Continuing Education

Instructor:  Michelle Gantz

Fee:  $135

.2 CECs

Fitness and Pilates Instructors meet a variety of clients who are restricted in their movements for a variety of reasons. Often, spinal flexion is contraindicated due to some specified concern. Learn how to modify Pilates exercises in a range of intensity levels to create workouts that achieve the primary goal of limiting spinal flexion while providing an effective full-body workout. Small handweights, Stability Cushions and the Flex-Band^® exerciser are used to increase upper body resistance while further challenging the stability of the torso in a neutral alignment.

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $135

.2 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

Most women are able to return to exercise four to six weeks after a regular birth or when they get clearance from their physician. Many of the exercises performed during the second and third trimester of pregnancy will be suitable now, but other exercises can be added to focus on reactivating and stabilizing the pelvic floor, transversus abdominis and obliques as well as developing lumbo-pelvic stability. This gentle but effective workout, developed by the Merrithew^™ team, incorporates Toning Balls^™ to get new moms back on the right track.

Instructor:  Shane Belau

Fee:  $135

.2 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

Add some interest to your Matwork routine and create an awesome series that demonstrates how to mix up a standard Matwork routine by adding the Flex-Band^® exerciser, Fitness Circle^® resistance ring and Toning Balls^™. Focusing on strength and agility, learn variations and modifications that challenge and stimulate you and your clients alike. Maximize total-body strength, definition and muscular endurance with this dynamic workout, developed by the Merrithew^™ team.

Friday 12:00-4:00, Saturday 10:30-5:30 and Sunday 9:30-4:30

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

$800 plus text books ($60)

1.6 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $320

.7 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

This course introduces important concepts of athletic conditioning and performance training and emphasis is placed on utilizing 11 Foundational Principles when training athletes. The principles cover alignment and biomechanics for the major joints involved in athletic performance as well as understanding how to train the three classifications of muscles for optimal performance. In addition, components of athletic conditioning are overviewed including resistance training methods, plyometric training, balance training, and speed & agility training. Performance training concepts such as periodization are also introduced.

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $135

.2 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

Applying the CORE^™ Principles, this workshop developed by the team at Merrithew^™, emphasizes the importance of proper biomechanics to progress athletes appropriately to achieve their goals quickly and effectively. Guiding a distance runner through movement training will improve performance by increasing movement efficiency, adding hip and pelvic stability throughout the running motion and providing a foundation of core stability and strength from which power and endurance can be developed. Participants will be able to apply athletic conditioning concepts to help runners meet the demands of the sport, decrease the incidence of injuries and improve performance.

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $385 (includes manual)

The 7 hour, one-day Total Barre® Foundation Course provides the groundwork for Instructors to produce safe, effective and varied barre programs that address the needs and goals of every client. Participants are introduced to the Total Barre® Principles – six movement awareness fundamentals that provide the structure and biomechanical basis for each exercise. During the course, participants have the opportunity to experience the movements before examining the application of the principles, and learn the essence of each exercise along with the theories of dynamic stability, optimal mobility and movement efficiency.

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $300

.7 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

Part 1 of the Halo Training Instructor Foundation Course provides groundwork education for Instructors, facilitating safe, effective and varied core-integrated body weight training programs, using the unique design of the Halo Trainer Plus, Stability Ball^™ and a Resistance Loop^™ band. More than just a prop, the Halo Trainer Plus is featured as the basis for a complete training program allowing instructors to manipulate exercise attributes and intensity in individual training plans for Level 1 clients. The course presents the concepts of interval training principles and variables, the theories of both timed and repetition-based programs, and exercise sequences that are applicable to any healthy client new to Halo Training. Discover the model for movement mastery in this interactive learning session and take away a plethora of detailed exercises in eight complete workouts, including one designed for a group class setting.

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

.2 STOTT PILATES^{®  CECs}

How can the Reformer be used to address common foundational movement dysfunctions, and how can new training concepts and protocols be integrated with established exercise repertoires? In this workshop, participants review the multi-planar functional assessments explored in Part A, then discuss the application of those findings in a Reformer-based program. Variations and modifications to illicit positive responses are introduced incorporating STOTT PILATES^® Basic Biomechanical Principles, Foundational Movement Patterns, and the Merrithew Fascial Movement Variables along with additional factors. Using the spring tension of the Reformer and the versatility in positioning, enhance a client’s movement quality and address individual movement default strategies. The overall goal is to increase mobility and enhance dynamic stability through all planes of motion restoring more efficient movement to everyday life.

