Are your clients really fit to ride?

Are you-

• a  Pilates teacher who is passionate about teaching and helping clients achieve more?
• A physiotherapist, sports therapist, chiropractor or osteopath with a Pilates teaching qualification who wants to learn how rider alignment, breath flow and core stability impacts on performance?
• Looking for ways to increase your earning potential by tapping into the massive equestrian market?

This course will help you

• learn about rider anatomy and asymmetry- reasons behind postural habits and how to improve them
• build a biomechanical profile of your riders and form specific exercise plans to target their individual needs
• offer that ‘something extra’ to your clients
• stand out in your area because you provide specialist coaching for equestrians
• learn effective new ways of solving common riding problems which will enable your client to achieve new levels of performance with their horse
• be part of a team with a established brand in the UK and international equestrian industry

Equipilates
​Biomechanics Trainer™

NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Next intake starts October 20th 2020.  Book now to guarantee your place!

Would you like to offer something extra to your clients? Stand out in your area and increase your earning potential? 

The Equipilates Biomechanics Trainer™ Course has been developed to meet the high demand around the UK and beyond from riders and health/exercise professionals to improve their own and their clients’ performance using the sports specific approach introduced in the book ‘Pilates for Riders’ and developed in ‘Core Connection for Rider & Horse’. 

The course is structured to improve your skills in postural analysis, sport specific application of Pilates principles and biomechanical diagnostic techniques for the huge number of riders wishing to improve their form and function both in and out of the saddle. 

It is a must for any health or fitness professional looking for a  real understanding  of  the rider’s needs, how to assess rider position, influence and effectiveness with practical, straightforward tools for improving their clients’ performance, poise and partnership with  their horse.

On completion of the course and successful assessments, you will be certified as an Equipilates Biomechanics Trainer™ and benefit from being part of our team. You will be able to access the Equipilates™ Teaching Team forum for support and interaction with other team members, and you’ll be able to connect with other Equipilates™ teachers near you who have complementary skill sets and with whom you’ll be able to cross refer.

Your details will be featured on our website, which attracts significant traffic and especially at peak times when Equipilates™ is featured in the media, promoted at major equestrian events such as ‘Your Horse Live’ and on release of book and DVD publications.  

Please note: the prerequisite qualification for this course is a Pilates teaching diploma to Level 3 (UK national standard) or equivalent. You will be required to send a copy of your certificate to access the full course content.  ​

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Begin your journey...

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You’ll learn how riders need to move and stabilise when in the saddle, and you’ll explore the ‘Rider’s ABC’; alignment, breathing and core sense as featured in the book ‘Pilates for Riders’.  You’ll also discover more about intrinsic biomechanics; how your riding clients (and in fact all clients!) are actually working-or not- on the inside. Horses are extremely sensitive to the differences in rider performance using these analysis and intervention techniques and results can be quite remarkable in a short space of time. 

Based on the latest scientific research in biomechanics and core activation, incorporating these additional skills into your teaching will offer enormous potential to your clients to improve their performance and partnership with their horses. These techniques are introduced in the book ‘Core Connection for Rider & Horse’. 

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Not just what's going on with your riders, but why...

Don't guess...assess!

In this course, we dig a little deeper into your rider’s intrinsic biomechanics to advance your knowledge, increase your confidence and help you provide your clients with special techniques to change their movement patterns, help them move more freely (and even reduce pain) including: 

• Could stretching be the wrong way to increase the length of their muscles?

• Could the way their pelvis is functioning be influencing their lower back pain?

• Is their pec minor function the cause of their unwanted upper body position in the saddle?


Why is a muscle shortened? 

Find out why ‘tightness’ is only one reason why muscles can be short, or restricted. 
Here we look at the evidence proving to be the most common reason for a muscle being shortened and what this means to your exercise prescription. You will have immediately implementable skills that enable you to screen the intrinsic biomechanics of your clients or potential clients in the studio or on the gym floor. Demonstrate how you can identify easily if they are functioning optimally within seconds and then correct these issues by with very simple release techniques there and then.  

Build a whole-body biomechanical profile

PELVIC ASSESSMENTS

• LLD – Identify a leg length difference
• Downings Sign – then identify if it is functional or structural

• 4 sign test – Does the pelvis function normally?

• Modified Thomas Test – Are the hip flexors inhibited?

​HOW WELL IS THE SPINE MOVING?

• QL Test – Do they have a spinal hinge?

• Spinal mobility tests – Confirm where the lack of spinal mobility is coming from


SHOULDERS 

• Pec minor screen – Poor posture? Identify a key biomechanical pillar in shoulder problems

• Upper traps screen – Upper back and neck issues

and how to help them improve!

