Barb Batson Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Tn, Us

Ashland City, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

2014 Lifetime Achievement award recipient. Aqua instructor, personal trainer, mentor, provider of support to further the industry.

Fun & Fitness Travel Club specializes in hosted exercise cruises for active adults, nlt 30 years of age, most members are 50+. Our hosts are currently certified exercise instructors and our member/guests are the participants in our hosts' home town exercise classes and their friends. As Fitness Host Coordinator I seek currently certified exercise instructors who would like to lead their hometown class aboard a luxury cruise ship - RCCL or Celerity. For more info view www.fun-fitness.com then be in touch - 800 500 8905.

As ATRI On-site Education Liaison I work with facilities providing aqua therapy to bring premier continuing education to their worksite. The goal is to expand team knowledge base to better serve those in their care.

I currently provide continuing education courses for aquatic professionals through ATRI, Your Leading Source of Multidisciplinary Aquatic Therapy Education. My specialties - aquatics for those living w/MS, arthritis, fibromyalgia, pregnancy and the business of aquatics. I have presented for ATRI in LasVegas, NV. Sanibel FL, Orlando FL, and Washington DC. In addition I serve as coordinator for the ATRI Management Committee and seek input from aquatic professionals (particularly pool managers, supervisors and owners). Our mission is to collect and disseminate ideas from facility building, to staff, to water chemistry to marketing and more.I began many years ago supporting ATRI Symposiums and Conferences as a a speaker assistant. I am honored to have progressed to be of greater service to the aquatic industry through my relationship with ATRI.

Dayani Center/Vanderbilt Medical Center Campus

I offer group exercise classes to promote wellness for active adults and those returning to activity: Aquatic exercise, gentle, for special populations Aquatic exercise aerobic ai chi Arthritis Foundation Aqua Land exercise in and around a chair Self Help Workshop for pain management Aqua Personal Training w/focus on older adult clients and neurological diagnosis - stroke, PD, MS

Fiftyforward By The Fairgrounds

I lead group x classes for people diagnosed w/PD and their caregivers. The class includes safe movement activities to enhance mobility, strength, endurance, flexibility with a focus on fun and conversation to encourage socialization and raise awareness of the nuances of PD through the support of one another.

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I lead AF Aqua and land based exercise classes as defined in the evidence based program designed by the Arthritis Foundation at a variety of locations currently including Vanderbilt Dayani Center and Provision Retirement community. Previously, Easter Seals, Gordon Jewish Community Center, Belmont Village, Wellness Center @ Baptist, Centennial SportsPlex, YMCA. .

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Dayani Center I

I provide AF Aqua, Exericse and Self Help classes in my Nashville e community and train others to do the same for AF Aqua and Self Help as needed.

Keep abreast of the most current exercise interventions to help those living w/MS retain or regain the mobility to live life to the fullest. Lead group x classes and provide personal training for those living w/MS. Train other fitness professionals to do the same.

Proudly maintain certification and fine tune skillset to assure the best in aqua exercise programs for those I serve. Provide continuing education and contribute articles on aqua fitness subjects to enhance the efficacy of group x colleagues.

The Club House At Provision Living Hermitage Tn

I lead the evidence based Arthritis Foundation Exercise program as approved by the Arthritis Foundation for a group of active adult residents of the Provision Villas, Assisted Living and the surrounding community who would benefit from arthritis exercise. Key to the success of this class is FUN. To join us call Marianne Harter 615 885 9989.

Nashville Tn

Provide group x classes, primarily aquatic, for active older adults, pre natal and general populations.

Nashville Tn

I research and write a monthly fitness article for this publication targeting the active older adult population.

I was encouraged to begin teaching aquatic exercise at the Harding Place Y by my class instructor. I became certified and also taught at Donelson, Green Hills, Murfreesboro, NorthWest, and Downtown branches. I was also introduced to Arthritis Foundation Programs while at the Y and have gone on to become an AF trainer for Aquatics and Self Help. I will always remember with appreciation the good start to my wellness career I recieved at the Middle TN YMCA and would like to connect with other Y aqua instructors to exhange expertise and network.

Sail Certification, Aoa Fall Prevention, Successfully Completed

Healthy Aging Strategies & Techniques Of Cognative Training, Completion

Activities and Societies: Memory Ambassadors of TNMemory Training Academy 7/20 - 24/15 begins a healthy aging program using strategies &.

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