JP Fitness Summit 2007
April 12th - 15th in Little Rock, Arkansas
Attention Fitness Enthusiasts and Professionals!!!
Mark your calendar and prepare to attend one of the best fitness seminars of 2007! The 5th annual JP Fitness Summit will be held on April 13th & 14th in Little Rock, Arkansas, and will feature eight of the top names from the fitness industry. Alwyn Cosgrove, Chad Waterbury, Charles Staley and Bill Hartman are just a few of the speakers who will share their expertise over the course of this two day event.
The full list of speakers, and their presentation topics, is provided below. As you can see, this Summit will offer the best of the best from the training, physical therapy and nutrition sectors of the fitness industry. You just can't miss this one!
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Mark your calendar and prepare to attend one of the best fitness seminars of 2007! The 5th annual JP Fitness Summit will be held on April 13th & 14th in Little Rock, Arkansas, and will feature eight of the top names from the fitness industry. Alwyn Cosgrove, Chad Waterbury, Charles Staley and Bill Hartman are just a few of the speakers who will share their expertise over the course of this two day event.
The full list of speakers, and their presentation topics, is provided below. As you can see, this Summit will offer the best of the best from the training, physical therapy and nutrition sectors of the fitness industry. You just can't miss this one!
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A sought after expert for several of the country's leading publications including a monthly column in Men's Fitness magazine, Alwyn is available to develop physical preparation programs to take you to a new level of development. For the past sixteen years Alwyn Cosgrove has been committed to achieving excellence in the field of fitness training and athletic preparation. Specializing in performance enhancement, Alwyn has helped countless individuals and athletes reach their goals through sound scientific training. Alwyn is also certified with distinction as a strength & conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has been recognized as a Master of Sports Sciences with the International Sports Sciences Association.
Alwyn is also recognized and certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine, the British Association of Sports And Exercise Sciences, Kingsports International Australia, the Society for Weight Training Injury Specialists, USA Weightlifting and the Chek Insitute of Corrective High Performance Exercise Kinesiology. Through the years in this field Alwyn has been recognized as a specialist in Athletic Preparation by The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and has studied extensively each country's different approaches to athletic preparation.
Alwyn is also recognized and certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine, the British Association of Sports And Exercise Sciences, Kingsports International Australia, the Society for Weight Training Injury Specialists, USA Weightlifting and the Chek Insitute of Corrective High Performance Exercise Kinesiology. Through the years in this field Alwyn has been recognized as a specialist in Athletic Preparation by The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and has studied extensively each country's different approaches to athletic preparation.
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This event literally would not be the same without Lou. He is the Rock Star of Fitness!
He started writing about health, exercise, and nutrition at Men's Fitness magazine in 1992, and hasn't stopped. He moved on to Men's Health magazine from 1998 to 2004, and has been a freelance writer since then, with articles appearing in T-nation, Men's Journal, Fit Pregnancy, and many other magazines and websites. He also blogs most days of the week at louschuler.com.
His relationship with JP Fitness goes back to the old days at the fitness forum at menshealth.com. JP was a moderator on the board Lou and Adam Campbell started, and now Lou is a moderator on JP's board.
Lou lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children. Currently, he's putting the finishing touches on his next book, a guide to strength training and nutrition for women, which he's writing with coauthors Alwyn Cosgrove and Cassandra Forsythe.
Lou Schuler is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and author of four popular books about diet and strength training:
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His relationship with JP Fitness goes back to the old days at the fitness forum at menshealth.com. JP was a moderator on the board Lou and Adam Campbell started, and now Lou is a moderator on JP's board.
Lou lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children. Currently, he's putting the finishing touches on his next book, a guide to strength training and nutrition for women, which he's writing with coauthors Alwyn Cosgrove and Cassandra Forsythe.
Lou Schuler is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and author of four popular books about diet and strength training:
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The New Rules of Lifting
(with Alwyn Cosgrove)
The Book of Muscle(with Ian King)
Home Workout Bible (with Mike Mejia and many other contributors)
The Testosterone Advantage Plan (with Jeff Volek, Mike Mejia, & Adam Campbell)
</DIR>The Book of Muscle(with Ian King)
Home Workout Bible (with Mike Mejia and many other contributors)
The Testosterone Advantage Plan (with Jeff Volek, Mike Mejia, & Adam Campbell)
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A regular presenter at this event, Bill never fails to blow everyone's collective minds. His third appearance will be all about shoulder stability, injury diagnosis, and rehab. Bill's bio is impressive, but to those who have actually seen him, they know that it only scratches the surface.
