Instructor Revolution agenda
Tailor your day to match the needs and demands of your career. Effortlessly switch between streams and maximise your learning outcomes.
Your live timetable
11.00-11.15am
Arrival
Take your seat, get comfortable, and settle in for a day of learning. Have a notepad and pen at the ready!
11.15-11.35am
Keynote address from Rachel Holmes
Join Rachel Holmes as she takes you on an inspiring journey through the evolution of teaching group exercise, from its earliest roots to today’s dynamic trends. In this keynote, Rachel shares powerful insights and lessons from decades in the industry. Drawing from her personal experiences and innovative career, she’ll show you how to harness timeless principles and modern strategies to inspire and engage clients of all ages. This talk is a must for anyone looking to ignite passion and resilience in their fitness teaching journey and beyond.
11.45am-12.30pm
Groovelates: Where Pilates meets Disco Fever!
Presented by Jo-Everill Taylor
Looking for new ways to energize your classes and engage your clients? Experience Groovelates! This sample session, led by founder Jo Everill-Taylor, will inspire you with fresh ideas and a unique approach to movement. Discover how to seamlessly blend Pilates and disco, creating a fun and effective workout that will leave your clients feeling fantastic.
Vibe Cycle: Energise, Empower, and Elevate Your Classes
Presented by Olivia Clarke
Join this practical session to discover the unique benefits of indoor cycling! We’ll explore how to elevate your classes with music, rhythm, and choreography for all fitness levels. Learn to create an immersive experience that fosters community, promotes inclusivity, and offers participants both a physical challenge and a mental release.
12.45-1.30pm
Stand Out! Ignite Your ETM class: engage, inspire, and build loyalty
Presented by Natalie Remee
Join our interactive workshop to master the art of delivering engaging Exercise to Music (ETM) classes that keep participants coming back! Learn essential strategies to captivate your audience, maintain their focus, and boost motivation. Walk away with actionable insights to ensure your participants leave energized and eager for more. Don’t miss this chance to elevate your teaching skills and build a vibrant exercise community!
Creating Inclusive Yoga Spaces: Strategies for Adapting Poses and Language
Presented by Donna Noble
This workshop will explore the crucial role of inclusivity within yoga and wellbeing spaces. We’ll delve into why it’s essential to create safe, judgment-free spaces for all practitioners. Discover practical strategies for adapting poses to accommodate diverse bodies and abilities. Additionally, we’ll discuss the significance of mindful language in fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment, ensuring that the practice is a positive experience for everyone.
1.45-2.30pm
Water Wellness: Enhancing Mobility and Strength for Older Adults Through Aquatic Exercise
Presented by Haylley Pittam
Discover the transformative power of water fitness for older adults! This workshop explores the age-related changes that affect our bodies and how aquatic exercise can provide relief, improve mobility, and enhance quality of life. Learn how to adapt your instruction to meet the unique needs of this population and unlock the potential of water for safe and effective exercise.
We don’t walk… we strut!
Presented by Helen Carpenter-Waters
Is a choreographed dance fitness class for every girl or boy who wants to strut their way through life with confidence, and fabulousness! We will vogue, bump, grind, body ripple and ‘chasse away’. Remember we don’t walk we strut!
2.45-3.30pm
See you at the Barre!
Presented by Helen Carpenter-Waters
Experience the perfect blend of ballet barre and fitness training In Helen’s original Barre Fitness method. Recently featured In Fit Pro magazine and enjoyed by devotees every week at Helens Studio and TV channel. No Ballet experience or ballet barre needed, a highbacked dinning chair, mantel piece or counter top and a little space will do.
Revolutionise your classes with iMoveFreely: The future of movement
Presented by Rachel Frances Thomson
Help your clients move better, feel better, and perform better with iMoveFreely! This workshop reveals a revolutionary system for reducing pain, improving mobility, and unlocking human potential. Learn how to integrate these techniques into your classes and witness the incredible transformations in your participants.
3.45-4.30pm
Spin to Win: Unleashing the Joy of Indoor Cycling
Presented by Mel Thomas
Ready to create indoor cycling classes that get serious results? This workshop equips you with the knowledge and tools to design impactful workouts, motivate your participants, and help them achieve their fitness goals. Learn how to optimize load, engage the posterior chain, and create an experience that keeps riders coming back for more.
The Secret to Effortless Adaptation: Laban Movement Analysis
Presented by KFA
Imagine effortlessly crafting choreography that flows, excites, and meets the unique needs of your participants. With Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), this is within your reach. This session unlocks the secrets of movement design, empowering you to create purposeful, joyful, and adaptable exercises. Discover a new dimension to your teaching and watch your classes come alive!
On demand sessions
Creative Progressions for All Levels: Elevating Group Yoga Classes
Presented by Ann-See Yeoh
This session will focus on helping instructors create dynamic, multi-level yoga classes that engage all participants, regardless of experience or ability. Attendees will learn how to introduce creative progressions that challenge advanced participants while offering accessible modifications for beginners. We’ll explore how to structure classes with seamless layers of progression, enabling every student to work at their own level without feeling left behind.
Move to Thrive: Unlocking the Power of Movement
Presented by Ci Cashmore
Have fun with flexibility! Join us for an energizing class that highlights the transformative benefits of movement! While flexibility is important, movement enhances so much more. Through bouncy movements, balance challenges, and slow weighted stretches, we’ll target multiple aspects of your physical and mental health.
Teaching with Purpose: Connecting to your participants’ why
Presented by Faye Edwards
The session will focus on enhancing teaching delivery by exploring language, psychology, and coaching techniques. It aims to empower trainers to embrace their authentic selves, move beyond clichés, and delve deeper into their programming. By creating a journey that harmonizes with the music and understanding the underlying ‘why’ behind their programming, trainers will not only help participants achieve their goals but also educate them on the path to success.
The versatility of Pilates in three sessions
Presented by Helen Pybus
Join Helen as she demonstrated the versatility of Pilates with easily available equipment.
Pole-lates uses Pilates with a broomstick or similar to maximise flexibility. This cheap piece of equipment makes it a great addition to community settings without a huge price tag.
Helen also demonstrates a session with Pilates blocks and how these can be used to enhance the Pilates experience.
And lastly, Helen teaches Pilates with a chair. Don’t be fooled, this is not a chair-based session, but it’s a great example of how you can use existing equipment in community settings (e.g., village halls) to create exciting and interesting Pilates experiences.
Yoga for Non-Yogis: Flexibility and Mindfulness Unlocked
Presented by Lorna Marie Fitness
Join us for an engaging and accessible yoga-inspired movement session designed for everyone, especially those new to yoga. We’ll focus on enhancing flexibility, promoting recovery, and incorporating mindfulness into your fitness routine.
Contemporary stretch- Origins
Presented by Helen Carpenter-Waters
This is Helens original creation first delivered in her studio in the 90’s and conventions internationally since. It is a restorative functional movement and wellbeing class that constantly evolves and changes depending upon, client needs and environmental states. The class includes influence’s from Helens Tool box of Dance, sports performance, therapy, health & fitness, wellbeing, Pilates, Yoga NLP and much more.
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