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Pilates Elephants

Pilates Elephants

By: Raphael Bender
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 We get to grips with new research, teaching strategies, and social issues around Pilates and Pilates teaching. This is 100% authentic, unscripted, real talk about everything Pilates. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacyCopyright 2026 Raphael Bender Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • 347. Why “Quiet the Big Muscles” Is Wrong

    347. Why “Quiet the Big Muscles” Is Wrong
    Feb 1 2026

    Special shout out to Adam McAtee for this post

    Citations in these episodes:

    1. ep 278 Does Pilates strengthen your little muscles?
    2. ep 216 Why knowing which muscles are working in a movement is a waste of time
    3. ep 160 Can we even feel muscles activating?



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    46 mins
  • 346. Why Dallas sold half her studio - then bought it back

    346. Why Dallas sold half her studio - then bought it back
    Jan 25 2026

    Dallas Noerdlinger (Core Pilates, Oklahoma City) shares why she sold 50% of her studio during pregnancy, what changed in the business and culture, and how she bought it back.

    We talk boutique vs franchise positioning, keeping instructors happy, managing owner overwhelm, and the “unlimited membership” + waitlist problem—plus practical fixes for capacity, pricing, and schedule structure.



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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 345. Where Should I Be Feeling This?

    345. Where Should I Be Feeling This?
    Jan 18 2026

    The most useful kind of body awareness is mostly unconscious and automatic control, like a cat. This is built through practice, not narration.

    Links:

    1. Glute activation drills increase perception but not actual glute activation here
    2. Episode 160 "Can we even feel muscles activating?" here



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    39 mins
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I'd give this podcast 100 stars if I could!
I am a full time Pilates teacher and have been waiting for a podcast like this since I qualified. Its packed with the latest evidence based education. I have learned so much from these podcasts. If you're a Pilates/movement teacher its a must listen, that said many of the episodes are relevant to life in general i.e positive thinking, pain management etc.
Thank you Raph and Chloe for making education fun.

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