Camp is Over. Videos are coming!
MSFC Training Camp | December 2nd & 3rd | Location: HILTON Palm Springs, CA
Join us for an in-depth journey into how diet, exercise and self care can transform your life with MS. Learn from influential speakers who prove, every day, that you can live a happy, healthy and productive life, even with this devastating disease. Experience a one of a kind OptimalBody Training workout designed by David Lyons specifically for MSers at any level.
Participants will enjoy lectures from people who not only research the effects of diet and exercise on MS, but who also live with the disease.
THERE IS NO OTHER EVENT LIKE THIS ONE FOR MS.
Don’t miss the opportunity to spend the weekend with other MSers from all over the country (and internationally) learning from award winning MS experts in a hands on atmosphere.
The event is open to anyone from anywhere who wants to spend a weekend in beautiful Palm Springs, California!
AND… ONE lucky attendee will win the
An $899 retail value!
To join our AMAZING SPONSORS and support this event, please email david@msfitnesschallenge.org.
Want to know what to expect?
Check out how the first Training Camp went in Boise. This camp will cover many of the same topics AND MORE. Space is limited. Don’t wait to reserve your spot!
Schedule of Events
9am-10am MS FRIENDLY BREAKFAST
10am — 11:15am PST
RAFFLE FOR GIVEAWAY
MS LIFESTYLE with Shanna Ferrigno, Behavioral Coach
Staying Empowered While Living with MS
4 Empowering steps to feeling more in control emotionally and mentally – starting today.
– 15-minute break –
11:30am — 1pm PST
FITNESS with David Lyons and Angie Gensler:
Follow us as we take you through LOWER BODY exercises using resistance bands and the OptimalBody Training Program for MS.
Short leg resistance bands at all levels will be provided AT NO COST!
– 60-minute MS FRIENDLY lunch break –
2:00pm — 4:00pm PST
FITNESS with David Lyons and Angie Gensler:
Follow us as we take you through UPPER BODY exercises using resistance bands and the OptimalBody Training Program for MS.
Motivation for following through and sticking with an exercise program.
Training Camp ending thoughts.
Resistance bands at all levels with handles and leg straps will be provided AT NO COST!
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Featured Speakers
David Lyons
Co-Founder of the MS Fitness Challenge, BS, CPT, National Fitness Hall of Fame Inductee
Founder of the MS Bodybuilding Challenge and co-founder of the MS Fitness Challenge (MSFC) with wife Kendra, David has dedicated his life to helping people with MS understand the importance of fitness. He is the recipient of the National MS Society Milestone Award, Health Advocate of the Year Award, Health Advocate Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Fitness Inspiration Award, and inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame. David was recently given Social Health Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award for chronic conditions/MS advocacy.
Shanna Ferrigno
National Speaker and Author
Daughter of the famed bodybuilder and actor, Lou Ferrigno, Shanna has been a health and fitness educator and behavioral coach for over a decade. She has helped balance thousands of people’s lives through her work as a lifestyle coach. Traveling throughout the world, Shanna motivates her audiences everywhere she goes to take on the challenge of healthy living.
Matt Rowe, BA
Matt Rowe, BA, is an All-American Triathlete, Certified Health Coach, meditation practitioner, Reiki master, TEDx speaker, Author of Belief to Heal, and father of two. In 2010, Matt healed himself from a paralyzed leg to finish the infamous Ironman triathlon, reversed daily activity of TIAs (also known as “mini-strokes”), and recovered from debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) to live his best life. He is the founder of Identity of Health wellness coaching, founder of the Symptom Free MS Summit and hosts the Identity of Health podcast. A lover of Self and life, Matt lives in Colorado and travels nationally to speak on Belief, healing, and possibility.
Angie Gensler
ISSA Personal Trainer and NFPT MS Fitness Specialist, OptimalBody Fitness Training Program Coach
After quietly managing Multiple Sclerosis, focusing on daily self-care for 13 years, I met David Lyons of MS Fitness Challenge 4 years ago and realized I could do more. MSFC helped me recognize the deficits in my daily routines. With mentorship in proper nutrition, fitness and mindset, along with optimal supplementation, I have developed a daily regimen of self-care to become the best version of myself today. Sharing what I have learned and being a positive influence of change for others living with MS has been life changing. Proud to be named a coach for David’s OptimalBody Fitness Training Program to make a true impact in the MS Community.
Melissa Rose, AFMC, INHC, AADP
Melissa’s own journey with Multiple Sclerosis, diagnosis and recovery, has empowered her to become a sought-after clinician and committed investigative partner serving individuals who have chronic or autoimmune conditions. She has been working in the autoimmune community as a Practitioner, advocate, speaker and educator since 2017. Her education includes the School of Applied Functional Medicine, Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Functional Nutrition Lab, with certifications from American Association of Drugless Practitioners, Human Research and Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel from Weill Cornell Medical College.
Amy Schwartz
ISSA Personal Trainer and NFPT MS Fitness Specialist
In 2016, in the middle of pursuing her nursing degree, Amy had her first known MS attack. After spending years in and out of the hospital and months in bed from relapses and depression, Amy made a conscious decision she was no longer going to allow MS to take her down any longer. She was going to fight back with everything she had! A Massage Therapist for 20 years and Certified Nursing Assistant in her past careers, Amy is well educated with the body and has a huge passion for helping others. With all this, Amy’s hope is to inspire and help as many people as she can to overcome their physical, emotional and mental limitations.
“I am grateful and honored to be a part of such an amazing team of people filled with passion in helping others achieve and live their best life with MS.”
MS Fitness Challenge reserves the right to change the speaker lineup due to scheduling conflicts and other events out of the control of the charity.
MS Fitness Challenge is proudly partnered with the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, EMD Serono and our other generous sponsors:
MSFC TRAINING CAMP SPONSORS
This event is made possible by the support from our proud sponsors who stand with us on the importance of fitness for battling MS.
If you are interested in joining our other sponsors to be part of the 2023 Training Camp, email david@msfitnesschallenge.org for more info.
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OptimalBody hosts free online training camps, as well as a subscription program with instructional workout videos and direct advice from David, himself. Make fitness a year round commitment.
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