Marie is launching a business based on the Client Centered business model in Raph’s latest book.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Connect with Marie Hopp here

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

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• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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Teneille built a thriving home-based Pilates business in her rural Australian town, population 400.

Here’s how you can do it too.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Check out TPalm Pilates and connect with Teneille Palmer here
• Follow Raph on IG here
• If you want to plan, build, and launch your $100k/Year Solo Home-Based Or Online Pilates Business, check out our Launchpad program here.

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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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:

• 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

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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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:

• Find Mission Possible Fitness online, on Facebook, and on Instagram
• Connect with Simon Bryce and Amanda Dell’Aquila on Instagram

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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We nerd out on the original 34 Contrology matwork exercises.

1. Hundred
2. Rollup
3. Roll over
4. One leg circle
5. Roll back
6. Single leg stretch
7. Double leg stretch
8. Spine stretch
9. Rocker with open legs
10. Corkscrew
11. Saw
12. Swan dive
13. One leg kick
14. Double leg kick
15. Neck pull
16. Scissors
17. Bicycle
18. Shoulder bridge
19. Spine twist
20. Jack knife
21. Side kick
22. Teaser
23. Hip twist
24. Swimming
25. Leg pull front
26. Leg pull
27. Side kick kneeling
28. Side bend
29. Boomerang
30. Seal
31. Crab
32. Rocking
33. Control balance
34. Push up

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• 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

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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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:

• Daryl Davis here
• Connect with Natalie Wilson on Instagram

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

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• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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Nathan’s world tour continues and he shares what he has learned from visiting over 150 Pilates studios.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Connect with Nathan on Instagram here
• Join Nathan's reformer academy here

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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In Pilates, it’s the norm to charge for time. But what if we charged for results instead?

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Connect with Zenia on IG here
• Find Swift Movement Academy on IG, Youtube, their website, or podcast.

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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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:

• 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

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

Download a free course guide:

• Pilates Certification
• Visualized Anatomy

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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:

• Find ESSE Pilates here
• Connect with Taylor Gotovac here and 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