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Recommendations for Running a Studio
The PMA™ recommends to its members operating Pilates exercise
facilities/ studios and to all Health/Fitness Clubs, Country Clubs,
Recreational Facilities, Spas, Wellness Centers, and Physical Therapy
Studios operating Pilates exercise studios on their premises to
review the ACSM Health Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines.
The following are their basic 6 recommendations:
- A facility must be able to respond in a timely manner to any
reasonably foreseeable emergency event that threatens the health
and safety of facility users. Toward this end, a facility must
have an appropriate emergency plan that can be executed by qualified
personnel in a timely manner.
- A facility must offer each adult member a pre-screening that
is appropriate to the physical activities to be performed by the
member.
- Each person who has a supervisory responsibility for a physical
activity program or area at a facility must have demonstrable
professional competence in that physical activity program or area.
- A facility must post appropriate signage alerting users to
the risks involved in their use of those areas of a facility that
present potential increased risk(s). Especially re: the unsupervised
use of Pilates equipment in studio & gym settings.
- A facility that offers youth services or programs must provide
appropriate supervision.
- A facility must conform to all relevant laws, regulations,
and published standards.
Please contact ACSM for more information at: www.acsm.org
Recommendations for using Pilates videos
The PMA™ does not recommend videos to the general public
as a first time exposure to Pilates. The Pilates method of exercise
should be experienced first through participation in classes or
private sessions with a comprehensively trained Pilates instructor.
Pilates requires feedback on technique, form, and body placement.
Videos should only be used as a supplement if the participant is
unable to attend a class or private lesson. The PMA™ keeps
a list of member-produced videos which is available to anyone requesting
this information.
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