Instructor:  Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $135

.2 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

Barre workouts have the potential to be both vigorous and enjoyable. Bring the energy of music to a challenging workout brought to you by the Merrithew^™ team. Participants learn how to build intensity using the structure of the Total Barre^® class template. This workout introduces elements of athletic conditioning and performance training to individual exercise segments for an intense full-body workout. Learn how to modify each of the 11 segments to focus training on specific movements or areas of the body. Explore how muscular endurance, strength, stability and agility can be trained with a fluid, yet-high intensity workout. Powerful music selections propel the intensity-driven routines to amplify the results and energize every participant.

Instructor:  Jordan Blair

Fee:  $200

No CECs for this Workshop

Now that you know how to teach, what comes next? How, and where, do you make money?  Starting your new Pilates career is an exciting time, but it can be overwhelming and scary if you don't know about business licensing, insurance and taxes.  Even if you're an employee in an established studio, there are challenges to keeping your schedule full and the money coming in. This 3 hour class will cover all you need to know how to get your new career off the ground and running smoothly. https://www.jordanblairpilates.com/grow-your-pilates-business

Instructor:  Rebecca Schroeder

Fee: $320

.7 STOTT PILATES^® CECs

The ZEN•GA^® program is a teaching modality that consciously connects the body and the mind through a fusion of Pilates, yoga, martial arts and meditation. Through intention and imagery, ZEN•GA will unleash the body from tension and bring more clarity to the mind. Using props and equipment, we stimulate the fascial system and build endurance, strength, mobility and stability while cultivating a greater sense of physical awareness.

Our ZEN•GA^® programs provide a balanced and thorough blend of theory, observation and practical experience to help you master the repertoire. Both courses teach you workouts that are functional; combining strength, endurance, flexibility, and dynamic stability of the entire body while increasing awareness and mindfulness through movement. Provide your clients with a mindful workout that encompass the bodies’ natural rhythms developing more ease and proficiency while developing a more youthful, resilient fluid body, stimulating the neuromyofascial web of the body and hydrating the myofascial meridians.

Instructor:  Michelle Gantz

Fee:  $320

.7 STOTT PILATES® CECs

The Equipment program created through the ZEN•GA® approach to movement allow us to utilize the unique quality of spring resistance. The coiling and uncoiling quality of the springs creates a more fluid, resilient body. The ZEN•GA® Equipment Course will help us explore the principles that make up the method and apply them to movement programs designed to reach the desired goals. This is a seven-hour in-class training (plus one-hour break) - and some previous yoga or other mind-body training is highly recommended.

Instructor: Kristi Quinn

Fee:  $320

.6 CECs

Part A:  The Foundation

Statistics show that 1 in 5 men and 1 in 3 women will suffer an Osteoporotic fracture at some point in their lifetime. In this workshop created by the team at Merrithew^™, participants learn crucial information regarding osteoporosis, its diagnosis and treatment. Discover how a FRAX Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) score is used to determine risk, and identify other risk factors for osteoporosis and fracture. Understand the importance of balance, strength, safe movement transitions in fall prevention and fracture risk reduction when working with osteoporosis clients. Walk away with a framework to create effective and safe programs for any client with any stage of osteoporosis.

Part B Create Effective Mat Workouts

Clients with osteoporosis may be put at risk for injury or fracture when performing certain exercises in traditional exercise programs. This specially designed workshop, developed by the Merrithew^™ team provides programming and guidelines to maximize joint mobility, improve muscular strength and endurance, improve balance and maintain functionality all while reducing movements that may put the spine at risk. Understand how incorporating small props like the Mini Stability Ball^™, Foam Roller, Flex-Band^® and Toning Balls can effectively assist clients and offer myriad modifications and variations to a Matwork routine. Walk away with the knowledge to design safe and effective matwork programs for your clients with osteoporosis. The course uses case studies to apply the information learned in the lecture.

Part C: Create Effective Reformer Workouts

The Reformer can be an excellent tool to create safe and effective exercise programs for clients with osteoporosis. This workshop, created by the Merrithew^™ team, identifies risk levels for osteoporosis and teaches programming options for each level. Take comorbidities and cardiovascular status into consideration to design and modify a program accordingly. Understand how the spring resistance can effectively assist clients and offer myriad programming options for clients with Osteoporosis at any stage.