Global Master Trainer
Anatomy
The Master Anatomy Series
Three years of pre-med gave Nelly a deep foundation in anatomy; through Lagree, that knowledge and her passion became her purpose: helping every instructor understand the “why.”
Why this exercise?Why here?Why now?
Master Lagree · Active since 2017
Three questions every instructor should be able to answer. Nelly certifies Lagree instructors around the world and coaches them to run every class with purpose. Understanding the reason behind a movement is what gives an instructor the freedom to teach, adapt and progress the method with intention.
The record
Dubai · Istanbul · Worldwide
years with the Lagree Method
years of studio ownership
years developing instructors
years of in-depth anatomy study
Her story
From a first class to a global standard.
- 2017The first classNelly steps onto a Lagree machine for the first time. The method becomes the work.
- 2018A studio of her ownOfficial Lagree licence holder and co-founder of ShapeUp Istanbul.
- 2021Master TrainerOne of the first official Lagree Master Trainers worldwide, and the only one from outside the US in the first group.
- 2021–23Mandarin Oriental, BodrumShapeUp becomes the first brand to bring Lagree into luxury hotels. Three summers, more than 1,000 guests, 100% satisfaction.
- 2022Into anatomyFunctional anatomy becomes her second discipline, and the reason behind every cue. She has studied anatomy in depth every day since, to keep her knowledge current. Three years of pre-med laid the foundation for the Master Anatomy Series.
- 2023Mobility and movementCertified mobility and movement trainer.
- 2026DubaiA new home. In February she assists on the main platform, alongside Sebastien Lagree and fellow master trainers, as Dubai sets the Guinness World Record for the largest Lagree class.
- 2026The Master Anatomy SeriesMore than 400 instructors certified across 70+ cities. Her anatomy teaching becomes a series of four online courses.
- NextInteractive Anatomy · Functional Anatomy — Recorded Course · Master with NellyInteractive Anatomy is in development. Recorded learning follows, then a way to ask Nelly anything, built from her trainings, courses, recordings and tools.
- ThenMaster LongevityThe third discipline takes shape.
Master Lagree
High intensity, low impact, and exact.
Slow, controlled work keeps the muscle under tension. Transitions stay short. Progression is built through range, tempo, resistance, duration and planes of motion, never by simply doing more.
The training
Official Lagree Level 1 Teacher Training
In person, with Nelly, in Russian, English or Turkish. The official route to teaching the Lagree Method.
What Level 1 includes
- Official certificationThe global Lagree Level 1 certification, approved by Sebastien Lagree.
- Lifetime mentoringNelly stays your mentor after the training, for questions, feedback and your first classes.
- Lifetime materialsLifetime access to the training materials and Nelly’s Level 1 guide.
- The five principlesA way of thinking about every class, not a set of routines to memorise.
The five teaching principles
- The power of whyEvery exercise serves a clear purpose within the sequence.
- Teach the muscle, not the exerciseExercises are tools. Activation and neuromuscular control are the goal.
- Quality over quantityResults come from doing better, not from doing more.
- Progression must be intelligentRange, tempo, resistance, duration and planes of motion, progressed with intention.
- Responsibility to the methodEvery instructor carries the standards, precision and philosophy of Lagree.
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Guides and documents
Nelly’s training guides for Lagree instructors.
Coming soon
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Three disciplines · one body
Master Anatomy · Active since 2022
Never teach a movement simply because you know how to teach it. Teach it because you understand why it belongs there.
Nelly Ilyasova
Master Anatomy
The Master Anatomy Series.
Four online courses that teach instructors to see the body the way it actually moves. Every position, transition, tempo and load in the method has a reason rooted in biomechanics, muscle function and joint integrity. The series makes those reasons visible.
Four courses · online
Functional Anatomy & Physiology of Lagree
12 hThe foundation of the series, with a complementary Level 2 Time Effective Teaching model built in. Open to movement professionals; Lagree certification is not required.
Time Effective Sequencingwith anatomy application
6 hBuilding classes that follow the body’s logic. Optional: official global Lagree Level 2 certification.
Form & Alignmentwith anatomy application
6 hReading form, joints and compensation in real time. Optional: official global Lagree Level 2 certification.
Time Effective Cueingwith anatomy application
6 hLanguage that reaches the right muscle. Optional: official global Lagree Level 2 certification.
A standard Level 2 runs four hours. Nelly’s run six, with anatomy applied throughout. Level 2 courses require Lagree Level 1 certification.
Inside the foundation
- The skeletal system
- Stability before mobility
- Open and closed kinetic chains
- How joints move
- The spine
- Shoulder girdle, hip, knee and ankle
- The muscular system
- Deep core stabilisers
- The nervous system
- Compensation patterns
- The fascial system
- Common dysfunctions
Four systems, one body
What you learn to see
- The real demandWhat an exercise is actually asking the body to do.
- The reasonWhy that exercise belongs in the class, at that moment.
- The truth of the movementWhether the body is really doing it, or quietly compensating somewhere else.
Who it is for
- The foundation: instructors and movement professionals, Lagree certified or not
- Level 2 courses: Lagree Level 1 certified instructors
- Also for head trainers and studio owners.
What you receive
- Certificate of completion
- The course PDFs, before the training begins
- Seven days’ access to the recording of each training
- For Level 2 courses only: optional official global Lagree Level 2 certification. Available if you want it; not needed if you already hold it or are retaking a Level 2 course.
Everything that you don’t use, you lose.The one thing to remember
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Master Longevity
In development
The long game. A body that keeps its range, strength and control for decades.
The first two disciplines already point here. Stability before mobility, intelligent load, and respect for the long-term health of the body run through every training Nelly leads. Master Longevity will give that thread its own programme.
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Three disciplines · one body
Work with Nelly
Enquiries are answered personally.
Instructors
Lagree Level 1 and the Master Anatomy Series.
Studios
Host a Level 1 training, or plan a studio launch with Nelly’s guidance.
Hotels and private groups
Seasonal Lagree programmes and private classes for hotels and private groups.