Certifications

IM=X® Advanced Certification

Our advanced education builds and retains your membership! Our franchises expand their standardized classes to attract new clients and reach target markets (i.e. low back patients, golfers, seniors, women who are pregnant). After the Basic Certification you can enroll your staff in the 5-Day Advanced Intensive and the 5-Day Super Advanced Intensive.

Advanced courses provide you with an edge over your competition for the following reasons:

It allows you to target special populations in an effective and safe manner
It motivates your instructors/trainers to have access to a valuable education
It helps maintain the interest of your customers by giving them new challenges and/or specialized routines
It keeps your services fresh and unique

Learn new exercises as well as a variety of new formats that target specific workout goals — expand the eight basic sequences into over 65 sections of innovative exercises. The Advanced Certification gives experienced IM=X Pilates Trainers and Instructors additional research and choreography. Several versions of the following formats are covered during this 5-Day Intensive.

IM=X® Floor Workouts

RING WORKOUT – A unique blend of ring exercises that focus on core strength. A short and intense routine. Schedule this 30-minute workout before an Indoor Cycling workout.

STRETCH – Teach your clients how to improve muscle relaxation, movement patterns and range of motion. Routines repeatedly target hamstrings, spinal, hip and shoulder muscles. Formats for this class range in length from 30-60 minutes. Again – great to program adjacent to a short cardio routine. This workout is also used to help seniors with mobility, core power and balance.

FLOOR MOTION – Learn new IM=X vocabulary that transforms sagittal plane exercises into circular choreography with seamless transitions and innovative moves such as Arm Circles, Fan Kicks and Oblique Swings. Formats for this class range in length from 30-60 minutes.

PILATES FORMAT -This workout blends signature advanced pilates exercises such as Teasers, Boomerang, Rollover and Double Leg Stretch with the IM=X routines for a whole new floor class. Offer this 60-minute workout to experienced clients.

IM=X® Xercizer (reformer) Workouts

INTERVAL TRAINING - A combination of new exercises and basic sequences that are delivered in sets to create muscle fatigue and raise your heart rate. The 3 Interval Training workouts include intense bouts of Xercizer training followed by small rest periods which focus on recovery. Formats range in length from 60-90 minutes.

STRETCH – Use the Xercizer to intensify your flexibility protocols. Passive, active and resistive stretch routines are combined to increase range of motion. Research on flexibility is reviewed. Class formats range in length from 30-60 minutes. Schedule the 30-minute versions before a Cardio workout.

HYBRIDS - Learn several formats that combine floor (ring/body bar) with Xercizer routines. Integrate open chain exercises with resistance training for cross conditioning. Clients who are used to Xercizer only sessions will be pleasantly surprised by the challenge. Formats range in length from 60-90 minutes.

ABS - IM=X Pilates is all about trunk recruitment and strengthening but there are several abdominal routines which are new to the program. Combine them with the basics and you will have the most intense pilates core class around! Schedule the 30-minute versions before a 30-minute Cardio or Lower Body workout.

Length: 5 days (Mon-Fri from 9:00-5:00)
Prerequisite: IM=X Basic Certification
Practical Exam required.
See the course agenda for details.

Keeping your pilates education fresh requires you and your staff to update your education and services. The IM=X SUPER Advanced Certification keeps you on the cutting edge by providing experienced IM=X Pilates Trainers and Instructors with NEW research and more workout routines. The 140-page instruction manual includes photos, step-by-step instructions and class formats. In order to receive IM=X Pilates SUPER Advanced Certification, students must pass a Practical Exam. Course topics include the following:

IM=X® Floor Workouts

UPPER BODY - Expand the muscle building effects of IM=X reformer with new routines. New routines hypertrophy latissmus dorsi, biceps, triceps, lower trapezius, erector spinae, pelvic floor and the abdominal wall while inhibiting the neck flexors/extensors. Focus is given to the technique of ribcage stabilization.

LOWER BODY - Learn new IM=X routines that repeatedly target the pelvic floor, hip flexors/extensors, abdominal wall, erector spinae, gluteals, hamstrings, quadriceps and adductors. The lower body workout is intense and effective for toning the hips/thighs.

PRE/POSTNATAL - Learn how to address this population with IM=X Pilates workouts that follow the ACOG guidelines. Learn formats that safely challenge women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Review the essential research for teaching this population.

BACK STRENGTH - Formats focus on the details of effective stabilization, spinal decompression and posture. Research on LOW BACK PAIN (LBP) provides the teacher with general knowledge of exercise protocols used for LBP remediation. Prescriptive exercise handouts are provided so clients can continue to improve in between classes.

IM=X® Xercizer (reformer) Workouts

BACK STRENGTH - Learn our approach to spine stabilization and trunk exercise which is used to supplement physical therapy and chiropractic care. Gain an understanding of the causes of general low back pain. Integrate therapeutic exercise, manual traction and posture re-education.

UPPER BODY - Expand the muscle building effects of the reformer with NEW routines that fatigue the latissimus dorsi, biceps, triceps, lower trapezius, erector spinae, pelvic floor and the abdominal wall. Increase spring loads without recruiting neck flexors/extensors.

LOWER BODY - Expand the pelvic stabilization, hip range of motion and plyometric sequences into an hour long routine that repeatedly targets the pelvic floor, hip flexors/extensors, abdominal wall, erector spinae, gluteals, hamstrings, quadriceps and adductors.

GOLF/TENNIS - These formats address rotational power, proprioception and spine stabilization. By addressing both the alignment and strength of the deeper spinal/trunk muscles, we are able to help athletes improve their game.

PRE/POSTNATAL - Learn reformer formats that safely challenge women in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Review of the ACOG guidelines and pregnancy research is provided for a thorough understanding for working with this population.

Length: 5 days (Mon-Fri from 9:00-5:30), Independent Practice Hours and a Practical Exam required.
Prerequisite: IM=X Basic Certification
Practical Exam required.
See the course agenda for more detail.