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Part 4: Building Successful Pilates Business's: In a Fitness Center
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Posted 27 Aug 2010 5:43 AM
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Building Successful Business’s: Five Stories Introduced: by Nancy Hurd: This month we presented to you 5 stories on various successful Pilates programs that have one thing in common: They are all based in classical Pilates. Thank you to all the...
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Building Successful Pilates Business's Part 3: In a Small Rural Area
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Posted 23 Aug 2010 11:00 AM
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Introduced: by Nancy Hurd Here is the third story of 5 stories on various successful Pilates programs that have one thing in common: They are based in classical Pilates. This next part of this series will be from a Pilates Program in a small rural town...
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Building Successful Business’s: Five Stories. Part 2
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 2:18 PM
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Building Successful Business’s: Five Stories. Part 2 Introduced: by Nancy Hurd Here is the second story of 5 stories on various successful Pilates programs that have one thing in common: They are based in classical Pilates. This next part of this...
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Building Successful Businesses: Five Stories
Posted by nhurd on
Posted 9 Aug 2010 9:44 AM
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Building Successful Business’s: Five Stories Introduced: by Nancy Hurd As promised this month in the Peak Newsletter we will be presenting to you 5 stories on various successful Pilates programs that have one thing in common: They are based in classical...
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Introduction to Pilates - MEN
Posted by Jodi Sussner on
Posted 21 Jul 2010 9:24 AM
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As mentioned in last week's post, the MVe Chair is one of my favorite tools for challenging the beginning student - along with magnifying their weaknesses, providing some humility and therefore, willingness and desire to try pilates. Call it savvy...
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For My Fitness Friends - Take a Seat!
Posted by Jodi Sussner on
Posted 13 Jul 2010 4:55 PM
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As a personal trainer and pilates professional, I enjoy the benefits of all different types of movement; from group fitness, to competing in triathlons, to of course my favorite - pilates! Early in my career within a large health club, I found that the...
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Successful Programming for The New Teacher (Part 2)
Posted by Cherry Herzog on
Posted 23 Jun 2010 12:35 PM
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Ideally the classes are structured within a 4 to 6 week timeframe of 2 per week. Below is an example of programming done in a local health club and has been very successful: Fundamentals Class meets 1x week for 7 weeks. Objective is to learn the full...
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Group Reformer and the Level I Teacher (Part I)
Posted by Cherry Herzog on
Posted 16 Jun 2010 9:25 PM
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Lately in my teacher trainings, I’ve had many students who are working in large health clubs, inside designated Pilates studios. Many of these studios have up to eight deluxe reformers and though private instruction is done, group classes are the majority...
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Summer Slump
Posted by Cherry Herzog on
Posted 3 Jun 2010 5:37 PM
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Summer is upon us here in Texas and this week we begin hitting the triple digits. It is the beginning of the “Summer Slump” for a number of us in the mind/body business. A slowdown due to the heat, vacations to tropical destinations as well as children...
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"The definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over and expecting different results." Unknown
Posted by ZoeyTrap on
Posted 27 Jan 2010 12:31 PM
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Isn’t it interesting how just about everyone jumps on the fitness bandwagon this time of year? How do we educate our clients and potential clients about using Pilates as a tool for sticking with and achieving their goals? Here is a 5 step plan to...
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Lower Back Pain, Research, and Pilates
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 9 Jan 2010 1:06 PM
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In the January 2010 edition of IDEA Fitness Journal there is a great article titled “The Painful Lumbar Spine…Cause, Consequences, and Therapeutic Exercise for Lower-Back Issues”. In it there is scientific explanation of various terms...
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Pregnant Pilates!
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 7 Jan 2010 6:36 PM
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I don’t know why, but there seems to be a baby boom going on at my studio! In the past 3 months I’ve had four of our students deliver healthy, happy babies, after continuing with their Pilates workouts up to the very end! Two more expectant...
