Nova Scotia Fitness Association

The NSFA is happy to finally be able to share our topics and guest speakers for Part 2 of our annual Exercise Leadership Summit! Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 1 pm, please join Madonna Doucette and Aiden Wadden-Lynks in their session: What Trainers Need to Know to Help LGBTQ Clients... The 2SLGBTQ+ Fitness presentation is designed to help you be aware of and feel comfortable using language describing gender and sexual identities. the goal of this presentation is to educate you on how to make your training more inclusive while teaching about gender-affirming therapies and practices and their impact. The main topics for this presentation are allyship, identifying barriers and understanding the impact of trans health care on training. And at 2:15, please join our very own Executive Director and Youtuber, Terri Roberts, for her session: Teaching Online: The rules, the tech and how to bring the money in Join Terri for a crash-course in teaching fitness content online. This workshop covers the insurance rules applicable to NSFA members, a few basic & cheap solutions for technology solutions, and a look at some online platforms that'll help you get paid! Terri works full time in the fitness industry as an instructor, as the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Fitness Association, an academic researcher and YouTuber. Register here: http://www.nsfitness.ca/event-4295855

Summit Part 2 is coming to a computer near you! May 29, 2021 starting at 1 pm. Mark your calendars! #virtualfitness #nsfa #getyourcecs

We are please to announce details of our upcoming 2021 Annual Exercise Leadership Summit! This is Part 1, with another to follow in May or June (TBD). Taking place on Sunday, April 25, 2021 via Zoom, from 11 am to 2 pm. 11 am: Our President, Susan Skulech-Hardiman, and our PT Rep, Rick Horsman, will be presenting on Contraindications in Exercise.... 12 pm: Join us for our Annual General Meeting to hear all about what we have been up to this past year. 1 pm: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in Fitness. What is Chinese medicine and how can it help a weekend warrior or an elite athlete? In this presentation, Kenton Sefcik, Dip.Ac, Dip.TCM, R.Ac will discuss some history, some theory, and explain how the modalities of Chinese medicine can be used practically in the real world to improve performance and prevent injury. Kenton Sefcik is a Registered Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine practitioner. He graduated from the Alberta College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2007. His passion for Chinese culture and healing began with an interest in Kung-Fu at the age of 14. He still practices martial arts multiple times a week. -- Kenton Sefcik, Dip.Ac, Dip.TCM, R.Ac kentonsefcik.com Cost: $40 for the day. CECs: One credit per session (Three for the day) Register here: http://www.nsfitness.ca/event-4156605

Free webinar being put on by our good friends over at Medexn Fitness Institute! This webinar will be eligible for a CEC. More info and registration here: https://us02web.zoom.us//1116170/WN_qlO9ablBT0OZ3mUm_QaRFQ

Heads up! The NSFA Aqua Fitness Leader course is now open for registration! Course takes place Friday, April 9 (evening), Saturday April 10 and Sunday April 11 (day time), at the Captain William Spry pool. http://www.nsfitness.ca/event-4241449

As we are sure most of you have heard by now, the Government of Nova Scotia has made the decision to close all gyms (and other establishments) in the HRM "from Hubbards to and including, Porters Lake and the communities up to Elmsdale and Mount Uniacke in Hants County." This affects so many of us whether it is through your occupation or your own personal physical activity. Hopefully this 2 week shut down will be enough to curb the spread and we can all go back to doing what ...we love in a safe and effective manner. Here is an article outlining the shut down which is effective midnight Wednesday night. Stay safe everyone! https://globalnews.ca//nova-scotia-update-coronavirus-cov/

The Student of the Year Award is awarded to the student who achieves the highest mark, by percentage, on any NSFA exam written in the past year. The 2020 recipient of Student of the year is Luc Ringuette from Hopewell, Nova Scotia! Luc has recently re-located and has joined Fitness New Brunswick and we wish him the best of luck there. The Community Impact Award will be awarded to an NSFA member in good standing who uses their fitness skills in a volunteer capacity (over and... above their paid work) to the betterment of their community. Nominees for this award must complete a nomination form and have letters from 2 references regarding their volunteer work. The 2020 recipient of the Community Impact award is Ocean Samuel of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ocean created the curriculum and student manual for our MBL (Mind & Body Leader) course. Thank you Ocean! See more

Following today's AGM, here is your new NSFA Board!

We have three former board members to thank, Robinson Myers, Kaycie Lane, and Debra Tanner. Robinson was our Vice President and was instrumental in handling the relationship with the NSFA and various gym owners across Nova Scotia during the Covid re-opening process with our government. Kaycie made a great impact on the NSFA first as the PR Rep and later as the interim President. Her work has been instrumental in improving our social media & marketing presence and in moving... the NSFA’s training to online formats. Debra did 2 terms as our member at large and while she did many, many things her legacy is our annual Christmas Card campaign to political and industry leaders. She is continuing this campaign and is working on it right now! Thank you Robinson, Kaycie, & Debra!!

We hope to see lots of members this Sunday for our Annual General Meeting! Lots of updates and info to hear!

The Personal Trainer course is coming up in November! Learn to go beyond the RT/GEL/OAL Level skills and work with clients who need more specialized fitness training. http://www.nsfitness.ca/event-3966089