PLUS ​

• Explore how to help your clients in dismounted awareness sessions with our ‘Riders’ ABC’
• Contact the psoas/diaphragm complex and releasing tension through breath.
• Coach your riders to engage their riding specific core muscles effectively
• Discover simple techniques to help your clients use their bodies correctly to ride ‘transitions’ ‘half halts’ and ‘sitting trot’
• Emotional/fear response and the effect on rider performance and muscle recruitment
• The rider’s ‘suspension system’; techniques to mobilise and release
• Tension release using small equipment for the muscle groups which tend to be restricted in riders
• Mobilisation and isolation of the ‘boxes’ with the unique Equipilates™ Standing Series, to unwind restricted postural patterns. 
• Cutting edge group class format 6 week Equipilates™ fundamentals programme
• The Equipilates™ Ball Series; swiss ball exercises to synchronise rider position, movement and breath flow

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How it works

Simply click here to complete the course enrolment form and schedule a fifteen minute online induction where you'll meet your course tutor; we can show you how to access all of your learning materials and answer any queries.  After your induction is booked you'll make payment and we will set up your access to your pre-course learning, which will be open on September 12th, with full access to your course materials for your cohort on October 20th.  After you have worked through the modules, you will be able to schedule two one-hour tutorials with your course tutor.  These can be online via Zoom, or booked in a single block here at the studio if you prefer to see us in person.  During your tutorials, you will be able to discuss practical tasks given through the course, plus any queries and areas of personal development identified.  Your tutor is available throughout via your learner Facebook group and via email.  After your tutorials, you will be able to schedule your practical assessment.  We have practical assessment days regularly throughout the year so you can find one to suit.  Following this, you can crack on with your case studies! We will process your application and send course access within 24 hours.  Your assessment must be scheduled within six months of initial course enrolment.  

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Assessments

There is a practical assessment of the intrinsic biomechanics skills and ABC delivery, on location at Equipilates™ HQ in Derbyshire.  This lasts around one and a half hours including viva.   In case of referral, one free resit will be offered.  You will also be required to submit two case studies comprising four sessions each no later than twelve weeks after the course. ​ After successful completion of the case studies, you're a fully fledged Equipilates Biomechanics Trainer™ and can use all of our branding!  

The usual course format, delivered with 32 hours in total of face to face learning has been converted into online format.  We would advise to devote a minimum of this time plus approximately fifteen hours of post-course study to complete case studies. 

​Contact us if you'd like more information

Benefits of joining the Equipilates™ Teaching Team

As well as meaning you can offer something extra to your clients, stand out in your area and increase your earning potential, joining the Equipilates™ Teaching Team will mean you will improve your own riding and give you access to a nationwide and international team of colleagues to help you build your business.   We are really proud of the Equipilates™ ethos and you'll find real support and encouragement from us as a company as well as the fantastic team members who are also super-passionate about helping riders, horses and colleagues everywhere in the world.  

Here at Equipilates™ we are committed to continuous development to ensure our team stay at the forefront of Industry developments. As such our teaching team commit to annual CPD to stay up to date with their Equipilates™ licence. 

Check the dates of our next Teacher Training Courses or contact Lindsay to discuss your individual situation. 
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What will you benefit from?

Upon successful completion of your Level 1 Equipilates™ qualification, you will benefit from: 

• Use of the Equipilates™ branding
• Listing on the Equipilates™ website
• Complete course manuals
• Access to the Equipilates™ online portal where you can download worksheets to print off or email to your clients
• Access to the Teaching Team forum where you can network with other members of the Equipilates™ Teaching Team with complementary skill sets
• Equipilates™ branded T shirt depending on your course)
• 12 months complimentary mentoring via email, phone or Zoom from Lindsay Wilcox-Reid
• Access to further training on annual focus days and level 2 modules
• Course specific Facebook study group access 

Annual license

The Equipilates™ licence runs from January to December each year, regardless of the date upon which you qualified. 

Those who wish to maintain their licensed status, will have to attend one CPD day workshop or a level 2 course per year*. See Advanced Teacher Training for course details.   
 
*Teachers with the AEBT certification may undertake their CPD externally but will have to submit proof of their CPD and pay a license administration fee of £20 to remain on the website.  

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Fees

The total course fees are £695, and we've made it really easy for you to spread the cost.  When you enrol, you'll make an initial payment of £495, with the balance of £200 scheduled automatically for 6 weeks later.  This second payment covers your tutorials and assessment fees- giving you six whole weeks to study and immerse yourself in the EBT learning experience.  Don't worry if you're ready to schedule your tutorials earlier than this- you can bring your payment forward.  Likewise, if you aren't ready to schedule your tutorials after six weeks, once you have your booking code, you can book them in to suit your diary commitments.  Just remember that they, along with your assessment, need to be completed within six months of your enrolment or you will incur an additional administration fee.  

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