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Pilates Jumpboard & Sculpt 4-Week Equipment Series

This series will amp up your cardio, tone and sculpt, build your strength and endurance, and leave you feeling invigorated! The Pilates Jumpboard gives you all the benefits of jumping without the stress and impact on your joints. It attaches to the Reformer to create a joyful and lively spring-loaded horizontal jumping experience. Expect to raise your heart rate and work/sculpt your muscles from hip to foot through explosive jumping movements. Susan will also incorporate upper body sculpting exercises on the Reformer and with hand weights. You’ll finish each class with a yummy set of stretches. Read More...

Pilates for Men 4-Week Equipment Series

This 4-week equipment series is designed to address the specific needs of male clients, including tightness in the hips, hamstrings, back, and shoulders. It’s for beginners and anyone looking to advance their practice on the Reformer, Tower, Chair, and various props. In each class, Angilique will challenge your core strength, while also working to improve your flexibility, balance, and mobility. Read More...

Pilates for Seniors 4-Week Equipment Series

Back by popular demand! This series is designed to address the specific needs of mature clients, ages 60 and up, to help them build and maintain strength, mobility, balance, and posture. Angilique developed this equipment series to focus on those things and address changes that often occur as we age, such as arthritis and osteoporosis. This series is perfect for clients new to Pilates equipment or those simply looking to build up their strength and stability. You will work on Pilates fundamentals and progressions on both the Reformer and the Tower, using various props to support your movement. The classes will move at a moderate pace and modifications will be offered to fit your needs. Read More...

Open the Hips 4-Week Series

Even if you can’t make it as scheduled, you can still get the recorded classes. Have you been sitting too much? Do you feel stiff when you stand up? If so, you probably have tight hips. All those hours of sitting shorten and weaken the hip muscles, creating stress and imbalances in the joints. This can cause low back pain, knee pain, and postural problems.  Join Susan for this progressive series designed to relieve pain and release tension through targeted stretching and strengthening of the hips – including hip flexors, hamstrings, glutes, and inner and outer hip muscles. We’ll use a few simple props, including a tennis ball, foam roller, and resistance band. You’ll learn valuable exercises and the proper technique for sculpting hip and thigh muscles, which is all about stabilizing your hips. You’ll leave feeling stronger, standing taller, sitting more comfortably, and moving freely! Watch this preview. Even if you can’t make it to the series as scheduled, you can still join and get the workouts by signing up for the Live Virtual/Recorded option. In addition to receiving links to the live classes, you will also receive a link to a recording of each class shortly after it ends (only the in-studio class is recorded, not virtual participants). Each recording will be available to you for 7 days. So, you can workout at your convenience and be up to speed for the next class.

$85 for the Series All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary. Read More...

Pilates for Pre/Post-Natal Health & Fitness Workshop

Even if you can’t make it as scheduled, you can still get the recorded workshop. Pilates Center of Rockville Pilates teacher, Rashida Marshall, and Restore Motion physical therapist, Kristina Hsieh, are teaming up in this workshop to address common issues facing women during and after pregnancy, specifically from a pelvic floor health and Pilates-based fitness perspective. They’ll help you feel strong, informed, and more confident in your body throughout your pregnancy journey. Kristina will discuss and answer questions about pelvic floor muscles and changes that occur in the body due to pregnancy. Rashida will share and teach Pilates-based exercises and movement concepts designed to:
  • Improve pelvic floor strength and function
  • Increase core strength and support
  • Reduce the occurrence of diastasis recti
  • Enhance abdominal tone
You’ll learn movements that can be safely incorporated in the prenatal and postnatal stages. Come ready to learn, ask questions, do Pilates, and be empowered! Even if you can’t make it to the workshop as scheduled, you can still join and get the recording by signing up for the Live Virtual/Recorded option. In addition to receiving the link to the live workshop, you will also receive a link to a recording shortly after it ends (only the in-studio workshop is recorded, not virtual participants). Each recording will be available to you for 7 days.

$25 for the Workshop All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary. No refunds. All sales/registrations are final. Read More...

Pilates for Seniors 4-Week Equipment Series

This series is designed to address the specific needs of more mature clients, ages 60 years old and up. As we age, we have an even greater need to build and maintain strength, mobility, balance, and posture. Angilique developed this equipment series to focus on those things and address changes that often occur in our bodies, such as arthritis and osteoporosis. This series is perfect for mature clients new to Pilates equipment or those simply looking to build up their strength and stability. You will work on Pilates fundamentals and progressions on both the Reformer and the Tower, using various props to support your movement. The classes will move at a moderate pace, and modifications will be offered to fit your needs.

$160 for the Series All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary. In-Studio – Space is limited. Read More...

Get What You Want From Pilates

  • Consistency Is Key. There’s a famous Joseph Pilates quote that says, “In 10 sessions you’ll feel the difference, in 20 sessions you’ll see a difference, and in 30 sessions you’ll have a whole new body”. Pilates can absolutely transform your body and the way you move and feel, but there’s no pressure-based timetable at PCOR. The key is the frequency and consistency of your practice. If you do Pilates at least 2 to 3 times a week, then your body will respond more effectively.
  • Mix It Up. The beauty of Pilates is that there are hundreds of different exercises and a variety of lessons and classes. All of the equipment strengthens your core, conditions your entire body, and engages your muscles deeply through spring resistance, but each one moves and works your body in different ways. So, it’s fun cross-training for your body.
  • A Little Homework Goes A Long Way. There are some very simple movements you can take from Pilates, incorporate into your daily life, and immediately start improving how you move and feel. Ask your teacher about Leg Lever and Rocking Horse. 😉
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Perfecting Your Plank 4-Week Series

Even if you can’t make it as scheduled, you can still get the recorded workouts. If planks and push-ups intimidate you, then this is the series for you! Join Susan Roth in this 4-week course to learn the proper preparation, placement, and technique to help you perfect your plank. You’ll build strength and stability in your entire body, especially the arms, shoulders, and core, and you’ll improve your control and focus. Plus, you’ll learn how to protect your wrists, shoulders, and low back. We will work on many variations of plank exercises with modifications appropriate for all levels. Then, we’ll cap it off with the famous Pilates Push-up. Don’t miss this chance to strengthen and tone your whole body, and power yourself through the summer and beyond! Check out this video preview. Even if you can’t make it to the series as scheduled, you can still join and get the workouts by signing up for the Live Virtual/Recorded option. In addition to receiving links to the live classes, you will also receive a link to a recording of each class shortly after it ends (only the in-studio class is recorded, not virtual participants). Each recording will be available to you for 7 days. So, you can workout at your convenience and be up to speed for the next class.

$79 for the Series All levels are welcome. No experience is necessary. Read More...