Pilates in El Cerrito

Today's Groupon personally calms your core and gives it the strength to endure all life's bends, loops, and twistywhirls. For $35, you get one private Pilates class and one group equipment Pilates class at Tru-Balance Pilates Fitness Studio in Willow Glen (a $120 value). Expert instruction and a dedication to your body's potential at Tru-Balance will make you a champion Pilatist whose perfect postural muscles will be extolled by troubadors, lonely long-distance runners, and cone tenders for years to come.

Pilates San Francisco opened in 1999. All of our sessions are private and customized to your fitness and wellness goals - from absolute beginner to professional athlete. We can help you rehabilitate and prevent injuries. Our studio is fully equipped and easy to reach with beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.

Founded by a health and fitness instructor with 20 years of experience, each of Equilibrio's private session is led by one a certified Pilates instructors. They'll teach you how to use different Pilates equipment and possibly work with some free-weight-training exercises. Personal sessions are good for beginners and hard-cored veterans who want to bring their Pilates game to the next level. Under a motivating and watchful eye, you'll quickly master the machines that will remaster your body. Equilibrio Pilates requires three private lessons before moving on to group equipment-classes; today's deal allows you to get the prerequisites under your belt.

Classes take place in a beautiful new studio. Hardwood floors support reformer machines and Pilates towers, all under the calming gaze of a floor-to-ceiling Buddha mural. If you're new to Pilates, certified instructors will teach you to properly use the equipment in Pilates for Beginners. Old hands can skip ahead to fast-paced, intense workouts such as Mighty Mix or Mighty Sport, mixing head-to-toe routines, cardio intensity, and resistance challenges. Check out the online schedule for upcoming classes and times, then get started on the road to lean, muscular freedom with today's Groupon. You must register in advance to reserve a spot.

Aspire's Pilates-based exercise programs are tailored to the individual needs of its clients, then averaged into multifaceted group classes. You have the option of taking either style of Pilates offered: introductory ChoreoCore or an introductory mat class. ChoreoCore deliciously blends lively dance movements with the flexibility, balance, and core-strengthening exercises of Pilates, while the mat classes introduce students to basic core-stabilization techniques that aid in alignment, balance, and strength with a focus on using abs to stabilize the spine. Use your two class sessions to sample one of each style, since the cardio of ChoreoCore and basic grounding of the mat classes complement one another like alternating piano keys, Nutella and crêpes, or Tom and Jerry in the episodes where they team up to fight the bulldog. Classes are scheduled six days a week at various times.

Allison Gonzalez spent two decades as a ballerina, and more than half of that time using Pilates as a cross-training method. Eventually, Allison earned her instructor certification and began teaching Pilates professionally, utilizing her dancer's grace on Pilates mats and reformers. Nowadays, she helms a studio--Purely Pilates--that stays true to Joseph Pilates' original vision.

Pilates developed his exercise regime in the 1920s, with the goal of strengthening the body's "powerhouse"--which includes the abs, lower back and butt, but not the coal furnace at the back of our skulls. His roster of more than 500 exercises, plus his five signature pieces of resistance equipment, continue to influence Purely Pilates' intimate classes today--regardless of which fully-certified instructor leads them and if they are group-style or private.