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2023 Summit - The Medical Fitness Difference
Learn about population health, medical fitness and opportunities to get involved and become a leader in the industry.
$30
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IPE 2022 | To Endure is Everything: New Discoveries in the Science of Endurance Exercise
The physiological determinants of endurance performance are widely accepted to be the maximal oxygen uptake, the lactate threshold, and economy or efficiency. However, studies demonstrate that these factors are not static but rather are dynamic variables that change with time as fatigue develops…
$30
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IPE 2022 | Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy
Learn about recent advances in our understanding of how mechanotransduction and mTORC1 signaling are affected with mechanical overload, as well as how regional differences in skeletal muscle hypertrophy occur with different modes of exercise.
$30
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IPE 2022 | Sex Differences in Athletic Performance
Males and females differ in physical performance: Males are typically faster, stronger and more powerful than similarly trained females. Yet in some circumstances, males are more fatigable in their limb muscles.
$30
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IPE 2022 | New Concepts in Muscle Biology
Discover the innovative research techniques being used to understand how skeletal muscle functions at the ultrastructural and tissue-architectural levels.
$30
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IPE 2022 | Molecular Basis of Exercise Adaptations
Learn how signal transduction pathways activated with exercise shape molecular, cellular and/or physiological adaptations, particularly the signaling pathways activated by protein post-translational modifications, which allow rapid sensing of stimuli to subsequently drive gene transcriptional…
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IPE 2022 | From the Gym to the Lab: Lessons in Human Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy
Learn about recent advances in our understanding of how mechanotransduction and mTORC1 signaling are affected with mechanical overload, as well as how regional differences in skeletal muscle hypertrophy occur with different modes of exercise.
$30
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IPE 2022 | Exercise and Metabolic Modulation through the Microbiome
Exercise can modulate the gut microbiome, leading to improvements in glucose metabolism, inflammatory response to colitis and exercise capacity. Learn how exercise reshapes the gut microbiome, leading to improvements in liver disease and performance.
$30
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Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
Annual Meeting 2023 | Network Physiology of Cortico-Muscular, Cortico-Ocular and Inter-Muscular Interactions
Based on the recently proposed research framework Network Physiology of Exercise, this course will present four perspectives on the impact of exercise, disease, learning, or mood on cortico-muscular, cortico-ocular, and inter-muscular network interactions.
$30
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Annual Meeting 2023 | Minimal vs Conventional Running Shoes: Lets Respectfully Debate!
This course highlights arguments in favor of minimalist shoes as well as those in favor of conventional footwear.
$30
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Annual Meeting 2023 | Emerging Technologies for Evaluating Human Motion in Sports & Exercise Medicine
Emerging sensing and biomotion detection technologies can aid in capturing real-world human movement. This course provides an overview of the existing biomotion sensing technologies, including smartphone-based sonar sensing technology, drone-based outdoor running gait analysis, and micro-Doppler…
$30
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HFJ Sept - Oct 2023 | Using Biomechanics to Optimize Mobility
Lear n how to use biomechanics — in particular range of motion (ROM) — to understand what might be limiting you or your clients’ mobility , as well as strategies for injury prevention and rehab.
$30
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2024 Summit - Exploring the Transformative Power of Trauma-Informed Care
More than ever, our clients need trauma-informed care. Even if we don’t treat trauma, virtually all experienced health and fitness providers have encountered a client living with a history of trauma which can impact the way they think, move, heal, and progress in our care. Being trauma-informed…
$30
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2021 Summit - Extreme Exercise and Cardiovascular Health
Escalating numbers of adults have now embraced the notion that "more exercise is invariably better". However, vigorous exercise, particularly when performed by inactive, unfit individuals can trigger acute cardiac events. Accelerated coronary artery calcification, exercise-induced cardiac…
$90
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Fueling Women's Health at the Critical Stages
The nutritional needs of women are notably different from those of men. These differences become more profound at each of the critical decades: 20s/30s, 40s/50s and 60s/beyond. Each stage of the female lifespan provides unique challenges to optimal nutrition. This course will discuss how to…
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HFJ March - April 2024 Benefits of Riding
Technological improvements in bicycling may allow for innovative ways to incorporate physical activity into normal daily tasks. One such innovation is the electric bike (E-bike). E-bikes present an innovative, fun approach to active transportation and leisure activity that has the additional…
$30
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Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
AM 2023 Tipton Lecture The Gift of Charles Tipton to Exercise Science and Possible Future Directions for Exercise in Space
Dr. Charles Tipton was a legend in exercise physiology and his legacy is seen in the publications of many outstanding students and in turn, their students. One of his areas of expertise was space physiology and his insights and enthusiasm for this field were transferred to me. My lecture covers…
$30
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Mental Health Crisis: The Impact of Exercise and the Environment on Psychobiological Function
Psychiatric illnesses are pervasive, recurrent, and debilitating and are a leading cause of global disease and disability burden. This course explores the physiological mechanisms by which mood and anxiety disorders increase chronic disease risk, with a major focus on the influence of exercise…
$30
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Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
Annual Meeting 2023 Lactate in Health and Disease: The Renaissance Metabolite
Blood lactate concentrations have traditionally been utilized as an index of exercise intensity. However, more recent data suggests that plasma lactate can also be indicative of the risk for subsequent metabolic disease. This symposium will showcase the clinical implications of plasma lactate…
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Annual Meeting 2023|Clarkson Lecture Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Exercise Response Heterogeneity during Aging
Recent evidence from the circadian field suggests that when we do something may be just as important as what we do. This course will focus on the impact that timing one’s behaviors has on physiological outcomes, as well as the effects of sleep, diet, and exercise timing on glucose and lipid…
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Annual Meeting 2023|Beyond the Weight Room: The Importance of Skeletal Muscle in Health and Disease
This course covers phenotypic and molecular skeletal muscle changes in middle-aged men and women during periods of disuse and exercise rehabilitation, the roles of biologic sex and altered muscle metabolism in the development of cancer cachexia, and the contribution of muscle-resident…
$30
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Annual Meeting 2023 | Unanticipated Targets: New Evidence that Metformin and SGLT2 Inhibitors Regulate Skeletal Muscle Metabolism
Metformin and SGLT2 inhibitors are widely used to treat insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, this course explores new evidence regarding the impact of such drugs on skeletal muscle health and function, including how metformin treatment can regulate myogenesis and mitochondrial…
$30
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2024 Summit | Enhancing the Quality of Muscular Fitness
This session would involve demonstration and instruction on the use of 2 different movement sensor technology systems to enhance the quality of exercise assessment and improve delivery of exercise prescription:1) Use of MoveFactorX inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor for measuring objective…
$30
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Anatomy of Movement
Learning to evaluate movement is key for all exercise professionals and those involved in sports performance. This interactive course covers joint movement (or “kinesiology”) and breaks down various exercises into their component parts, providing participants with a well-founded introduction to…
$150
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