Pilates Anatomy Reference, Muscles Worked in 64 Mat and Reformer Exercises, Instructor Training PDF

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A client stops mid-exercise and asks what it is working. This book gives you the answer for 64 mat and reformer exercises, worked out phase by phase so you can check it and say it in one plain sentence.

The Pilates Anatomy Reference lays the anatomy onto the repertoire. For every exercise it names the phases, the joint actions in each phase and the direction of the load, and the muscles follow from those: which ones shorten, which lengthen under control and which hold. On the reformer every phase is marked against the springs or with them, because the springs always pull the carriage home and the muscles that send it out are the ones that slow it back. Then the book turns round, so you can start from a muscle and find every exercise that loads it.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ 64 exercise entries, 32 mat and 32 reformer, each with a drawing of the position and the main movers shaded
✔ Every phase written out: the joint actions, the load direction, the muscles shortening, lengthening and holding
✔ What takes over when the exercise goes wrong, and what you see when it does
✔ A one-line answer to say to the client on every entry
✔ A muscle atlas of 29 muscles and groups, each drawn on the body with the muscle shaded, where it is in plain words, what it does and the exercises that load it
✔ Seven drawn diagrams for the rules the book stands on: the joint actions, the four ways a muscle works, the gravity rule, the spring rule, the deep trunk, the shoulder blade and the hip
✔ Muscle to exercise tables across mat and reformer, for planning a focus
✔ A balance check that shows which direction of each joint your class works, and a printable class check
✔ The 15 questions clients ask most, answered in words you can say out loud
✔ The research where it exists, labelled, with 29 sources listed
✔ Tabbed A4 PDF, 90 pages

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PERFECT FOR
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• Newly qualified instructors who want a real answer when a client asks what an exercise works
• Trainees revising anatomy for a mat or reformer certification
• Experienced teachers planning a class with a focus, such as the side of the hip or the back of the body

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ The reasoning is shown on every entry, so you can follow it and teach it
✓ The reformer side is covered as fully as the mat, spring by spring
✓ The drawings shade the muscles that do the work, so a glance answers the question
✓ The plain client lines save you translating anatomy in the middle of class
✓ Where a study measured an exercise, the entry says what it found and labels any study that was not Pilates

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Digital download: one A4 PDF (90 pages). No physical item is sent.
• Read it on a tablet or print it for the studio.
• For personal use. Please do not resell or share the file.

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DISCLAIMER
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Written for Pilates instructors and trainees as a teaching reference. It describes healthy movement anatomy and is not medical advice. Programming for a client with an injury, a condition or pain belongs to a trained professional who has assessed them.