December Mat Pilates Certification

普拉提第一代人物 Eve Gentry

“I learned to teach concepts and not things.” （我学会教概念，不教动作）Eve Gentry跟普拉提学了20多年，1942年开始。1968年EVE搬到美国西部一个没有舞蹈，没有普拉提的地方。他的创造性大发，发明很多新的动作。一下图由他和普拉提和卡拉。

Polestar Mat Exams

Synapse Studio hosted 2009 Mat Series exams last Sunday. We were surprised by some instructors, bored by others, and worse; disappointed by a few. 50% passing is a bit low as I see it.

Chinese Group Reformer

We have recently completed our project with a local manufacturer to produce a quality and economical group reformer. You can see the prototype below. We will begin delivering orders next week. The construct is solid steel so it is very sturdy and stackable. The rolling action and spring resistance is comparable to American models.

Hopefully, this will help resolve the bottleneck for Pilates developing in China. Interested parties can contact us at the studio. 86-21-5876-3307

Pilates Studio ranked in top 500 Franchises

     Snap Fitness Inc. topped the fitness club rankings on the 2009 list of Entrepreneurmagazine's Franchise 500. The magazine also ranked fitness as one of eight franchising categories that hold the most promise for 2009. Entrepreneur editors noted that niche fitness centers would be the ones to watch in the coming year.

“Health and wellness have been a top concern ever since headlines warning of obesity took over the nation,” writes Entrepreneur. “But it's not the heavyweights, like Curves and Gold's Gym, that have captured our attention. Instead, we predict the more niche concepts like boxing and prenatal and postnatal fitness will experience the healthiest growth in 2009.”

The top 10 fitness facilities from Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 are:

• Snap Fitness ranked No. 24 on the list of 500, No. 2 on Top 10 New Franchises, and No. 5 on the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Franchises list

• Jazzercise Inc., which specializes in group fitness programming, was No. 42 on the top 500 list, as well as No. 8 on the Top 10 Low-Cost Franchises, and No. 7 on the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Franchises list

• Anytime Fitness was No. 47 on the Franchise 500 list, and No. 9 on the Top 10 Fastest-Growing Franchises list

• Fitness Today personal fitness training ranked No. 100 on the Top 500 list

• Gold’s Gym Franchising LLC was No. 112 on the Franchise 500

• Planet Fitness was No. 116 on the Top 500 list

• The Little Gym children’s development fitness program was No. 126 on the Franchise 500

• My Gym Children’s Fitness Center was No. 259 on the Top 500 list

• Curves was No. 381 on the Franchise 500

• IM=X Pilates Studio was No. 468 on the Top 500 list

Click link above to take a look at the Pilates Studio website. Actually it doesn't look very attractive.