Group Matwork
Specialty Track

STOTT PILATES® Flex-Band® & Fitness Circle®

This hands-on workshop, developed by the Merrithew Health and Fitness™ team, shows how to add support, variety and challenge to existing STOTT PILATES® Matwork routines using the Fitness Circle® resistance ring and Flex-Band® exerciser. Learn how to use these simple tools to add dynamic resistance, increase torso stability, and tone arms and legs, with emphasis on the goals of the exercises, movement patterns, breath patterns and correct alignment.

Learning Objectives

Apply the Five Basic Principles of STOTT PILATES to exercises using the Fitness Circle and Flex-Band.
Understand movement essence and exercise goals.
Discover how light equipment can add support, variety, challenge and resistance.
Learn how to use these tools to sculpt, strengthen and tone the body’s core and periphery.

Additional Details

Workshop Length:	3 or 4 hours
CECs:	up to 0.4 STOTT PILATES
Level of Difficulty:	Essential
Equipment used in the Workshop:	Pilates Mat Fitness Circle resistance ring Flex-Band exerciser