Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes

Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes: Elevate Performance with a Holistic Approach

Enhance your athletes’ performance with the cutting-edge training techniques found in Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes. This science-backed, multidimensional approach incorporates Pilates into athletic training, providing a comprehensive program based on the seven key pillars of athletic success:

• Agility
• Flexibility
• Mobility
• Power
• Speed
• Stability
• Strength

Start by utilizing proven assessment methods that have helped elite and professional athletes reach peak performance and maintain it. Evaluate movement patterns, range of motion, core strength, flexibility, and base strength to identify any areas of weakness. From there, select targeted exercises and sequences to convert weaknesses into strengths.

This guide offers step-by-step instructions for 124 Pilates mat and conditioning exercises aimed at strengthening the core, improving posture, increasing flexibility, and correcting muscle imbalances. It includes breathing techniques to enhance lung capacity and reduce stress, as well as stretching routines to increase flexibility in key areas like the hips, hamstrings, and back. You’ll also receive joint articulation guidance to improve balance and range of motion.

This course is offered by Human Kinetics, you can register/learn more here.

Seven Pillars of Success: Agility, Strength, and More

The book features a dynamic warm-up series to begin each session and resistance training exercises to develop strength and power. This includes medicine ball drills for working diagonal and transverse planes, resistance band exercises to engage a full range of motion, and foundational strength training using dumbbells and barbells.

With 19 sample workouts—ranging from foundational to intermediate and sport-specific—the exercises provide a framework for developing countless programs that will make your athletes faster, stronger, and better prepared to meet their performance goals.

Upon completion of the book, certified professionals can take the included CE exam to earn continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how Pilates can enhance athletic performance.
• Explain how Pilates and conditioning exercises help prepare the body for increased workloads and minimize injury risks.
• Identify routines to effectively warm up the body.
• Recognize the importance of goal-setting and visualization for both short- and long-term athletic success.
• Incorporate Pilates exercises into current training programs to build strength and endurance across all sports.
• Utilize resistance bands, foam rollers, dumbbells, barbells, and medicine balls to complement Pilates exercises for enhanced athletic conditioning.

This package includes:

• Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes book
• Online Continuing Education Exam