Pilates 101 Podcast

Pilates 101 - Episode 28 - What it takes to be successful?

In this episode of Pilates 101, Glenn has the honour to discuss the journey to success with the incredible Aaron Smith, founder of KX Pilates. Aaron opened the first KX Pilates Studio in 2010 and since then he never stopped growing and learning. Today, he owns the biggest Pilates franchise business in Australia with a turnover of $35M and 94 KX Pilates studios. 

Learn more about what it takes to build an outstanding brand and what you need to get started.

You can find out more about KX Pilates at www.kxpilates.com. Follow them on Instagram @kxpilates

Pilates 101 - Episode 27 - How Can You Achieve Your Goals?

In this month's Podcast we chat to 3x Olympian Hannah Milley. Hannah represented team GB at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. A Commonwealth games champion, European medalist and just missing out on Olympic bronze being touched out of third place by the smallest of margins Hannah is a true credit to the GB swim program and herself. Hannah is now transitioning to life as a mere mortal and on that road has recently qualified as a Pilates teacher. As such, she joins us to share her stories on her career, being introduced to Pilates at 14 years old, using it to prolong her career and now teaching to others.

 

This really is an amazing chat with an incredible person with so much advise for us all to consider and reflect on in our everyday lives and our teaching practices. 

 

Enjoy!

 

You can connect with Hannah on social media here

Pilates 101 - Episode 26 - How to Level Up Your Career?

In this episode Glenn is joined by Julie Driver and Jeff Waters to discuss the importance of levelling up your Pilates game. When is the right time to progress? How to go about it? How will this help your future career? And most importantly, what’s in it for you? This episode will answer all these questions and many more, so that you are equipped with the right information when it comes to levelling up.

 

Julie Driver believes passionately in the power of Pilates and she has been teaching Pilates for over 18 years both in the UK and internationally. In 2014 she won the Pilates Anytime Instructor of the Year and she is highly involved in developing research for Equestrian Pilates. Find out more about Julie here.

 

Jeff Waters is a studio owner, Reformer instructor with a fitness background. He is talking about the process of managing his studios and how taking the Reformer course shaped his entire career. Find out more about Jeff here.

 

We hope you enjoy this podcast. Please remember that you can send us any questions to info@appihealthgroup.com

Pilates 101 - Episode 25 - What Makes a Great Pilates Class?

In this month's Podcast we have multiple conversations regarding what we believe to be one of the most important and most commonly asked questions by us as Pilates instructors, Pilates enthusiasts and Pilates business owners: 

 

What makes a great Pilates class?

 

We have posed this question to different people, all who have an active interest in Pilates, to try and give us an idea on how to answer this very important question. 

 

Could it be the teacher? The preparation for the class? The class contents? Or maybe the class flow? The set up? The venue? The energy or the environment?  

 

We have answers from our Founders Glenn and Elisa Withers, various Pilates teachers from across our community and some Pilates clients who attend Pilates classes regularly, as well as a featured interview with the amazing Helen Barcellona. 

 

Helen is an experienced Chartered Physiotherapist, fully accredited APPI Instructor & Star Pro Member. She is the co-director of Surrey Hills Physiotherapy, a central hub for the promotion of health and wellbeing in Dorking.

 

We really hope you enjoy this podcast, as we feel that this is one of the most interactive podcasts to date. We want to say a special thank you to all those who contributed to this episode. 

Pilates 101 - Episode 24 - How to Monetise Social Media for Pilates Classes

In this episode APPI’s co-founder, Glenn Withers is joined by Pilates Instructor and Marketing expert, Lee Morgan . With Lee bringing his many years of experience in the Pilates industry as an instructor, business owner and marketing consultant, Glenn joins Lee to talk about how you can use social media to its full advantage, attracting brand new clients as well as retaining your existing ones too. 

 

The aim of this podcast is to give you a practical insight into how to manage social media to benefit your business. With so many updates, changes in algorithm and so much competition out there, it can be overwhelming and difficult to stand out. We could not agree more with what Lee said in this episode: “Social Media changes like the English weather”.

