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KROne of the biggest programming mistakes I see Pilates instructors make?
Thinking they need to create a brand new class plan every single day.
As the founder of an international physio-led Pilates education company @bodyform.pilates.training, I see instructors spending hours every week rewriting programs because they believe clients will notice if something repeats.
But from a strength science and motor learning perspective, repetition is actually what helps clients improve.
Your clients don’t get stronger from chaotic programming.
They get stronger from consistent exposure to the same movement patterns over time.
One of the simplest programming systems I teach instructors is this:
Create one class plan for that specific day of the week.
Run it for six weeks.
The exercises stay the same.
The layers stay the same.
The structure stays the same.
The only thing you change is the prop.
For example, a lunge series could progress like this:
Week 1 – Dumbbells
Week 2 – Ring
Week 3 – Ball
Week 4 – Band
Week 5 – Single weight variation
Week 6 – Box variation
To the client it feels like a completely different exercise.
But physiologically they’ve repeated the same movement pattern multiple times which is exactly how strength, coordination and control improve.
Great programming shouldn’t make teaching more exhausting.
It should make teaching simpler, clearer, and more effective.
If you want to learn how to program Pilates classes using real strength principles (without reinventing the wheel every week), this is exactly what we cover inside our Strength Principles Certification.
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