Pilates Teachers' Manual Building Up Exercises For Client Success
Oct 17, 2025
Discover strategies for crafting exercises that lead to client success by adjusting factors like load and complexity. Learn about the difficulty spectrum of Pilates and why starting with simpler variations can enhance engagement. Explore how layering exercises can streamline programming and deepen understanding. Olivia shares practical cues for progressive movements and highlights the importance of viewing exercises as interconnected steps that guide clients toward their goals.
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Early Success Drives Progress
- Enhanced expectancy of success boosts willingness to attempt harder movements after early wins.
- Olivia links this research-backed idea to why starting simple helps clients progress.
Exercises Live On A Difficulty Spectrum
- Pilates exercises exist on a spectrum from easier to harder variations rather than as single fixed moves.
- Olivia frames this as a mental model teachers can use to scale and sequence progressions.
Use Five Variables To Scale Exercises
- Adjust variables like equipment settings, load, complexity, base of support, and range of motion to scale exercises.
- Use these levers to start simpler and layer difficulty as clients succeed.
