Intensive Mat Plus - IMP

 

IMP provides you with the solid foundation and skills you need to develop effective and motivating group and personal training programs. This course teaches you to design and teach the Level 1 (Essential and Intermediate) Matwork repertoire, intergrating small equipment to add variety and meet the specific needs of your clients. In addition to the general course objectives, you will learn:

 

·     Workout composition for personal and group training

·     Essential, Intermediate and Power workouts

·     Flex-Band, Fitness Circle and Arc Barrel workouts

·     Effective communication and observational skills, verbal cueing and imagery
for performance enhancement and client motivation

·     Modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions

·     How to incorporate resistance equipment to support and intensify exercises

·     Theory and practice of postural analysis

·     Exercise layering related to effective program design

·     63 exercises plus multiple modifications

 

Prerequisites

 

·     Working knowledge of fuctional anatomy

·     30 hours pilates classes

·     Three-plus years teaching movement or fitness

 

 

 

Duration

 

·     40 hours instruction & supervised teaching, conducted over 3 or 4 weekends

·     Minimum 10 hours observation

·     Minimum 30 hours physical review

·     Minimum 15 hours practice teaching

·     Total: 95 hours

 

CEC

 

·     4.0 STOTT PILATES; ACE; Can-Fit-Pro

 

Required Course Materials

 

·     Matwork & Reformer Support Materials Book (Please note: this manual is required
for both IMP and IR courses. It need only be purchased once.)

·     Comprehensive Matwork Manual

·     Essential Matwork DVD 3rd Edition

·     Intermediate Matwork DVD 3rd Edition

·     Sculpt & Tone DVD

·     Fitness Circle Challenge DVD

 

 

 

Advanced Matwork - AM

 

This one-day course progresses to more advanced material, providing further options and challenges on the mat for highly conditioned clients. Excises require a high degree of strength, balance and coordination. Also taught:

 

·     Muscular initiation and sequencing of Advanced level excises

·     Multiple variations for variety and intensity

·     13 exercises

 

Prerequisites

 

·     Intensive Mat Plus or CMR

 

Duration

 

·     6 hours instruction in one day

 

CEC

 

·     0.6 STOTT PILATES; ACE; Can-Fit-Pro

 

Required Course Materials

 

·     Advanced Matwork DVD 3rd Edition

·     Comprehensive Matwork Manual

 

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