“Roll Ups” Is A Free Downloadable Joseph Pilates Exercise Card: From The 5 Minute Challenge Card Game
If you like MS Word, you’ll love my 5 Minute Pilates Challenge Card Game (free for members of my Online Pilates Lesson Planner). All your student has to do is choose a card and practice it for 5 minutes. If they do 5 minutes, that counts as a daily practice. If they pick up another card, and do another 5 Minute Challenge, that’s great.
Roll Up Joseph Pilates Exercise: Free Download
Below is one of the 5 Minute Pilates Challenge Cards that you can download for free.
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Premium Pilates Card Decks
My secret guilty pleasure is creating premium Pilates Card Decks that take me months to create!
As a Pilates teacher, you’re always looking for innovative tools to make your classes engaging, informative, and effective. That’s why I’ve created several Pilates Card Decks. Each deck is carefully crafted to serve as a quick-reference guide, teaching aid, or lesson-planning tool, designed with Pilates instructors in mind. Here’s an overview of each deck to help you understand how they can enhance your teaching.
Joseph Pilates Infographic Card Deck
The Joseph Pilates Infographic Card Deck offers a visually engaging way to understand the principles, exercises, and philosophy behind Pilates, straight from the man who created it. Each card includes key insights about Joseph Pilates’ methods, paired with infographics that simplify complex concepts. This deck is ideal for Pilates teachers who want to deepen their knowledge of Pilates history and philosophy, offering a glimpse into the core of Pilates beyond just the physical movements. It’s a perfect tool for inspiring yourself and your students to appreciate the roots of Pilates.
Joseph Pilates Mat Card Deck
The Joseph Pilates Mat Card Deck focuses on classic mat exercises as originally developed by Joseph Pilates. These cards offer detailed breakdowns of each movement, guiding you and your students through the traditional Pilates repertoire with clarity and precision. This deck is a must-have for teachers who want to keep the authenticity of Pilates alive in their classes. Each card includes instructions and cues for perfect alignment, making it easier to teach the foundational mat exercises and ensure students gain the maximum benefit.
Pilates Matwork Card Deck
The Pilates Matwork Card Deck expands upon the mat exercises, including both traditional and contemporary variations to suit all levels. With clear, step-by-step instructions on each card, this deck helps you mix and match exercises to create custom routines for your classes. It’s versatile, making it suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced students. This deck empowers teachers to add variety to their classes and adapt exercises to meet individual needs, ensuring a challenging and balanced workout for everyone.
Reformer Pilates Card Deck
For teachers working with reformers, the Reformer Pilates Card Deck provides a comprehensive selection of reformer exercises, covering foundational to advanced moves. This deck simplifies reformer exercises with easy-to-follow cues and alignment tips. Perfect for teachers looking to add structure to their reformer classes, these cards make it easy to plan sequences, target specific muscle groups, and adjust difficulty based on your students’ needs. The deck is ideal for studio settings, offering both inspiration and structure to your reformer sessions.
Pilates Foam Roller Card Deck
The Pilates Foam Roller Card Deck has 38 foam roller exercises, focusing on flexibility, balance, and core strength. Divided into categories like “Core & Stability,” “Flexibility & Stretching,” and “Balance & Coordination,” this deck has a QR code on each card where you’ll discover a video of each exercise and 30 modifications (that’s a whopping 1,140 modifications at your fingertips!). Whether you’re introducing foam roller work to beginners or challenging advanced students, this deck provides options to suit every level. It’s a go-to tool that adds variety to classes, helping clients engage in deeper stretching and core work with the support of the foam roller.
5 Minute Pilates Challenge Card Game
If you like MS Word, you’ll love my 5 Minute Pilates Challenge Card Game (free for members of my Online Pilates Lesson Planner). All your student has to do is choose a card and practice it for 5 minutes. If they do 5 minutes, that counts as a daily practice. If they pick up another card, and do another 5 Minute Challenge, that’s great.
