PILATES PUMP!
A Platinum Pass Exclusive
Four Thursdays in October! 12:-1:30pm (PT)
It’s a special month this October with two Pilates and fitness industry dynamos. Let’s get pumped with the dynamic duo that is Bonnie Benesh and Cathy Redifer, both Group Fitness Instructors, Balanced Body Educators and featured presenters at Pilates on Tour and the Balanced Body FitPro program.
The conversation around Pilates and strength training is all the rage, and Bonnie and Cathy are here to take you through a four-week journey to safely and effectively help these two worlds collide. As instructors, we don’t have time for two hours in the studio or gym to train ourselves, and many of our clients want the benefits of keeping and building strength and muscle as they age.
This session ALSO comes with 6.0 NPCP CECs, so don’t miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to train with experts on these topics.
WHY is adding strength protocol to a Pilates session essential:
👉 Muscle Mass = Use it or lose it, and it becomes critical to Activities of Daily Life (ADLs) as we age.
👉 Combat Sarcopenia - Muscle loss can lead to fatigue, weakness, bone loss, and low energy levels.
👉 Maintain or increase lean muscle mass and a healthy Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) for a more metabolically active body.
👉 Continue to burn MORE calories during and after your workout.
This session ALSO comes with 6.0 NPCP CECs, so don’t miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to train with experts on these topics.
You CAN have the best of both worlds, and Bonnie and Cathy are here to prove it.
In 4-weeks you will:
1️⃣ Gain knowledge around strength-based protocol in a use friendly and FUNctional way.
2️⃣ Apply it to your practice & gain loads of awesome fresh ideas.
3️⃣ Learn 4 kick-ass formats on 4 different pieces of equipment and props.
4️⃣ Feel inspired to take it into the studio and teach to your classes.
Let’s GET Pilates PUMPED!
WEEK ONE – October 10th – 12 – 1:30p PT
INSTRUCTOR: Cathy Redifer
Equipment – Mat + Weights
In this first week, we’ll explore, discover and uncover how using hand weights hand help PRACTICE your Mat work. You’ll use your weights to help stabilize your joins and your core in certain exercises, and challenge your strength and endurance in others! In your own body, you’ll learn where the weight helps, and where it doesn’t. The tricks you’ll learn will help you to challenge and support your clients in multi-level classes.
WEEK TWO – October 17th – 12 – 1:30p PT
INSTRUCTOR: Bonnie Benesh
Equipment – Chair + Rotator Discs
During this week, we’ll UPLEVEL your chair classes by adding in rotating discs! Get ready to twist, turn and stabilize your way through functional movements that build upon traditional chair exercises. The rotational discs will help you integrate core stability and balance while challenging your coordination and strength in innovative ways. This approach not only refines your technique but also equips you with tools to adapt exercises for all types of clients.
WEEK THREE – October 24th – 12 - 1:30p PT
INSTRUCTOR: Cathy Redifer
Equipment – Springboard + BOSU
After learning, and discovering with rotator disks, get ready to challenge your balance as you MASTER movement using the tower/springboard AND the BOSU at the same time. Get ready for some familiar movements, but with a new element to help you “master” your core recruitment and full-body stabilization. From the ground up, be prepared to feel exercises in a new (and fun) way!
WEEK FOUR – October 31st – 12 - 1:30p PT
INSTRUCTOR: Bonnie Benesh
Equipment – Reformer + Weights
Get ready to PUSH it with the final week of our Pilates series! In this energizing class, we’re combining the power of the Pilates Reformer with the challenge of weights to elevate your practice. The theme for this session is "PUSH," and we’re all about pushing boundaries and expanding our limits. By integrating different pushing movements into your Reformer workout, we'll focus on intensifying your core engagement, enhancing overall strength, and improving stability. The addition of weights will further amplify these benefits, pushing you to achieve new levels of endurance and control.
ALL THE JUICY DETAILS!
Bonnie Benesh
Bonnie has worked for 20 years as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and Pilates teacher. received her bachelor's degree in Sport and Health Studies from the University of Iowa. Then obtained her certification of Exercise Physiology from the American College of Sports Medicine.
She was asked to start teaching Pilates for the gym with no formal training and not knowing where to turn she “Googled” the name on the side of the Reformers (Balanced Body) and the rest is history!
Bonnie was one of the original students of the Balanced Body Teacher Training Program in 2005 and went on to become a Principal Educator in 2012.
During this time she has taught over 10,000 classes to hundreds of students in many different modalities.
Bonnie is also the owner of BBPilatesCR (Pilates Creative Resources) where she offers individual instruction, in-person and virtual workshops and continued mentoring and support for Pilates teachers.
Bonnie and her husband are very busy parents to three active boys. When not in the gym you will find her as a spectator at one of their many activities or getting in her own workout to keep up with them.
Managing a successful Pilates program within a fitness center for many years has shown Bonnie that there is a welcome and needed space for all types of movement. Her courses bring together a working knowledge of how Pilates and Fitness can unite all types of movement.
Cathy Redifer
Cathy received her degree in Education and continued with teaching in schools before finding Pilates. It changed her life and quickly became a passion, now she gets to couple her love of education and passion for movement. Cathy is a firm believer that knowledge is power. She’s dedicated to continuously learning, so that she can pass her knowledge and passion to others. Helping people find their strength and their inner power gives her extreme happiness, whether it’s mental and/or physical. As an Educator for Balanced Body and a studio owner, she gets the pleasure of helping people find their most powerful selves!
