Building on your industry knowledge and the material learned in IMP or IR you learn to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES Stability Chair repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients.

What you will learn:

• Functional exercises to develop core strength against spring resistance in a variety of positions, including standing, sitting, prone and side-lying
• How to apply the STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles to Essential and Intermediate-level Stability Chair exercises
• Better understanding of movement essence and exercise goals, proper execution and muscle activation
• How to improve core stability, increase peripheral strength and enhance mobility on one piece of equipment
• How the split-pedal option transforms exercises by challenging bilateral, unilateral and reciprocal strength and stability
• Cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness

Requirements of certification:

• 15 hours of instruction and supervised teaching
• Minimum of 5 hours of observation
• Minimum of 10 hours of physical review
• Minimum of 10 hours of practice teaching
• Total: 40 hours

Observation, practice teaching & physical review:

A minimum number of hours of observation, practice teaching and physical review are required for all courses and should be completed between instructed sessions at any STOTT PILATES® facility. Additional training may be required before certification. Practice teaching and physical review hours must be logged outside of class time. The practice logs must be submitted on your exam date (either written or practical exam). If the student fails to submit all the logs within 7 days from the last portion of the exam, the entire exam will be void.

Observation:

Includes watching sessions taught by a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or relevant STOTT PILATES videos.

Physical review:

Means physically performing the exercises learned in class. Taking a class with a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or working out with video can qualify as physical review hours, and can be completed individually or with other students.

Practice teaching:

Hours can be fulfilled by instructing family, fellow students, friends or clients.

Note:

There are no hours required for Injuries & Special Populations or Advanced Level courses.

Education materials:

Manuals (1)

Complete Stability Chair™ Manual

DVDs (1)

Essential & Intermediate Stability Chair, 2nd Ed. (2 disc set)

Continuing education credits:

STOTT PILATES 1.5

REPs 15.0

canfitpro 4.0

This 3 hour course held over one-day, provides you with 14 Advanced Stability Chair™exercises plus modifications, for the highly conditioned client.

Continuing Education Credits:

STOTT PILATES 0.3

canfitpro 2.0

REPs 3.0

Admission:

Advanced Cadillac, Chairs & Barrels (ACCB)

Prerequisite:

Intensive Cadillac or Chairs & Barrels (ICCB) or Comprehensive Cadillac or Chairs & Barrels (CCCB)