Continuing Education for Fitness Professionals

Join Fitness Plus Academy at Kanuga for their Flexibility and Mobility Specialist course, a continuing education class designed to help fitness professionals offer assisted stretching to their clients. Build your skills with hands on experience, expand your services, and keep clients in house for their stretching needs. CEUs: ACE 0.6; AFAA 5.0; NASM 0.5

Learn from the experts!
Spend time with Sheila Kalas from Fitness Plus to ask questions and gain insights on building your own clientele for a fitness business. With some of her trainers earning six figures a year, Sheila brings valuable perspective on growing a successful career in fitness.

Learn assisted stretching techniques to complement your personal training services and offer clients more of what they need within the gym or studio they already know.

The Flexibility and Mobility Specialist course offers an opportunity to expand your professional skills, support client retention, and create possibilities for additional income.

• Build your skills in assisted stretching.
• Expand what you can offer new and existing clients.
• Keep clients in house for their stretching needs.
• Connect with fellow fitness and wellness professionals.

Who May Attend

This course is designed for personal trainers, group fitness instructors, yoga teachers, massage therapists, and other fitness and wellness professionals interested in adding assisted stretching to their services.

Stay for Lunch, Wellness, and Community Connection

Make the most of your day at Kanuga! Choose the option that includes lunch and the community wellness offerings of MELT, Tai Chi, and Forest Bathing.

Enjoy time to recharge and connect with community members who share an interest in health and movement. It’s a natural opportunity to meet potential clients, build relationships, and introduce yourself and the services you offer.

Jane Curth

Jane Curth, B.A., M.Ed. is the co-founder and first CEO of FitFixNow, a continuing education platform for fitness professionals. A former Professor of Health and Kinesiology and ACE-certified personal trainer, she is also a MELT Hand and Foot Instructor and SilverSneakers® consultant, model, and FLEX instructor.

Sheila Kalas

Sheila Kalas, B.S., M.S. is the founder and owner of Fitness Plus in Lexington, Kentucky. An exercise physiologist and personal trainer since 1989, she holds a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Kentucky and is a published writer and speaker.

Sample Schedule

7:30–8:00 a.m.

Fitness professional check-in

8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Approved continuing education course

If you are staying for lunch and the afternoon:

12:00–1:00 p.m.

Healthy lunch for professionals and community participants, with a brief welcome and afternoon overview

1:00–1:45 p.m.

MELT

1:45–2:00 p.m.

Break and transition

2:00–2:45 p.m.

Tai Chi

2:45–3:00 p.m.

Restroom break and gathering for Forest Bathing

3:00–4:00p.m.

Forest Bathing

Closing