Do you work at a studio that doesn’t have carpet or wall covering where noise and music reverberates off the walls? I have older clients who have some hearing issues and this background noise interferes with their ability to hear me when I am teaching. Also, music can get in the way of concentration on […]

I just read an article on education trends in the fitness business. Did you know there are 100 million baby boomers (over 50) that make up 30% of our population? The CDC stated 80% of seniors have one chronic medical condition, 50% have two or more. Are you prepared to work with these issues like […]

According to Annie Lowrey writer of this article in NY Magazine September 15, 2015, Pilates is facing a severe downturn. She makes nonfactual assumptions why this is happening. Her idea, boutique-fitness studios are closing right and left, men don’t like Pilates, Pilates is too critical, too antisocial and too quiet is not quite accurate. The […]

The times they are a changing. I spoke to several Pilates teachers from Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Omaha and Kansas City who said it’s getting more difficult to find students who want a body/mind workout. In their opinion the fitness market is shifting to sweating and feeling the burn. In 1981 when I took my […]

I have been hearing horror stories from the Pilates front lately. “Do something about that hump in your back on the reformer”. Would you say that to a client while teaching them Stomach Massage? Maybe you shouldn’t teach stomach massage to someone who should not do it. Scoop, roll forward, round your back, all terrible […]

I am the only PMA certified Pilates teacher in my entire area. I have been called on to interview a potential Pilates teacher at one of my facilities who I know is not really certified. Everyone takes a weekend course of mat and reformer, they don’t turn in any hours but say they are certified. […]

Recently, I watched the Easter Bowl tennis tournament for junior players. In the finals of the 18 and under were two tall, slim, young, women both with shoulder problems. Of course, I did a body analysis on both only to find: overly tight pec minors from too much chest work anterior pelvic tilt from too […]

I’ve been teaching Pilates 18+ years now. Because most of my clients are seniors, I never get to do many of the intermediate exercises and certainly not the advanced ones. Seniors have too many issues and joint placement problems to be in the more strenuous exercise positions. So, when I have a group of two […]

I must admit… I haven’t watched a new Pilates DVD in a while. The last few I’ve seen have a scripted routine with “dancer-like” participants doing every move perfectly. By the way, my DVDs have novice participants who had never done the exercises making my cueing relevant. Many of the workshops I’ve attended also had […]