Pilates Elephants

By Raphael BenderMedicine Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement

Pilates Elephants episodes

April 11, 2024236. How to deal with a toxic studio environment, with Raphael Bender
Response to a listener question on how to set boundaries around extra work outside of class times, and overly frequent internal communications.
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18 min
April 07, 2024235. A retrospective on 15 years teaching Pilates, with Nicole Mazurkiewicz and Raphael Bender
Nicole and Raph review Nicole's journey teaching Pilates with Breathe from 2009 onwards.
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38 min
April 04, 2024234. Do you need to know anatomy to teach Pilates? With Raphael Bender
This is something I've changed my view on over the last year. Here is my updated viewpoint, and my reasons for changing my mind.
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19 min
March 31, 2024233. How to become an in-demand Pilates instructor, with Naomi Di Fabio and Raphael Bender
The technical AND non-technical skills that will enable you to fill your classes, negotiate better pay and better shifts.
Listen in to find out how!
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Connect with Naomi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naomidifabio/
Website: https://pilatesinstructortrainingcourses.com/

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1 hr 20 min
March 28, 2024232. Why knees going inwards during a squat might strengthen glutes MORE - with Raphael Bender
Errata - Loren F Chiu is a man (Sorry Loren).
New study finds net joint forces in hip external rotation are greater in a squat, when the knees go inwards.
Read the research
Read the research here
Listen to episode 114 "Why do your knees go in when you squat?" here

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender
Download a free course guide:
Pilates Certification
Visualized Anatomy

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14 min
March 24, 2024231. Find your Pilates niche, with Nicole Mazurkiewicz and Raphael Bender
How much should you specialize, and HOW should you specialize, to differentiate yourself from other Pilates businesses?
Listen to find out!
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41 min
March 21, 2024230. In Pilates, hard is not the same thing as effective - with Raphael Bender
As Pilates instructors, we all roll our eyes when people think Pilates is "easy" or "just stretching".
It's definitely hard.
But... that doesn't mean it's effective (for strengthening).
It depends how you do it.
Listen in to find out the science of how to make your Pilates sessions BOTH hard, AND effective for strengthening.
Read the research:
You need to work to within a couple of repetitions of failure to significantly stimulate strengthening here and here
As instability goes up, force production (and thus strengthening stimulus) goes down here
To keep getting stronger over time you need to progressively add load here

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Download a free course guide:
Pilates Certification
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27 min
March 17, 2024229. New research on cueing, with Hailey Hawkins and Raphael Bender
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Meta-analysis on reporting bias in the external focus literature here
Meta-analysis on reporting bias in the choice and expectancy literature here
Feedback works here
Give feedback about both correct execution and errors here
Give concise feedback about key elements only here
Give feedback about both results and execution here
Combining verbal + visual feedback is more effective than either alone here
Distributed practice and practice testing significantly enhance learning here

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender
Download a free course guide:
Pilates Certification
Visualized Anatomy

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1 hr 17 min
March 14, 2024228. How to negotiate pay for teaching Pilates, with Raphael Bender
My experience and thoughts on how to create a win/win pay negotiation with a studio owner.
Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender
Download a free course guide:
Pilates Certification
Visualized Anatomy
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32 min
March 10, 2024227. Do we (still) under-load our clients in Pilates? With Raphael Bender
Believe it or not, this is actually a (somewhat) nuanced episode.
Read the research yourself:
Steele et al. (2022) Most people self-select loads that are too light to stimulate significant strengthening here
At 55% of your 1RM you can do about 21 reps here
At loads of 55% of 1RM you need to be within a few reps of failure to stimulate significant strengthening here

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender
Download a free course guide:
Pilates Certification
Visualized Anatomy

Become a Breathe Education Mentor Affiliate: Program info

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16 min

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We get to grips with new research, teaching strategies, and social issues around Pilates and Pilates teaching. This is 100% authentic, unscripted, real talk about everything Pilates.