Mastering the first Pilates Hour: Assessing your client

Name: Mastering the first Pilates Hour: Assessing your client
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Learn how to assess your Pilates client and increase your hourly rate by providing a monthly report

Created byLynne Broodryk

Last updated 5/2023

English

What you'll learn

Boost your earning potential: Increase your per hour rate by providing a monthly report to all your clients, showcasing your dedication to delivering value.
Build client loyalty: Impress your clients with an impressive analysis of your findings, demonstrating your expertise and commitment to their success.
Learn to identify in-depth movement patterns, gaining a unique skill set that sets you apart from others in your field.
Master the Pilates mat repertoire to effectively correct and improve movement patterns.
Comprehensive core training: Gain knowledge about four out of six core areas related to the spine

Course content

7 sections • 61 lectures • 3h 35m total length

About this course3:54
About me2:32
Course overview2:57
Learn to structure the first Pilates hour, including new client paperwork, quarterly progress reports, three analyses of mat movements, and cueing to correct movement patterns using four cores.

Forms introduction2:46
Print orientation forms and use the online client orientation form and movement cheat sheet, have clients arrive ten minutes early, and perform the postural assessment with anatomy man before movement.
Client orientation form14:18
Anatomy man3:27
Movement cheat sheet1:37
Assess clients using a movement cheat sheet by watching a pelvic curl across four areas—shoulder blade, upper back, lower back, and hip—and mark findings to reveal patterns across exercises.
Additional Learning: Muscle retrain map2:08

Introduction to Beginner Analysis2:23
How to complete the Anatomy man1:24
You will need to print the Movement cheat sheet out for each client. There are 17 movement faults you can look for in each exercise. Here I will show you how to complete it
Client Michelle Marshall's background2:55
Here are the notes about the client's background:

1. Mother
2. Office job
3. Have 10 kids
4. Right hand dominant
5. Right shoulder problem?
6. Right foot dominant
7. Carry baby on right
8. NEED: Tone Abs
9. New to Pilates
10. Look at nutrition
11. Neck pain
12. Shoulder pain
13. Work a lot above shoulder
14. Lower back pain
15. High blood pressure
16. Need to destress
17. Normal, V-back and C-section
Beginner Analysis: Pelvic curl1:02
Beginner Analysis: Supine spine twist0:47
Beginner Analysis: Chest lift with rotation0:39
Beginner Analysis: Leg lifts0:37
Beginner Analysis: Roll up0:59
Beginner Analysis: Spine twist0:48
Beginner Analysis: Front support0:32
Beginner Analysis: Side leg lifts1:03
Beginner Analysis: Swimming0:13
Beginner quiz

Introduction to the Intermediate Analysis1:35
How to complete the Movement Cheat Sheet4:10
Intermediate Analysis: Pelvic curl1:11
Intermediate Analysis: Supine spine twist0:58
Intermediate Analysis: Chest lift with rotation0:49
Intermediate Analysis: Leg lifts0:47
Develop client assessment for the first Pilates hour and analyze intermediate leg lifts to tailor a safe, effective Pilates plan.
Intermediate Analysis: Roll up1:10
Intermediate Analysis: Spine twist0:59
Intermediate Analysis: Front support0:42
Intermediate Analysis: Side leg lifts1:14
Intermediate Analysis: Swimming0:24

Introduction to the Advanced Analysis0:59
Advanced Analysis: Pelvic curl7:02
Advanced Analysis: Supine spine twist5:39
Analyze the supine spine twist by dissociating upper and lower body, monitor 5–10 degree lumbar rotation and 30 degree upper-back rotation, and identify five cheats involving obliques and gluteal muscles.
Advanced Analysis: Chest lift with rotation8:01
Mastering the chest lift with rotation trains dissociation of upper and lower back, engages the internal oblique and lower trapezius, and stabilizes the shoulder blade for clean spinal rotation.
Advanced Analysis: Leg lifts2:20
Advanced Analysis: Roll up2:49
Advanced Analysis: Spine twist5:48
Advanced Analysis: Front support6:01
Advanced Analysis: Side leg lifts4:54
Advanced Analysis: Swimming3:18
Movement cheat sheet results1:16
How to complete the cheat sheet:

1. Add up crosses and write it in on the right
2. Choose the top 3 directions and write it in at MOVEMENTS TO FOCUS ON
3. Open your Muscle retrain map and find the directions on there
4. Write the muscles in under MUSCLES TO WORK ON
5. Sign and date it
6. Take a photo for record
7. Give original to client
Program design tips5:03
Advanced analysis quiz

Introduction to cueing the cheats1:00
Cueing Pelvic curl8:11
Mastering the first Pilates hour teaches cueing pelvic curl by anchoring and flattening the shoulder blades, keeping the neck long, and achieving a neutral spine through hip and rib cues.
Cueing Supine spine twist9:44
Cueing Chest lift with rotation14:19
Cueing Leg changes3:28
Cueing Roll up4:36
Cueing Spine twist4:35
Cueing Front support4:43
Cueing Side leg lifts3:57
Cueing Swimming6:10
Congrats!!0:52

Requirements

Pilates qualification

Description

You have done your Pilates course (YEAY) and now you need a return on investment by teaching clients.

Know how to do the exercises - CHECK
Know how to teach the exercises - CHECK
Know how to assess a client - YOU SAY WHAT????

A Pilates orientation is a must for all new clients! In this session you introduce the principles of Pilates, let them feel where their core muscles are (well, the main core muscles as you are going to learn about 4 other cores in this course), how to breathe and then you get them moving so you can observe their movements and take notes on what you see.

Real learning only starts after your instructor course because it takes years to train your eye to know what you see and how to correct your client. Even experienced instructors (me included) have a moment where you look at a client, you see something is not quite right but you just can't seem to put your finger on it, therefor you will not know how to correct your client.

Your client's first session can be a make or break deal!
= They need feel heard - that you understand their needs.
= They need to feel safe and that Pilates will not be difficult in the beginning until the confidence start to show.
= They need to know that you know what you are doing and know what you are talking about so that you are worth their investment.
= And of course nerves! The client can smell that a mile away. Giving you away that you are a newly qualified instructor.

IT WILL BE MY HONOUR to be your first client! (unpaid of course :) Together we are going to assess my body to see what I'm doing wrong and which muscles should be trained in order to fix the movement.

This course will help you train your eye so we are SLOWLY going to work through 9 mat exercises you already know and this time, you will learn to look deeper. Not only how to correct the client in different situations but also what caused the body to do that in the first place! After this course you will be able to give knowledgeable and impressive feedback of what you observed during their orientation session.

Who this course is for:

Pilates teachers and movement professionals

Mastering the first Pilates Hour: Assessing your client

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Course content

Introduction and about me3 lectures • 9min

Client forms explained5 lectures • 24min

Beginner Exercise Analysis12 lectures • 13min

Anatomy - The 4 cores and their directions7 lectures • 40min

Intermediate Exercise Analysis11 lectures • 14min

Advanced Exercise Analysis12 lectures • 53min

Additional Learning: Corrective cueing for the cheats11 lectures • 1hr 2min

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