Anatomy and Kinesiology Review:
- Bones and Muscles: A quick review
- Functions of Skeletal Muscles
- Joint Actions & Planes of Motion
Specific Pilates Core Anatomy and Kinesiology:
- A deeper look at the Spine and Pelvis
- Pelvic-Floor Muscles
- Deep Abdominal Muscles
- The Abdominal Wall
- Extensors & Hyper-Extensors of the spine
- Quadratus Lumborum and Rotatores
- Psoas Major, Psoas Minor and Iliacus
SAFE Pilates® Guidelines and Basic Principles:
:
- Breathing
- Pelvis and Lumbar Spine
- Connecting the Rib-Cage to the Pelvis
- Scapular Placement
- Neck Placement
- Diagonal Streaming™
- The SAFE Pilates® Firing Sequence
Fundamental SAFE Pilates® Exercises:
- Starting Position & Preparation
- Range of Motion and specific check-points
- Finishing Position
- Step-by-Step Breathing
- Instructor’s Checklist and Exercise-Specific Key Points
- Eccentric and/or Concentric Notes
Class Structure and Design:
- Preparation
- Warm-Up
- Class Goal and Exercise Selection
- Tension-Release and Visualization
- Unwinding
- Diagram
Cueing:
- Verbal Cueing
- Visual Cueing
- Demonstration and Holding Patterns
- When and How to Touch a Client
- Tone of Voice
- Musicality
- Creating Visual Images
- Communication Skills
- Corrections and Client-Specific Cueing
Levels and Modifications:
- Levels of Intensity
- Warning Signs
- Using Lever Arm-Length to Modify Exercise Intensity
- Using Gravity to Modify Exercise Intensity
- Using Resistance Tools
- Using Helping Tools to Lower Exercise Intensity for a Particular Client
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