Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center

Fitness - Pilates

Experience a Transformation of Mind, Body and Spirit

We offer a variety of classes on both our open group Fitness schedule and leisure programs all taught by our professional Certified Group Fitness instructors. Our classes range from Traditional Pilates Mat and fusion classes to our beautiful brand-new state of the art Pilates Reformers, towers and chairs. Also, try one of our functional classes including the Pilates MOTR® where we help you work on your daily function through balance, coordination and strength or our Pilates ARC® classes that helps to properly stretch and elongate your spine as you are performing the exercises.

Transform your Mind, Body and Spirit with a gentle to your joints, yet challenging total body fitness program designed to help develop core strength, increase lean muscle, improve balance, coordination and flexibility.

With consistent Pilates training, you will create an evenly balanced and conditioned body that will improve your body’s ability to perform daily functional tasks, sports performance and help prevent injuries.

Our professional instructors will safely lead you through each class at a skill and intensity level appropriate to your body’s ability to perform exercise. They will help motivate, encourage and push you to keep improving with every session. The open schedule and leisure Pilates classes are appropriate for all fitness levels.

Are you new to Pilates, have an injury, just starting out your fitness journey or not sure where to get started? We invite you to visit our dedicated Pilates Reformer Studio to see the equipment and meet one of skilled instructors through a free Pilates consultation. Our trainers will help guide in how to best get started with our program.

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Pilates Reformer: Come Learn from Our Expert Instructors at Dale City

With its ability to help you strengthen your muscles and improve your posture, stability and mobility, it’s no wonder that the Pilates Reformer machine is one of the most popular and effective pieces of equipment used in fitness today.

“The benefits of Pilates (both Mat and Reformer) are various,” says Carmen Fermin, a longtime certified Pilates instructor, and fitness manager at Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center. “When done correctly, using the Pilates principles, it can help improve a person’s overall core strength, increase muscle flexibility, increase bone density and improve balance and coordination.”

If you’ve ever visited our Dale City Recreation Center, where Pilates Reformer classes are held, you may have noticed the Pilates Reformer machines. They have a bed-like frame, with a flat platform called the carriage that rolls back and forth on wheels within the frame. The fitness machine was invented in the 1920’s by Pilates founder Joseph Pilates, originally from Germany.

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Open Schedule – Group Fitness Classes

This is the foundation of the Pilates system consisting of floor (mat) work and small props; magic circle, weights, foam roller, TheraBand’s, balls, etc. Pilates mat work is a great way to challenge your body with gravity and controlled movements. View Schedule

Pilates MOTR®/Barre

The MOTR® (which stands for Movement on The Roller) is a versatile total body work out apparatus. It is a Pilates reformer, foam

roller, and resistance trainer all in one. MOTR’s innovative design allows you to work out in eight different body positions, and quickly level up – or down – resistance while targeting specific muscle groups. Adding Barre fitness hybrid ®®workout combining ballet-inspired moves with elements of Pilates, dance, yoga and strength training. fused together with (Motion on the Roller) this multifunctional fitness class trains your body in several components of fitness including – strength, balance, coordination - flexibility & attempt to improve the functional properties of the muscular connective tissues in the human body.

Pilates ARC®/MOTR® Fusion

A 45-minute mind-body fusion workout using the PILATES ARC® or MORT® apparatus each class. The PILATES ARC® spine

corrector exercises work the body on an incline, decline, with and against gravity to help target the core muscles, range of motion in the hips, shoulders, and spine while the focus of the MOTR® will be on balance, coordination, flexibility, and muscular endurance.

Pilates Mat with a splash of Functional Bodies and Barre to promote functional movement

Leisure Programs – small group classes

PILATES REFORMER PLUS

equipment includes: Pilates Reformer, Tower, Jump Board, Spine Corrector & Chair

The versatility of the Pilates Reformer has made it one of the most popular and effective pieces of equipment used in Fitness today! From activating your deep core muscles, to learning proper body alignment and breathing, to working through post injury rehabilitation there is a fun and challenging class for all Fitness levels. Our specialized small group fitness Reformer PLUS classes allow for a variety of other Pilates apparatuses to be used along with the Reformer during class including the Tower, Jump boards, Wunda Chairs, Spine Correctors and Barrel. These challenging and invigorating classes will help safely build muscular endurance, core strength, balance, coordination and flexibility to transform your body! Classes are limited to 5 students to allow for proper form correction and modifications by instructor. View Schedule

To request a private training session, please use the form below.

For more information or to make an appointment , please contact: Carmen Fermin - Fitness Manager, (703) 792-8669