Gigi's Pilates Studio

INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION

Gigi’s Pilates Studio is proud to offer the STOTT PILATES Continuing Education program. The following courses are designed for qualifying fitness and health professionals. Each course in the program has been carefully developed to prepare you to teach STOTT PILATES matwork and equipment repertoire safely, effectively, and with confidence.

After course descriptions below, see also Upcoming Courses, Dates & Prices .

INTENSIVE REPERTOIRE

Intensive Mat Plus (IMP)

3 weekends of intensive training:

40 hrs instruction & supervised training
Minimum 10 hrs observation
30 hrs physical review
15 hrs practice teaching

Workout composition for personal training and group training; essential, intermediate and power workouts; Use of Flex-Band, Fitness Circle, and Arc Barrel.

Intensive Reformer (IR)

4 weekends of intensive training:

50 hrs instruction & supervised training
Minimum 10 hrs observation
40 hrs physical review
25 hrs practice teaching

Effective use of resistance to materials enhance torso stability and peripheral extremity conditioning; how to develop effective Reformer and combined Matwork and Reformer programs for personal and group plus classes; essential, intermediate and power materials workout; effective communication, visual skills, verbal cuing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation.

Intensive Cadillac, Chair and Barrels (ICCB)

3 weeks or 4 weekends of intensive training:

50 hrs instruction & supervised training
Minimum 10 hrs observation
40 hrs physical review
25 hrs practice teaching

Prepares you to teach essential and intermediate level stretch and strength exercises on equipment designed to complement and complete STOTT PILATES training: Cadillac/Trapeze Table, Stability Chair, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector and Arc Barrel. By the end of this course you are able to fine tune both personal and circuit training programs to meet a variety of your clients' conditioning goals -- from post-rehabilitation to athletic performance enhancement.

New for 2008! Gigi’s Pilates Studio will be offering the Intensive Cadillac, Chair & Barrels course in three separate modules so you can choose what specialty you want to take and when! Or sign up for all three and save.

Completion of all three modules is required to be eligible for certification.

Cost: $1450 plus materials for all modules
Intensive Cadillac only: $825
Intensive Chair only: $535
Intensive Barrels only: $390

Prerequisites: IMP and IR

ADVANCED REPERTOIRE

If you have successfully completed STOTT PILATES Intensive or Comprehensive courses and want to expand your repertoire of skills to challenge the fittest of clients, you are encouraged to work towards Level Two STOTT PILATES Certification by completing the relevant Advanced Repertoire courses.

Advanced Matwork (AM)

1 day of intensive training: 10 hrs of instruction

AM is a breakdown of 10 advanced level Matwork exercises, in addition to the general course objectives.

Prerequisite: IMP

Advanced Reformer (AR)

3 days of intensive training: 18 hrs of instruction

AR is a breakdown of 35 advanced level Reformer exercises, in addition to the general course objectives.

Prerequisite: IR

INJURY AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Injury and Special Populations

24 hrs of instruction

Equips you with the skills and in-depth knowledge required to address a broad range of physical challenges among your clients. Successful completion of this and all Advanced courses is required for Full STOTT PILATES Certification. At the completion of this lecture-demonstration course, you will be able to customize your clients' workouts to address particular weaknesses, conditions, postural problems or injuries.

Course Objectives:

How to address a variety of injuries, weaknesses and conditions including lower back pain, spinal conditions, hip and knee replacements
Treating shoulder problems, neck and shoulder tension, fibromyalgia, arthritis, pregnancy
Application of appropriate STOTT PILATES biomechanical principles
Workout design for personal training programs and specialty classes
Appropriate modification of matwork, Reformer, Cadillac, Chair and Barrels exercises
Effective communication, visual skills, verbal cuing and imagery for client motivation

Prerequisite: IMP

WORKSHOPS

Gigi’s Pilates Studio introductory and continuing education workshops are a great way to expand your STOTT PILATES knowledge. Workshops are available throughout the year at Gigi’s Pilates Studio, or ask us about how to host a workshop at your facility. Most workshops qualify for continuing education credits from STOTT PILATES and other certification organizations.

Each workshop covers the relevant STOTT PILATES repertoire with an emphasis on exercise goals and on applying the STOTT PILATES basic principles.

Depending on the length of the workshop you choose (from 1.5 to 6 hours), increasingly more material is covered and a greater emphasis is placed on exercise modifications, strategies for designing effective programs and development of cueing, eye training and correcting skills.

UPCOMING COURSES, DATES & PRICES

Course	Location	Dates	Price	CEC’s
Advanced Reformer (AR)	Des Moines, IA	May 16-18	$485 plus materials	1.8
Intensive Mat Plus (IM)	Des Moines, IA	Session 1: June 5-8 & July 17-20 Session 2: Sep. 4-7 & Oct. 23-26	$1050 plus materials	4
Advanced Mat (AM)	Des Moines, IA	August 16	$200 plus materials	6.0
Intensive Reformer (IR)	Des Moines, IA	Session 1: June 27-29, July 24-27, August 8-10 Session 2: November 14-16, December 19-21, January 15-18, 2009	$1450 plus materials	5 ACE
Intensive Cadillac	Des Moines, IA	November 7-9 & December 6-7, 2008	$825	5 ACE
Intensive Chair	Des Moines, IA	January 23-25, 2009	$535
Intensive Barrels	Des Moines, IA	February 7-8, 2009	$390
Injury & Special Populations	Des Moines, IA	September 18-21	$720
Workshops
Exam Prep	Des Moines, IA	June 20	$50
Foam Roller Challenge	Des Moines, IA	June 21, 10am-12	$50
Prenatal Pilates on the Reformer	Des Moines, IA	June 21, 1pm-3pm	$50
Intermediate Pilates on the Edge	Des Moines, IA	June 21, 3pm-5pm	$50

REGISTRATION

To register for any of the courses listed above or for information on Continuing Education courses available in Lincoln, NE or Iowa City, IA, click here.