Aria Srinivasan
October 19, 2017 08:47
I don't have a ton of experience with pilates, but these classes were approachable yet challenging. For the regular pilates, don't expect to be sweating bullets or anything, but the ab series is killer. It was perfect because I went in the morning and didn't need to shower after and could straight carry on with my day! No need to bring a mat! Each class is different and the hour goes by very quickly which is why I prefer this to barre.
I also finally got to try piloxing and I LOVED it. Ann Marie was so cute and you could tell she had a ton of dance experience. The class has a boxing, standing pilates, and dance series. The boxing is regular jabs/punches, kickboxing kinda stuff, the standing pilates is basically ballet (arabesques and the sorts) and the dance part was salsa/latin dancing. Each series was like 5min, and then we just kept looping through for the hour. It does take a lot of coordination since you're moving quickly.. I saw a lot of girls struggling with this.. but DON'T stand in front/block the mirrors if you aren't doing it properly! (snobby..sorry) I was sore and exhausted after this super high energy fun class.