 

How much time you should spend on creating content? Which platform is best to use? How many times should you post? Does knowing your audience really matter? What’s the first step you should take? Lee reveals in detail the answers to these questions and many more.

 

We hope you enjoy this episode and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to connect with Lee on Facebook or drop us a message. If you would like to be part of the wider APPI community, please join our Support Group on Facebook.

Pilates 101 - Episode 23 - Sex, Myths, Menopause and Endometriosis

A fascinating insight into the world of women’s health and the issues around menopause and endometriosis. This has come about from the brilliant Channel 4 documentary hosted by Davina McCall called – Sex, Myths and Menopause. Davina highlighted many of the challenges around these issues, the possibility that science has failed women in its resources, support and understanding and how talking about these challenges is vital in helping all women going through these issues. I chat to women’s health and pelvic health specialists Emily Elgar and Pippa Carter. They are also our APPI specialist presenters, and creators of our women’s Health Programs and courses.  It’s a long chat and full of great information, as well as recommendations for resources that are available for us as an industry and our clients. A huge thank you to Emily and Pippa for their time and expertise and we hope you enjoy the podcast.

Pilates 101 - Episode 22 - Get Ready for Summer

Summer Ready - What does this even mean?

 

In this episode Glenn tackles the question that always dominates the marketing world at this time of year - Get your body ready for summer! He asks what this really means and what should we, as a Pilates community, view this question as. Glenn follows his analysis of this question with some quick fire tips for a strong and healthy Pilates body, and finishes with a full review of his Conference 2021 class plan, as a way to get a strong and healthy body that allows you to move with confidence and poise. 

Pilates 101 - Episode 21 - Expectations vs. Reality of Running a Pilates Business in 2022

In this fascinating episode APPI founder Glenn Withers addresses the question of expectations vs reality of running a Pilates business in 2022. Glenn interviews Aimee Clayton and Jessica Nicholson of Physiofitandpilates.

Aimee and Jess have been running their business for several years and share their experiences around what it takes to run their business. Aimee and Jess open up about the struggles with COVID, cancelations, block booking issues, time management and people management. It is a bare bones discussion around their experiences and covers many questions and issues that are facing all of us in this industry right now.

We hope you enjoy a truly personal story and an honest discussion of the current challenges.

Pilates 101 - Episode 20 - All about the Hips

This week’s podcast starts with a poignant message that Glenn wanted to share and address and appeal with our community in relation to the crisis in the Ukraine.

 

On behalf of Elisa and myself and all of us at APPI Health Group and APPI clinics here in the UK and out partners around the world. We unite in support of Ukraine and its people. May we all pray support these brave people who stand for their human rights and reject War. We are putting together some plans for how we, as a global Pilates community, can unite and raise much needed funds for the people of Ukraine. Stay tuned for more in the coming days. APPI worldwide family stand in support of Ukraine.

 

The main portion of this week’s podcast is a discussion with Co-Founder Glenn Withers exploring the current information that is available around maintaining and managing a Healthy Hips for your clients. Glenn will take a look at the hip joint, what are the common issues, and ways we can look at structuring sessions in relation to the hip!

 

Glenn will discuss the importance of maintaining the mobility, the appropriate strength and muscle balance in and around the hip, not forgetting, when it comes to function that there are other integral elements that need to be considered.

 

And remembering the essence of Pilates ability to engage the inner, outer and extended core is an integral part of the Hip Pathology and Hip Function.

Pilates 101 - Episode 19 - Top 20 fitness trends 2022 revealed and a look back at the 21 years of growing APPI

In this episode APPI founder Glenn Withers shares with us his memories, lessons, challenges and successes of developing and running APPI with co-founder Elisa Withers over the last 21 years. Glenn then reveals and discusses the Top 20 Fitness trends for 2022 as described by the American Society of Sports Medicines annual survey. Following the announcement of the list Glenn delves into the Top 10 trends and what this means for us as a Pilates industry, where our opportunities are and how we can utilise this survey for our growth and development over the next year ahead.