Above photo: Tara Hochstetler (left) with friends at the Bayshore Half Marathon finish. Tara credits her Pilates practice with helping her running performance. — Traverse City runner Tara Hochstetler knew for years that she probably should incorporate strength training into her exercise routine. “Weakness in my core was causing problems with my hips and knees,” she says, …
Pure Pilates is pleased to announce a unique opportunity to train with the best—right here in Traverse City this January. Course Details: What: Pure Pilates is hosting Equilibrium Pilates Studio, based in Birmingham, Mich., for an intensive Reformer course. STOTT PILATES® Lead Instructor Trainer, Eva Powers, in Traverse City, Michigan for a condensed IR …
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George Kleiber admits he was skeptical about trying Pilates, but three years in, he’s happy he kept at it. “At first, I wasn’t sure Pilates was for me. ‘Moving one vertebrae at a time’ seemed a bit foreign and slow. In fact, I actually quit a couple times along the way,” remembers George, who was …
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Late last year, Pure Pilates welcomed Jennifer Lee, a longtime dancer and Pilates instructor, to our team. Jennifer, whose family moved from the East Coast to Traverse City this past fall, first learned of mat Pilates in the mid-1980s followed by reformer Pilates a bit later, in 1992. But it was in 2000, while living …
What does doubling the number of Pilates classes you take in one week do for your body? Lissa Edwards decided to find out – and shares the amazing outcome with us. Committing to classes at Pure Pilates almost 15 years ago has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I was about …
Last month, our Pure Pilates community lost Lois Jean Schmidt, 86, a beloved and longtime client who was a passionate advocate of Pilates and how it can transform lives. Instructor Kim Marian shares how she came to know Jean in 2012 and what it meant to work with this strong woman. Jean started with Pure …
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After the birth of her second child, Krystin Saputo turned to Pilates – a new form of exercise for her – as a way of getting back into shape. “It was such a new feeling for my body after having two kids,” Krystin, a longtime dancer, remembers of the classes she began taking at a downstate Michigan studio …
October is a month of new beginnings for Pure Pilates, with our studio relocating to the beautiful Village at Grand Traverse Commons. Here’s what founder and owner Jennifer Cutler shared about this exciting move and how it’s been going at the studio’s fresh digs at 1371 Gray Drive, suite 400. (Our new neighbors? Brunch spot Sugar …
When a friend suggested she try Pilates to alleviate severe back pain, Jennifer Warren was skeptical. “I truly didn’t understand how different it was from physical therapy,” she says. “I assumed it to be similar, and since physical therapy was not working, I didn’t believe Pilates would do it for me.” An interaction with her …
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Daily exercise and meditation are a way of life for Pat Natale, and a big part of her routine is Pilates. “I looked for a practice that was less impactful on my joints because it seemed as though I was always hurting somewhere,” says Pat, who is in her 70s, of starting Pilates a decade …
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