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Pilates Elephants

Pilates Elephants

By: Raphael Bender
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We get to grips with new research, teaching strategies, and social issues around Pilates and Pilates teaching. This is 100% authentic, unscripted, real talk about everything Pilates. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: AdBarker - https://adbarker.com/privacyCopyright 2026 Raphael Bender Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • 344. Text Neck Isn’t Causing Your Neck Pain

    344. Text Neck Isn’t Causing Your Neck Pain
    Jan 11 2026

    Studies mentioned in this episode:

    1. 2025 longitudinal study finds text neck is not associated with future neck pain here
    2. 2023 systematic review of interventions for neck pain finds strengthening works here
    3. 2017 Chen et al. systematic review finds neck strengthening is the most effective intervention for workplace neck pain - more effective than posture or ergonomic advice here



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    20 mins
  • 343. Why Your Clients Don’t Show Up (Even When They Want To)

    343. Why Your Clients Don’t Show Up (Even When They Want To)
    Jan 4 2026

    Your clients don’t skip Pilates because they don’t care.

    They skip because the system asks them to do work they don’t have the capacity for.

    In this short episode, Raphael shares:

    1. Why flexibility often reduces attendance
    2. The paradox of overwhelm: needing structure but lacking the bandwidth to create it
    3. How studios unintentionally design for no-shows and drop-off
    4. A simple shift from “choice” to “default” that increases consistency and retention

    If your clients say they “don’t have time”, this episode explains what’s really happening and how to fix it.



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    13 mins
  • 342. 3 Pilates exercises walk into a bar...

    342. 3 Pilates exercises walk into a bar...
    Dec 28 2025

    What do flamingo, arms in straps and knee pulls have in common?

    They look different. They feel different.

    They’re secretly doing the exact same thing.



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    40 mins
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