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Leadership and the Fitness Professional
How to Combat Stress
Prevention of Burn out
How to Become A Group Fitness Instructor
Moving Up the Ladder in the Fitness Industry
Leadership in a Club Setting
Designing Kid's Fitness Programs
Kid's Get Up & Move
Teaching to Standard
Vegetarian Eating
Healthy Eating
Mind, Body & Spirit - A Balanced Lifestyle

Vita was recently accepted as a BOSU Master Trainer and conducts the following Certification & Workshops:

BOSU Integrated Balance Training (3 AFAA ceus)

Balance and body equilibrium are the keys to effective movement and sports performance. The BOSU Balance Trainer™ program is a modular training system that helps improve proprioception and balance within every component of fitness. In this workshop, you'll learn exercises and movement patterns that will challenge your balance during cardiovascular, strength and flexibility training. Each training module integrates balance, stability and body awareness for total body, functional fitness.

 

As the world's largest fitness and TeleFitness® educator™, AFAA has issued more than 155,000 certifications to fitness professionals from 73 countries around the world since 1983. Each year more than 2,500 workshops are hosted by health clubs and studios across the nation.

AFAA provides a variety of certifications and specialty workshops. Please continue to read on and learn more about the services AFAA offers.

AFAA offers the following certifications and continuing education workshops:

Sign up for one of AFAA's certifications right here at www.afaa.com. Click on our workshop locator for information and location schedules for the workshop nearest you:

Primary Group Exercise Certification

A review of AFAA's Basic Exercise Standards and Guidelines, anatomy, exercise science, exercise evaluation and exam criteria. The day concludes with the practical and written exams. The program format includes:

►Practical application of group exercise

►Study guide overview

►Question and answer sessions

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Personal Trainer Certification

An intensive 3-day workshop and certification exam. The curriculum covers exercise science, educational skills and counseling techniques:

►Obesity, nutrition & weight control

►Special populations & special medical considerations

►Behavior modification techniques

►Listening, leadership and motivational skills

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Advanced Personal Trainer Certification

An intensive 15-hour workshop and certification exam. This two-day workshop will give you an advanced credential in the growing field of personal training. This program addresses advanced training principles for performance and athletic-related goals. You'll practice research-based strength training techniques, and will learn to dispel common weight lifting myths. Course curriculum includes sports nutrition, functional fitness, advanced fitness assessment and more.

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Yoga Instructor Certification

Learn the theoretical foundation of Yoga as well as the practical application necessary to instruct a well-balanced Yoga class for all-level participants. Through supervised practice and group support, participants will learn the concept of connecting mind, body and breath to create unity with the self and the outside world. The course focuses on the principles of consciousness, mind/body awareness, mental focus, and well-being.

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Step Certification

An intensive one-day review of both the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills necessary for safe and effective instruction of step training.

► Research and scientific background in physiology and biomechanics

► Step terminology

► Verbal and visual cueing skills

► Step pattern choreography and sequencing

► Instructional skills and techniques

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Kickboxing Certification

This workshop reviews the proper biomechanics, basic moves, potential injuries, ideal format and choreography for kickboxing classes.

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Practical skills and Choreography

An intensive one-day workshop which focuses on practical techniques for teaching group exercise classes. The emphasis is on skills that instructors need to teach successfully with confidence. Program highlights include:

► Class Formatting

► Cueing and Transitions

► Exercise Modifications

► Creative Choreography

► Music Selection and Utilization

► Role and Responsibilities of the Fitness Instructor

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The Wave Workout

The Wave Workout™ Certification consists of 2 parts:

1. An intensive online (Internet) course divided into four chapters: the first three chapters are followed by a corresponding interactive quiz.
The online curriculum covers:

• Cycles vs. Intervals
• Benefits of Cyclic Exercise
• History, background and origins of The Wave Workout™
• Solutions to known and emerging problems with "Excessive Endurance Exercise"
• Benefits of physical variability and heart rate variability
• Toxicity issues related to decreased physical variability
• Exercise and Circadian Rhythms
• Exploration into the differences between Cycles, Rhythms and Waves
• Eating patterns and sleep cycles as related to exercise and wellness
• Program implementation for healthy clients in AFAA's "Yellow Zone*"

2. An intensive three-hour certification workshop with a written and practical exam (taking place after the online course is completed). The online course must be completed prior to the certification workshop. (Allow 1 week for completion of online course.)

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