| If you would like to work in one of the many Pilates | | | | work. The beginning phase of the curriculum involves a |
| studios, fitness clubs, therapeutic clinics, or simply as a | | | | series of seminars on the beginner, intermediate, and |
| personal trainer the main thing you should focus on is | | | | advanced exercised that are performed on the mat |
| getting certified from a reputable Pilates training facility. | | | | and equipment. The second phase involves a |
| There are many training institution that offer | | | | six-hundred hour apprenticeship program working side |
| certification course in Pilates. You would need to | | | | by side with a Pilates Guild certified instructor. The |
| attend hundreds of hours of lectures, training, and | | | | exams are required after each phase and must be |
| apprentice work before you are considered qualified | | | | fully completed within one year. The cost of the entire |
| for a rigorous written and practical examination. Every | | | | program is around $4,000. |
| student is required to have studied the anatomy and | | | | Getting your certification is only the beginning. |
| must be a certified fitness professional or licensed | | | | Pilates’ exercises have been getting more |
| rehabilitation practitioner to be able to even try to get a | | | | attention and devotion from people all over the world. |
| Pilates certification. All qualified Pilates instructors must | | | | The introduction to the American Population began in |
| attend continual education classes which are required | | | | 1910 and has been practiced by millions of Americans |
| in order to maintain certification status throughout the | | | | since that day. When Pilates was first introduced it |
| length of their instructing and training career. | | | | began with springs attached to hospital beds and |
| Many of the most recognized Pilates training institutions | | | | became his first Pilates’ Machine. Since that day |
| include the Physical Mind Institute, The Pilates Studio, | | | | almost a century ago the Pilates’ techniques |
| Polestar Education, and Stott Pilates. The majority of | | | | and machines have improved drastically and become |
| the courses offered are through their massive | | | | much more efficient. Pilates had many personal |
| network of affiliated studios or fitness clubs. | | | | students who continued his teachings. If your Pilates |
| The Pilates Studio has eleven course locations all over | | | | certification facts are out of date then it may |
| the world and teaches Authentic Pilates, which are | | | | drastically affect your students. Be sure to not let |
| true to the original forms, techniques, and sequences | | | | important Pilates’ information go in one ear and |
| that were developed by Joseph Pilates. It is also | | | | out the other. You owe it to the people you are |
| affiliated with the Pilates Guild which is a non profit | | | | instructing and the Pilates’ name to know |
| organization that is dedicated to preserving Joseph | | | | exactly what you are doing to help them achieve the |
| Pilates’ personal achievements through his | | | | maximum results. |