"FROM FOOTY TO FOOTWORK"
Practical Strategies for Teaching the Male Pilates Beginner
"Teaching men in Pilates"
More men are doing Pilates! Are you ready to work with them?
Teaching Men in Pilates - Workshop for Pilates Professionals
This practical workshop gives Pilates professionals the tools to confidently assess, program, and retain beginner male clients. Cover the anatomy, assisted teaching, cueing, mindset, and movement patterns that make men a unique population and learn how to turn that first session into a long-term client and keep them coming back.
Delivered by Darren Vizer with over 20 years of teaching experience. Pilates Principal Trainer and Pilates Educator
September 5th 2026, 1 pm - 4 pm
Core Pilates, Spring Hill, Brisbane
$198
THE MALE DIFFERENCE
Learn skills to work with the male clientPAA Approved
This is a PDP-approved course of three professional development points.
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
The male Pilates market is growing, and working with beginner men requires a different approach. This workshop equips Pilates professionals with a practical framework for introducing male clients to Pilates with confidence.
You'll explore the anatomical and biomechanical patterns common in men think hip, shoulder, and thoracic restrictions from sport, strength training, or desk work plus the psychological barriers that often hold them back: scepticism, self-consciousness, and uncertainty.
You'll leave with practical strategies for assessment, exercise selection, progression, and communication that resonate with male clients and keep them coming back.
“ Hands on cueing for Men"
WHAT YOU WILL COVER
Anatomy and biomechanics Understand the movement patterns and restrictions most common in male beginners — and why they're there. Learn how sporting backgrounds, strength training, and desk-based work shape the way men move from day one.
Cueing and assisted teaching Discover how to adapt your language and hands-on teaching for the way men move and learn. What works for your regular clients often doesn't translate — this gives you the tools that actually connect.
Mindset and psychology Many men arrive sceptical, self-conscious, or uncertain. Learn strategies for building trust quickly, establishing credibility, and reframing Pilates in a way that resonates with male goals.
Assessment, progression and retention Develop a systematic approach to assessment, exercise selection, and progression planning designed specifically for beginner males — so you can improve outcomes, increase adherence, and keep men coming back.
TEACHING MEN
Working with men in Pilates
WHAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH
What You'll Leave With
- A systematic assessment approach tailored to beginner male clients
- Cueing and assisted teaching techniques adapted for how men move and learn
- Practical strategies to manage scepticism, self-consciousness, and uncertainty from session one
- Exercise selection and progression strategies that fit male movement patterns
- Communication tools that connect with male goals and keep clients coming back
- Genuine confidence working with male beginners from the very first session
“ Hands on cueing for Men"
HOW THE DAY WORKS
A warm up
Presentation
Practical demonstrations, cueing, and exercise selection in action, not just theory.
Group discussion — bring your real experiences to the room and hear how other instructors navigate the same challenges.
Work through programing, client scenarios with different movement histories and barriers to build your decision-making skills.
How to keep them coming back.
“Building Rapport with a Male Client"
WHO THIS IS FOR
Who This Is For
This workshop is perfect for you if you are:
- A newly qualified instructor who wants to build confidence with male clients early
- An experienced teacher who knows your male client work could feel more intentional
- A studio owner ready to grow your male clientele and get your team on the same page
ADVANCE PILATES TEACHING SKILLS
Male specific Pilates programmingDELIVERED BY DARREN VIZER
Darren Vizer - Principal Trainer
Darren has spent over 20 years teaching Pilates to men — helping them move better, get stronger, and stay injury-free, whether they're complete beginners or seasoned athletes.
Before Pilates, Darren spent decades as a professional dancer, gymnast, national champion trampolinist and horse rider, performing and choreographing with companies including Sydney Dance Company, Legs on the Wall, Australian Dance Theatre, Australian Folkloric Company, Transitions Dance Company, The Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, La Mama Theatre and Opera Australia. He holds a Master's degree in Choreography from the Victorian College of the Arts (now University of Melbourne), was awarded the Professional Pathways Scholarship and Artist in Residence at La Mama Theatre in 2015, and trained full-time in method acting at Ensemble Acting Studios.
That physical background is central to how Darren teaches men. Having spent 35+ years conditioning his own body for elite performance, he understands the male frame, strength patterns and movement habits from the inside out — and knows exactly how to translate that into a Pilates practice that makes sense to men who've never set foot in a studio.
Darren has practised Pilates since 1994, training first under the late Megan Williams, and later in the Classical Pilates method with Marda Wiley, a second-generation classical Pilates educator certified with NY and Romana's Pilates. He holds the Advanced Diploma in Pilates Practice and is a Principal Trainer and full member of the Pilates Alliance Australasia (PAA), having previously served on the PAA Board and presented at the Mind Body Conference.
He founded his first studio, Mr Pilates, in Sydney and Melbourne in 2006, and has worked across Pilates International studios as a manager, senior instructor and student supervisor. Today he leads Core Pilates, where he specialises in the full-body Pilates challenge — a whole-body workout designed to give every client, especially men new to Pilates, the complete, transformative experience the method can offer.