Equipment Pilates can help you enhance flexibility, build core strength, recover from injuries, and improve mind-body harmony. Try out equipment like the Reformer, Trapeze Table, Chair, Spine Corrector, and Foot Corrector in a small group class. We offer a mix of progressive classes and drop in equipment classes.
Classes included: Group Equipment Foundations, Beginner Group Equipment, Beginner Reformer, Intermediate Group Equipment, Intermediate Reformer, Athletic Reformer Mix, Intermediate 2 Group Equipment, Advanced Group Equipment, Jump Mix, Pilates Chair Foundations, Pilates Athletic Chair.
Group Equipment Foundations
The perfect 50-minute introduction to the Pilates Reformer and Trapeze Table. You will experience movement in a very unique way as the resistance of the equipment springs provide your body with the perfect balance between support and challenge. The pace of this class is geared towards people who are new to Pilates, coming back to movement after an injury, or who are pregnant. This class is also appropriate for a body with osteoporosis or disc issues. Learn how to move better and feel better.
Beginner Group Equipment
Joseph Pilates was an inventor who created brilliant equipment to teach Pilates. At Lead, we teach on the Reformer, Trapeze Table, Chair, Spine Corrector, and Foot Corrector (visit us to learn what these are all about!). Pilates equipment can be used with every body, from beginner to advanced and everything in-between.
Beginner Reformer
Your guided introduction to the Reformer — one week, one skill, one win at a time. This progressive series builds your strength, precision, and confidence through a curated path of weekly sessions. You’ll learn how the Reformer works, how to adjust your springs like a pro, and how to move with classical control using the power of thoughtful sequencing.
Week by week, you’ll explore foundational exercises, master safe transitions, and develop the body awareness that transforms your entire practice. By the end of 16 weeks, you’ll feel more connected, capable, and ready for a deeper challenge. If you’re new to Pilates or the Reformer — this is your perfect place to begin. Completion unlocks Intermediate Reformer.
Intermediate Group Equipment
Level up with intermediate group equipment. Building on the foundations you learned in Beginner Group Equipment, our Intermediate class will challenge you to build your endurance, and become stronger and more flexible than before!
Advanced Group Equipment
Once you’ve completed Beginner & Intermediate Group Equipment, you’re ready for the advanced class. Our most challenging class, this is for people who have seriously committed to living their best lives through Pilates!
Jump Mix
Think there is no cardio in the world of Pilates??? Think again! The Jumpboard (which is an attachment on the Pilates Reformer) will challenge you in so many ways! Your body will get stronger, leaner and more flexible each week and the ‘fun factor’ of this class is off the charts! Get ready for heart pumping jumping (safe for your joints and pelvic floor) plus additional strength training with fun props to round out this total body workout!
Athletic Reformer Mix
Ready to take your reformer practice to the next level?
This class is designed for experienced Pilates Reformer clients. It will challenge your movement on the reformer with advancements that will leave you feeling strong, confident, and perhaps even humbled.
*Athletic Reformer Mix has a minimum requirement of 10x Beg+ leveled reformer classes attended (excluding Jump Mix). It is not suitable for “new to Pilates/Reformer” clients.
Pilates Chair Foundations
Our 50 minute class is the perfect introduction to the magic of movement on the Pilates Chair. Basic exercises that work on improving spinal mobility, joint range of motion and balance are the focus of this class. The resistance from the springs on the Pilates Chair will offer you a supportive environment in which to improve your overall strength. The pace is perfect for someone who is new to Pilates and/or new to the Pilates Chair.
Pilates Athletic Chair
The Chair is the smallest, most athletic piece of Pilates equipment there is. Think you have the lunge mastered….think again; push ups……get ready experience total body effort. Our Chair class takes classic gym-based movements and challenges you in ways you have never felt before. This class is designed to be safe for all client levels (but is not appropriate for someone who is pregnant, has osteoporosis, disc issues or low back dysfunction). Your instructor will offer options for movements based on your experience with the Chair. This class has a quicker pace than our Group Equipment Foundations class, the pace of Pilates Athletic Chair is comparable to how our Group Equipment Mix class feels. See you in class for 50 minutes of awesomeness!
Our Pilates Instructors
Desiree Deis
I think what made me fall in love with Pilates is how an exercise that looks simple to do can be the most difficult to achieve correctly. From my background in dance, Pilates compliments dance so well! You work your body from the inside out and I find that feeling to be invigorating! My most rewarding experience since being a part of the Lead team would have to be the expressions left on the clients’ faces after a Pilates class has ended. They are leaving the studio happy, and feeling better than when they arrived.
Janelle Kirzinger
Janelle is a Balanced Body certified Pilates instructor and has been teaching classes and private lessons since the beginning of 2018. After taking her first Pilates class, she knew that this was exactly what she was looking for and that it would be the perfect complement to her Kinesiology degree. She sees Pilates as the wonderful form of movement for everyone, from new movers to the everyday athlete. Her love of Pilates grew as she began to understand how this form of movement offers opportunity to challenge your body and also clear your mind. Janelle believes that any type of physical activity you choose should be fun and enjoyable to make exercise feel less like a chore. She works to create a welcoming environment to help everyone feel comfortable as you learn, move, and laugh along with everyone in class beside you. As a life-long learner, Janelle is always searching for new opportunities to expand her knowledge. She recently completed her Diploma of Acupuncture and is excited about this next chapter in her career.
Melanie Buchko
We sat down with Mel to learn a little bit more about her!
What drew you to Lead?
Mommy and me class after my first baby. I took it again after my 2nd one too!
What do you love most about working with Lead clients?
I love the knowledge that I gain from working with the clients. I enjoy passing on my knowledge that I have gained over the past years both as a client and now as an Instructor.
What’s your favourite class?
6am Equipment – see you there!
What don’t we know about you that you want to share?
I love the ocean. If I get to go anywhere I always want to go straight to the ocean. I love the salt in the air.
Words of Wisdom?
Move
Melissa Ostrowski
Melissa decided she wanted to do Pilates after injuring her back. A comment from her physiotherapist, “You have an old spine for your age,” made her realize that she needed to make some lifestyle changes to preventing an injury like this from happening, again. She took her first Pilates class in 2016 and has been a Pilates enthusiast ever since.
What she loves about Pilates is that these exercises and movements that have the ability to transform the body. She has said about herself, “If my old body and my new [Pilates] body were to pass each other on the street, the two wouldn’t recognize each other.”
Her favorite Joe Pilates quote is, ‘Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking, nor outright purchase.’ It reminds her that you have to put the time in if you want results and success.
One of Melissa’s favorite things to do (other than Pilates) is sit on her deck and take in the morning sun with a cup of plain old black coffee
Tatum Sparks
Tatum has been doing Pilates as a training method for her dancing almost her whole life. She has been surrounded by Pilates as her mom is also an instructor. She is excited to now be a teacher and bring her own style of teaching to LEAD.
Why choose LEAD?
Integrated wellness is the heart of everything we do. With our friendly and knowledgeable staff, you can expect the highest quality service, ensuring your wellness journey is not only effective but enjoyable.
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