Aston Academy
Education and training for fitness professionals.
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Are you tired of working long hours as a trainer in your business and find it impossible to start working on it?
Are you struggling to retain clients/members?
Do you want to develop a reputation in the industry for excellence?
Bringing more than 20 years experience in the health and fitness industry to fruition, Donna and her Principal Trainer, Matt, have created a comprehensive business assessment tool, solution report and advanced training/mentor program for gym and studio owners, single-person operators and mobile training operations to help you whip your business into shape!
For enquiries, please email us at education@donnaaston.com
CIRQ: BODY TRAINING SYSTEM – instructors CEC workshop
The CIRQ body training system (1403) was developed by Donna Aston and gymnast/performance artist, Shannon McGurgan. It is currently used extensively and with great success by all trainers at the Donna Aston Fitness studios. The Donna Aston studios have been fitted out and designed to cater for advanced teaching of this method of training, using equipment such as roman rings, tissue, crash mats, trapeze and parallel bars. While this equipment is a great (and relatively inexpensive) addition to any training facility, your body weight is really the only 'tool' necessary for the introduction of CIRQ - developed to bring the fun back into training for trainers and clients alike.
As a fitness professional, the addition of CIRQ to your repertoire will help you and your clients shift your training to the next level, developing skills and results previously never considered possible.
This is a Fitness Australia Approved program
Full-day workshops run intermittently throughout the year. Enquire today
Shannon McGurgan
Co-creator of CIRQ: Body Training System
Shannon began his performance life as a gymnast and has since moved through a huge range of circus skills during the 15 years he has been performing. These skills include double and solo trapeze, hand to hand acrobatics, solo and double straps, fire manipulation, Chinese poles and clowning.
He has performed all over Australia including shows with The Robinson's Family Circus in Perth and Canberra, 12 months on tour with Circus Royale in 2006, Shows as part of The Melbourne Festival, The Adelaide Fringe and The Sydney Mardi Gras as well as corporate shows in most Australian Capitals. Internationally he has performed in the USA, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey and China.
His current projects include Circus Trick Tease, www.circustricktease.com which is a small circus company based in Melbourne that parodies a traditional circus. The show includes acrobatics, handstands, feats of strength, singing and dancing. He is also Director of 'Shaggles Magic Circus World' which draws on all of Shannon's skills and experience to create a circus wherever it goes.
As a Cirq (level 1) qualified trainer, you can expect to leave this workshop with the following:
  • New and exciting skills to begin teaching your existing clients, or indeed to attract new clients
  • A solid foundation of the biomechanics involved in basic acrobatic skills
  • Confident spotting and instruction of basic Cirq skills
  • Knowledge of a system of progress used to successfully condition your client and safely integrate Cirq into your clients training
  • An understanding of what level these skills can advance to over time
  • This is a Fitness Australia Approved Program