Pilates Certification Courses: An Overview

Pilates Exercises have been getting more and more attention from
lots of people. Since its introduction to the American
Population in the 1910′s, the exercise technique invented by the
German national Joseph Pilates has caught the attention of
millions of Americans to date. Pilates first started with simple
springs attached to hospital beds for his first Pilates machine,
and since then the machines, as well as the techniques used have
improved so well. Pilates also has his share of students, who
continued his “teachings” his studio and his work. Nowadays, the
modern day Pilates instructor, need only a certification, that
they indeed have the proper training to supervise a safe and
effective Pilates class. Pilates certifications are offered by a
vast number of firms that aside from offering Pilates
certifications also hold classes for practitioners.

A Pilates Certification course basically consists of the
different basic techniques in the Pilates exercise, as well as
good positioning, machine work and mat exercises.

The first Pilates certification course that would probably be
taught in a typical Pilates Certification class is basic matwork
exercises. These are beginner and intermediate level matwork
classes after which, you will be certified to teach beginner or
intermediate level Pilates Class. You won’t need a machine for
Pilates matwork, which make it the highest in demand because, if
you’re planning on teaching Pilates for a living, you can easily
start on a low budget, and teach Pilates without using Machines.

The second topic in your Pilates certification course may
probably be standing Pilates; this like mat Pilates doesn’t need
machines as well, but may take a bit more experience to learn
because of the complicated position of standing upright, most
Pilates certification schools do not teach standing Pilates
until after the trainee has a certification in matwork Pilates.

After standing Pilates, is advanced matwork Pilates. The Pilates
certification for advanced matwork, is given later because as
its name says, it is advanced, meaning more difficult moves,
which entails a higher probability of someone making a mistake.
It is therefore crucial that the instructor to be is well
trained before he gets an advanced matwork Pilates certification.

After the non equipment courses, the next course for Pilates
certification would be the apparatus courses, where you’ll be
certified as an instructor for certain machines. First, the
would-be instructor is trained with the basic Pilates equipment,
Cadillac, reformer, circle, and barrels. After the course, you
will have a Pilates certification for apparatus. Some schools
offer standing apparatus Pilates certification, as a separate
training program from basic apparatus training, if you want to
learn it all at once, then you’ll most likely find a
certification firm that will accommodate you.

The last and probably the most complicated one is the training
for people with special cases, like those with back, neck, knee,
shoulder problems. These are more complicated situations and
need more focus on. The only one that probably needs a better
trained instructor would probably be Pilates for rehabilitation.
Yes, Pilates can be used for rehabilitation, but to get a
Pilates certification for rehabilitation, you must be certified
in all the other Pilates techiniques, this is because most
people that need rehabilitaiton are fragile and therefore need
extra care, as well as extra training. After getting a Pilates
certification for every course, the trainees should have the
skills to teach the exercise techniques, as well as its
Pilosophical aspects to practitioners. Some schools even teach
the trainees so that after they finish each course, they will
also have enough skills to modify the exercise techniques to fit
their class’ needs, so that after you train, you can further
improve on the teachniques that we’re taught to you and apply
them as the case may be.

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