Course overview
The Pilates course provides the highest quality internationally recognised Pilates certificate education. Uniform training standards and our teaching tools provide an essential blueprint for students to reach their full potential.
These tools address the anatomical foundations, ideal and alternative movements, and specific verbal and sensory cues to provide the student with a thorough teaching foundation.
Course fees: €1800, payment options are listed below.
What you'll learn
- Psychological considerations and motivating clients
- Social considerations and creating a welcoming environment
- Client enrolment and assessment processes
- Pilates history and development, including Joseph Pilates and ‘First Generation’ teachers
- Pilates principles and their application in class
- Original Pilates exercises and their performance
- Functional anatomy, including muscles, cardiorespiratory system, and nervous & endocrine systems
- Adaptations to exercise and considerations for clients’ limitations
- Nutrition and its impact on clients’ exercise performance
- Program design, delivery, and building a professional-client relationship
Recognition
Study method
- Blended
- In-class
- Online
Duration study load
Saturday (Swords, Tallaght, Cork City)
The course runs for 11 weeks in total and it’s set up on alternate Saturdays. Here are the details:
- Saturday 6th & 20th April, 4th & 18th May, 1st June – Practical Sessions 10am – 4:30pm.
OR EVENINGS (SWORDS ONLY)
- Monday & Thursday 25th & 28th March, 8th & 11th April, 22nd & 25th April 6th & 9th May. 20th & 23rd May – Practical Sessions 7pm – 10pm
- Online Theory Exam – Thursday 30th May
- Final Assessment – Monday & Thursday 3rd & 6th June 7pm – 10pm in Person.
Professional recognition
This course is accredited by PD:Approval & REPs Ireland, which is the national register of fitness professionals in Ireland. This means that the course meets national standards for fitness education and training.
Assessment
Saturday (Swords, Tallaght, Cork City)
- Online Theory Exam – Saturday 8th June
- Final Assessment – Saturday 15th June 10am-4:30pm in Person.
Evenings (Swords Only)
- Online Theory Exam – Thursday 30th May
- Final Assessment – Tuesday & Thursday 4th & 6th June 7pm – 10pm in Person.
Plus, you’ll have access to all the online theory content, which you can work through at your own pace on the alternating weeks over the duration.
Subjects
- 34 Core Mat Exercises:
- The Hundred
- The Roll Up
- The Roll Over
- The One-Leg Circle
- Rolling Back (Rolling Like a Ball)
- The One Leg Stretch
- The Double Leg Stretch
- The Spine Stretch
- Rocker with Open Legs
- The Corkscrew
- The Saw
- The Swan Dive
- One Leg Kick
- The Double Kick
- The Neck Pull
- The Scissors
- The Bicycle
- The Shoulder Bridge
- The Spine Twist
- The Jack Knife
- The Side Kick
- The Teaser
- The Hip Twist
- Swimming
- The Leg Pull Front
- The Leg Pull
- The Side Kick Kneeling
- The Side Bend
- The Boomerang
- The Seal
- The Crab
- The Rocking
- The Control Balance
- The Push Up
About Image Fitness Training
Helping our students progress onto something more.
IFT was Established in 2010. We recognised that upon graduation as a personal trainer previously, students needed further ongoing “mainstream gym training” before being able to seek employment, this was the gap Image aimed to bridge and bridge we did, and many years later we‘re now the industry's main recruiter in partnership with the largest employers today we set out to develop a comprehensive Fitness/Group and Personal Training course and after stringent assessments and protocol evaluation, received accreditation from EHFA / Reps Ireland, where students could avail of not only the highest-level education but also industry ready experience.