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Description

Do you have clients who are interested in weight training, but are worried about getting injured or have a flare up every time they hit the gym?

Do you have clients who also want a more traditional fitness experience in the studio or would benefit from more traditional fitness and strength work?

Do you want more exercises and sequences for teaching circuit classes that include straightforward movements and simple choreography that feel challenging, while keeping your clients safe?

If so these workshops are for you.

In these online Pilates workshops, Nikki Naab-Levy will show you how to troubleshoot form and alignment issues in exercises that clients often practice in a gym or group fitness setting. This workshop will show you regression and progressions using the Pilates equipment to meet the needs of both beginner and advanced clients.

You will also learn how to address joint discomfort and mobility issues in the joints of the upper and lower body. Additionally, these workshops will teach you how to adapt popular fitness exercises to the Pilates apparatuses, so you can incorporate these movements sessions if you have clients who would like a more traditional fitness experience without having to go to a gym.

For specific details on each workshop see the More Details section below.

Objectives

  • Understand how to identify limitations in mobility of specific joints based on how a client executes strength exercises
  • Learn sequences, progressions, and regressions to address mobility and stability issues and reduce joint discomfort during exercise
  • Apply Pilates movement principles to strength and conditioning exercises to help your clients build awareness around their movement patterns when they engage in weightlifting and group fitness classes.
  • Learn how to help your clients build strength from supine to standing using the Pilates equipment to prepare them for loaded exercises. 


Concepts & Techniques

  • Using movement assessments for exercise selection in a private session
  • Building upper and lower body strength with optimal posture and alignment
  • Understanding the role of strength and mobility in joint pain
  • Evaluating and improving functional movement patterns (e.g. squatting or overhead pressing)
  • Movement strategies to improve spine, hip, shoulder, and ankle mobility
  • Regressions and progressions to help clients effectively prepare their bodies for loaded exercises, group fitness classes, and weight lifting

Props & Equipment Used

  • Balls
  • Chair
  • Mat
  • Reformer
  • Small Props
  • Trap/Cad
  • Smartbells (optional)

Workshop Level

  • Advanced
  • Beginner


Duration & Access

Pilates for Strength Training (Lower Body) is approximately 2.7 hours long and you have 30 days of access Pilates for Strength Training (Upper Body) is  approximately 3.1 hours  long and you have 30 days of access
(No expiration for Forever Access Members)
 

More Details

 Pilates for Strength Training (Lower Body):  

Lower: Loading for lower body will look at mobility and stability in the spine, hips, knees, and ankles. It will also look at how to prepare your clients for deadlifts, squats, and single leg strength exercises. 

 

 Pilates for Strength Training (Upper Body): 

Upper: Loading for upper body will look at mobility and stability in the thoracic spine, scapulothoracic joint, glenohumeral joint, elbow, and wrist. It will also look at how to prepare your clients for overhead presses, pull-ups, push-ups, and rows. 


 

About Nikki Naab Levy

Nikki Naab-Levy PMA®-CPT is a Pilates teacher, certified functional strength coach, and licensed massage therapist with over a decade of experience helping everyone from major league baseball players... Find Out More Other Workshops by Nikki Naab Levy

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" I loved this workshop and learned a lot! Nikki\'s organization and presentation were great. The information and exercises Nikki presented are helpful not only for squat and deadlift strength, but also for good standing posture and balance. I had already gained a lot of knowledge on this subject from other workshops and books, but I still learned some great tips and preparation/regression exercises in this workshop. Thank you, Nikki! "

Terry P

" I enjoy Nikki\'s down to earth practical approach in dealing with the body :-) "

Lisa C I

" Absolutely awesome organization and explanation o biomechanics! "

Liz R

" Wonderful applicable information for my clients wanting to cross train with Pilates! "

Caroline D

" This was an excellent workshop. Very informative and I love how she explains everything in detail. "

Susan F

" Great course, interesting topics with many new ideas how to get lower extremity stronger and more functional. Definitely will use them with my clients! Thank you very much ! "

Dragana O

" I enjoy Nikki’s clear, intelligent and uncomplicated explanations and demonstrations.Easy to follow progression, so much information! "

Wendy F

" Very detailed and deep workshop. Thank you . "

Gina S

" Thanks Nikki! This was very informative and interesting. Thanks for all the variations on the many exercises you showed! "

Eileen G

" This course is very practical and the information is communicated well. thank you for the information presented, I can\'t wait to apply some of it to clients who have been diagnosed with gluteal amnesia. "

Susan S

" Yes tons of information here! I really like the emphasis you place on the individual\'s movement experience vs. insisting all body forms should look the same way for example squats with wider or narrower feet depending on the person. I have sometimes felt that the ideal form of an exercise as taught in my training is so focused on stability that some clients become fearful of moving incorrectly in daily life. I now have a better distinction of flexibility, mobility, and stability to convey. "

Susan S

" A great informative course that has given me lots to take away and integrate not only into more athletic clients but also rehab too. "

Tim M

" Thank you very much for such detailed, beneficial new ideas and the ways how to incorporate Pilates world into more fitness . It will be very useful for me and my clients. "

Dragana O

" I really enjoyed Nikki\'s style, verbiage, layperson approach. Very clear, very informative and as someone with three shoulder surgeries and the need for full replacement, I will USE each and every one of these exercises and tips. Thank you! "

Patrice F

   

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