Seminars & Demonstrations
"Learn it, then do it"
We offer several fitness and nutrition seminars and demonstrations that inform, inspire, and challenge your employees. Our seminars and demonstrations are great for lunch-and-learns, stand alone events, and even during health fairs. We can alter the duration of our seminars and demonstrations to accommodate your needs.
FITNESS & EXERCISE
Stretch Away Stress
This program is series of basic stretches that help to release contained energy and stress in the body; improve blood flow and circulation; and enhance flexibility. In our 45 minute Stretch Away Stress program, participants will learn user friendly stretches they can do at home, work (at the desk), in the gym, and outdoors. These stretches are also beneficial in challenging common physical problems such as lower back pain*, neck and upper back stiffness, carpel tunnel syndrome, and leg cramping & stiffness.
*Stretches are not intended to cure physical problems nor should be used to replace any medical treatment.
Fitness Made Easy
In our 60-minute fully interactive "Fitness Made Easy" exercise demo participants will learn some great exercises for toning, increasing stamina, and improving muscular strength. Best of all, these exercises can be done at home, work, outside, or in the gym. Our fitness professional will demonstrate a total body workout using exercise tubes and a gym ball. They will also demonstrate great exercises to strengthen and tone the abdominals and lower back.
Know Your Fitness
Starting an exercise program presents many challenges for a major percentage of the population. You first have to determine what you want to do, how to do it, when the best time to do it is, where to do it, and how much to do. Here is a great solution! In a 60-minute discussion our fitness professional will discuss the following topics:
- How to develop a feasible exercise program
- Necessary components of your exercise program
- Home vs. Health Club workouts
- Exercise myths & misconceptions
- Free and inexpensive resources for fitness training
- How to work with common constraints (time, work, health, family, etc.)
- Fun alternatives to traditional exercise programs Why do you want to exercise?
- Benefits of exercise
- Risk factor assessment
- Goal Establishment
- Motivational Methods
- Choosing a health club/fitness center
- Personal Trainers- Beneficial or waste of money?
- How to choose a Personal Trainer
WorkWell
Workwell is a results based program created to bridge the gap between wellness and work. Our fitness professional will teach employees about the muscles they use to perform their jobs and simple ways to improve the strength and function of each muscle as a method for reducing musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. Employees will also learn task/skill specific stretches to reduce musculoskeletal injuries related to repetitive and excessive overuse. Exercises and stretches will be demonstrated using simple user-friendly fitness equipment such as elastic tubes, bands, dumbbells, and stability balls. This program is designed to provide solutions for factory workers, construction workers, nurses, cashiers, postal employees, teachers, and any employee whose job requires excessive, repetitive, and frequent musculoskeletal stress from lifting, pulling, pushing, or carrying. This seminar may require additional information about the physical demands and job functions of your target group of employees.
Men At Work
If your pants size is getting larger, climbing the stairs is becoming harder, you don't feel as strong as you use to, and/or the doctor recommended that you to lose weight; then you must attend Fit Essentials "Men At Work" exercise demonstration. Fellas' we are sicker, more overweight, and less active than we have ever been and it is time for a change! Let's Determine, Discuss, and Do. Determine your muscular strength using our grip strength device. Discuss exercise methods and training systems that will help you work towards your goals and needs. Do the exercises that will help you regain strength, endurance, power, and better health!
Strong Women
Strong Muscles, Strong Bones, Strong Body, Strong Women! Learn exciting but simple exercises to regain your health, vitality, and energy through a calorie burning workout that will help boost your metabolism. Our Fit Essentials fitness instructor will help you target those problem areas (i.e. stomach, arms, hips, thighs, and butt) with effective exercises that will tone, tighten and define. Don't be scared. A New You is on the way!
All about the Core – Seminar
In this seminar we will dispel the myths about the core exercise phenomenon and go over the muscles that make up the core and how to truly develop them through various movements and exercises.
Healthy Back – Seminar
Experts say almost 80% of the U.S population will experience some type of back pain during their life. This seminar will identify common back issues and provide management and preventative strategies including exercises, stretches, postural correction, and closer examination of common movements that increase risk of back injury.
Exercises for Arthritis
While research shows exercise is extremely helpful in managing arthritis, the physical movements can still be painful. During this seminar will we explore exercises, methods, fitness program strategies and techniques that are easier on the joints.
Workouts for Weight Loss - Seminar
Working out and working out for weight loss are two different things. In this seminar we will take a look at those differences and closely examine how the selection, arrangement, and configuration of exercises, as well as the frequency, intensity, and duration of an exercise program will determine an outcome specifically as it relates to weight loss.
