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
Pure Pilates is pleased to announce a unique opportunity to train with the best—right here in Traverse City this January. Course Details: What: Pure Pilates is hosting Equilibrium Pilates Studio, based in Birmingham, Mich., for an intensive Reformer course. STOTT PILATES® Lead Instructor Trainer, Eva Powers, in Traverse City, Michigan for a condensed IR
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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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After the birth of her second child, Krystin Saputo turned to Pilates – a new form of exercise for her – as a way of getting back into shape. “It was such a new feeling for my body after having two kids,” Krystin, a longtime dancer, remembers of the classes she began taking at a downstate Michigan studio
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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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An everyday task — carrying laundry downstairs — led to a foot injury and a winter of rest, healing and rehabilitation for Jackie Fiegel. “I missed the bottom step of the stairs,” recalls Jackie, a longtime instructor at Pure Pilates, of the early December incident that caused shooting pain in her right foot. She’d broken
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