Bill Hartman (CSCS, ART) earned degrees in Movement, Sports Science, and Physical Therapy. Considered one of the top experts in kinesiology in the country, Bill is a Level II ART practitioner. Like Alwyn, he is a regular contributor to popular fitness magazines like Men's Fitness and his athletic experience includes years as a competitive bodybuilder. Bill is known in and sought after by the fitness community for his uncanny ability to accurately diagnose and prescribe corrective action for the nagging injuries that often plague fitness enthusiasts. In industry circles, we trainers refer to him as the smartest man in fitness. If Bill don't know it, you probably don't need to know it!
Bill Hartman (CSCS, ART) earned degrees in Movement, Sports Science, and Physical Therapy. Considered one of the top experts in kinesiology in the country, Bill is a Level II ART practitioner. Like Alwyn, he is a regular contributor to popular fitness magazines like Men's Fitness and his athletic experience includes years as a competitive bodybuilder. Bill is known in and sought after by the fitness community for his uncanny ability to accurately diagnose and prescribe corrective action for the nagging injuries that often plague fitness enthusiasts. In industry circles, we trainers refer to him as the smartest man in fitness. If Bill don't know it, you probably don't need to know it!
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Robert dos Remedios, MA, CSCS is a former Junior College All-American and All-PAC 10 athlete who brings over 18 years of sport-specific conditioning experience to College of the Canyons. Coach "Dos" holds a Masters degree in Kinesiology and is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength & Conditioning Association.
Coach Dos is a sought after National level speaker and presenter on topics such as Program Design, Olympic Lifting Implementation, Medicine Ball Training, Plyometrics, and Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training. Coach Dos also teaches workshop classes to coaches and trainers in the UCLA Extension Fitness Certification Program. Coach Dos also organizes several continuing education events each year for personal trainers, strength coaches, physical therapists and athletic trainers, bringing in some of the biggest names in strength and conditioning today!
Coach Dos was a finalist for the prestigious NSCA Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Professional of the Year award in 2003, 2004, and 2005 before finally winning this prestigious award this year. He is the first Community College coach to ever win this award.
Presentation Title: "The Men's Health Book of Strength - Philosophy and Program Design"
Break-Out Session: "Hands on with the Olympic Lifts - Learning, Doing, Teaching"
Coach Dos is a sought after National level speaker and presenter on topics such as Program Design, Olympic Lifting Implementation, Medicine Ball Training, Plyometrics, and Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training. Coach Dos also teaches workshop classes to coaches and trainers in the UCLA Extension Fitness Certification Program. Coach Dos also organizes several continuing education events each year for personal trainers, strength coaches, physical therapists and athletic trainers, bringing in some of the biggest names in strength and conditioning today!
Coach Dos was a finalist for the prestigious NSCA Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Professional of the Year award in 2003, 2004, and 2005 before finally winning this prestigious award this year. He is the first Community College coach to ever win this award.
Presentation Title: "The Men's Health Book of Strength - Philosophy and Program Design"
Break-Out Session: "Hands on with the Olympic Lifts - Learning, Doing, Teaching"
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His colleagues call him an iconoclast, a visionary, a rule-breaker. His clients call him "The Secret Weapon" for his ability to see what other coaches miss. Charles calls himself a "geek" who struggled in Phys Ed throughout school. Whatever you call him, Charles' methods are ahead of their time and quickly produce serious results. For those who have used his famous method of training, Escalating Density Training, you know his methods to be both amazingly ingenious in their simplicity, and downright sadistic in a wonderful way. Be prepared to have fun in your workouts once again!
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Returning to the JP Fitness Summit, Chad is one of the most sought-after writers and speakers in the country, and he just released the much-anticipated book, Muscle Revolution. Chad Waterbury is a physiologist who specializes in human performance enhancement and body transformation. He has a M.S. in Physiology from the University of Arizona, along with undergraduate studies in Human Biology and Exercise Science. Chad has extensively studied and researched the neurophysiology of human performance and motor control. His training experience and academic research beget novel (read Revolutionary) training techniques for individuals at all levels of the fitness spectrum.
