Reformer Academy specialises in the development of high-performance Reformer instructors to support studio owner success worldwide.
We empower our students with the knowledge, skills, critical thinking and confidence to achieve exceptional client results.
What We Value
- The Student Experience: We focus on creating a highly personalised and optimised teacher training experience.
- Efficiency and Effectiveness: We prioritise systems which are the most effective at achieving great outcomes.
- Building Strength and Confidence: We develop strong, adaptable, present and confident Reformer instructors.
Nathan Ross Rees First Principles of Reformer Exercise
- Every exercise has a target muscle group
- Reformer workouts are simply resistance training (load: bodyweight or spring tension)
- Spring tension will determine the target muscle group and the level of intensity
- A client’s experience with spring tension is relative to their body mass
- A client’s experience with spring tension is relative to their body length
- The instructor’s responsibility is to guarantee every client has the same loading experience regardless of their body
- The exercise starting position must be achievable for every client
- The purpose of adding movement layers to an exercise is to increase the load on the target muscle group
- Every workout must be full-body and a symmetrically balanced loading experience
- Client progression is the instructor’s objective
Our Training Philosophy
We believe that every time you put a client in a body position with a spring tension there must be an outcome – achieving mechanical tension on the target muscle group.
Methodology Outline:
- We start every exercise in an achievable position for every client.
- Every movement layer added to an exercise is for the sole purpose of scaling load on the target muscle group.
Our method enables every client to work at their optimal level for the entire duration of every exercise.
The target muscle group is the reference point for every exercise experience. The instructor will adapt client's spring settings and body positions to ensure every client has the same loading experience in every exercise.
Our approach to Reformer training priorities exercises that achieve measurable client results.
Which can be seen when clients can do the same exercises over time with more load:
- A client using less spring tension for bodyweight-loaded exercise
- A client using more spring tension for spring-tension-loaded exercise
In this way, Reformer Academy successfully integrates progressive overload into Reformer workouts.
We believe every exercise needs these three components to be successful in a group Reformer classes:
Simple: Easy to understand and accessible for clients at any level
Scalable: Adjustable in load or intensity to meet individual needs
Intentional: Every exercise has an objective target muscle group
We believe the purpose of creativity is to find more effective versions of exercise including new sequences of exercise.
Ultimately every decision we make, every interaction we have, we strive to build client strength and confidence.
