Private Instruction:
Private Pilates sessions enable clients to work one-on-one with highly trained instructors who cater to the needs and desires of the clientele. These typically include a fitness and postural evaluation that will allow instructors to effectively teach students the proper Pilates techniques and move the student through a program that progresses and increases in difficulty in order to achieve the client’s goals.

Usually lasting approximately 50 minutes to an hour, sessions include strengthening, stretching and rehabilitation of particular muscles groups using the Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector and a variety of mat exercises both with and without apparati.  

Don't hesitate to inquire about our AMA Fitness Center Pilates Program and also the exceptional benefits to incorporating Pilates into your fitness regime!

Pilates Principles:

-- The Breath -- Breathing deeply and with the diaphragm. Inhale to expand the ribs outward, oxygen fills even the base of the lungs.     -- Mental Focus -- Perform exercises with intention and attention. Guided imagery helps to direct the thoughts to the body and the imagination fuels deeper levels of movement.     -- Core Control -- The core, “the powerhouse,” the girdle of strength, whatever name it assumes, the body’s center and the surrounding musculature possess a crucial role in practicing Pilates. The abdominals and the pelvic floor muscles must consistently engage.     -- Alignment -- Continually assuming the anatomical ideal of good posture, aligning the spine and the appendages, ensures safety during exercise and elicits nearly immediate results in how people feel physically, how they appear and how they perceive themselves.     -- Flow -- Although exercises may be challenging, the body must flow though them with precision and grace.

Benefits of Pilates:  

• Leaves participants feeling energized, not tired; centered, not scattered
• Unites body with the mind
• Restores proper functioning of internal organs
• Replaces muscular imbalance with youthful posture
• Conditions abdominal and pelvic floor muscles
• Relieves back, neck, hip, and joint pain
• Assists people with chronic diseases, disabilities, and musculoskeletal limitations including osteoporosis
• Boosts the immune system
• Improves performance of any sport – eliminates or reduces aches and pains and reduces injury
• Enhances sexual fulfillment
• Changes how other perceive you
• Improves balance, stability, and agility
• Induces no impact on the joints
• Complements other methods of exercise
• Slenderizes the thighs and helps the body "defy" gravity
• Can be practiced by nearly anyone.