Sydney Saturday

8:30am Lead with Speed, Follow with Power, End with Stamina! Workshop Stream 1 (BOOKED OUT)
Christian Marchegiani, THUMP Boxing

Learn to integrate functions of boxing training with the principles of endurance and resistance training to give you a dynamic and practical workout. The foundations and formulas learnt will give you a solid base of knowledge to help your clients develop speed, power, and stamina.

Founder of THUMP Christian Marchegiani will show you how to develop the physical capabilities of human movement with basic boxing combinations, cardio exercises, and resistance movements of the body.

Created for all levels of fitness this workshop will surely add a new dimension to your workouts with the safety and structure needed for effective results.

8:30am Kalos Thenos-Beautiful strength-Mastering the Turkish Get Up (TGU). Workshop Stream 2
Matt Beecroft – Reality Self Defence & Conditioning

The Turkish get up is the best exercise you are not doing. The TGU can be used as a warm up, as the first exercise of the day, as a screen for discovering compensatory movement and asymmetries in the body, as a corrective exercise mechanism and is a great exercise for developing whole body strength through multiplanar movement as your main workout!

Learn:

• The get-up as an assessment tool for discovering faulty movement patterns
• The strength and health benefits of the get-up
• How to correctly perform the get-up and teach corrective drills
• The 7 steps of the TGU-Roll to press, press to elbow, posting up, high pelvis bridge, high pelvis to windmill, windmill to half kneeling, half kneeling to standing and down again!
• How to move from mobility to stability, then from stability to strength—and why this progression is crucial for truly effective kettlebell work

10:15am Ultra Calorie Burning with limited DOMS Lecture Stream 1
Ray Kelly, Ray Kelly Fitness

How did Ray turn Adro Sarnelli from complete outsider to winner on The Biggest Loser, dropping him 27kg in 7 weeks? How about Ray's many other clients that average 2-3kg weight loss per week?

In this seminar Ray will teach you how to keep your current training style, but increase its calorie burning effect. Even better, you'll learn how to get the best out of your clients whilst minimizing soreness so the intensity of the next session will not be effected.

Bring a pen, paper, and training gear to this one as you will not only be learning great strategies from Ray, but also from the rest of the class!

10:15am TRX Plus Workshop Stream 2 (BOOKED OUT)
Nardia Norman, Australian Institute of Fitness

High intensity training combinations which utilize TRX movements with other popular PT equipment. Learn how o take a TRX based session to the next level using things such as kettlebells and ropes.

Whether your client is after specific sports conditioning, fat loss, increase in fitness levels or simply wanting a challenge, the combinations learnt in this session will cater for all. Be prepared to have a go yourself, and walk away with some proven session plans"

12:00pm Way of the Dragon -Learn how to slip, rip, kick, layback and move like a professional kick boxer. Workshop Stream 1
Matt Beecroft – Reality Self Defence & Conditioning

In this advanced kickboxing workshop learn the skills and drills to take your kickboxing and coaching game to the next level.

Learn:

• Basic footwork that you can teach quickly and easily to clients and groups
• How to slip straight punches and throw a combination back
• How to do the “Ali layback” to avoid punches and kicks
• How to rip and hook to body along with advanced pad holding
• How to combine body shots and head shots-head/body, body/head

12:00pm Fuelling without Fattening Lecture Stream 2
Matt O'Neill – Metabolic Jumpstart

Matt shows how to find the nutritional balance between fuelling for exercise and limiting calories for leanness. You'll learn the latest science on muscle growth, body fat loss and eating for recovery. This session is a must for anyone who maintains a busy fitness schedule and needs optimise food to perform.

2:15pm Tabata Extreme – The Compound Effect. Workshop Stream 1 (BOOKED OUT)
Sean Mclean, Boxing Just 4 Fitness

Tabata training is a unique style of interval training that incorporates all the major muscles groups while creating an intense overall workout for you and your clients. Integrating compound movements with circuit based exercises Tabata training can maximise your workouts in less amount of time with the least amount of space.

Understanding why your body reacts to certain movements and how a cardio effect is created Tabata Extreme will intensify your sessions for greater muscular and cardiovascular endurance.

The first of its kind in Australia this dynamic workshop will show you how to utilise one of the most intense styles of training into your boxing, boot camp, and circuit sessions.

2:15pm Social Media - More than Dollar Value Lecture Stream 2
Trish van Tussenbroek

Social Media has become very prominent amongst businesses and is a great tool for marketing and communicating. There is a social etiquette amongst Facebook and Twitter which many business are unaware of.

If you run a reputable and responsible business you need to make sure you follow the correct guidelines when operating social media sites.

We cannot put a dollar value on social media but there is a social value which we can’t measure. Not only does it drive people to buy your products and services but it gets them talking about it in your ‘community’.

4:00pm Adventure Boot Camps – The future of fitness. Workshop Stream 1 (BOOKED OUT)
Sean Tindale, Knockout Personal Training
Adam Jenzarli, Adam's Fitness

Where is the trend in fitness heading? With more and more people becoming adventurous it is easy to see why they are making the sacrifice to get up early and train outdoors (sometimes even in the rain). Their desire to trek Kokoda or walk the Simpson desert has led them to participate in a no nonsense environment sometimes proving to be as harsh as the real thing. This is where you come into it and need to prepare them for the journey.

It's not just a matter of throwing in push ups with lunges to get an intense workout but rather giving them the ability to overcome the physical pain barriers and mental boredom of continuous and repetitive movements. This workshop will teach you how to theme base your Boot Camp sessions to realistically prepare your clients for their adventurous needs and not leave them wondering why they can't get through the first day of their journey.

With simple and effective training principles you will be able to develop and condition your clients physically and mentally to accomplish anything they put their mind to.

4:00pm Crush the Cravings Lecture Stream 2
Matt O'Neill – Metabolic Jumpstart

Your diet is perfect until cravings cause a blow out. Discover how to crush food cravings and stay on target for results with Matt's powerful appetite management tips and techniques. You'll learn the science behind cravings and how overcome eating triggers and build a full-time healthy diet.