Fitness Equipment Review and Demonstration
During our Fitness Equipment Review and Demonstration, we will look at numerous pieces of portable equipment, explain its purpose, and demonstration the proper use. When appropriate, the Fitness Equipment Review and Demonstration may also be offered in an onsite fitness center or be delivery virtually from our own studio.
Exercises Dos and Don'ts - Seminar
In this seminar, our fitness instructor will analyze various exercises that are performed with incorrect form, technique and application and seek to provide corrections in all three areas. Exercises will include body weight exercises and exercises with equipment such as dumbbells and resistance bands.
Improving Sleep Habits – During this seminar, our presenters will review how exercise, nutrition, mindfulness and meditation help to improve sleep.
Ask the Trainer - Ask the Trainer is a great option for health/benefit fairs and community events. Our personal fitness trainer will be available to answer questions and provide advice on fitness and demonstrate various exercises and stretches to your employees/attendees who come to our table. We can also facilitate several short (5-10 minute) exercises demonstrations throughout your event (not applicable for all events).
MENTAL HEALTH & MINDFULNESS
Mindfulness
During our mindfulness workshop participants will learn to become more aware of their thoughts and feeling. Our facilitator will coach them through techniques to help them to manage their thoughts, feelings, and body sensations with the intention of reducing stress and being more mindful of the experiences that bring a sense of happiness.
Work-Life Balance
In this presentation goal is to help the audience determine if their life is in a state of equilibrium, address the areas that need more attention as it relates to their goals and discuss strategies that help balance the numerous aspects of their life.
Healthy Boundaries Seminar
In order to have healthy relationships at work, at home, and improve our self-esteem, it is important that we set boundaries. This seminar explores why we should set boundaries, how we set boundaries and what methods and strategies we can use to implement the establishment of those boundaries.
Self/Care Seminar
Self-care is about taking time for oneself to improve the health of your mind, body and soul. During this seminar, our wellness professional will help and encourage participants to examine the need to self-care and provide options and examples of self-care practices.
NUTRITION & HEALTHY EATING
Nutrition Made Easy
Knowing what to eat can be difficult to understand with so much information on the internet, social media, and television. In our 60 minute lunch n learn called Nutrition Made Easy our wellness professional will simplify nutrition, dispel myths, review trends and answer questions. Some of the topics covered included label reading, diet fads, organic vs inorganic foods, foods for energy, good and bad carbs, vegetarianism, and weight loss.
Eating Healthy on the Go!
Eating out does not have to mean unhealthy eating. Our registered dietitian will identified healthy options at fast-food restaurants, healthy snacks and meals that can be conveniently consumed during travel.
Food For The Family
Cooking, preparing meals, and shopping for the family can be challenging especially when time is tight and taste buds vary. The audience will learn some practical and real-life strategies to feed and nourish their family without additional stress.
Healthy Eating on a Budget
Food can be expensive especially if you are feeding more than one mouth. Let’s explore some budget friendly healthy food options so you can get the most for your dollar.
The Diet Review - Seminar
Let’s remove all the guesswork, assumptions and misconceptions about fad and famous diets. Our wellness professional will review various diets, their origins, purpose, advantages, disadvantages and whether or not they are safe and effective.
Food For Energy - Seminar
While food should taste good, help us control our weight and management health conditions, it should also do what it was originally intended to do: Provide us with energy. During this seminar, we will list foods that provide sustainable energy thought out the day vs foods and eating patterns that are catalyst to lethargic behaviors.
Nutrition for Weight Loss - Seminar
Food and how we eat has the power to manipulate the behaviors of our body weight. We will review how to correctly and effectively use food and apply eating patterns and dietary behaviors to help prevent weight gain and assist in weight loss. We will also examine some diets and determine if they are appropriate weight loss solutions.
Disease Management and Nutrition - Seminar
A healthy diet has the power to decelerate disease progression and management its behavior. In this seminar will we look at various foods, diets, eating patterns and dietary habits that can be used to help in the management of health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), heart disease and even some cancers.
Staying Hydrated: Benefits of Water Seminar –Seminar - In this seminar our presenter will review the benefits of water; it’s impact on sleep, brain function, rest and recovery; energy levels; exercise; inflammation; stress management, weight loss; and overall general wellness.
Ask the Dietitian
Ask the Dietitian is a great option for health/benefit fairs and community events. Our registered dietitian will be available to answer questions and provide advice on nutrition and healthy eating to your employees/attendees who come to our table. We can also make smoothies!
Smoothie Tasting/Demonstration – Our registered dietitian will make healthy smoothies for your employees to sample.
Don't see the right seminar/demonstration? Contact us with your idea(s). We can make customizations.
Serving Philadelphia and surrounding counties, NJ and DE.
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