Category Archives: Classes
Top 7 Attributes that Make a Great Fitness Teacher
By: Mariska Breland. Follow Mariska on Google+. Since I started offering teacher training several years ago, I really started asking myself – what makes a good teacher? Actually, what makes a great teacher? Because right now, there are dozens of … Continue reading
Fuse Pilates or Happy Hour?
How do you define happy hour? For Fuse student Gina Scarpulla, it’s not what it used to be: My friends often look confused when I tell them that I can’t come to Happy Hour because I am going to go … Continue reading
Pilates Chair: From Fear to Fanatic
Need some more convincing that Fuse Pilates’ Chair class is worth a test drive? Fuse Ambassador Heather Burchfield recently took it for a spin and found out it wasn’t nearly as intimidating as she had originally thought. My interest and … Continue reading
Don’t be scared of the Pilates chair…
Fuse Ambassador Melissa Sharp gives us her review of Fuse Pilates Chair classes, including what initially kept her away in this guest blog post… I’ll admit it. The first time I saw the chair apparatus I was pretty intimidated. I’m new … Continue reading
Why is Pilates so Darn Expensive?
When I first moved to Washington, D.C., the first thing that shocked me was the road system. Numbers and letters (I get it – a grid!) but wait – diagonals (huh?) and circles (what?). Most of these roads were designed … Continue reading
Why (Fuse) Pilates Part 2: It’s Not Just for Girls
Continuing my imagined discussion regarding arguments against Pilates, let’s address one of the ones I get the most. I’m sorry, Mariska. I’m a dude. My body is pumping full of testosterone. I don’t man-scape. I don’t wear pink. I’m a … Continue reading
Why (Fuse) Pilates? Part 1: It’s Not Boring
Have you ever had an imaginary argument with someone (probably a significant other, that bully in high school, your parents, siblings, or your boss)? It’s the perfect way to fight. You don’t accidentally start crying from anger or frustration, thus … Continue reading
A Departure from Gym Memberships: Part Two
To pick up from where we left off, I haven’t paid for a gym membership since Justin Timberlake was just another singer in another boy band. Why no gym for me? Because gyms for the masses don’t offer what I … Continue reading
A Departure from Gym Memberships: A three-part hypothesis on money, masses and things that matter
I haven’t paid for a gym membership since the early part of this millennium. Am I cheap? Well, sort of. I prefer to say I’m Dutch, which is just a fancy word for frugal. Sure, I might rinse and reuse … Continue reading
We suck.
One of my students told me once that my superhero name would be The Abdominatrix. I love that. Love it. It might be my next Halloween costume. I could wear something sort of like Wonder Woman, but instead of bullet-blocking … Continue reading
