Katie Hauser’s Pilates practice started in April 2024, about a year after the 43-year-old Traverse City resident began what she describes as a weight-loss journey. “I was 283 pounds, and my goal weight was 190,” Hauser said. “When I got to 23 pounds from my goal, I decided I needed to tone but I didn’t want to lift […]
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Jim Munson didn’t exactly embrace Pilates when he was introduced to it more than two decades ago. “We were living in Glen Arbor and my wife was taking a Pilates class,” he recalls. “She signed me up without asking me.” Munson recalls beginning his Pilates practice “with a bad attitude.” “I thought, ‘I did not
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Amy Loeb will likely always remember the exact day she began taking classes at Pure Pilates. “I started in March of 2023 — it was the day before my 35th birthday,” she says. “I was dealing with body pain that was impacting my daily life and I knew that I needed a new solution.” Amy’s commitment
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What began as a solo exercise endeavor for Carrine Pomaranski nearly 20 years ago has become a consistent weekly routine for not only herself but also for her husband Mark and their 19-year-old daughter Ava. “It is so nice to have three members of our family train at Pure Pilates! Not only do the instructors
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For Traverse City brothers Matt and Brad Anderson, Pilates is an essential part of their lives, a longtime practice that began not long after Pure Pilates opened its doors nearly 20 years ago. Matt and Brad were intrigued after learning their friend Jennifer Cutler was opening the studio. “I had never heard of Pilates but
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Clyde and Dawn Buchanan do most everything together, including serving as election-day poll workers in their township, enjoying a regular breakfast tradition at a favorite restaurant and being employed for many years at the Traverse Area District Library. The couple, married for 51 years, even take weekly Pilates classes together — an ongoing practice they
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For a long time, Chris Dennos’ exercise routine involved what she calls “serious gym workouts with weights.” The longtime Traverse City resident also recalls plenty of aerobics in her repertoire. “I lived and exercised through the Jane Fonda era and all these various versions of aerobics,” she says. Eventually, Chris realized she wanted something different
What started as a weekly reprieve in the midst of ongoing cancer treatments became a practice Kim Beaton continues to this day. “I started Pilates at the cancer center in 2018 — a friend who knew [Pure Pilates instructor] Kim Marian had told me about it,” says Beaton, who had taken Pilates many years prior.
From visiting a chiropractor and following a yoga practice, to going through physical therapy and getting acupuncture and therapeutic massage, Tom Kleinfelter has tried a number of activities to help manage an abnormality in his spinal alignment. “I surmised that the best way to alleviate my back pain and increase my declining flexibility due to
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Longtime Pure Pilates instructor Kim Marian is known for her expert and thorough instruction — she began teaching pilates in 2010, has undergone extensive, additional training over the years, and is a post-rehabilitation specialist, helping people recovering from injury or surgery and those with postural challenges such as scoliosis. Recently, Kim took her. training to
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