Club Pilates

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  Becca Pierce

  Sub Instructor

  Becca has been practicing Pilates and yoga actively since her late teens to provide an energetic lifestyle. In 2013, she entered into a comprehensive Pilates teacher training program through a local studio in West Chester, PA. She is trained on all the classical Pilates apparatus including the reformer, Cadillac/tower, chair, and mat. Over the 400+ hour training, she fell deeper in love with the practice and the principals leading her to regularly teach privates and group classes since June 2013. Since then, she was trained in Barre, TRX, and Yoga and has ventured into Master Training. When not teaching, Becca loves to travel around the world, already having visited New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Costa Rica.

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  Kaitlyn Palma

  Sub Instructor

  Kaitlyn strives to practice mindfulness and instill this philosophy in her clients and classes every day. She is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer, Women’s Fitness Specialist and Fitness Nutrition Specialist. Kaitlyn was trained by Leslee Bender as a Certified Barre Instructor and is trained through Club Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Program. The Reformer and TRX are two of her favorite ways to challenge herself and others in classes. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Widener University in Psychology. Kaitlyn worked at Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital as well as an outpatient physical therapy clinic for 4 years gaining knowledge on a wide multitude of injuries ranging from a knee or hip injury to a severe spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injuries. Her passion is helping others see all that they are capable of and create healthy, balanced lifestyles.

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  Jennifer Davey

  Instructor

  Jennifer Davey is a certified Pilates Instructor. Jennifer’s classes are a mix of flexibility, strength and endurance exercises that support proper postural alignment, core strength and muscle balance. Be prepared to have fun and sweat! Jennifer became interested in Pilates while rehabbing from and injury. She realized the consistent and uniform development that Pilates creates not only helped her heal from her injury, but went on to help her become strong and feel great. Her passion for Piliates turned in to a career and she has been teaching ever since.

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  Ashley Walton

  Instructor

  Ashley has been in the fitness industry for six years. After a decade in the medical field, Pilates has become her way of life. She graduated from Saint Joseph's University in 2005 with a Bachelor's degree in Biology. She then worked as a medical technologist in Blood Banking at both the American Red Cross and for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Then she decided to help prevent disease and injuries instead of merely treating them. In 2013, Ashley completed her first Personal Training Certification. In 2014, Ashley received her Associate in Exercise Science, as well as several more Personal Training Certifications. During her early years as a personal trainer, Ashley was intrigued by the power Pilates has on the Spinal Column. After giving birth to her son in 2010, she had experienced more issues with her own scoliosis. Her height went from 5'2 and 1/2 to 5'1 and 3/4. With years of personal practice, Pilates brought back the missing 3/4 of an inch! She has also seen great decreases in her chronic asthma attacks. Pilates has helped Ashley's clients and students work through sports injuries and arthritis. New mothers have enjoyed watching their abs get back to normal. Ashley has now been teaching Pilates and Group Exercise for several years. She completed the Peak Pilates Comprehensive program to get a Classical understanding of Pilates. Ashley's classes combine her contemporary background as a personal trainer and her Classical training through Peak Pilates. She loves teaching basic Mat and Reformer movements with the contemporary addition of the Bosu and TRX apparatus. Ashley is so thankful to help members and clients grow taller, breathe easier and live better every day.

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  Rebecca DePasquale

  Instructor

  Exercise has been a life-long passion of mine. It was a natural progression for me to become a group certified fitness instructor 3 months after graduating from college. Loving the group fitness aspect took me one step further to pursuing an ACE Personal Training certification. For the last year and a half, I have been studying Pilates and have earned certifications in Mat Pilates and Reformer. My philosophy as a fitness business owner, personal trainer and Pilates instructor is that good health, exercise and wellness can be achieved at any age. For most, moderation is the key to success and I make it my job to introduce, encourage and lead by example with a healthy lifestyle.

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  Rebecca McCann

  Sub Instructor

  Rebecca took her first Pilates class in January 2018 and immediately became hooked. She previously studied yoga, PiYo and was an avid runner. Rebecca’s passion for Pilates led her to the instructor training program offered through Club Pilates. As an instructor, she hopes to share her passion for Pilates with everyone, and share her enthusiasm with her students. Rebecca has always enjoyed physical fitness activities - running, biking and hiking. In her non-Pilates time, she enjoys spending time with her family, helping others and cuddling with her puppies.

