Superslow® Roundtables - Learning and Connecting From Your Desk

1st RT	Ken Hutchins, Founder of SuperSlow®: his current thinking, ideas, etc., roundtable discussion about your questions and what is important to you. Thursday, October 10, 2002, 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET. Facilitator: Dr. Philip Alexander.
2nd RT	Gary Lindahl, Physical Therapist and SuperSlow® Master: SuperSlow® strength training for post-rehab and special populations. Have your questions ready for post-rehab, medical diagnosis and health condition customers that you help, or want to help. Gary has worked with 562 rehab, post-rehab and special needs individuals for a total of 14,555 exercise sessions using SuperSlow®. This is relevant for both SuperSlow® Instructors and customers with special needs. Nov 14th, ’02. Facilitator: Ryan Hall, SuperSlow® Master and facility owner.
3rd RT	Gary Anger: SuperSlow® strength training for professional and recreational athletes. Gary is a certified SuperSlow® Instructor, and a professional, Category 1 cyclist who has won 7 State championships and has placed twice at the national level. He has coached 37 state champions in cycling, and over 50 professional athletes in hockey, motocross, tennis, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, crew, and power lifting. Adapt SuperSlow® total body conditioning to an athlete’s skill specific training. Ensure that different metabolic demands, in an athlete’s sport, positively impact (not adversely impact) their recovery, and thus their performance. This is relevant for both SS instructors and customers who are athletes that practice SuperSlow®. Dec. 12th, ’02. Facilitator: Lou Abato, SuperSlow® Master and facility owner.
4th RT	Doug McGuff, MD. Discussion of two of his most recent articles. Dr. McGuff became interested in exercise at the age of 15 when he first read Arthur Jones' Nautilus Training Bulletin No. 2. His interest in exercise and biology led him into a career in medicine. In 1989, he graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio and went on to train in Emergency Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock where he served as Chief Resident. From there, Dr. McGuff served as Faculty in the Wright State University Emergency Medicine Residency and was a staff Emergency Physician at Wright-Patterson AFB Hospital. Throughout his career Dr. McGuff maintained his interest in high intensity exercise, and in 1997, he became interested in SuperSlow® and became friends with its inventor, Ken Hutchins. Doug realized a lifelong dream when he opened Ultimate Exercise in November, 1997. Dr. McGuff and his associate Clay Brunson continue to explore the limits of exercise through their personal training clients at Ultimate Exercise. Jan. 09, '03. Facilitator: Ryan Hall, SuperSlow® Master and facility owner.
5th RT	Philip J. Blount, MD. The Effects of SuperSlow® Training on Strength Parameters in College Aged Males. "Exercise is the most frequently used modality in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation not only for its health benefits, but also for treatment and prevention of specific neuro-musculoskeletal disorders. During the last two decades, the physiology of exercise and its therapeutic effectiveness have received significant attention in scientific literature. Unfortunately, compliance rates with exercise programs are dismally low. The American College of Sports Medicine published a mere 50% of patients who are prescribed exercise are compliant after 6 months. Time commitment appears to be the most common factor leading to exercise noncompliance. A protocol with equivalent outcomes and reduced time commitment may enhance both compliance and offer an alternative in physiatric exercise prescription. The purpose my study was to compare strength parameters of brief, infrequent, low velocity isotonic resistance training using a SuperSlow® protocol (SSP) in comparison to the traditional adult fitness prescription. Study design, methods, results and conclusions will be discussed at the SuperSlow® RoundTable on February 13, 2003." - Philip J. Blount, MD Feb 13, '03. Facilitator: Ryan Hall
6th RT	Ryan Hall. Skeletal muscle has the ability to adapt to the specific demands placed upon it. Muscle is composed of various motor units, classified by different physiological characteristics. These characteristics, along with neurological efficiency, determine an individual's fatigue response. However, the plasticity of muscle allows for a wide range of adaptability. Currently there is disagreement in the scientific community concerning the nature of these specific fiber type adaptations in response to exercise training. The purpose of this discussion is to examine the research concerning motor unit characteristics, skeletal muscle fiber type adaptations, and the metabolic basis of fatigue relating to SuperSlow® high intensity exercise. Topics include: - The motor unit - Motor unit classification and characteristics - Fiber type adaptations to increased use - Fiber type adaptations to decreased use - Stimulus for strength and hypertrophy - Metabolic/enzymatic adaptations - Antagonistic exercise stimuli - Application to high intensity strength training An understanding of this research will allow the trainer to directly apply these principles in order to optimize results from high intensity strength training. This will also allow the trainer to effectively communicate with clients, patients, and medical professionals as to what physiological changes will occur with SuperSlow® at the cellular level.
