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Specialized classes
at the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, (R) Gymnastics Coaches
Education
Program, participants included Maria Filotova, member of the 1976 and
'80
Soviet Union Olympic teams, and Sasha Kourbatov, former member of the
Russian
international team at GTC Gymnastics, Rochester, NY. |
October
2004 12:00:00 EST
Fitness Education Series Targets Youth
and Community Programs
Interested
in learning how to improve your health, fitness, sports specific
training and performance? Then we just may have a program for you.
The SportsMedicine & Science
Institute Fitness Education Series is working to
provide widespread access to programs for health departments,
central school districts and fitness facilities across the United
States. The first of this series includes the following:
Optimization of Classical Ballet and Sports
Development Programs
Presenter:
Stephen M.
Apatow, Director of Research and Development, Sports
Medicine & Science Institute.
Classical
ballet training
(CBT) is considered to be the most advanced technical movement
mechanics
training in the world, providing a foundation for the development of
joint
strength, postural alignment and precision control of the human frame
in
space. Utilizing the science of CBT as a reference point, we find
the
tools needed for a healthy lifestyle and performance optimization in
sports (including football,
baseball, basketball, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, hockey, martial
arts, running, soccer, downhill and cross country skiing, wrestling) as well as how postural
alignment corresponds with the mechanism of joint stress and
injury.
The subject matter in this program was first introduced in 1999
at
the National Conference for the Society of State Directors of Health,
Physical
Education, and Recreation (73rd
Annual Meeting Program) for U.S. Board of Education offices and
health educators representing all 50 states and was formally presented
as the International Sports Science Association (ISSA) accredited course
"Optimization
of Classical Ballet and Sports Development Programs" at the at
the 11 state American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation
and Dance (AAHPERD) Combined Convention on February 12, 2003 in
Reno-Sparks,
Nevada.
For additional information or to schedule a program:
Lectures: http://www.esportsmedicine.org/healthpromotion.html
Private consultations and
classes visit: http://www.esportsmedicine.org/consultations.html
The Sports Medicine & Science Institute is committed to providing
access to educational
opportunities for all youth and Olympic development programs. We offer
assistance ranging from full scholarships
to grants (financial assistance).
Sports
Medicine & Science Institute Expands Access to Continuing Education
and Certification Programs
The following distance education certification courses by the
International Sports Science
Association have been approved by the Sports Medicine & Science
Institute:
- Certified Fitness Trainer
(CFT): ISSA's CFT
Curriculum, which includes anatomy, kinesiology, injury
prevention, supplementation and nutrition, and all aspects of weight
training and strength training, was created by a world-renowned staff
of researchers, scientists, sports medicine specialists, and world
champion athletes.
- Fitness Therapy (FT):
ISSA's Fitness Therapyª
program takes the best technologies from both the health care and
fitness realms, and combines them into a program that helps personal
trainers and health care specialists to take over when the prescribed
medical treatment is over. Topics include: (1)Post-Rehab Orthopedic
Exercise, (2) Therapeutic Flexibility, (3) Stress Management, (4)
Industrial Fitness/Workers Compensation, (5) Avoiding Injury
Recurrence, (6) Drug Interaction With Exercise, (7) Sports Medicine and
Health Care, (8) Achieving Maximum Insurance Reimbursement In A Managed
Care Environment.Specialist in Performance Nutrition (SPN):
Learning
the science behind nutrition, meal frequency, macronutrient ratios,
specificity to athletic objectives, and periodizing caloric intake. and
its effects on performance, muscle growth, and fat loss.
- Specialist in Sports
Conditioning (SSC): ISSA's
Specialist in Sports Conditioning Program has been designed to provide
you with the knowledge, expertise, and specific training techniques to
enable athletes to expand the capacity of their bodies to perform the
most difficult athletic feats, while remaining strong and free from
injuries.
- Specialist in Fitness for
Older Adults (SFOA):
Older adults are not only capable of strenuous exercise, but can vastly
improve their health, strength, mobility and independence, using
exercise as a tool. ISSA has brought together some of the finest minds
in fitness science to create a breakthrough fitness certification
program for trainers who wish to work with older adults.
- Youth Fitness Trainer (YFT):
ISSA’s Youth Fitness
Trainer Program is an outstanding certification Course designed to
provide personal trainers with all the essential tools to train kids
and teens, and the necessary credentials to reduce lingering issues of
liability.
- Water Fitness Trainer (WFT):
ISSA’s Water Fitness
Trainer (WFT) Program focuses on aquatic fitness as a more gentle
medium for seniors, physical therapy patients, elite athletes and
fitness enthusiasts of all ages.
- Endurance Fitness Trainer
(EFT): ISSA's Endurance
Fitness Trainer (EFT) certification course addresses all
aspects of personalized aerobic conditioning that utilizes a variety of
outdoor exercises like cycling, power walking, triathlons, and
cross-training as well as the most complete guides to using aerobic
equipment like rowing machines, stair climbers, bikes and treadmills.
This program addresses all the aspects necessary to reach maximum
aerobic conditioning at any age or with any chronic condition. Students
will learn how to design the most complete, individualized aerobic
exercise programs for their clients.
- Specialist in Adaptive
Fitness (SAF): ISSA
Specialist in Adaptive Fitness (SAF) Program focuses on the educational
needs of the fitness industry by creating the first and most
comprehensive certification program on adapted physical education for
fitness instructors, personal trainers, health club & recreation
department instructors. This certification program is the answer to
ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA)
rules & recommendations.
- Specialist in Martial Arts
Conditioning (SMAC):
Since no national governing body exists to regulate standards for
ranking, each studio and organization creates its own standards. ISSA's
certification program for martial arts instructors includes information
on periodization and planning, managing acute training variables,
performance nutrition and supplementation, improving joint range of
motion, mastering principles of sport training, integrating
conditioning and skill training, strength and speed-strength
development, competition readiness, injury prevention and management,
and increasing your clientele.
For
additional information or to enroll in one of these certification
courses, call 1-800-892-4772, Frank Miele, Ext 169. Be sure to
mention
the Sports Medicine & Science Institute (ID # 1461) for a special
$50.00 discount on all courses.
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