But, when I was looking at the Class Pass Schedule for Thursday morning I noticed that they had a Pilates Classic class listed so I had to check out the class description.
Their signature FitFormer really isn't that different from a different reformer from what little knowledge I have of regular reformers.
There were only 3 of us in the early morning class, but the room is HUGE. Thankfully we all grabbed Fitformers near each other. I hate it when there is a big room and someone walks in and randomly goes to the OTHER side of the room. I just divides the instructors attention unnecessarily.
Now this workout was definitely harder than my normal Pilates Reformer Class but I also wasn't in love with it.
For one thing when we were working our thighs I had to put my head and shoulders between the shoulder pads while still being able to lift my leg which was attached to strap and pulley. So basically any time I lifted my leg the pulley and strap that was attached behind me was rubbing up against ME. And the instructor had NO idea how to correct my form so I could fit on the reformer and do this move. That was really frustrating!
It also felt like this class was meant to feel a BURN rather than actually doing functional fitness. Maybe I'm wrong but I like the Pilates Reformer classes that feel more like physical therapy. I don't normally sweat in pilates and I'm not doing it for the caloric burn but rather to learn how to function from the core.
So would I go back to Pilates Pro Works? Maybe. Since I'm doing this 30 day Pilates/Yoga challenge, if they had the Pilates Classic again and I didn't have any other options for my schedule I'd go. But I'm not specifically going to look for it and I wouldn't be sad if I never take another class there?
What about you? Why do you like Pilates? Do you want to feel a burn?
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