7th RT	Susan Cukiernik, RD. To provide a fresh approach to the accepted values of traditional nutrition, raise the status of wellness by design and bring nutrition into the realm of everyday life with a focus on natural and clean foods. Principles are designed to enhance body fat reduction, metabolic conditioning and lifestyle management through the use of extensive behavior techniques and long term compliance utilizing self-motivated discipline, physiological shifts and changes in taste acuity. OUTLINE: Approaches to Nutrition- Pros and Cons - Calories - High protein - Bars Shakes etc. - Raw foods Core Fundamentals - Patterns of Behavior - Established Eating Habits - Systematic Failure New Methodology and Protocols for Success - Producing Results - Systematic Eating Approach - Nutrition Delivery System 21ST CENTURY NUTRITION Susan Cukiernik, R.D. Ms. Cukiernik is the founder and president of 21ST Century Nutrition, a medical marketing and nutrition-consulting firm. She brings 18 years of experience serving as a nutrition and professional consultant to individuals, small business owners, corporations and medical facilities. Susan has developed and managed nutrition services for physicians, corporations and fitness facilities as well as community outreach programs. Among her accomplishments is the development of a comprehensive nutrition component for the Family Medicine Residency Program at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Ms. Cukiernik created and marketed the Outpatient Nutrition Counseling Service at Community General Hospital in Syracuse, New York. She also developed and implemented Adult and Adolescent Weight Management Behavior Programs as well as Diabetes and Cardiac Education Classes for corporations and hospitals nationwide. Ms. Cukiernik has served as a local board member of the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society and the American Dietetic Association and has been a guest speaker at numerous medical conferences, training seminars and dynamic health workshops. In addition to developing weekly nutrition segments for S.N.N. Cable T.V., she acted as nutrition spokesperson for the Karen Franklin and Jan Gibson morning talk shows and "Midday Live" program with Laura Hand in Syracuse, New York. She has written several news articles speaking out on controversial nutrition issues. Setting up a private practice in 1981, Ms. Cukiernik initiated programs with physicians and fitness facilities as an adjunct to counseling private clients. Susan has authored several manuals on lifestyle management guidelines for dynamic health. Specializing in Medical Nutrition Therapy, Susan received her Bachelor of Science degree as a Clinical Nutrition Specialist from Syracuse University. She completed her clinical rotation at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.
