If you don't have the dough to shell out $200-$600 to take the workshops and lectures at this year's IDEA World Fitness Convention, be not perturbed! You can still get in on the action for FREE.
IDEA Health and Fitness Association's 26th Annual Fitness Convention takes place this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center, August 4 - 8, 2010. The convention features specialty workshops and lectures in a myriad of platforms: from step aerobics certifications to elastic resistance continuing education credits for working fitness professionals.
But you don't have to be chest-deep in the fitness world to benefit from the convention, especially if you don't have the hundreds of dollars necessary to sign up for these workshops.
Here's what you do. Go straight to the Expo Hall. Actually, first go to one of the check-in booths just outside of the Expo Hall. There you will receive your free Expo Pass. Then be prepared to have a great time! You can absolutely get a great workout while you're here so wear sneakers and comfortable clothing. Walk around the Expo Hall and you'll come across tons of companies providing free fitness demos of their workouts and equipment.
Journey over to the Performance Stage for back-to-back dance fitness demos. Here's a schedule of today and tomorrow's lineup:
FRIDAY, August 6th
- 12:30 - Parkour Power Play
- 12:45 - Wil to Dance
- 1:00 - Zumba
- 1:15 - Piloxing
- 1:30 - Kangoo Jumps
- 1:45 - Zumba
SATURDAY, August 7th
- 11:45 - Up On Stage
- 12:00 - Drums Alive
- 12:15 - Zumba
- 12:30 - Hip Hop w/ Milo Levell
- 12:45- RIPPED
- 1:00 - Zumba
- 1:15 - Kangoo Jumps
- 1:30 - Tribal Energy Cardio
- 1:45 - Zumba
- 2:00 - Piloxing
Walk around the Expo Hall and you can also:
- Get your cardio and strength training in gear with suspension technology at the TRX booth.
- Feel 1000s of muscle fiber contractions with equipment from the many companies representing vibration technology;
- Let the folks at efi Sports Medicine take you through a fat-burning circuit training workout using their GRAVITY and rebound equipment.
And there's so much more!
In addition to the movement, there's also food. Hint Beverage Company offers a line of real sugarless flavored water with an assortment of flavors from strawberry-kiwi to cucumber. Other companies, like Minogue Fit Time Nutrition, are offering samples of their delicious energy bars.
Most, if not all, exhibitors in the Expo Hall are selling their product at special convention prices. So if you like what you experience, eat, drink or try on (yes clothing companies are on the floor too!) then you'll have the chance to take it home with you.
The IDEA World Fitness Convention is in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, located at 1201 S Figueroa Street in Downtown LA 90015.
For more information, visit http://www.ideafit.com/conference/idea-world-fitness-convention-2010.
***Update since the original publication of this article: Photos from Valerie's excursion at the Convention can be viewed here - Convention Photos.
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Valerie Paule, your LA Fitness Examiner and author of this article is a Fun Lifestyle Fitness maven, creator of fusion dance fitness classes Afro-Latin Kickbox and Salsa Hip House and is a certified Groove Method Facilitator. As a Life Success Facilitator, Valerie focuses on helping others get their life success basics in order through her Fun Lifestyle Fitness brand. Valerie's Fun Lifestyle Fitness aims to help folks achieve their best lives in different categories of fitness: career, financial, physical, spiritual and relationship for starters. She's also the creator and producer of the audio program No More Excuses: How to Turn Your Passion From Make-Believe to Real and author of the EBook The Beginner's Guide to TV Hosting...on a Low Budget. For more information, visit www.FunLifestyleFitness.com and www.PauleValerie.com. You can send Valerie an email directly to valerie@funlifestylefitness.com.
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