2026 3-DAY FUNCTIONAL TRAINING SUMMIT
2026 3-DAY FUNCTIONAL TRAINING SUMMIT
PETE DUPUIS •Co-Founder of Cressey Sports
MARK FISHER •Built and Sold NYC’s Mark Fisher Fitness ($34m in sales, Inc 500)
Performance, off-season training home to 500+ MLB affiliated athletes since 2007 •Over 15 years of fitness industry experience, and a profound appreciation for the nitty-gritty realities of managing a fitness facility •Accountability Coach at Business For Unicorns, consulting service provider to 125+ gyms around the world Reassuringly Expensive: Using Behavioral Science to Price, Sell, and Scale Your Fitness Services Most gym owners think pricing problems are revenue prob- lems. They’re usually perception problems. This presenta- tion explores how cognitive biases shape buying decisions, why “being affordable” often backfires, and how to align your pricing, sales language, and rate increases with how people actually make decisions. (Lecture Only) Chicago TODD DURKIN MA, CSCS •CEO & Co-Founder, IMPACT-X Performance Fitness, Recovery, & Coaching Franchise •Founder & Leader of the Todd Durkin Mastermind for Fitness Pros & Entrepreneurs •Best-selling author of 6 books, including his latest book, Coaching Greatness •Host of the Todd Durkin IMPACT SHOW podcast Creating Max Impact In Your Business, Team, & Life Are you ready to step even deeper into the world of high- performance in fitness, business, coaching, leadership, and LIFE? This session is all about maximizing the latest cutting edge techniques and strategies to improve your business acumen, marketing, and leadership in order to create greater results, revenue, and IMPACT. This includes a deep-dive on your “7-P’s to Success”, as well as “Developing your legend- ary SELF” where Todd shares his gameplan to maximize your own health, vitality, and personal growth. This is a can’t miss talk & coaching session! #BuckleUp (Lecture Only) TD’s Impact-X Workout This is Todd’s signature motivational & empowering work- out that will be one of the best sessions of your entire life. It will be a vintage session that combines a complete body, mind, and soul approach and that is wildly spreading across the U.S. This session will be a high-energy and high-touch, and will make you feel like a “VIP” just being in the room. Additionally, Todd integrates his “10-steps of an Extraordi- nary Trainer” approach in this workout so you can leave with actionable-items that you can integrate into your sessions immediately. This is a can’t miss session that truly generates the “X” factor! (Hands-On Only) Long Beach, Providence
•Founder of Business for Unicorns and Business Coach to over 150 Gym Owners •Investor and Franchisee in Alloy Personal Training •Featured in the New York Times, Forbes, the Wall St Journal, Men’s Health,TEDx 5 Things The Best Gym Owners Do Differently Mark Fisher built and sold a gym that generated $34 million over 13 years and has since coached hundreds of gym owners around the world. In this talk, he pulls back the curtain on what actually separates top-performing gym owners from everyone else, based on real data and real results from the owners succeeding in 2026. Whether you’re a trainer build- ing your career, a coach looking to level up, or an owner ready to grow, you’ll leave with concrete takeaways you can act on immediately. You’ll learn what’s actually happening inside the world’s best gyms and leave with a roadmap to build a fitness business and a life you love. (Lecture Only) Long Beach, Providence VINCENT GABRIELE MS, CSCS, IYCA •Business Coach to 139 of the best gyms in America •Author of The Ultimate Guide To Small Group Personal Training •Founder of Gabriele Fitness in New Jersey •Host of the #1 ranked fitness business podcast in the world (The FBU Podcast) The 8 Profit Levers: How To Make More Money In the Fitness Business If you want to get more clients and make more money from your fitness business in 2026...skipping this lecture is unfor- givable. Vince will go over the 8 levers to pull so you can help grow the profits of your business and enjoy more freedom in your life. (Lecture Only) Providence
