Two Myths That Mis-shape Your Mindset (and Your Body)

By Chere Lucett Over coffee the other morning, my friend started telling me about this amazing exercise that “literally melts away fat from your abs.” I almost choked on my Gevalia dark roast and tried my best not to roll…

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Five Ways to Keep Your Pilates Classes Full

By Carla Vercoe You’ve been actively marketing your classes, and now your classes are starting to fill up with new faces. But you won’t really know if your strategy is really working until you see those faces come back again…

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Peak Pilates® Senior Master Instructor, Mentor and Leadership Team Member, Rocío Carceles | Barcelona, Spain

Why did you start taking Pilates classes? I always was interested in new fitness trends,  I found Pilates when I was pregnant in 2000 and I decided give it a try. What inspired you to become a Certified Peak Pilates Instructor…

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Peak Pilates® Senior Master Instructor and Mentor, Agnes Simonfi | Hungary

Why did you start taking Pilates classes? All my life I’ve been involved in some kind of sport activity. But my love became handball when I was a teenager. I played it at a high level for 10 years. If you…

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Peak Pilates® Master Instructor Simone Hörster | Berlin, Germany

Why did you start taking Pilates classes? I had contemporary Pilates during my dance education (teacher was Britta Brechtefeld, now owner of Bodymotion). Later when I moved to Berlin I was asked to teach Pilates classes, but I did not…

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Musings on the Barrels and Spine Correctors

By Laura Philips-Hampton If I had to choose, I would say spine correctors are my favorite piece of equipment. Not only are they ingeniously simple and elegant, they get such instant results, and evoke deeply felt corrections and release in…

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Peak Pilates®

Zoey Trapp, Peak Pilates® Master Instructor, discusses the unique approach of Peak Pilates® instructor training. Peak Pilates offers a comprehensive education system, which progressively advances students through stages of learning and mastery in classical Pilates. They are supported by a…

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Q&A With Mother-Daughter Master Instructors, Missy and Jolie Noll

How does Peak Pilates® bring you together? Jolie and I have co-owned The Pines Studio for Pilates since 1998. I became a Peak Pilates® Master Instructor in 2002, then the studio became an Education Center. Jolie is also a Peak…

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