With more than two-thirds of U.S. adults classified as overweight or obese by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the demand for health and fitness professionals is literally growing. Unfortunately, helping those clients make lasting change goes far beyond traditional personal training. In this workshop, you'll discover strategies to empower clients to make long-term healthy changes and meet meaningful goals. Learn to increase your value as a professional, and set yourself up to not only boost business but help eliminate the obesity epidemic.

You will learn:

• Why traditional personal trainers have experienced little success among obese clients and how you can facilitate long-term change
• Strategies to help clients set more powerful, meaningful goals, and ways to change their mindsets about health behaviors
• Appropriate starting points and progressions using the ACE Integrated Fitness Training® model, and unique strategies designed for overweight and obese clients
• Challenges associated with overweight and obese lifestyles to enrich your rapport-building skills

In addition to budgetary cuts that have prompted the elimination of recess in many schools, the obesity rate among children aged 12-19 has soared to 18% over the past 30 years. Help those adolescents – and others who engage in only moderate physical activity – develop a love for exercise by engaging them with fun activity. In this 1-day workshop, you’ll explore appropriate phases of progression for teens, considerations for males and females, and how to design effective programs that promote health and long-term success.

You will learn:

• How to engage teenagers to improve their health by becoming more physically active
  
• To create physical activity programs for teens to improve aerobic conditioning, muscular strength and flexibility
• Fitness games that incorporate elements of fun while providing exercise benefits
• Strategies for helping teens establish a positive relationship with exercise