SUE FALSONE PT, DPT, MS, SCS, ATC, CSCS*D, COMT •President & Founder: Structure & Function Education •Owner: Falsone Consulting; Current consultant to professional athletes and professional sport organizations •Senior Advisor on Return to Performance, Los Angeles Dodgers •Author: Bridging the Gap from Rehab to Performance Strategies for Restoring Soft-Tissue Health After Injury If your clients or patients deal with calf, hamstring, quad or groin muscle strains, this session is for you! How do we go from a soft tissue injury to a strong recovery? Come to this session to find out! Sue will discuss anatomical, biomechan- ics and neurological factors in soft tissue injuries. She will use a combination of research and clinical experience to address potential causes, diagnoses, evaluations, interventions, and progressions to get your patients back to the playing field strong and more resilient, decreasing your risk for re-injury. Long Beach
ADAM FEIT PHD, CSCS, SCCC •Program Director of the Applied Exercise Science program and Strength and Conditioning Fieldwork Coordinator for Springfield College •Co-Owner of TF Performance
•Former NFL and Division I Strength Coach and Nutrition Coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, Eastern Michigan University, University of Louisville, and The Citadel From Mental Reps to Max Effort: Integrating Sport Psychology Within the Health and Fitness Industry Come join Dr. Adam Feit and explore how mindset, self- talk, and expectations influence client effort, intent, and the transfer of training. He will examine coaching communica- tion and feedback methods that enhance intrinsic motiva- tion and client autonomy. In this session you will implement performance drills and reflection strategies that strengthen client focus and consistency within the chaos of life. Long Beach
SARAH FISCHER- REYNOLDS
JOHN FARKAS •Founder and owner of Blue Ocean Fitness •Owner of 4 Alloy Personal Training studios •Oversees a team of coaches serving 700+ clients and over 50,000 personal training sessions a year
• CEO & Co-Founder of Functional Effect Fitness & Rehabilitation, an integrative wellness center in the suburbs of Chicago •24 years experience as a strength nutrition/health coach, 16 as a gym owner • Creator of Balance 2 Breakthrough, an 8-week program designed to help clients redefine their relationship with stress, restore balance to their body and create a breakthrough in their results. •Health Consultant for investment banking firms like BMO Capital Markets Deep Health: The “Secrets” to Battling Client Burnout & Managing Chronic Stress Sarah offers attendees a glimpse into the science of stress, an ex- planation of Polyvagal Theory and the “rainbarrel effect” as well as the profound effects chronic stress can have on all aspects of our health. From an explanation of the different types of stress, the effect these stressors can have on our health, to the practi- cal tips to start moving the needle in the right direction, she will share the information that has helped countless Functional Ef- fect clients get off the hamster wheel of chronic stress and start restoring balance to their health and life. She will leave attendees with actionable steps toward better serving their clientele. Providence
JENA GATSES PT, LMT, SFMA, CSCS •Owner of Scientific Fitness
•Former Physical Therapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach for 6 NASCAR Teams •Performance Coach & Injury Specialist for Pro Sports Teams, Pro Athletes, UFC, X-Games, Motocross, USA Cycling Team and Elite CEO’s and celebrities Doing Less, Getting More: How Precision Improves Performance & Recovery Learn to use breath and autonomic control, rib–pelvis stack- ing/pressure management, and coordination progressions to raise output, speed recovery, and reduce soft-tissue risk— without adding more work. Chicago
•Over 23 years of fitness industry experience Creating Raving Fans and Referrals: Deliver a Customer Experience Clients Can’t Stop Talking About
Most personal trainers start with a passion for helping oth- ers- only to find themselves constantly chasing clients and struggling to fill their schedule. But what if you never had to “sell” again? In this session, John will break down the strate- gies that built Blue Ocean Fitness to over 200 clients- with- out a single dollar spent on marketing- while maintaining an industry leading 97% retention rate. These strategies have since been replicated across 5 locations serving over 700 cli- ents. Learn how to create an unforgettable customer experi- ence that turns clients into your best salespeople. (Lecture Only) Long Beach
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Chicago, IL June 18-20 | Long Beach, CA July 9-11 | Providence, RI August 20-22
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