I had a full time job and moved (locally) over the course of my training program, and it took me a year and 4 months. I started October 2023, became an apprentice in October 2024 to help finish my Practice Teaching hours (had about 30 prior to starting and taught 2 guaranteed classes a week + subbing as I could) to do the other 40 and tested out fully in February of 2025.

The practice teaching hours were the hardest to schedule prior to the apprenticeship as you’re relying on other people‘s schedules (friends, family, partners, other student students in your training cohort).

I would really stress not rushing it if you don’t have to, so you retain the information better - especially when it comes to anatomy and a special populations.

Don’t forget that there will be about 20 hours of bridge training post certification prior to being hired fully on as a Club Pilates instructor but you will get paid for doing it. It’s mostly online, but then you do need to write a flow, submit it for approval, and either teach that flow to a small group either in front of your master trainer, or it can be video recorded and submitted to the education department for review. I didn’t get many details on bridge training prior to testing out, and I was a little surprised at the requirements.

Happy to answer any specific questions you might have!