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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Kim Costanza had practiced Pilates before moving with her family to northern Michigan—she’d taken a mat class for many years in Florida—and for a while even kept up with it after relocating to Traverse City by following along with an instructional video at home. But over time, life got especially busy for Costanza, 56, a
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George Kleiber admits he was skeptical about trying Pilates, but three years in, he’s happy he kept at it. “At first, I wasn’t sure Pilates was for me. ‘Moving one vertebrae at a time’ seemed a bit foreign and slow. In fact, I actually quit a couple times along the way,” remembers George, who was
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What does doubling the number of Pilates classes you take in one week do for your body? Lissa Edwards decided to find out – and shares the amazing outcome with us. Committing to classes at Pure Pilates almost 15 years ago has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I was about
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Above photo: Tara Hochstetler (left) with friends at the Bayshore Half Marathon finish. Tara credits her Pilates practice with helping her running performance. — Traverse City runner Tara Hochstetler knew for years that she probably should incorporate strength training into her exercise routine. “Weakness in my core was causing problems with my hips and knees,” she says,
When a friend suggested she try Pilates to alleviate severe back pain, Jennifer Warren was skeptical. “I truly didn’t understand how different it was from physical therapy,” she says. “I assumed it to be similar, and since physical therapy was not working, I didn’t believe Pilates would do it for me.” An interaction with her
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