CEC provider for Balanced Body Pilates
About Jennifer Drewing:
I began my fitness career in 1996 after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia. I utilized my degree in Fitness and Nutrition to become an American Council on Exercise personal trainer, an American College of Exercise clinical exercise specialist, an AFAA aerobics instructor, Body Pump instructor and spinning instructor. I worked for several years as a personal trainer and aerobics instructor at a local gym chain. I created new programs, such as AB LAB, and brought Cardio Kickboxing and a Sport Conditioning class to the group class schedule.
At the age of 22, I took up a hobby of body sculpting and training to participate in fitness competitions. I prepared for my first competition for six months: intense weight-lifting, cardio training, dance training, gymnastics and following a strict eating regime. Suddenly, one day an old gymnastic injury affecting my spine led all of my hard work to come to a screeching halt. Facing surgery as my final option after trying traditional physical therapy, chiropractic care, massage, and anything else I could to alleviate the debilitating pain, I came across some information about this thing called "Pilates". Various practitioners in the US had started using Pilates techniques and exercises to help people with back pain/spinal issues.
I researched Missouri for a person who taught Pilates, or better yet, what education programs were available and reputable enough to learn about Pilates. I looked into 2 different education programs: Joseph Pilates' protege, Romana Kryzanowska's True Pilates in New York City or Polestar Pilates Education in Denver. Polestar Pilates was my choice. Polestar's approach was very important to me---applying current research in sports medicine, exercise science, physical therapy, movement therapy, non-traditional ways of communicating and teaching to Joe Pilates' exercise method (Contrology).
Over a 2-year span, I studied Pilates in Denver. I completed all of the rigorous requirements: hours of class time learning the exercises and their purpose, numerous closed-book pen/paper examinations, teaching-ability evaluations, demonstration of personal ability and tons of personal practice hours. I suffered from my own back pain during part of the process. However, not too long after devoting to a regular Pilates regime of my own, I noticed my back pain was not as bad as it once had been; in fact, the pain was hardly present anymore!
My experiences pushed me to take a vow to help other people by teaching Pilates.
In 2001, I established my career goals & dreams, created a business plan and opened my first Pilates studio in a spare bedroom. I purchased a Reformer and quickly began a small business of teaching private sessions.
My studio has moved several times, and each time I have expanded by adding more equipment and more space.
I am the first person to bring group Pilates' equipment classes to Columbia.
I have had the privilege of working with MU's Basketball team, golf-pros, hospitals, doctors, attorneys, business professionals, Special Olympians, conditions, such as MS, post-op referrals and many, many others.
I can proudly say that many of my clientele today are clients that started with me in that small, spare-bedroom studio!
Presently, I teach Pilates privately. I have a wonderful team of dedicated and well-educated Pilates' instructors and exceptional staff managers. I have one room for group classes of 5 participants per class. he classes are offered from early mornings, throughout the day and in the evenings. I have a completely separate room where I teach my private clientele on all apparatus.
I love my job. I am proud that I leave work each day knowing that I have helped others from my teaching of the Pilates' method.
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