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There is a persistent myth in the Pilates world that prenatal Pilates needs to be gentle, safe, highly modified and complicated. But this is not true… Resources mentioned in the episode: Watch '$100k Pilates Workshop Replay' here Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here Our Pilates Certification will increase in price by 10% on April 1st. Beat the price rise here Connect with Hailey Hawkins here Check out some of Hailey's Instagram posts here and here and here and here ACSM guidelines here ACOG guidelines here No relationship between relaxin levels and pelvic pain here The Sacroiliac joint moves 0.2 degrees in women diagnosed with pelvic instability here Instead the intensity of fear-avoidance beliefs predicts pelvic pain here During a curl up diastasis gets smaller here Ab strengthening during pregnancy reduces diastasis here Curl-ups reduce diastasis here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Amanda and Simon are siblings who started out teaching personal training sessions in the park in Sydney Australia, and have built their business Mission Possible Fitness to 5 locations, which more on the way. This is their story, including ups and downs, plus what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown professionally and personally. Resources mentioned in the episode: Watch '$100k Pilates Workshop Replay' here Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here Find Mission Possible Fitness online, on Facebook, and on Instagram Connect with Simon Bryce and Amanda Dell’Aquila on Instagram Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

We nerd out on the original 34 Contrology matwork exercises. Hundred Rollup Roll over One leg circle Roll back Single leg stretch Double leg stretch Spine stretch Rocker with open legs Corkscrew Saw Swan dive One leg kick Double leg kick Neck pull Scissors Bicycle Shoulder bridge Spine twist Jack knife Side kick Teaser Hip twist Swimming Leg pull front Leg pull Side kick kneeling Side bend Boomerang Seal Crab Rocking Control balance Push up Resources mentioned in the episode: Watch '$100k Pilates Workshop Replay' here Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here The training injury prevention paradox shows consistent high training load is associated with fewer injuries here The original Hodges and Richardson TrA study here Return to Life Through Contrology here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Yes, it’s true you can find a job at a studio where you are free to teach how you want. Here’s how. Resources mentioned in the episode: Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here Sign up for the free 'How to make $100k in a year teaching Pilates' workshop here Daryl Davis here Connect with Natalie Wilson on Instagram Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Nathan’s world tour continues and he shares what he has learned from visiting over 150 Pilates studios. Resources mentioned in the episode: Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here Sign up for the free 'How to make $100k in a year teaching Pilates' workshop here Connect with Nathan on Instagram here Join Nathan's reformer academy here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

In Pilates, it’s the norm to charge for time. But what if we charged for results instead? Resources mentioned in the episode: Follow Raph on IG here Connect with Zenia on IG here Find Swift Movement Academy on IG, Youtube, their website, or podcast. Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Menstrual cycle-based training is a fascinating concept that is receiving a lot of press at the moment. Dr Alyssa Olenick is a metabolic scientist with a special research interest in the effects of the menstrual cycle on exercise training. We talk about the research on menstrual cycle-based training, and how to get the best results for your female clients. Resources mentioned in the episode: Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here Connect with Dr. Alyssa on Instagram and on Youtube Listen to Dr. Alyssa's podcast 'The Messy Middle Podcast' here Women and men respond to standardized strength training programs very similarly here and here Follicular-based strength training may give superior results here But performance is similar across the menstrual cycle here Older women self-select exercise intensity that is too low to elicit strength gains here Find more resources here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Taylor & her business partner successfully launched their first Pilates studio 6 weeks ago and are already waitlisted. This conversation explores the journey to opening a business, and the transition from Pilates instructor to business owner. Resources mentioned in the episode: Check out our Visualized Anatomy Program here Find ESSE Pilates here Connect with Taylor Gotovac here and here Find more resources here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

This was a free-flowing conversation about starting out in the Pilates industry, growing your career, consciously directing your development as an instructor, finding a mentor, and building your dream. Resources mentioned in the episode: Buy Raph's book 'Strengthen the Person, Not just the Body Part' and get access to our Community Sessions here Connect with Mary Kirketerp here 32% of final year medical students can’t identify physical activity guidelines here 59% of personal trainers and 56% of exercise physiologists can’t identify physical activity guidelines here WHO physical activity guidelines for adults here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

If you struggle to “blow your own trumpet”, this may help. It’s how I overcame my own reluctance to self-promote. Resources mentioned in the episode: Follow Raph on IG here Register your interest to receive an advance copy of my new book "How To Make $100K a Year Teaching Pilates" in January 2023 here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Our strategies to teach beginners effectively so they become regular clients and Pilates addicts. Resources mentioned in the episode: Purchase my book: Strengthen The Person, Not Just the Body Part here Connect with Natalie Wilson here Bring your muscles to near fatigue 2x/week and reduce your chance of dying in the next 10 years by 46% here It’s ok to load people without training “stability” first: For people with back pain, heavy deadlifting, and a generic exercise program are just as effective as retraining core muscles and correcting imbalances Why external cues work and OPTIMAL theory here Multitasking is not possible here How to layer exercises for clients with different levels of ability here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

