Reformer Pilates Props Reference Guide, Instructor Programming Tool (Digital Download)

You know the props are there. The ring, the box, the bands, the weights, the little soft ball. The question mid-class is always the same. Which one, and what does it actually change. This reference answers it in seconds, so you reach for the right prop with the same certainty you reach for the right spring.

The Reformer Props Reference is a programming tool for qualified instructors, not an exercise deck. It tells you what each prop is for and when to reach for it. Sixty-two grounded applications across six props, each one set up, explained, cued, and load-noted in plain working-instructor language.

It is the fifth tool in the Brick By Brick reference set. The Cueing Library gives you what to say. The Modifications and Options Library gives you what to offer instead. The Faults and Corrections Reference gives you what to fix. The Setup Reference sets the machine. This one stocks the room.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ 62 prop applications across 6 props: magic circle, the box, resistance band and loop, light hand weights, the overball, and the rotational disc
✔ Every application set up the same way: How it goes on, Why you would use it, the relative Load, the Cue to say out loud, and the one mistake to Watch
✔ A dual index. Find it BY PROP when you are planning a prop into a class, or BY WHAT THE PROP DOES when you know the problem but not the tool
✔ The four-intent system: add load, add feedback, add support, add variety
✔ A "calibrate your prop" note for every prop whose resistance varies, so the reference works on any ring, band or ball you own
✔ A4 reference booklet plus a print-and-cut card set, so it lives on your device or on the trolley

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PERFECT FOR
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• Working reformer instructors who want to program props with intent, not novelty
• Newly qualified teachers building a repertoire beyond the springs
• Studios standardising how a teaching team uses its props
• Instructors keeping classes fresh and beating prep-burnout

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ It is organised by the decision you are actually making in the room
✓ Load is always a relationship, never a colour or a number, so it holds true on whatever prop you have
✓ It sets up the prop, it does not coach the movement, so it works alongside your own teaching
✓ Written in a real instructor's voice, grounded in the way props are taught, not generic filler
✓ It pairs with the four sibling reference tools to build one coherent working library

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Instant digital download. Two PDF files, A4.
• No physical item is shipped.
• For personal professional use by the purchasing instructor.
• Colours on screen may vary slightly from your print.

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DISCLAIMER
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This is a professional teaching reference for qualified Pilates instructors. It describes how to program small props into reformer exercises taught to healthy clients at general fitness levels. It is about choosing and setting up the prop, not assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or how to perform the movements. Where a client has an injury, a medical condition, or is pregnant or postnatal, that is a matter for a suitably qualified professional. Work within your own scope of practice and certification. A prop adds challenge, so form comes first and the prop second, every time. Prop resistance is not standardised, so every load reference is relative. Set your own prop to the relationship described and check it against the client in front of you.