Pilates reformer training will elevate your career in the sports rehabilitation industry. If you are planning your path as a fitness instructor, this course offers a professional teaching qualification, enabling you to excel in Pilates instruction across various training settings or schools.
🥇 After completing the certificate course, you will:
– Master teaching skills for Pilates equipment.
– Demonstrate exceptional instructional abilities.
– Confidently lead private and group sessions with keen observation, correction, and execution to meet health-improving Pilates goals.
The Reformer certificate course is divided into two stages:
1. Core Connection Preparation Stage
💢 Core Foundation (2 hours)
1.1. Physics of Pilates movement
1.2. Basic principles and history of Pilates training
1.3 Professional terminology (e.g., Imprinting, Scooping, Elongating, Hollowing)
1.4. Activating the Pilates Powerhouse: From 4-point to 12-point methods
1.5. Key interactions between Pilates equipment and core muscles
1.6. SIM Technique – Stabilizers, Initiators, Movers for core strength training
👍 Upon completion, students will:
✅ Apply the 8 Pilates Principles for therapeutic and rehabilitative effects.
✅ Understand how the Pilates Reformer helps clients connect core strength with joints for synergistic energy therapy.
✅ Experience a unique sense of core fluidity.
2 Pilates Reformer Connection Stage
💢 Reformer Instructor Training (12hours)
2.1 Types, functions, and features of Pilates equipment
2.2. Restoring muscle balance (internal/external) with Pilates equipment
2.3. Application of Pilates in sports rehabilitation
2.4 Clinical teaching techniques for Pilates
2.5. Case studies from Medical Professional
2.6. Common teaching mistakes and corrections
👍 Upon completion, students will:
✅ Correctly teach Pilates reformer.
✅ Design Reformer-based exercises
✅ Understand to different physical injuries.
Course Structure:
– 15 total hours (2hrs theory + 13hrs reformer practice/exam prep). Exemptions:
– Holders of Pilates teaching method or Master Training certificate may apply for partial course-hour exemptions.
🖊 Exam Structure:
– Teaching demonstration evaluation
– Theory (20 True/False + 30 MCQs, 70% pass)
– Practical: Demonstration of 10 Golden Movements
👄 Language:
– Cantonese (with English professional terms).
💯 Passing Criteria:
– 70% attendance
🗂 Target Participants:
– Current non-Pilates instructors or beginners aspiring to become Pilates instructors.
Exemptions:
– Holders of Pilates teaching method or Master Training certificate may apply for partial course-hour exemptions.
🚑 Extra support:
– Supplemental classes for physical training/exam preparation available.
☀️ Certification:
– Issued by Australian Training for Fitness Professionals (ATFP)
– Unlimited examination retakes within 12 months; attendance certificate available if incomplete.