Category: Client Programming
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Less Talk, More Pilates: Part 2 of 3
Segmenting & Variety With clients who are determined to remain unfocused there is often a frustrating result of anxious energy overlapped by the slowing of time. And it can throw off your planned programming and focus. Consider shaping the hour to include a broader level of programming; one that incorporates several pieces of equipment that…
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Learning from our clients’ lived experiences to create better Pilates workouts.
Pilates practitioners are always game to learn more about the body in order to give clients the best workouts possible; from anatomy classes to other, complementing movement modalities, most Pilates instructors remain students at some level. But what about learning to think critically about the embodied experience of an aging client? Or a client for…
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Less Talk, More Pilates: Part 1 of 3.
As Pilates instructors, we fill a specific niche in personal training. We’re working both body and mind, but also strengthening our clients’ self-awareness, spatial control and coordination with a variety of learning techniques. Verbal cues can help clients learn to listen better while mental imagery and visualization are skills that will circle back to help…