommendations for all abled-bodied and athletic populations. 

Jaime Roa

Smart Monitoring of Health, Wellness and Fitness: Heart Rate Variability and Wearable Technology

This session will describe the science and practical applications of using heart rate variability (HRV) monitoring in our daily lives. Participants will learn about the different options of wearables we can use to monitor HRV and how the general population can easily analyze and understand the data to optimize health, fitness and training. 

Amy Allnutt

Stop the Stigma! Person-Centered, Weight-Inclusive Approaches to Start Using with Your Clients Now 
Lecture | Science to Practice

This session will focus on the epidemic of weight stigma and the importance of using weight-inclusive practices to treat clients living with obesity. In addition to understanding weight-inclusive practices, you will learn about anti-fat attitudes and recognize the implications that weight stigma has on the overall health of individuals struggling with their weight. 

Audrey Collins

The Research, Relevance, and Reality of Brain Health: Science-Supported Strategies for Physical Activity in Older Adults

The brain is broadly and unequivocally affected by physical activity. Given new recommendations, such as the latest additions to ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, what are relevant considerations for health and fitness professionals training older adults? Learn realistic and meaningful strategies to promote the adoption of lifestyle behaviors in this population to maintain and improve aspects of brain health across the lifespan. 

 

John Jakicic; Todd Galati

Rethinking Obesity Treatment with Fitness Pros as Key Leaders and Advocates

For years, body weight regulation has been framed in an oversimplified way: needing to eat less (diet) and do more (physical activity). When the reality is that it is more challenging for individuals due to circumstances that are directly or indirectly out of their control. The Roundtable for Obesity Solutions convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has developed a systems-based framework to identify external factors that contribute to body weight regulation, and more importantly factors that influence physical activity and eating behavior. Health-fitness professionals can be leaders and advocates in their communities to address and overcome these challenges to body weight regulation. This lecture will focus on how health-fitness professionals can take actionable steps to leverage these new opportunities in a manner that can enhance their professional business and empower advocacy to enhance obesity treatment. 

David Flench

The Medical Fitness Difference
Lecture | Business of Fitness

Learn about Population Health, Medical Fitness, and opportunities to get involved and become a leader in the industry.