Pilates
Integrate the Body & Mind

Benefits of Practicing Pilates Regularly

• Develops strong and flexible muscles
• Improves posture
• Strengthens abdominal/core muscles
• Reduces stress
• Minimizes risk of future injuries
• Creates an overall exuberance and vitality for your life!

Private and group instruction is available for clients of all levels in a stimulating and fun environment.

Get to know our excellent Pilates instructors.

What We Offer
LHC offers both Pilates mat and equipment instruction to members and non-members alike. Pilates mat classes are included, for no extra fee, in LHC membership. For non-members, a workout card can be purchased to attend mat classes. Private, duo or group training on the Pilates equipment is an extra fee for both members and non-members. Please see pricing info on the left, side column.

Why pay extra for Pilates Equipment Sessions? ...
Because, as one client says, "It's worth every penny!"
The Pilates Equipment simultaneously supports and challenges the body and mind with effective rehab, conditioning, and functional training movements. Appropriate for people with rehab and re-conditioning needs and the elite athlete alike, the Pilates Equipment works using springs (rather than weights) and pulleys with ropes and straps to create resistance and challenge for the body. This system allows the body to experience positions and movements that would otherwise be inaccessible due to tight, weak and unstable joints and muscles. The result is supple, strong muscles and a focused mind trained to safely perform daily movements and complex exercises with agility, ease and grace.

What is Pilates?
Joseph Pilates (1880-1967), originally from Germany, created this exercise program for himself as a natural way to recover from health issues he experienced as a child. Having personal success with his own program, he then shared his program while interning with other German nationals during WWI. During this time he also began working with non-ambulatory hospital patients where he began using the hospital bed springs to move the body. This is how he began developing his equipment.

Well versed in boxing, martial arts, yoga, skiing and circus performing, which he had done as a teenager and young man, Joseph left Germany with the rising power of the Nazi's and came to New York where he opened a boxing studio. Surrounded by dance studios, many dancers came to learn of his exercise regime and became regular students of his to not only strengthen and stretch the muscles, but to also rehabilitate injuries. This remained the case for several decades until Oprah began practicing pilates. Since then, top level athletes and celebrities alike began Pilates and raved about their own results.

All Pilates mat classes are included with your membership, with no extra charge.

Call us at (925)284-7732 for more information about our Pilates Personal Training!