Teaching Skills
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Best IT Band Rolling Exercise
Hate foam rolling your IT band? No worries! Using softer balls is the best IT band rolling exercise ever. let me walk you through the anatomy (it isn’t a muscle) and the technique with a video tutorial.
3 Secrets To Better Side Butt
3 secrets to better side butt exercises (and why it makes a difference 10,000 x/day)How often do you stand on one leg? The answer is actually way more often than you think, but we'll get to that later. Anyway, it seems so simple, standing one leg, right? It's actually...
Get Better Abs
Use this weird move to get better abs (even though it seems totally counterintuitive).
Better planks, downward dogs and push ups by NOT following the rules!
Better planks, downward dogs & pushups by NOT following the rulesLet's talk rules. Or at least, movement cues and suggestions that may come across as rules. Here's one: When you set up for a plank, downward dog or push up, place your hands flat on the floor,...
My awesome client doesn’t feel anything!
Alison Crouch, veteran Pilates teacher, offers ideas for what to do when your client doesn’t feel anything or when your client feels too much!
Rhomboid Push Ups & a surefire strategy for results
Rhomboid Push Ups, exploring movement and having fun doing itWhat's the WHY for your rhomboid push ups? It's such a seemingly simple exercise, but there are lots of bits and pieces you can focus on that change it up. You can think about the movement of your shoulder...
How to do lunges for strength, mobility and balance
How to do lunges 5 ways that wake up your body AND your brainI have a teaching strategy I call What's the WHY. A simple exercise like a lunge actually has a lot of components to it. Let's explore how to do lunges so they really zero in on a bunch of different...
ABOUT ALISON
I’m the owner of Boomerang Pilates and creator of the Move SMART program. I teach teachers how to incorporate sustainable movement and authentic teaching in their classes. 
