Pilates Instructor Workshop: Deconstructing the Advanced Reformer Repertoire
Are there exercises you learned during your teacher training that you haven’t done or tried to teach since? Do you find it difficult to imagine your clients performing Snake or Star on the Reformer? This instructor workshop is built for those of us who want to build the skills needed to teach our clients the entire repertoire of Reformer exercises created by Joseph Pilates, even Russian Squats!
Join Hayley and Keirsten of Long + Lean Pilates in an exploration of what keeps us from teaching the advanced Classical Pilates Reformer exercises. The workshop will break down 7 advanced exercises from the classical Reformer repertoire and flesh out:
- Obstacles that make the exercise challenging
- Elements of each exercise
- How to teach each element
- Preparatory exercises
- Step-by-step progressions into each exercise
- Modifications
- How to build a class that works up to the exercise
You will leave this workshop with the ability to progress your clients through the entire Reformer repertoire, including advanced exercises, and find variety and challenging content for your classes within the original work. The workshop will take place on Sunday April 28th, 2019 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at Long + Lean Pilates. Reserve your spot here.
I started teaching some casual Pilates classes a few months ago but it’s a struggle to meet the needs of everyone in the group when I have members of my class at different stages of learning and different tastes in terms of the intensity of the class. Do you have any advice on how to strike a balance between the two while allowing people to progress at their own pace?
Yes! We love breaking more advanced exercises down into progressions. For example, teaching Back Rowing with first just bicep curls, then adding a hinge back, then progressing to the whole exercise. This way they’re getting plenty of reps and “work” and the people who aren’t ready to jump to the full exercise can stay at the step they are comfortable with and still be moving and building the skills they need for the next exercise. Hope that’s helpful!