Chip Conrad, strength coach, owner of Bodytribe in Sacramento, CA (www.bodytribe.com) and physical culturist extraordinaire will be coming to Milwaukee to present a series of workshops at Second Nature Fitness this October.

We will explore fitness, movement and program design from top to bottom over 2 exciting days.

Day 1 (Sat) will kick off with a 2-hour program design workshop in which we discuss the philosophy of Physical Culture, the Spectrum of Strength and how to combine these concepts to create exciting, effective and fulfilling fitness programs.

The bulk of Day 1 will be spent exploring barbell exercises - new ways to understand familiar movements, and some new exercises, too! We'll spend 3 hours tearing into core lifts like the squat, bench, deadlift and overhead press. We'll also break down the Olympic lifts (snatch, clean and jerk) and talk about how to successfully incorporate these movements into your workout schedule.

We'll end Day 1 with an hour-long workshop on mobility - the unification of flexibility, stability and strength. A combination of traditional bodyweight exercises, yoga, and pre-habilitation, mobility is an essential part of any exercise program. We'll discuss how to use it to cap off a great workout, increase strength & range of motion and prevent injury.

Day 2 Sun) will begin with a 2-hour kettlebell exclusives workshop: we'll dig into the history of the kettlebell and explore how to use this tool to its fullest capacity. Even if you consider yourself to be a mini Pavel, you'll still learn some new tricks!

Once we've mastered the kettlebell, we'll move on to building combos out of dumbbell and barbell movements: oft considered to be tools of limited use, we will bend, twist and warp your understanding of these chunks of iron until you view them in an entirely new light. This 2-hour workshop will cover some new movements and how to incorporate old & new into crushing combos.

The weekend will conclude with Chip's newest brainchild: Brutal Recess. We'll learn how to combine mobility and bodyweight movements to create killer workouts with only ourselves and our minds. Expect fun, hard work and some outside play time (weather permitting).

Each seminar will be $20 each, or $50 per day. You can attend as few or as many as you like - we, of course, encourage you to join us for the whole weekend party, but it's not mandatory.

Pre-registration will be available beginning Monday September 22nd and an early bird discount will be offered. Also, refer a non-member (Neutral Ground or Second Nature Fitness) for a discount on your admission!

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