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AGNES SIMONFI
In what ways do Peak Pilates events like Pilates
Empowerment Summit (PES) benefit your career and
enhance your knowledge?
Peak Pilates Master Instructor and
Owner of Ágipilates in Hungary
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At a convention like PES, the best professionals are
invited to present. These events provide a condensed
learning opportunity which you can immediately take
back home to your clients.
Can you tell us about your favorite experience in
which a Peak Pilates training benefited a student?
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What makes Peak Pilates education unique?
Since I have been teaching Pilates for 12 years, I have
many favorites! One client came to our Pilates and
lifestyle camp and lost 6 pounds. She became pregnant
immediately after weeks and months of trying for a
child. I’m grateful that I have a lot of similar stories
in my practice — all little miracles achieved with Peak
Pilates training that have changed lives.
Our comprehensive approach. It’s not only mat or just
the reformer; it’s the system which helps them see and
understand the connections among the apparatus and
the exercises better. If they own this approach, their
Pilates eye develops really quickly and they can see and
judge properly what a body needs.
What is your favorite part about working with
Peak Pilates?
Do you have any advice for people considering taking
up Pilates for the first time?
I love the thoroughness of our materials, which enable
the trainers to be professionally prepared to stand with
confidence at each and every course. I also appreciate
that whenever I have a question, I can always ask and
get the answer almost immediately.
Pick a highly qualified instructor. It matters a lot and
influences the pace of progress. Then be patient with
your body. If you have the will and desire to progress,
your body will react and adapt amazingly fast. Be
consistent and systematic with your training, and that
means do it on bad days too. Trust the process and,
over time, you will see the wonderful transformation
of your body!
How does Peak Pilates equipment and education
diversify your education center?
In Hungary, there are only a few, really well-equipped
Pilates studios. Mine was the first, fully-equipped
classical Pilates studio in the whole country when
we opened in 2007. Most of the studios have only
reformers, so having the whole range of high-quality
Peak Pilates apparatus is already a big
diversification factor.
Why would you recommend Peak Pilates over other
Pilates education programs?
The Peak Pilates education program is very mindfully
and progressively designed, making the journey of
becoming an instructor feasible and enjoyable. It conveys
the method in a crystal-clear, logical manner, taking
the guesswork out of the teaching part. This can be
accounted for our Five-Part Formula for Success and
our teaching methodology.
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