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A Renewed Appreciation
Posted by ClareDunphy on
Posted 6 Jan 2010 2:49 PM
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My appreciation of the profound holistic healing benefits of the classical Pilates system in working with special populations has once again been renewed. Whether the primary issue is a foot, knee, hip, back, shoulder, ankle or wrist, it is the consistent...
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Imagery Cues: What Cues do you Use?
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 28 Dec 2009 4:11 PM
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One of the things that sets Pilates apart from other kinds of physical training is the use by teachers of descriptive imagery in their cueing of the exercises. This imagery-rich cueing serves to enhance the physical experience of Pilates exercise by engaging...
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MVe Trainer Camp in Holland
Posted by ZoeyTrap on
Posted 23 Dec 2009 11:00 AM
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Wow! I am just home from Holland – Papendal to be exact. Our MVe Trainer Camp was at the Olympic Training Center there. It was so cool to be in a center where everything was focused on performance. As I walked down the hall to our training rooms...
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Breathing Fundamentals
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 21 Dec 2009 8:01 PM
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Sometimes the most beneficial thing I can teach my students is simply how to breath properly. You would think that breathing would be kind of an instinctual thing…you either do it or you die, right? It is the first thing we do as we come into the...
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Lights, Lights, Everywhere
Posted by Pamela Garcia on
Posted 14 Dec 2009 4:33 PM
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Two years ago I got a phone call from Chicago inquiring about Pilates. The young man on the other end was interested in giving his mother the gift of Pilates for her birthday. When I met her she had recently had surgery on one knee and awaiting surgery...
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PilatesStick Workout #2
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 12 Dec 2009 1:19 PM
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This 20-minute workout is done anchored from the lower position, supine, facing away from the wall. This time, take the ‘Stick off and just use the hand/foot loops for this great strength and flexibility building interval workout ! The Hundred ...
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Instructor Burnout: How Much is Too Much?
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 10 Dec 2009 7:32 PM
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I am an admitted workaholic. Thankfully, I absolutely love what I do, and am totally passionate about teaching and helping people feel better about themselves. However, I am always striving for the balance of work and everything else in my life. And I’m...
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"Tis the Season
Posted by Pamela Garcia on
Posted 5 Dec 2009 6:21 AM
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We began the Holiday Season with Thanksgiving here in the US. Are we the only country in the world with a National Holiday based on the consumption of food? Thanksgiving is also a time for reflection and being thankful for all that we are. As I think...
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Pilates and Alzheimer's Disease
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 2 Dec 2009 8:16 AM
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I just got an invitation from the daughter of two of my clients, Bill and Adele (names changed), to attend a celebration of their 50 th wedding anniversary. On the front of the invitation is a picture of this couple cutting their cake on their wedding...
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PilatesStick Workout #1: Facing the Wall
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 1 Dec 2009 4:38 PM
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The PilatesStick is a versatile, economical, FUN, apparatus that will keep your students coming back for more! Below is a 20 minute fun flowing workout using the PilatesStick “stick” attachment in the High Position Facing into the Wall Basic...
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Peak Pilates International
Posted by ZoeyTrap on
Posted 24 Nov 2009 2:01 PM
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In the last month I have had the pleasure of teaching on the west coast, the east coast, in Japan, and in Spain! While I am tired, I am also exhilarated. It has been great to reconnect with our fabulous Peak Pilates Trainers in Japan, Spain, and Italy...
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ECA Thrive a Fun-filled Event!
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 16 Nov 2009 1:28 PM
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Today I’m trying to recuperate from the ECA Thrive Fitness Conference that was held in Miami Beach, FL this past weekend. This conference is a fun one for me as I get to see a lot of my old friends from New York , as well as new friends from all...
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PilatesStick Studio Design
Posted by Connie Borho on
Posted 12 Nov 2009 8:02 PM
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Last week I wrote about how the PilatesStick has revitalized the mat program at my studios. At our smaller studio we have 10 PilatesSticks hanging at 5’4” off the floor, spaced about 4’ apart. They are mounted into a 2X4 piece of lumber...
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