Posted by - 30/09/2009 12:15:56 PM

The Power Plate Institute of Australia Offers Fitness Australia Accredited Education Courses from Richard Branson's Virgin Active Health Club on Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD.

Dates are as follows:

October
Sunday 18th - Core Fundamentals - Level 1
Sunday 25th - Integration / Elite Academy - Level 2

November
Sunday 15th - Core Fundamentals - Level 1

Click on the link below to download the PDF Invitation.

Melbourne_oct[1].pdf

All Full Day Courses are $399 including GST.

Level I: Fitness & Performance Core Fundamentals
The science and application of Acceleration Training™ exercise for personal trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, therapists, and medical practitioners. The theory includes: biomechanics, neurophysiology, and introduction to the Acceleration Training™ Pyramid (ATP) program design methodologies. The practical portion covers hands on exercise progressions and application of ATP training templates in:

• Movement preparation
• Coordination
• Core and pillar
• Strength
• Regeneration

Level II: Fitness & Performance – Group Training Academy
This academy is for personal trainers and group exercise trainers who want to integrate Power Plate® equipment and Acceleration Training™ programs into small group or group exercise environments. Learn how to develop different group class formats and the skills to deliver them. Leave with programs to launch immediately at your facility.

Level II: Fitness and Performance – Integration / Elite Academy
This academy has been developed for practitioners of Acceleration Training™ exercise who have successfully completed the Power Plate® Level I Academy. It will further evolve the theoretical and applied knowledge of advanced neurophysiology, ATP methodology, and integrated program design. Students will become skilled in applying Power Plate® equipment for optimal health and performance using advanced training protocols such as:

• Strength Complex/Contrast
• Hypertrophy
• Power contrast training

This workshop also includes over 2 hours of case studies on program design and practical coaching as well as a take home test.

Level II: Golf Academy
This academy is specifically designed by PGA professionals and the Power Plate® Research Education and Training (RET) department for the demands of the PGA tour professionals. This program offers unique and exciting applied tools for developing optimal programs of performance and injury prevention for golfers, professional and amateur alike. In this course the coach, trainer, or golfer will learn how to integrate Acceleration Training™ protocols, and ATP strategies, for improvements in:

• Hip and thoracic mobility
• Shoulder, foot, and pelvic stability
• Core and pillar (rotary stability)
• Lateral stability
• Power
• Recovery and regeneration

These advanced tools will enhance play on the course, improve fitness and decrease risk of injury or expedite recovery from it.