Teaching & Clinical Guides
Pathology protocols, equipment guides, and teaching techniques
Spring Resistance & Gear Bar Mechanics
Understanding leverage, spring weight adjustments, and gear positioning for various body proportions and exercise goals.
Osteoporosis Protocol & Safety Precautions
Essential clinical modifications and contraindications when programming for clients with low bone density.
Reformer Maintenance & Daily Care
Best practices for keeping your reformer clean, quiet, and operating safely for daily use.
What is Pilates?
Discover the complete guide to Pilates: its history, core principles, mat vs reformer methods, and its modern evolution.
The Guiding Pilates Principles
Explore the core Pilates principles: Centering, Concentration, Control, Precision, Breath, and Flow. Learn how mind-body integration transforms movement.
Classical vs. Contemporary Pilates
Compare Classical and Contemporary Pilates: explore their origins, differences in sequencing and exercise science, and how blending both creates an effective practice.
Movement with Intention: Mind, Muscle & Breath
Discover the teaching philosophy of Pilates Addicts: combining intentionality, targeted muscle recruitment, dynamic mobility, and functional strength for daily life.
Teaching Key Aspects
Master the essential teaching aspects of Pilates: effective verbal cueing, tactile feedback, observation skills, and managing class flow.
Manipulating Teaching Variables
Learn how to manipulate key teaching variables in Pilates—leverage, resistance, tempo, base of support, and range of motion—to regress or progress exercises effectively.
Class Variables
Explore essential class variables in Pilates: structuring session flow, balancing movement planes, timing, equipment selection, and group dynamics.
Core Biomechanical Principles
The fundamental biomechanical principles that anchor every Pilates Addicts workout. Regardless of the exercise or intensity, these guidelines serve as the foundation of safe, effective movement.
Health and Safety
A comprehensive guide to health and safety in Pilates: apparatus inspections, client intake screening, managing injuries, and safety protocols.
Spring Settings: A Practical Guide
How to choose spring settings as a progression from more support to more challenge — described in color-agnostic terms that work in any studio, whatever its spring color system.
Footwork: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Footwork series: the V-position and single-leg setups, the press-and-return breath pattern, and the alignment cues that make it the foundation of every session.
Short Box Series: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Short Box series: the Round Back, Flat Back, and Twist variations, their spring setups, the articulation and hinge cues, and how to substitute safely when loaded flexion is contraindicated.
Knee Stretches & Stomach Massage: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Knee Stretches and Stomach Massage series: the kneeling and seated setups, the exhale-driven press, and the cues that keep the center in control of the carriage.
Spinal Extension Series: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Swan, Breaststroke, and Rocking series: prone extension work that strengthens the back extensors, with the spring setups and lift-from-the-upper-back cues that keep it safe.
Feet in Straps: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for Feet in Straps: its dual role as inner thigh strengthening and mobility work, the double Green spring setup, and the key cues for the double leg lift and lower.
Short Spine: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for Short Spine: the accessible book variation for clients who are not comfortable inverting, the rolling and peeling cues, breathing, and common faults to correct.
Standing Series: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Standing Series inner thigh work: the Yellow spring setup, the side-splits breathing pattern, and the alignment and symmetry cues that make the series effective.
Cheerleader Series: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Cheerleader Series: spring setup, the dead bug and clasped-hands starting positions, and the cues for the plié position and the fist reach.
Side Lying Glute Series: Teaching Notes
Teaching notes for the Side Lying Glute Series: the critical pillow and carriage setup, hip stacking, and the breathing and alignment cues that get the glutes firing.