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The Pilates technique was founded
by Joseph Pilates, who was once a fragile and
sickly kid – growing up he suffered from various
ailments such as rickets, asthma as well as
rheumatic fever. Because of this he was very
intent on studying about nutrition and health
and trained hard in order to overcome his
supposed limitations.
His determination and
perseverance eventually led him to become a very
strong and fit person. Due to the immense
progress that his health has gone through
through the years, he is keen on sharing the
fitness techniques that he developed so that
others may be able to benefit from his
experience.
Now he shares his innovative mind
and body fitness techniques to a program that we
now simply refer to as Pilates. Being one of the
fastest-growing fitness trend today, the Pilates
technique is now enjoying a loyal following from
millions of people who got inspired by Joseph’s
desire to be as healthy and fit as he can be.
Pilates is not your ordinary
workout routine, it is a body strengthening and
toning technique which has various beneficial
effects for the body and is constantly being
endorsed by various physicians for almost a
century. Pilates is certainly considered as the
total mind-body exercise regimen that can
definitely help strengthen, tone and realign
one’s body.
The movements that are usually done using the
Pilates technique is usually focused on the so
called “powerhouse” group. This is actually the
core muscle groups of the body and includes the
lower back, abdomen, hips and buttocks. When put
together, these muscles make up a person’s
“physical center”. When certain movements are
initiated upon these muscles – from the central
core of the torso then flowing outward to the
extremities, the Pilates technique helps create
a streamlined body.
There are many other health,
wellness and fitness benefits that one can get
from exercising the Pilates technique, it also
helps improve one’s coordination skills and body
awareness while continued exercise of Pilates
also helps a person to ward off stress and ease
tension plus for those who want to look slimmer
and overall, better, Pilates also helps correct
one’s posture problems.
When you become a Certified Pilates Fitness
Instructor, aside from being your own boss,
there are other wonderful benefits that can come
out from it:
You can keep every cent of what you earn.
There are many tax advantages that you can
enjoy.
As your own boss, you get decide on how your
schedule goes.
You can charge on average, an hourly fee
starting from $40 up to $60 for each individual
that you train. This is great when you have
group sessions.
Being your own boss means being able to fully
take charge of everything.
You get to choose whether to work at the comfort
of your own home, go to your clients’ houses
personally or work at a fitness facility.
If you have enough means already then you may
actually put up your own Pilates studio and that
can help you earn on average over $1,000 a week
– you get to take control of your own schedule,
plus since you don’t have to go to other
people’s health facilities or your clients’
homes you do get to save a lot from your travel
expenses.
If you are a certified Pilates instructor
working at a health facility or club you get to
enjoy these benefits:
You automatically have free membership to the
health facility/club that you are working for.
You’ll receive various benefits as an employee.
It’s up to the management to sign you up with
clients.
You may receive additional commissions whenever
you get to sell memberships to your clients for
the health club that you’re working for.
The health club/facility that you’re working
will have sufficient equipment to help you
better train your clients in order to achieve
better results.
You may get other bonuses whenever you sign up
new clients, sell health club memberships or
various nutritional products.
One possible drawback to working for a health
club is that:
A percentage of your earnings may probably go to
the health club and they may even ask you to pay
for a rental fee for some of the facilities of
the club that you’ve used. |
