Advance your assessment skills with Brent Anderson! When assessing the Goal-Post, the client is asked to do three things: Stand up against the wall with their head against the wall, Bring the arms to 90/90, Bring the arms into a high “V” position.
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Assessing the Full Squat
How do we know what is important? How do we understand what we see?
Polestar Founder Brent Anderson walks you through assessing the full squat. Read More
The Best Teachers Teach in the Moment
How would you describe your presence in the Pilates Studio? Cheerful, affectionate, grounded, powerful, indulgent? I always find it amazing that two Pilates teachers can lead the same exercise, using similar cues, yet one of them leaves you feeling great and the other falls flat. This is the nuance that presence brings to a session.Read More
The Most Important Part Of Running? It’s Way More Than Shoes!
At first, research was focused on biomechanics; kinetics, and kinematics, then shoes, speed, and cadence. Now we realize “we are human”… What about the psychological aspects like motivation, the runner’s passion, sleep habits, and nutrition.Read More
How to Motivate your Clients to Keep Moving
Adherence to an exercise program like Pilates is fundamental to ensuring the healthy objectives the practice generates are obtained. Explore the influences, variables, and tools you can implement in your teaching to motivate your clients. Read More
Community Highlight: Polestar Practitioner Peter Clerkin
Movement fascinates me and Pilates is a wonderful way of moving and making shapes that is in the moment, fun, and rewarding. Pilates takes me into flow more than any other activity.Read More