Provides you with the solid foundation and skills you need to develop effective and motivating group and personal training programs. At the end of the course you are qualified to design and teach essential and intermediate level matwork classes, integrating small equipment to add variety and to meet the specific needs of your clients. In addition to the general course objectives you learn:

• Workout composition for personal and group training
• Essential, intermediate and power workouts
• Use of the Flex-Band, Fitness Circle and Arc Barrel to enhance, support and intensify strength and flexibility exercises.

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of functional anatomy, some pilates training and three-plus years teaching movement or fitness.

Duration: 40 hours instruction and supervised teaching, plus minimum 10 hours observation, 30 hours physical review, 15 hours practice teaching. Conducted over two weeks or three weekends.

CECs: 4.0

Dates Offered:

Winter 2012 2 weekends 40 hours instruction

• January 12-15 | January 26-29
• 3pm-9pm on Thursday-Friday and 9am-3pm on Saturday-Sunday

Cost: $950
* Sign up for IMP and receive any 2 hour workshop for free ($90 value)!

Required Materials:

Mat Plus Course Package – $178.61 (includes tax)
Course Package includes: Comprehensive Matwork Manual and 4 DVDs: Essential Matwork 3rd Ed, Intermediate Matwork 3rd Ed, Sculpt & Tone, Fitness Circle Challenge

Support Material Manual – $27.06 (includes tax)
* The Support Material Manual is required for IMP, IR – Module 1, and IR – Module 2 but only needs to be purchased once

Required Materials are available for purchase at ABsolute Pilates as long as you register more than a week in advance. If you register less than 7 days before the course start date, then you are responsible for ordering your course materials directly from STOTT PILATES® either by visiting the website at http://www.stottpilates.com or calling 1-800-910-0001.