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Are you interested in becoming a Pilates instructor?

Our Pilates Course is the perfect way to learn how to become an instructor. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge you need to teach both beginner and advanced Pilates classes. On the mat and all small accessories. That means with this Pilates Instructor Certification, you can comfortably instruct individuals of all kinds in private one-on-one and group settings.

This Pilates instructor course is one of the oldest and most established courses of Trifocus Fitness Academy, and this means we have had the benefit of many years to refine the course into the benchmark for the Pilates industry – setting the standard for Pilates in South Africa.

Becoming a Pilates instructor is a highly specialised field as you will learn how to work with all individuals, starting from rehabilitation Pilates to advanced levels. You will need to understand the mind and body, and human movement and anatomy, and that is exactly what this course will furnish you with!

The Pilates course is accredited with CATHSSETA and endorsed by REPSSA. Making your skill as a Pilates instructor internationally portable and transferable.
Additionally, we have your Pilates education covered by adding a Pilates barre course to this course. We are the only Fitness institution to incorporate Pilates barre into a Pilates certification course, and this will give you a distinct edge in the industry.
This course is designed to be taken online, giving you the flexibility of learning at your own pace and in your own time. The online platform is enriched with colourful images and detailed instruction videos for all exercises.

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Pilates exercises have been known to increase stability, core strength, posture and flexibility. The exercises and principles learned in the Pilates Course can be applied to any form of exercise modality or executed by themselves.

Bonus: Included in this Pilates Instructor Course: Barre Pilates, Foam Rolling, and Specialised Nutrition – making you a Pilates instructor that stands out from the rest.

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Modules

  • Course overview
  • Learning structure
  • Assessments explained
  • Results, support, certificates, and notes

  • History and origins
  • Breathing techniques and body awareness
  • Foundation principles applied to matwork

  • Anatomy overview
  • Spine, core, and alignment
  • Key muscles and muscle groups
  • Movement analysis in matwork

  • Introduction to client screening
  • Pre-exercise screening process
  • Passive postural assessment
  • Pilates movement screening

  • Mat Pilates program structure
  • Progression levels
  • Special populations considerations
  • Use of props in matwork
  • Periodisation and progress tracking
  • Studio setup and management
  • Teaching techniques

  • Core activation
  • Neutral spine alignment
  • Precision, flow, and control
  • Breathing for movement
  • Safe progression of exercises
  • Classical matwork repertoire
  • Modifications and progressions

  • Seated and standing balance
  • Core engagement with the ball
  • Spine strengthening
  • Flexibility and mobility training
  • Ball-based mobility drills
  • Ball Pilates exercises

  • Upper body resistance
  • Shoulder girdle stability
  • Core activation with Theraband
  • Lower body strengthening
  • Dynamic stretching
  • Theraband exercise integration

Bonus Modules Included in Your Pilates Instructor Course

  • Core engagement and posture alignment
  • Breath control and endurance
  • Precision, flow, and barre technique
  • Hip, knee, and spine alignment
  • Flexibility and mobility improvement
  • Modifications for all fitness levels and prenatal clients
  • Injury prevention
  • Use of balls, bands, and light weights

  • Client-specific nutrition strategies
  • Reading and understanding food labels
  • Advising on supplements
  • Basics of the Glycemic Index (GI)
  • Adapting plans for Pilates clients
  • Nutrition for health and performance

  • Foam rolling fundamentals
  • Flexibility, mobility, and recovery
  • Targeting tension areas
  • Integrating foam rolling into Pilates sessions
  • Enhancing body awareness and injury prevention

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How to Study

In today’s busy world it is imperative that you choose a course that is both flexible to your schedule and a course that you can work at your own pace.

Trifocus, has you covered. When you learn to become a Pilates instructor you will be studying on our online learning platform.

The platform is a state-of-the-art online learning platform. Through the videos, questionnaires, and forums on your dedicated learning portal you will be able to have the full benefit of our world-class Pilates education – when it’s convenient for you.

Our online learning platform includes:

  • All assessments
  • Animated and interactive games to test your knowledge
  • Progress trackers
  • Thousands of slides with informative information and colourful images
  • Unlimited access to the online platform
  • Videos including Pilates exercises and anatomical footage

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    SHADOWING HOURS FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS

    Becoming a fitness professional requires a lot more from you than just reading the course content! All South African Accredited Fitness Qualifications require the student to complete a stipulated number of experiential shadowing hours.

    You must complete and pass your fitness course because it will help you obtain work experience before entering the fitness industry.

    Trifocus Fitness Academy and teamed up with ShadowMe.Fitness to enable you to complete your certified fitness shadowing hours virtually. ShadowMe.Fitness has the world’s best fitness instructors demonstrating and upskilling you in your chosen fitness niche.

    Benefits of this include:

    • Faster completion of your Personal training course
    • Complete your certified shadowing hours in the comfort of your own home
    • Can be done from any device
    • Save on travel costs, gym entrance fees
    • No need to visit a gym or fitness studio to get your shadow hours
    • Your certified shadowing deck is authenticated through bespoke software
    • Lifetime access to your chosen fitness niche

    Frequently Asked Questions

    The Pilates Certification course roughly takes 4-6 months to complete. However, because we understand that you want to perfect your skill as a Pilates Instructor, we give you up to a year to complete the online course.

    Sometimes it is hard to know whether you should pursue a career as a Pilates instructor. Here are some reasons you might want to consider this career:

    You absolutely love Pilates
    You enjoy helping others and it satisfies you to see people improve physically and mentally.
    You want to keep the longevity of the mind-body connection.
    You don’t want to work the traditional 9-5 job hours
    You want to be able to work with a variety of different people
    You want to be qualified to work anywhere in the world.

    If you answered YES to any of these statements, then completing a Pilates instructor course is the right career move for you and you should start studying to learn to become an instructor.

    At Trifocus we have numerous payment methods to assist you with your finances. We give discounts on full payments, have debit orders, and offer structured payment plans.

    At Trifocus we Train our instructors with the original New York Classical Pilates Method. This form of Pilates as been around for literally over 100 years and has proved to be the safest method to learn Pilates with. In addition, when you graduate, teaching this method to your students is easily understood and translatable.

    Yes, Pilates instructors are highly in demand throughout South Africa and Internationally In addition, when you are a trained Pilates Professional Instructor you are seen as a specialist and with that comes better pay. There is no better time to start studying Pilates than the present!

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