TLDR: No. But stick around for the science so you know why. Resources mentioned in the episode: Check out our Visualized Anatomy Program here Pelvises are not symmetrical (cool pictures!) here We’re crap at palpating lumbo-pelvic landmarks here Visual assessment of posture is unreliable here Hip stiffness and range of motion don’t correlate with pelvic tilt here Abdominal muscle performance is not related to pelvic tilt here Abdominal strengthening doesn’t change pelvic tilt here No evidence we can change pelvic tilt with any form of exercise here 80% of pain-free adults have “anterior pelvic tilt” here Anterior pelvic tilt is associated with LESS back pain here Leg length difference is present in 40-70% of the pain-free population here Only 15% of US adults meet the ACSM physical activity guidelines here Do strength training 2x/week and reduce your chance of dying in the next ten years by 46% here Got corrections, comments or questions? Reach out to Raph on Instagram here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

This is exactly what I’d do if I was starting from scratch and I wanted to make $100k per year teaching Pilates from home. Let me know your thoughts. DM me on Instagram. Resources mentioned in the episode: Register your interest to receive an advanced copy of Raph's book 'How to make $100k a year teaching Pilates here Sign up for the free 'How to make $100k in a year teaching Pilates' workshop here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Loretta retired from her first career in 2018 and now at 66 years old, has started her second career as a Pilates instructor. This is her story. Resources mentioned in the episode: Follow Raph on IG Connect with Loretta on IG Only 17% of adults meet physical activity guidelines here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Amanda owns 5 Pilates and fitness studios in Sydney Australia. She uses her assessment process to convert casual enquiries into long-term clients all in 1 hour. Resources mentioned in the episode: Please rate and review Pilates Elephants on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or any other podcast app of your choice. Connect with Amanda Dell'Aquila on Instagram Find Mission Possible Fitness online, on Facebook, and on Instagram Find more resources here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Everyone knows that if your knees go in when you squat it’s because your glutes aren’t working properly, right? Wrong. We talk through a whole list of reasons why your knees might go inwards in a squat that has nothing to do with your glutes not working. Plus why it might actually be GOOD that your knees go in during a squat. Resources mentioned in the episode: Purchase Raph's book: Strengthen The Person, Not Just the Body Part here Muscle activation in a squat is load-dependent here and here Paralyzing the gluteus medius doesn’t make the knee go in more here Knees going inwards in a squat is not a risk factor for ACL injury here Lya Bavoil squatting 213kg at 62.5kg body weight here Find more resources here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

An (incomplete) list of things we believed that turned out not to be true. Resources mentioned in the episode: Check out our Visualized Anatomy Program here Connect with Daniel Arbilla on Facebook and Instagram Find Daniel on The Knowledge Exchange and Barbell Psychology Eyal Lederman Fall Of the Postural Structural Biomechanical Model here No evidence that exercise is more effective than non-exercise placebo for chronic pain here More high quality research is needed to be confident about the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Do you wish you had more time? Here are the answers. Resources mentioned in the episode: Buy Raph's book 'Strengthen the Person, Not just the Body Part' and get access to our Community Sessions here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy

Brendan is a PhD candidate at the University of South Australia where he is researching the influence of implicit communication on patient beliefs and outcomes. In this conversation, we talk about how our beliefs as movement professionals influence our clients' movement, pain and outcomes from Pilates. Resources mentioned in the episode: Follow Raph on IG Connect with Brendan Mouatt on Twitter and Instagram Find The Knowledge Exchange website and join the Facebook group for movement and health professionals here Read Brendan's research here Early MRI leads to worse outcomes in back pain regardless of whether they find anything or not here and here Biomedical tests and diagnostic labels actually don't reassure patients here Practitioner beliefs strongly predict patient beliefs here Pain behaviour not pain intensity mediates opioid prescription here Many physiotherapists implicitly associate round-back lifting as dangerous here Thinking about movement hurts, and makes your hand swell up here Negative expectation abolishes the effects of opioid painkillers here Placebo reduces pain the same amount as 4-6mg of morphine in postoperative pain here The presence of most MRI findings does not change treatment here Spinal fusion is not more effective than general exercise for low back pain here In fact, pretty much every treatment for low back pain works about the same here Dentists’ belief about what they are administering influences patients’ pain here Placebo suppresses immune function 

Are we really strengthening our clients? How can we tell, and why even bother about getting stronger? The answers may surprise you! Resources mentioned in the episode: An hour a week of resistance training maximizes your lifespan here Mechanical tension is the key stimulus for strength gains here WHO physical activity guidelines here Working to failure or near failure is equally beneficial (and necessary) to increase strength here Learn more here. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacy