Test Prep Workshop: Joints, Muscles & Movement Analysis
This workshop reviews the skeleton (bones and joints), muscles, and their joint actions. It teaches movement analysis and analyzes over 20 common resistance exercises. This workshop is ideal for those wanting a thorough understanding of muscle function and an excellent leg-up for those needing to write the BCRPA Theory Test or CFES National Test. A test sitting is scheduled the following day.
    •    Cost: $75.00/includes workbook
    •    Location: 785 West 26th Avenue, Vancouver
    •    Date: Mon January 30 - 5:30pm-9:30pm
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Emergency Firstaid & Level A CPR
This two-part practical course is the required firstaid/CPR course for registration with BCRPA, CFES or International Agencies. It provides students with the basic skills and knowledge to prevent and effectively treat life threatening emergencies. It covers breathing and cardiovascular problems as well as bleeding emergencies and management of common household accidents and injuries.
    •    Cost: $95.00/plus $12.00 one-time manual purchase/$50.00 for CPR recertification only
    •    Location: 785 West 26th Avenue, Vancouver
    •    Date: Sun February 19 - 10:00am-6:00pm
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Nutrition Workshop: A Dietician’s Perspective
In this workshop students will learn proper portion sizing for all the food groups along with how to balance a meal. Students will be taught how to read a food label and identify hidden ingredients. Healthy snacks, pre/post workout snacks, proper hydration, sports drinks and power bars will be discussed. Current diet trends will be discussed and myths debunked. There will be plenty of time for discussion, so please come prepared with your questions.
    •    Cost: $109.00
    •    Location: 785 West 26th Avenue, Vancouver
    •    3 BCRPA/CFES credits
    •    Date: Tue January 31 - 5:30pm-8:30pm
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"Core"nundrum Workshop: Stabilizing the Core
This workshop is relevant for Group Fitness Instructors, Personal Trainers and Kinesiologists. There is a lot of controversy over how to set the core, what exercises to perform to enhance function and how to assess core function from a physical fitness standpoint. This workshop will discuss function of the core as it relates to weight training and prevention of low back pain. It will begin with a discussion of functional anatomy of the core and how to sift through the different viewpoints resulting in the student being able to determine their own approach to core training! Program design will also be discussed. Following this, an extensive amount of time will be devoted to learning various assessments of core function. Finally, there will be ample time to cover corrective and performance exercises to increase core and movement function.
    •    Cost: $199.00
    •    Location: Bentall Athletic Club, 1055 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
    •    7 BCRPA/CFES credits
    •    Date: Sat March 3 - 9:30am-5:00pm
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Healthy Knees Workshop: ACL Injury Risk Reduction
Non-contact ACL injuries are as popular as the tabloids of Brad and Angelina! Join Brian Justin, corrective exercise specialist and strength coach and learn the anatomical risk factors for ACL injury, how to screen for risk of them during fitness testing or when the client is exercising and how to modify exercise technique in the weight room, class, court or field to reduce the risk of this traumatic injury. This workshop is pertinent for Personal Trainers, Group Fitness Instructors, PE Teachers and Sport Coaches. Students will learn the function anatomy surrounding the hip and knee, how to perform a neuromusculoskeletal assessment of knee risk, exercises and modifications to reduce the risk of injury and how to assess whether a client, student or athlete is ready to return to activity once discharged from rehabilitation.
    •    Cost: $175.00
    •    Location: Bentall Athletic Club, 1055 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
    •    6 BCRPA/CFES credits
    •    Date: Sun March 25 - 10:00am-4:30pm
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TRX® STC (Suspension Training Course)
Location: University of Victoria, Ian Stewart Complex 3964 Gordon Head  
Date and Time: April 1st, 2012 9am – 5pm
Course Cost: $250.00
Register online at: http://www.trxtraining.com/page/000-94127/PROD/STC?elc_term=stc&elc_category=Learn