About Us
Pilates Core Club is a special kind of club. No need to pay joining fees or monthly subscriptions. Simply sign up and pay for the passes or classes you want to do - be they online, in a group setting or one-to-one.
We’ll get to the core of what matters to you: allbeit everyday fitness, feeling good about yourself, overcoming injury or training for specific targets.
As a member of Pilates Core Club we hope you have fun besides building your physical core strength - if you wish to share your interests with other members we welcome contributions to our online club magazine.
Our St Peter Port studio is furnished with award winning BASI Pilates machines for private sessions. Joey also runs online mat classes, livestreamed from the studio, as well as physical mat classes at Cobo Community Centre and for corporate clients.
Welcome to the Club!
Why Pilates?
Pilates is a method developed and refined over the years. The technique continues to evolve, incorporating the latest research findings from science and medicine.
In Pilates we work to align, balance, and develop flexibility and strength. We focus on using the correct muscles to move and support the body especially the spine.
Can I do Pilates?
Yes, Pilates is for everyone! From teenagers to seniors. All abilities are welcome. It’s great from post-surgery and rehabilitation to professional athletes and dancers. Exercises can be modified to match the requirements of every individual. Classes will focus on specific areas whilst using exercises that integrate the whole body to re-educate and restore optimal function.
What can I expect?
Whole body strengthening and toning as well as strength and stability.
Improve posture and general wellbeing.
Improved range of motion and flexibility.
Mind and body connection.
Lots of fun :)
Joseph Pilates
Joseph Pilates was born in Mönchengladbach, Germany in 1883. He was a fitness enthusiasts who studied Eastern and Western forms of exercises and philosophies.
In 1912, he traveled to England. When the first World War broke out, he was interned in a camp on the Isle of Man. While there he taught and practiced his physical fitness program. He started to build apparatus to aid in the rehabilitation of the disabled and sick. Those apparatus are now the Reformer, the Trapeze Table, the Wunda chair, Spine corrector and Ladder Barrel.
In 1926 he moved to New York with his wife and set up the first Pilates studio and the rest is history :)
Ten Pilates Principles to condition the body
Awareness, Balance, Breath, Concentration, Centre, Control, Efficiency, Flow, Precision and Harmony.
These principles should be kept in mind during the execution of the exercise and also during teaching. At any one time, certain principles may be stressed more than others, but they must never be ignored.
It is these principles that make Pilates a mind-body form of conditioning rather than only a physical process.