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Your motion is unique to you. Your workouts should be too. One of the top biomechanics experts in the world, Zig Ziegler is going to conduct a 3D functional movement screen and review the breakdown of the biomechanics of various sports motions. Zig is currently the Host and Executive Producer of the Motion DNA TV show, Fitness from the Ground Up, broadcast nationwide weekly beginning on March 31 on Fox Sports Network.
After recently teaming up with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Zig currently acts as a consultant to the NSCA's new Biomechanics Lab featuring Motion DNA software developed by Zig to help identify physical limitations in the way people move, leading to ways to prevent injuries and improve physical performances of everyday people and athletes. Zig is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association-CSCS, USA Weightlifting-Sports Performance, and as a Six Sigma Academy Blackbelt for Process Improvement.
After recently teaming up with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Zig currently acts as a consultant to the NSCA's new Biomechanics Lab featuring Motion DNA software developed by Zig to help identify physical limitations in the way people move, leading to ways to prevent injuries and improve physical performances of everyday people and athletes. Zig is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association-CSCS, USA Weightlifting-Sports Performance, and as a Six Sigma Academy Blackbelt for Process Improvement.
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Mike Roussell is a nationally renowned nutritionist and writer. Currently, he is pursuing his doctorate nutrition at part of one of the country's leading laboratories in the study of the effects of diet on cardiovascular disease. Mike's nutritional coaching services are regularly sought out across the country (and occasionally the world) by people of all ages and backgrounds looking to improve their health, body composition, and/or athletic performance. His background's unique blend of academics, personal in-the-trench work, and coaching give Mike a versatility to get results with people from all walks of life. Mike's writings can be found across the internet on sites such as Testosterone Nation and BodyBuilding.com
Presentation Title: "Making Sense of Nutrient Timing"
Dave Schmitz PT, LAT, CSCS, PES
In 1986 Dave obtained his BS in Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Certification from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Upon graduation Dave has spent a majority of his career challenging himself physically and mentally to understand how the body “really” functions. In 1995, Dave became a CSCS and completed his Performance Enhancement Specialist Certification. In 1997, Dave created PERFORMAX – Performance Training LLC () to bridge the gap between rehab and performance. It was also at this time that Dave discovered how a simple 41 inch continuous rubber band made individuals quickly begin to move with greater efficiency and power.
Currently, Dave travels throughout the Midwest and Nationally, speaking and sharing with young high school athletes, coaches, trainers and physical therapist, how to use a simple 41 inch rubber band to become FAST – F.I.T. & FLEXIBLE.
Presentation Title: "Resistance Band Functional Reactive Training"
Presentation Title: "Making Sense of Nutrient Timing"
* What is Nutrient Timing
* How energy needs relate to nutrient timing
* How to maximize protein, carbohydrate, and fat intake by using nutrient timing
* The benefits of AM carbohydrates
* The benefits of Post Workout Carbs
* When can YOU best use Carbs
* How to maximize the "Anabolic Phase" of the day.
* How energy needs relate to nutrient timing
* How to maximize protein, carbohydrate, and fat intake by using nutrient timing
* The benefits of AM carbohydrates
* The benefits of Post Workout Carbs
* When can YOU best use Carbs
* How to maximize the "Anabolic Phase" of the day.
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Dave Schmitz PT, LAT, CSCS, PES
In 1986 Dave obtained his BS in Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Certification from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Upon graduation Dave has spent a majority of his career challenging himself physically and mentally to understand how the body “really” functions. In 1995, Dave became a CSCS and completed his Performance Enhancement Specialist Certification. In 1997, Dave created PERFORMAX – Performance Training LLC () to bridge the gap between rehab and performance. It was also at this time that Dave discovered how a simple 41 inch continuous rubber band made individuals quickly begin to move with greater efficiency and power.
Currently, Dave travels throughout the Midwest and Nationally, speaking and sharing with young high school athletes, coaches, trainers and physical therapist, how to use a simple 41 inch rubber band to become FAST – F.I.T. & FLEXIBLE.
Presentation Title: "Resistance Band Functional Reactive Training"