AC Pilates Specialising in Pilates, Personal Training, Weight-loss & Fitness Consultancy Tel: (0118) 9842934 Mobile: 07754 598627 E-mail: actraining@hotmail.com

AC Pilates is a friendly centre which aims to improve an individual's health and fitness through the use of Pilates inspired exercise.

AC Pilates Studio which recently opened is fully equipped. The studio includes a Reformer, a Trapeze-Table and a Combo Chair.
Participants press or pull against resistant springs, which in turn, allow them to regain core control.

Pilates helps participants regain postural alignment and strength by engaging the deep core abdominals. It improves balance, lengthens muscles, releases tension and boosts the immune system.

Anna is working with physiotherapists and GPs to help people who suffer from chronic joint pain and back problems.

AC Pilates also offers Matwork classes in West Berkshire and aims to bring Pilates Matwork to the community for everyone to enjoy from the beginner to the improver to advanced levels of sporting excellence.

Your Pilates Instructor, Anna Cotgreave (BA, MSc, RSA/OCR, FIA) is a member of the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) and trained with the internationally recognised Polestar Pilates school.
Anna has a dance and fitness background spanning twenty years and is an Advanced Instructor with fifteen years dance based Pilates training and has been teaching fitness classes and Pilates inspired exercise for many years.

Fitness & Your Goals	Weightloss	Tailored Program
Pilates	Core Training	Health Screening

Pilates and Fitness related Qualifications, Practical and Theory:

First Aid - Full Qualification valid 2012
REPS Level 3 Accredited (Register of Exercise Professionals)
1984-1995 AJ Acadamies Dance (Ballet RAD/Pilates/Point Work/Jazz/Tap/Modern ISTD/Acro)
1995-1997 County Dance (Ballet RAD/Contemporary)
1997-1999 A level Dance, Biology (Oxford FE) including Anatomy exam
1999-2001 BA Dance Studies (3 yrs training) Surrey University
2002 Oct – RSA/OCR Exercise to Music – REPS Level 2 Aerobics Instructors Certificate
2002 Nov - RSA/OCR Step (course completed - exam not taken)
2003 Oct Foundation Studies in Exercise Science NCFE
2003 May RSA/OCR Gym Instructor - REPS Level 2 including Anatomy exam
2003 Sept – 2004 Oct Laban Dance Conservatoire - London-MSc. Dance Science (Nutrition, Physiology, Biomechanics, Psychology, Somatics, Research Statistics, Pilates, Alexander Technique)
2004 July FIA Fitness Instructor Award - Bladerunner Ltd. REPS 3 including Anatomy exam
2005 NHS TRUST Automated External Defibrillation
2005 March Power Studio Cycling /Aerobiking Level 2
2005 Feb Advanced Instructor / Personal Trainer including Anatomy exam

2005 Sept - 2006 Jan RSA/OCR Pilates Matwork Level 3 including Anatomy exam
2006 March-June Polestar Pilates UK Pilates Studio
FP, Fitness Principles
S1, Studio 1
S2, Studio 2
S3, Studio 3 (training completed and exam completed Dec 2006)
2007 Pilates on the Ball
2008 April - Seated Upper Body Massage (2 day course)
2010 May - Osteoporosis and Pilates - Body Control - London
2010 Nov - BOSU Explode Training - Physical Company
2011 Oct Anatomy Exam Level 3 2011 Oct-Dec Pilates Matwork Level 3 recertification