Mat Pilates Progressions Regressions Instructor Reference (PDF Cards)

A client cannot do the exercise as written, and the room is waiting. Another client is plainly under-challenged and losing interest. On the reformer you would reach for a spring. On the mat there is nothing but the body. This reference is for that exact moment.

The Mat Pilates Progressions and Regressions Reference is a look-it-up teaching tool for the whole classical mat repertoire. For every exercise it gives you the Standard version, a Foundation with more support, a Challenge to take it further, and a short ladder of further options, each one moving a single body-only lever. Find the exercise, take the option, keep teaching. Built for qualified and trainee mat instructors who teach mixed-level rooms.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ 42 mat exercises, each fully laddered from Foundation to Challenge
✔ The Six Levers framework: base of support, lever length, range, tempo, orientation to gravity, complexity
✔ A Standard set-up, an easier option and a harder option for every exercise
✔ A By-lever cross-index: pick the lever you want to work today and read the move for every exercise
✔ A watch-for line on each exercise: the one sign that tells you to change the rung
✔ Two formats: a 28-page A4 reading booklet and 42 printable reference cards, 2-up

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PERFECT FOR
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• Mat Pilates instructors, newly qualified or established
• Teachers running mixed-level group classes
• Reformer instructors who also teach mat and want the body-only toolkit
• Anyone building the confidence to adapt on the spot instead of improvising

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ It teaches the engine, not a script. Learn the Six Levers and you can build an option for an exercise that is not even in the book
✓ Every option moves one lever, so you can read what it did and cue it clearly
✓ Options framing throughout. Offer a Foundation or a Challenge to the whole room, never single anyone out
✓ Grounded in the classical mat order and the Elements of Progression, then written in plain teaching language
✓ Pull it up in seconds before or during a class, on any device, or print the cards for the studio

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Instant digital download. Two PDF files: the reading booklet and the printable cards
• No physical item is shipped
• A4 format, print-friendly, and readable on phone, tablet or laptop
• For personal professional use by the purchasing instructor

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DISCLAIMER
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This is a professional teaching reference for qualified Pilates instructors. The options are fitness adaptations for healthy clients working at different levels. They are not medical advice and do not replace clinical judgement. Where a client has an injury, a medical condition, or is pregnant or postnatal, refer to a suitably qualified professional and work within your own scope of practice and certification. The overhead and inverted exercises do not suit every body. Each carries a Foundation that keeps the weight off the neck. Exercise names and forms vary across Pilates schools. Every move is taught as a lever change, which holds on any mat and in any method.