200+ Pilates Exercise Card In 13 Categories
Members of my Online Pilates Lesson Planner get access to hundreds of the 5 Minute Pilates Challenge Cards in the following 13 categories:
- Arc Card Set
- Cadillac Card Set
- Chair Card Set
- Classic Pilates Card Set
- Foam Roller Card Set
- Magic Circle Card Set
- Matwork Card Set
- Miniball Card Set
- Reformer Card Set
- Relaxation Card Set
- Resistant Band Card Set
- Swiss Ball Card Set
- Wobble Cushion Card Set
Pilates Practice Tracker: The Holy Grail Go-to Resource For Pilates Teachers To Give To Their Students
The 5 Minute Pilates Challenge Card Game works best when giving your students the “Pilates Practice Tracker“. I’ve included the tracker within the Member’s Bonus Section.
What’s so good about the “Pilates Practice Tracker“?
Well, the Holy Grail for most Pilates teachers is for their students to do a DAILY HOME PILATES PRACTICE. The sad reality is that a daily Pilates practice is rare beast indeed.
And that is exactly why I created the “Pilates Practice Tracker“!
The “Pilates Practice Tracker” will instantly turn a hard to follow, disciplined daily Pilates practice into a fun game. It’s the best Pilates invention since the Foam Roller.
Here are the 5 steps to use the tracker to inspire your students to practice daily at home.
Step 1
Give Students A Folder
If you want to go the extra mile, get the fancy presentation ring binders so you can insert a cover with your student’s name and your Pilates class details (I’ve included a cover template within the Member Bonus Section). The folder will act as a gigantic business card and your students will feel a real sense of ownership towards your class. After all, they now have a sleek folder with their name on the front of it. And it’s not even their birthday.
Step 2
Print
Print the “Pilates Practice Tracker” document (I’ve included the Pilates Practice Tracker within the Member Bonus Section). Ask your students to place it in the very front of their sleek, new presentation ring binders.
Step 3
Best Game Ever
Within seconds of handing out the “Pilates Practice Tracker”, say with feeling and great gusto something like…
“The reason why this Pilates Practice Tracker is the best game ever invented is because it will turn a daily Pilates practice from a difficult discipline into a fun, easy peasy game.”
Step 4
Explain The Game
Now, you’ve got them all excited about the “Pilates Practice Tracker“, it’s time to explain how the game works.
It’s as easy as A–B–C–D
A) Ask your students to look at the “Pilates Practice Tracker” and draw their first star (provide pencils, pens) which will be in the Week 1 Day 1 box. This will be a very easy first step for your students, and provide a quick win. This step is very important. You see, giving an easy win very early on in a game is what all successful games do. As we all know, the hardest step is always the first one. So, make the first step ridiculously easy. All they have to do is draw a star.
B) Immediately after they’ve drawn their star, tell them that they absolutely must let out a silent (or loud) whoop of joy.
C) Explain the point system by saying something like:
“At the beginning of the 6 weeks everyone is in the black hole. The more “home practices” you do, the brighter your Inner Light becomes. If you do a Pilates practice every day for 6 weeks, you get 42 points and will become a Supernova Star Warrior. Nothing in the Universe shines more brightly than a supernova. Your 6 classes with me count as 6 points. So, with your “6 class points” in the bag, all you need are 36 points to become a Supernova Star Warrior. Oh yes, I almost forgot. There is a very special prize at the end for the students with the most stars.”
D) It’s important to say that you, the Pilates teacher, will also be playing the Pilates Practice Tracer game as well. Knowing that their Pilates teacher is also playing will provide your student’s with extra motivation to keep playing through the entire 6 week course.
You could up the ante by saying something like…
“If anyone has more daily practices than me (maximum is 42), you get the next 6 week course for free.”
This has the added bonus of giving you a whole load of wondrous positive motivation to do your “daily practice”. It adds that important ingredient of successful games – curiosity and intrigue. Subconsciously your students will be thinking…
“Can I beat my Pilates teacher? Can I get a free 6 week course?”
Step 5
Awards
Ask your students to add up their points at the end of your 6 week course and put the total in the Total Points Box.
Hand out the “You’re A Star” certificate (you’ll need to be a member to access it to the “Stars” and “Supernova Stars”.
The ones who don’t receive an award will be more motivated during your next 6 week course to get it.
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