Is Pilates THE career for you? 💪🏼

It can be SO tempting to think about moving away from a desk-job, but here are some questions you need to ask yourself first! 🤩 After teaching for a few months as a freelancer for my 5-9, I’ve realised this:

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼!

Do you like explaining exercises to different people? One thing to note is that teaching can get repetitive. In Singapore, most clients are likely going to be sedentary working adults and classes are likely to be basic level. So you will have to repeat instructions (just like any other teacher really!). So put yourself in the perspective of your teachers - do you think you will enjoy it? 🧐

Also, when you start teaching, you will have less time for yourself to actually be the ones exercising. Something to note!

2. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻?

From remembering peoples names, going through exercises and interacting with them after (and needing to break the ice cause Asian culture 🥸), there’s a lot of people interaction. Is that something you look for in a job? 😚

3. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴?

Teaching pays per hour (or by commission) so you most likely want to work back to back classes. Especially on off days like your period, when you get a sore throat or feel tired, you got to show up mentally so you can yap for an hour or more.

4. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?

To be a good teacher, you need to know your stuff! And there’s lots of it to learn, from posture, muscle groups and the exercises themselves. To build a keen eye to know what to look out for, you need to have sufficient practice. Also, most learning is self-directed as you’d be in charge of your learning journey!

When I started out, I honestly was just thinking about getting paid to do pilates (cause which pilates girlie doesn’t want that? 🥳) But I found that it wasn’t as straightforward a journey. But overall, I still love it!

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