Understanding Movement

Creating Strength, Mobility, Flexibility and Stability

Presenter:  Jennifer Kellar

Registered Massage Therapist, Certified Personal Trainer (National Strength and Conditioning Association), Corrective Exercise Specialist (National Academy of Sports Medicine)

Joint by Joint Approach to Training

• Differences between strength, mobility, flexibility and stability
• When and how to develop each aspect
• Specific exercises and cueing for each element
• Common Injuries – prevention and troubleshoot
• Effective warm ups and cool downs – specific exercises addressing muscle activation, how to develop mobility and stability, methods for easy soft tissue release and when and how to address flexibility

Core Training

• What constitutes the core and how to program core into training
• Effective exercises for rotation, flexion, extension and lateral flexion
• Appropriate progressions and regressions
• What exercises may be best to avoid

Explore the 5 Basic Movements

• Basic Assessment for developing a program

• How to develop a strength program for in season and off season
• Specific exercises with progressions and regressions for each of the 5 movements
• Cues to address form and get the most from each exercise
• Common faults and how to coach them
• Do the benefits outweigh the risks – exercises I avoid and why
• How to train groups/individuals with minimal equipment

Date: Saturday June 16th, 2018

Time: 9 am to 4 pm

Location:  Skyward Active Health Centre, 70 County Road 5, Mallorytown

Cost: $150 tax included

Please preregister - class size is limited to 10 participants

***This will be theory and practical so dress in comfortable athletic attire