Workshops – Elemental

Gyrokinesis

Administrator — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:54:55 +0000

The Gyrokinesis Method is a movement method that addresses the entire body, opening energy pathways, stimulating the nervous system, increasing range of motion and creating functional strength through rhythmic, flowing movement sequences. It is an original and unique method that coordinates movement, breath and mental focus.

The “Athlete-Mom” Clinic

Administrator — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:07:33 +0000

Key Note Speakers

Everything you need to be a badass athlete after having kids

WHO IS AN ATHLETE-MOM

An Athlete mom is the female whospent years training and challengingtheir physical limitations and havenever surrendered their love forathletics. It is the mom who wants tolead by example and show their kidshow important an active lifestyle is.

EVENT DETAILS

Saturday, August 19th | 9am-12pm | $30/per athlete-mom
First 10 registrants receive a bonus digital training guide.

NUTRITION

Learn from Dietitian & Athlete-Mom, Anna Turner, how toproperly fuel your body forathletics, and how to navigatenursing and training.

TRAINING

Whether you are 6 weekspostpardum, or you are 10+years into your training andlooking to advance, hear fromthe experts at ELEMENTAL onthe 3 things every Athlete-Momneeds to add to their trainingprogram to overcome a plateau.

RECOVERY

Hear from local Pelvic FloorPhysical Therapists, EricaHerron & Amy Robinson, oncommon symptoms you didn’tknow were an issue that are keeping you from progressing in your athletics. (Ahem, peeingand running anyone?)

How today’s youth sports are hurting your child (literally) and what parents can do to be part of the solution.

Administrator — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:26:30 +0000

Join us in this eye-opening discussion about how our current sports leagues are designed to wear kids out and keep them side-lined due to injury and poor management. Get the truth about how to parent your young athlete in today’s competitive sports environment. Walk away with 5 immediate tools you can activate NOW to make sure your child reaches their optimal potential this season.

ABOUT YOUR SPEAKER

Chris Snyder is the Co-Owner of ELEMENTAL, a specialty fitness and lifestyle practice that helps athletes to shift from mediocre to maximum overall performance through creative modalities that custom fit each athlete. Chris has been an innovator for 20+ years in Indycar strength and conditioning and pit stop performance. He has over 15 years of competitive play as a defensive-end at Penn State, the Arena Football league and the NFL. Chris is an inspiration to young, aspiring athletes, as well as those who wish to advance in the development of sport and compete at a collegiate or professional level.

LEARN THE SECRETS

Training vs. Overtraining
How to avoid burnout in your young athlete
Navigate the different resources of your developing athlete (rehab, strength training, skill specific coaches, practice & doctors visits)
What a quality athlete development program looks like & what to avoid.

Pilates and Rose

Administrator — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:08:19 +0000

Pilates + Wine Tasting + Shopping!

Join us for an evening full of fun and social connection all while stretching and strengthening through the Classical Mat Pilates method. Stay for a glass of rosé after class, wine tasting, and shop our local brands for shirts, accessories, candles and more! You don’t want to miss out!

Purchase a bottle of wine and all proceeds will go to local nonprofit!

Acro Yoga FREE DEMO

Administrator — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 08:00:06 +0000

Join us this evening for a FREE Demo in Acro Yoga.
Acro Yoga is a physical discipline combining yoga and acrobatics. Acro Yoga includes many types of partner and group acrobatics in which at least one person is lifted. It draws on traditions of circus arts, cheerleading, and dance acro.

Bring a partner or just yourself, and check out our beginner Demo class. This is your chance to expose yourself to something new!

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Street Dance with 31Svn Dance Academy

Administrator — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:50:25 +0000

Join us as we partner with 31Svn Street Dance Academy for this fun, new way to learn to move your body. In this 6-week workshop, you’ll learn a blend of break dance and poppin’.

In the first three weeks, you’ll join 31Svn owner Seoul, and begin to understand music, and breakin’ technique, gaining a foundation that you are able to build your own unique style upon. You will learn fundamental movements to advanced combinations, and build both performance, battle, and cypher rounds to help you learn how to express yourself through your own individual style.

The following three weeks you’ll get a taste of “poppin” with Nimbus: Popping is a Funk style dance that allows you to express your creative side through hits, isolations, tuts, waves and more. This fundamentals class teaches you the mechanics needed to understand the movements, and the ideas behind combinations and putting these multiple styles together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JkdTDVQ2cI&t=2s

Master your Handstand

Administrator — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:03:36 +0000

Turn your world upside down with our 6-week handstand course hosted by Nyah Namisnak, a former gymnast and current Olympic weightlifter. This workshop requires practice, patience,and repetition to master your handstand. In the first coming week, you’ll work through important drills, practicing techniques, and shoulder and wrist strengthening and mobility. Following the introduction, there will be about 4-5 weeks of handstand progressions that require you to incorporate the information learned in the earlier weeks and not only show up to class, but practice 3-5 times a week. At the end of the course, you’ll learn the proper ways to get down from a handstand. After 6 weeks, you’ll be able to perform a handstand comfortably, safer, and more efficiently!

Build your teaser: A Classical Pilates Skill building workshop

Administrator — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:58:50 +0000

Work your whole body in our, “Build your Teaser” workshop with Jessica Strom. In the first few weeks, she will help you build your foundation required for a strong Teaser. In the subsequent weeks she will help you find deeper connections to more advanced exercises including your Teaser so you can create good habits that you can carry on as you progress. By the end of the workshop, you will have a solid base for your teasers, understand and incorporate fluid transitions, and you will be able to flow smoothly through the classical Pilates sequence.

Animal Flow Clinic

Administrator — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:49:42 +0000

During this workshop, Steph Ralston will introduce you to beginner level Animal Flow movements and flows. You will experience movement in multiple planes and walk away from the workshop with increased body awareness. With a dedicated practice, participants will see improvements in coordination, power, flexibility, strength and mobility while having fun! This “workout” quickly becomes play.

Animal Flow is a ground-based, body weight movement practice made up of 6 components:

Wrist mobilities
Muscle Activations
Form Specific Stretches
Traveling Forms
Switches and Transitions
Flows

This type of movement has been compared to a combination of gymnastics, yoga and breakdance.