In 30 sessions you’ll have a whole new body…

Yeah, I know…it sounds like an infomercial! In 10 days you’ll feel better, in 20 days you’ll see a difference and in 30 you will be on your way to a whole new body.  Like you, when I first heard this I thought wow,  Mr. Pilates was quite the marketer…  almost 18 years of teaching Pilates later….I can tell you that there is a lot of truth in this statement.

As a new teacher I didn’t always recognize the pattern, but the more I taught Pilates the more I began to see it over and over and over again.  I think I dismissed it at first because I thought… well of course people felt better after starting a movement program.  It didn’t surprise me that after 3 or 4 weeks of a regular Pilates practice clients were commenting about how much better they felt.  It was a little eerie though how almost always when a client comes in and says hey I was able to fit in those jeans that were too tight, or my clothes are fitting better… and I checked their session count it was always right around 20 sessions.  As I watched clients move through their Pilates practice it never failed that I found myself saying something to myself like,” Wow, they are just moving so well…it’s hard to believe that’s the same body that walked through our doors originally.”  And of course when I checked to see how many sessions they had done …it was always eerily around 30.

In hindsight I guess it really shouldn’t have surprised me.  I know that the key to making change in your body is consistent practice.  It takes time to build strength and to achieve balance and flexibility in your body.  The exciting thing about this is that any body can create healthy change in their body through movement if they can be consistent with their practice!  I don’t know about you but I love this concept.  It means if you show up and do the work on a regular basis…you see and feel results.  You don’t have to be a movie star or a professional athlete to get the benefits of a Pilates practice.  Unfortunately, many times the just showing up part…is the hardest part!

That’s why we are motivating you in the new year with Joe’s Challenge!  We want to help motivate you to create a movement practice in your life.  Get all 30 sessions in before March 31 and you’ll earn a super cool new Rivercity Pilates shirt.  Document your progress by writing or videoing yourself talking about how you felt at your 10 session, 20 session and 30 session progress and you get entered into a drawing for 3 months unlimited Classes at Rivercity Pilates ($780 value!).