IDEA World Fitness Convention Los Angeles 2013 Day 3

Does your favorite trainer have a favorite alcoholic beverage? 

3 Patrón giblets and 4 hours of sleep later I find myself fighting for my life. I attend a workout with the Gilad of the new millennium, the real deal

Tony Horton, creator of the P90X series. He is as advertised. I feel like I am, or I attempt to be on another level of trainers and fitness instructors. This guy is on another PLANET. He has a deep passion for fitness and he shares it.

The amazing thing to me is how he finds the time and and energy to take care of his body, market, do and study strength training, Pilates, MMA, yoga, etc. 

his class was based around his upcoming P90X 3. It was challenging to say the least.

I did not get a chance to stay for pictures after class because I needed breakfast and my next class was important to me, "How to Become a Social Media Star." 

Featuring Cassey Ho

Not sure if the class was as helpful as I expected but boy was she fun to look at. You can find her on YouTube, Facebook, twitter, Pinterest, etc. She is a social media star.

After a little lunch I was fortunate enough to take an informative group fitness lecture. Steve Renata, a lead instructor for Les Mills Fitness; Darren Jacobson, the programming instructor for Zumba; and Randy Hetrick the inventor and founder of TRX.

This lecture was very insightful and convicted me in several ways. One important lesson I took from it was to "create a cause, not a business." It should spend more time focusing on a movement of helping people realize their full potential instead of focusing on how much money I can make.

With all that said, Sherri McMillan gave me a 12-month marketing plan that is going to help me reach a large audience and make plenty of money for expansion. I am excited to see how the next year goes for me and how well I apply the information learned. What an awesome conference.

Time to start taking action!

IDEA World Fitness Convention Los Angeles 2013 Day #2

The 2nd morning started off with Booty Camp. I registered for this class strictly to get some new material for my female clients. The instructor, Mindy Mylrea, is the creator of the Gliding discs. She used plenty of equipment in her class including stability balls, bands, BOSU balls, bender balls, and her Gliding discs. And she literally kicked our butts.

I think she likes me. There were at least 150 people in her class and she singled me out to give me her DVD😁

After that, I attended a TRX circuit training class. I don't have much experience with the TRX but I do know many people enjoy working with it so I figured it would be a good idea to learn more. 

I have to admit, TRX is an extremely effective piece of equipment to be so simple. When used correctly, almost every exercise forces you to engage your core. My favorite exercise was the hamstring curl. I'm not sure if I've ever felt a burn in my hammys that deep.

After a couple more lectures I got ahold of my family and we went out to kick it.

My cousin Ashley hooked everything up. She picked me up from the hotel and took me to meet my other cousins (her brothers) Dwayne and Brian. Dwayne and I got into some late night festivities after at a spot called Sams. He showed me a good time. It was exactly what I needed.