Have you done your Pilates Hundreds today? The Pilates exercise called the Hundreds is a great exercise designed to engage and strengthen the whole body while specifically strengthening the your core muscles. Click to watch the video and learn a variation of the exercise that we call the No Cheat Hundreds.  By adding a strap […]

A Student Story: My name is Becky Monroe, and I’m a student at Rivercity Pilates.   I’m also a blogger in my work and personal life.     Carey offered me a free class card for some Pilates Student Blogs, and I jumped at the chance.   I have been practicing Pilates since March 2014. […]

You may already know me as a Barre and Yoga instructor at Rivercity Pilates but I am happy to reveal that I am also offering Life Coaching and Reiki services! So as my service to you deepens, I only thought it was fitting to deepen our relationship and tell you a little bit more about […]

Today we’d like to introduce you to Janee (pronounced Jane-ee) Anderson!   Janee teaches small group classes at Rivercity PIlates. What brought you to Pilates? About 5 years ago, I realized how much I hurt from driving for my job every day. My lower back hurt, my shoulders were hunched up and I was basically needing […]

Public Weight Loss, Private Weight Loss, Is There an In-Between? The psychology of weight loss is very…weird. And frustrating. And personal. And eccentric. I’m overweight, and I have trouble making myself work out in public, because my mind says – and this is asinine, I know – that people are judging me as a ‘futile fatty’: someone […]

One of the things I love about my Pilates practice is being able to take what I’ve learned about efficient movement and anatomy and apply it to my everyday life.  Today I’m talking about how I was able to make a minor tweak in my bike riding position that allowed me to move from my […]

When did you start coming to Rivercity Pilates and what inspired you to start? I started coming to Rivercity Pilates in January of 2015. I’ve done a few Pilates classes in the past and really enjoyed it. How often do you practice Pilates and what type of sessions or classes have you been doing? I try to […]

Joseph Pilates incorporated squats into a variety of his classical exercises and exercise sequences for good reason. The squat is a great full body exercise that is very functional.  Think about how many times throughout your day you use this type of movement to sit down and get up or to bend and pick something […]

If you are brand new to Pilates, you may wonder why in the world you can’t just take a reformer class and try it out. We understand your frustration with our request to have a few private sessions under your belt before joining group equipment classes and just want to explain why in a little […]