Category: Client Programming

Why good posture matters

Client Programming, Exercise Tips & Tools, Fitness Studios Toronto, Pilates Exercises, Understanding Pilates

Many times, clients are referred to Pilates to strengthen specific joints or target muscle groups that have become weak, tight and inhibited. Lower back is one common area of concern as are hips and shoulders. But often, they’ll find that before their instructor starts to train and strengthen the area they want to improve, they’ll hone…
Rethinking Pilates Ballet Stretches on the Cadillac: Mobilizing the Hip.

Client Programming, Fitness Studios Toronto, Pilates Exercises, Pilates Instructor Education, Pilates Teaching Tips

Inspired by the possibilities of movement found in the Ballet Stretches, we’re adding different pulls of resistance, some Gyrotonic-inspired movement and a focus on mobilizing the hips through extension, rotation and abduction. Try all three movements, then take your clients to a sequence that demands standing, transfer of weight, balance and proprioception. OR! Integrate exercises…
How we learn

Client Programming, Pilates Instructor Education, Pilates Teaching Tips, Understanding Pilates

If you’re new to Pilates, you might be realizing that there are a few things you didn’t know you could or couldn’t do. For example, there might be a balance sequence where you discover how easy it is to stand on one leg and do an overhead reach. But balance on the other leg? Forget…

Why good posture matters