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  Beth Glassman

  Substitute Instructor

  Beth earned her Bachelors of Arts degree from the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, now Philadelphia University. Beth is comprehensively certified in Pilates through Balanced Body and is also a PMA® Certified Teacher. Beth has completed the bridge training for Club Pilates and will be bridging with Polestar Pilates in 2019. Beth has also earned other fitness certifications from a variety of fitness institutions including the American Council on Exercise, Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, Aquatic Exercise Association, Mad Dogg Athletics, Spanda Yoga, Ai Chi, Arthritis Foundation, and Silver Sneakers®. Beth loves spending free time with her family, playing Pickleball, and traveling with her husband. Beth D. Glassman, PMA®-CPT

• Sarah Ciliberto

  Instructor

  Sarah earned her Pilates certification from the Kane School of Core Integration at Kinected in New York City. After an injury forced her into physical therapy, she discovered Kinected’s approach of functional movement in proper alignment through Pilates and is passionate about being able to work the body while rehabilitating it. She enjoys working with clients of all ages and levels. She hopes to teach clients how to move safely and with purpose in a fun and lively atmosphere. Sarah is a proud graduate of Central Bucks West High School and Shippensburg University. She bleeds green and adores her niece Ann. She has a love of animals and volunteers at the Montgomery County SPCA. She also enjoys traveling to places such as Africa and Italy when not spending summers along the Jersey shoreline.

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  Crystal Smith

  Sub Instructor

  Crystal Smith is a firm believer that Pilates is for working professionals and athletes alike. She has experienced Pilates both as a competitive athlete as well as a retired athlete. Pilates is the best for keeping you strong, flexible and balanced for all of the other things you enjoy doing in life! Crystal is a former Professional Figure Skater, USFS National Competitor, ISI World Bronze Medalist and toured with Holiday on Ice "1001 Arabian Nights" throughout Europe. Crystal is a trained Pilates instructor through Balanced Body University (EHS), Rocksalt Pilates and Pilates Suspension Method (PSM). She has a BS in Kinesiology: emphasis on Exercise and Movement Science with a concentration on Neuromuscular Science as well as Dance Aerobic & Fitness Certified and TRX Qualified (FTC/ STC/GTC). Crystal creatively fuses Pilates and her athletic training background together to create a class that is challenging, fun and helps you achieve your fitness goals. Crystal's motto is "learning through fun and encouragement!"

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  Michele-Olivia Francois

  Sub Instructor

  Michele-Olivia is currently finishing her Masters in Sport Physical Therapy and Conditioning at Drexel University. She completed her undergrad with a Bachelor of Science in dance with a concentration in Physical Therapy at Drexel University, June 2014. During her dancing career Michele went through many injuries, which geared her to add Pilates in her life. Pilates helped her tremendously in her rehabilitation, freeing her from all her dance pains and also helped her find new and improve strength in dancing as well as in everyday activities. She completed her training through the Drexel Pilates training program and was classically trained in all apparatuses. Along with her history with Pilates, conditioning and working at different physical therapy clinics (Fyzical Therapy, Aquahab Physical Therapy, Onpointe Physical Therapy...) Michele’s main goal is to teach movement as a source of strength, healing and staying in a pain free lifestyle.

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  Diane Ross

  Sub Instructor

  Diane has been teaching in the fitness industry for over 20 years. She is a certified AFAA Group Exercise Instructor, AFAA Personal Trainer, Ballet Barre Instructor, and TRX Trainer. She began her fitness career teaching aerobics classes (kickboxing, bodysculpting, step, cardio, boot camp, BOSU, etc...) and was hooked instantly. As a result, she decided to attain her Personal Training certification and later began taking classical Pilates classes. She found it strengthened her core, improved her posture and increased her flexibility. Inspired by the power of Pilates, she went on to complete the Power Pilates 600 hour Comprehensive Training Certification so that she could share the many benefits of Pilates with others. She loves being able to make a positive difference in someone's life both physically and mentally and looks forward to working with her clients and teaching classes. Joseph Pilates said, "You will feel better in ten sessions, look better in twenty sessions, and have a completely new body in thirty sessions."

• Sarah Ciliberto

  Sub Instructor

  Sarah earned her Pilates certification from the Kane School of Core Intergration at Kinected in New York City. After an injury forced her into physical therapy, she discovered Kelly Kane's approach and never looked back. Sarah believes in functional movement in proper alignment and is passionate about being able to work the body while rehabilitating it. She continues to learn from different Pilates ideologies and enjoys working with clients of all ages and levels. She hopes to teach clients how to move safely and with purpose in a fun atmosphere!