The Pilates Goddess Podcast

I'm super excited about this interview! I've known Allan Menezes for about 30 years, and had clients who had great outcomes after working with him while they were working in Australia.

[Note that my audio has some echo. It's just when I speak. I apologize for that, and will fix it before my next interview.]

We talk about all the things - how a rugby injury led Allan to Pilates with Alan Herdman in London, opening the first studio in Australia, being a founding member of the PhysicalMind Institute, his experiences with Sean Gallagher during the trademark lawsuit, the dangers of neutral spine, and some new apparatus that Allan developed during pandemic isolation. We also discuss his new online Reformer course!

If you already have a comprehensive or reformer Pilates certification, you can use code MPRef050 to save 50% (proof of existing certification required) on this Reformer cec course. This exclusive half-price discount (he mentions 10% in the podcast) is just for The Pilates Goddess Podcast listeners!

Pilates Reformer L1 Online Training Course - https://pilates.samcart.com/products/menezes-pilates-reformer-level-1/

Download Allan's Lunge PDF - https://pilates.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/allanslunge-1.pdf

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pilatesinstitute/

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With osteoporosis being a health crisis in the US, and falls & fractures being a leading cause of death, we need to know all we can about bone health.

No matter what else you do for your bones, exercise is the one must-do! It will help all other treatments work better.

In this episode I review exercise modifications for osteoporosis, along with common treatments and nutrition concerns.

Email me if you have questions

Join the Exercise for Bone Health community on Revel

Join my donation-based 6-month Wellness for All course, Exercise for Bone Health, Strength, & Mobility (3 recordings are available now)

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Have you heard about niche marketing? About the importance of picking an Ideal Client Avatar?

Do you struggle with this, because you know Pilates is good for everybody and you want to reach the largest number of potential clients?

In this episode I explain what a niche is, and why you need one!

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According to the NY Times, "Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide". While we can talk about exercise in terms of cardio, strength, and endurance, I find it much more useful to talk to my clients about function.

In this episode I break down the basic skills you need to be able to enjoy a long life, and what exercises help with this. Fall prevention is a skill!

If you'd like to learn more about my approach, check out the following links -

30 minute classes on Revel

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Pilates Teachers - If you are working way too many hours for way too little money, you're not alone. But it doesn't have to be that way!

I outline some things to think about that can help you make more money in less time.

If you enjoy my content, please consider supporting me with a donation at https://ko-fi.com/lyndalippinpilates - Thank you!

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I talk to so many potential clients who love simple and effective workouts, and steer clear of Pilates. Most recently, someone told me that she went to a studio and left feeling like Pilates had to involve equipment and was way too technical, so she's rather not do Pilates.

Yet, she loves my work and approach, which are distinctly Pilates.

Joe Pilates developed his work to be easy to do and teach! Yes, he was an inventor and came up with all kinds of awesome gizmos, but none of them are required, and most can be mimicked inexpensively (see episode 3).

Check out a simple Strong Bones Pilates class online - https://lyndalippin.com/strong-bones-online-pilates-studio

Check out Exercise for Bone Health, Strength, & Mobility - https://bit.ly/LyndaLippinCourse

$5 Strong Bones online classes at Revel - https://fitlynda.com/revel

(There's some cursing, so be careful around other people.)

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Pilates is at a crossroads (as is all fitness right now), and we need to decide whether to look ahead and move forward, or focus on the past.

I've been working with Joan Breibart for over 30 years, since I became a founding member of the Institute for the Pilates Method in 1991. Joan is a force, and was the first person Sean Gallagher sued in the infamous trademark lawsuit.

She has a lot to say about where Pilates has been and where it's going, and whether or not you agree, I think you'll find our conversation interesting.

More About Joan:

Grandmother, Inventor, Author & Visionary with 10 US Patents; Responsible for making Pilates a household name; Wellness industry disruptor; Creator of 80Bites. Joan Breibart, Founder of the PhysicalMind Institute, started the Pilates boom in 1991 when she organized The Institute for the Pilates Method which introduced the first Pilates certification program; the first Pilates Matwork video, “Working out the Pilates Way”;  and the first Pilates encyclopedias on the Exercise for the MAT and Reformer....

See more about Joan and her inventions at The PhysicalMind Institute

Click here to read the Pilates trademark reversal decision at Harvard Law.

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Pilates, in fact, does not require big expensive equipment!

Listen for some Pilates history, what the equipment does, and how you can mimic the studio equipment at home for under $200 total.

A montage of Joe Pilates - https://youtu.be/nQnLYoUHzps

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This is for everybody, including Pilates & Fitness trainers!

If you've been focused on doing different things all the time to "confuse" your muscles, you're actually doing yourself a disservice.

While your brain may be easily confused, muscles are not!

I walk through my developmental approach to teaching a push up.

Interested in working with me? Schedule a free 20 minute consult call.

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You may have heard the phrase "neutral spine" in a Pilates or other exercise class, and I bet that neither you nor the trainer who said it understands what neutral spine means. There's a reason for that....

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