Intensive Mat Plus™

Learn to design and lead the Level 1 Essential and Intermediate STOTT PILATES  Matwork repertoire for personal or group training settings for a range of clients. You will leave with a solid foundation and required skills to develop effective and motivating Pilates Matwork programs.  Please email ashlee@pilatescenterofomaha.com for questions!  

Details

What you will learn: 

• The STOTT PILATES Five Basic Principles
• Essential, Intermediate, Power workouts
• Effective use of small props with matwork based exercises; Including: resistance bands, the fitness circle, arc barrel, and weights to enhance torso stability and strength, peripheral extremity conditioning, joint stability, flexibility, balance and coordination
• Effective communication and observational skills
• Verbal cueing and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation
• Theory and practice of postural analysis
• 63 exercises plus modifications for specific body types, postural issues and conditions
• How to incorporate resistance equipment to support and intensify exercises
• Exercise layering related to effective program design
• Workout composition for personal and group training

Requirements of certification:

• 40 hours of instruction and supervised teaching (these 40 hours will be completed during the course)
• Minimum of 10 hours of observation (outside of course logged hours)
• Minimum of 30 hours of physical review (outside of course logged hours)
• Minimum of 15 hours of practice teaching (outside of course logged hours)

Total: 95 hours

Observation, Practice Teaching, and Physical Review:

A minimum number of hours of observation, practice teaching and physical review are required for all courses and should be completed between instructed sessions at any STOTT PILATES facility. Additional training may be required before certification. Practice teaching and physical review hours must be logged outside of class time. The practice logs must be submitted on your exam date (either written or practical exam). If the student fails to submit all the logs within 7 days from the last portion of the exam, the entire exam will be void.

Observation (10 Hours)
Watching sessions taught by a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or relevant STOTT PILATES videos.

Physical review (30 hours)
Means physically performing the exercises learned in class. Taking a class with a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor or working out with video can qualify as physical review hours, and can be completed individually or with other students.

Practice teaching ( 15 hours)
Hours can be fulfilled by instructing family, fellow students, friends or clients.

Continuing education credits:

STOTT PILATES 4.0
canfitpro 4.0
ACE 5.0

Fall 2025 Dates**: 

• November 6th - 9th;
• December 4th - 7th

Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturdays meet 12:00 - 5:30 PM; Sundays meet 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

**(Please note, course meets all dates of both weekends for a total of 40 hours of instruction.  Missed hours must be made up privately at an additional cost) 

Please call 402-932-7581 to schedule small group or private instruction.