8th RT	RICHARD STUTSMAN, SuperSlow Instructor, Owner of RealExercise, LLC TOPIC: Principles of Effective Instruction - or How to Effectively Teach Your Clients to Extend Their Hips While Contracting Their Abdominals on the SuperSlow Systems Chest Press Subtopics will include: Principles of Effective Instruction · We are, above all, INSTRUCTORS · What we're teaching: Breathing, form, tempo, motor skills, focus, intensity · Errorless learning: The importance of getting it right the first time · The value - and pitfalls - of personal demonstration · Exploiting the "demand characteristics" of your attire, your demeanor, and the studio environment · Questions and discussion About Richard's RoundTable... "I find my background on the principles of learning theory to be helpful as a SuperSlow trainer. I have been able to teach all of my clients to perform these counter-intuitive contractions within 5 minutes of mounting the machine with very few instances of them getting it wrong next time. My technique utilizes various aspects of learning theory (and teaching practice) having to do with the shaping of skills and "errorless learning". The idea of errorless learning is to somehow prevent the student from making incorrect responses (a.k.a. "discrepancies") the first time he or she performs an exercise. This requires a bit of coaching and anticipation of each client's natural tendencies. The maxim that "we learn from our mistakes" cannot be more wrong. We learn far better if we can avoid making mistakes in the first place - and especially if we can perform a task perfectly - slowly and with coaching, if necessary - the first time. When mistakes are made the first time we attempt to do something, we then must spend quite a bit of practice time unlearning the wrong way and learning the right way to do it." About Richard: "On April 8, 2002, Richard officially opened RealExercise, LLC, a licensed SuperSlow studio in Atlanta, Georgia. RealExercise sports six major pieces of exercise equipment manufactured by SuperSlow Systems, Inc. and one (a preacher curl) manufactured by Nautilus." After studying the SuperSlow protocol and philosophy for about a year, Richard received his Level I SuperSlow Certification from Ken Hutchins on March 23, 2002, at the SuperSlow Exercise Guild in Altamonte Springs, Florida. On April 8, 2002, Richard received delivery of five pieces of SuperSlow Systems exercise equipment and officially opened RealExercise, LLC, a licensed SuperSlow studio in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard earned a BA degree with Honors from the University of Florida in 1967. While attending graduate school at UF he designed and taught an innovative senior-level course in operant behavior and completed most of a Master's degree program in experimental psychology with an emphasis on learning theory before embarking on other very interesting life adventures. These included communal living in central Virginia, teaching "emotionally disturbed" children in Maryland, and working as an engineering lab technician at a Motorola Communications facility in the Chicago suburbs. In 1982 he founded what was to become a successful mail order computer matching service called ComQuest in Palatine, Illinois, employing 5 people during its zenith and serving over 25,000 clients. In 1993 Richard enjoyed a 4-year "sabbatical" in Westwood, California, during which time he survived the Norridge earthquake and started a computer bulletin board system called WorldWorks Symposium (just when the Internet was starting to take off). He then moved to Atlanta in late 1996 and worked for a hotel chain helping develop, test, and support the hotels' multimedia training materials."
9th RT	SUPERSLOW INSTRUCTOR PANEL TOPIC: A small panel of speakers that are all top-performing SuperSlow® instructors who personally deliver 80 to 120 sessions per week. The purpose of this RoundTable session is to assist SuperSlow® instructors and facility owners in understanding how they can deliver that volume of sessions while sustaining quality and producing results. SUPERSLOW® INSTRUCTOR PANELISTS ARE: Ken Hutchins Gary Anger Lou Gardner Ryan Hall Rick Stafford
10th RT	SUPERSLOW INSTRUCTOR PANEL - CONTINUED FROM JUNE TOPIC: A small panel of speakers that are all top-performing SuperSlow® instructors who personally deliver 80 to 120 sessions per week.
11th RT	Your Client’s RESULTS – The Art & Science of Measurable and Qualifiable Results Some of the topics that might be of interest to you are: What could ‘measurable and qualifiable results’ mean? Why you might have stated results with your clients; why you might not want to have stated results with your clients. Measurable results standards and criteria : in terms of strength gains and health, body composition, and ‘being fit’ indicators. What might be the measurement standards, criteria and protocols. What might effective measurement tools/devices. Qualifiable results that make explicit what is important and valuable to client. How nutrition/diet is an essential component for measurable results in body composition. How this is ‘system-based’ as opposed to ‘person-based.’ How often these are ‘checked’ (audited); the basis of the ‘check in’ (audit). Key factors for success for the SuperSlow® Instructor and the client. Factors that sabotage or put at risk an effective and efficient audit for the SuperSlow® Instructor and the client.
12th RT	SuperSlow & Golf Panelists: Gary Lindahl, PT Ray Larsen Tim Rankin Tasso Kiriakes Some of the topics that may be discussed are: How SuperSlow® assists golfers How SuperSlow® can assist injured golfers Systemic strength versus skill conditioning What is an ideal workout routine (and equipment) used for golfers and injured golfers? Results in their golf game that SuperSlow® helps them to achieve. Helping your customers see the value SuperSlow® is in their golf game. This, in turn, gives them an added reason to continue SuperSlow®.

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