Anatomy & Exercise Fundamentals for Movement Professionals

This 30-hour STOTT PILATES® course is perfect for Pilates Instructors and other fitness professionals who wish to strengthen their Functional Anatomy foundation for more confident programming. This course would be a great preparatory step prior to joining the STOTT PILATES Injuries and Special Population course.

About the course

Great instruction starts with understanding the body in motion. This brand-new, 30-hour course moves beyond memorizing structures to reveal how anatomy, biomechanics, and exercise science work together in real time—so you can read movement with accuracy and teach with purpose.

Through a mix of focused lectures, small-group learning, live demonstrations, and applied practice, you'll learn to see movement with clarity, connect insights to programming, and teach with greater precision and confidence. Along the way, you'll deepen your understanding of how muscle, fascia, and the nervous system interact, how alignment and load affect performance, and how to translate that knowledge into safer, more effective sessions.

Designed for learners at any stage, it delivers the depth and structure to elevate your teaching and your clients' results—an investment in understanding that pays forward in every class you lead.

Intelligent exercise. Profound results.

Objectives

Anatomical position & planes of motion and their role in functional movement.
Bones of the axial & appendicular skeleton, including key landmarks.
Types of joints and their available movements.
Muscle function, origin, insertion, action, and integration into movement patterns.
Types of muscle contractions and their application in Pilates and functional training.
Nervous system integration, how motor control and neural pathways influence movement quality.
Fascia and connective tissue health, its role in stability, mobility, and sensorimotor control.
Principles of biomechanics and load management for safe, effective programming.
Application of force and its relationship to stability and mobility.
Practical application to Pilates; breaking down STOTT PILATES® Movement System using anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological principles.
Improving cueing and programming based on an integrated understanding of anatomy, biomechanics, and exercise science.