SESSION 1: Surf It, Skim It, Scoop It – Kickboarding Aqua Workout with Marietta Mehanni

Discover the untapped potential of the kickboard in this fun and challenging aqua workout. Learn innovative grips, hand positions and movements to build core strength, improve stability, and add variety to your classes.

Through unique exercises like skimming and surfing, you’ll explore how to use the kickboard for resistance, balance, and cardio, all while engaging the mind and body. Perfect for instructors looking to refresh their approach to aqua fitness.

SESSION 2: Aqua Intelligence: Empowering Instructors with AI Tools with Loren Bartley

In this session, you’ll discover the potential that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has on transforming the way you plan, teach and manage your Aquaerobics classes. You’ll explore a wide range of cutting-edge AI applications designed to enhance your classes and streamline your work.

Whether you’re a seasoned instructor or just starting out, this session will provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to ride the wave of AI innovation and revolutionise your approach to teaching Aquaerobics with the power of AI.

SESSION 3: Creating the Ultimate Fitness Experience: Unlocking the Secrets of Flow with Gerry Salmon

The ultimate goal in fitness is more than just a great workout—it’s about creating a deeply immersive experience where participants feel engaged, alive, and truly at their best. But how can we consistently achieve that magic, no matter the environment? And what about in the pool?

In this session, we’ll unveil the 6 Key Elements of UX in fitness, take a deep dive into the Stages of Flow, and show you how Mastering Musicology can elevate the fitness experience you deliver to new heights.

Session outcomes:

• 6 Key Elements of Ultimate Experiences in Fitness (UX)
• Stages of Flow
• Mastering Musicology

SESSION 4: Aqua HIIT to the Max: Creative Formats & Fresh Fun for High-Intensity Classes with Gemma Atkinson

Aqua HIIT is one of Gemma’s specialties, and she shares her wealth of knowledge on creating fun, diverse, and creative ways for various HIIT training formats. If you’re seeking fresh ideas and inspiration for your aqua classes, this session is a must.

Unlocking the Fun in HIIT: HIIT can be an enjoyable and exciting fitness experience for newcomers and seasoned participants.

Exploring HIIT Formats: Gemma will introduce you to various types of HIIT training, including Tabata, pyramid timers, endurance-focused workouts, and many others. Learn how to tailor your classes to meet fitness goals and participant preferences.

Timing: Gemma will reveal the secrets of manipulating timing to achieve desired outcomes in your HIIT sessions. Whether you’re aiming for intensity, endurance, or a mix of both.

Partner and Team Workouts: Discover innovative ways to foster camaraderie and competition within your classes.

This seminar is a goldmine of ideas and strategies for any aqua instructor seeking to enrich their High-Intensity classes.

SESSION 5: Splashing Success: Engaging Older Adults in Aqua Fitness with Carol Edmeades

This dynamic 60-minute presentation will equip aqua instructors with essential skills to elevate their classes. Discover diverse class structures to keep participants engaged and challenged week after week. Learn effective strategies for managing participants, ensuring safety, and motivating various fitness levels.

We’ll explore how to optimise the pool deck environment and tailor intensity levels for older adults. Gain valuable insights on accommodating participants with hip and knee replacements through smart modifications. Finally, we’ll discuss the power of fostering community through post-class gatherings, boosting retention and participant support.

The session concludes with an open Q&A, allowing instructors to address specific challenges and share experiences.

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*If you are a member of Marietta’s Virtual Class membership or the Aqua Mentoring membership, you pay only AU$170 for the conference and lifetime access! Log into your account and head to the discount codes section in your library!*

About the presenters!

Loren Bartley, CEO of Impactiv8, is a prominent figure best known for her expertise as a Digital Marketing and Business Automation Strategist. She has over 25 years of experience helping to scale businesses profitably by leveraging technology and adopting innovative marketing approaches. Loren’s extensive experience and unique insights have made her a highly sought-after digital marketing consultant, speaker and coach.

With 30 years of experience, Gerry is a proven leader in the fitness industry. His career spans roles from club manager and national director to industry consultant and independent club owner. A seasoned Group Exercise Instructor, Gerry has always led from the front.
In recent years, his focus has shifted toward strategy, completing an MBA and launching several independent fitness enterprises in New Zealand. Now, through his new venture, GymStrategia, Gerry is back on the global stage, offering expert advisory services to the industry.

Carol Edmeades is a dedicated fitness instructor with over 45 years of experience, specialising in programs for older adults. Since the 1990s, she has been teaching aqua classes, bringing over 25 years of expertise to her sessions. Passionate about enhancing the fitness and well-being of older adults, Carol focuses on creating engaging and enjoyable freestyle aqua classes that encourage participants to return week after week. She is the co-founder of Third Age Fitness, a business that offers a wide range of accredited training courses for fitness instructors working with older adults. Her teaching philosophy emphasises motivation over complexity, ensuring that all participants feel empowered to achieve their fitness goals. Throughout her career, Carol has consistently advocated for the health and vitality of older adults, making her a respected leader in the field of senior fitness.

Gemma Atkinson entered the Fitness Industry 12 years ago as a Personal Trainer and then very quickly discovered her passion for Group Fitness. Over the years she has dabbled in many class styles from Bootcamps, Pump, Spin, HIIT, and Circuits, and has been an Aqua Instructor right from the get-go after quickly discovering the joy and effective exercise this can bring to so many people. Her Aqua classes are ever popular, with class bookings being quickly snapped up every week. She loves seeing people work to the best of their ability and hearing the rewarding stories from the participants as they notice the difference this makes to their fitness. A two-time Aqua presenter at FITEX lite in NZ, Gemma is eager to share some of her tried and tested drills that have worked superbly in her classes!

An acclaimed ‘group fitness Guru’ and highly regarded in the industry as an ‘instructor’s instructor’, Marietta creates and delivers training to increase the skills of group fitness professionals. Through face-to-face and virtual workshops, she educates instructors in the art of delivering high-quality group exercise experiences, ranging from those you’ll find on every club timetable, to aqua, Gymstick and her own proprietary program mSwing. With over 20 years of experience working in the fitness industry, Marietta also offers mentoring services, resources and memberships for aqua and group fitness professionals, as well as lifetime access to her online courses, at mariettamehanni.com.

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