I’m biased of course but Pilates, yoga, spin, etc are recreational fitness to me - some health benefits but not comparable to strength training.

This latest wave of Pilates seems to appeal to women in their 20s - 30s. Like yoga the participants see this 20ish lean instructor and think Pilates / Yoga will make them look like that. There is even a Hot Pilates Studio in a town near us, so the participants can really sweat! I don’t think it has much appeal to our 50yr old and up clientele.

Yes we time each set aiming for 90 sec - sometimes 2 minutes for leg exercises - that way the client just concentrates on their performance

Everyone in the group starts and finishes at the same time. We monitor how each participant is performing the exercises and encourage them to let us know when they can handle an increase in weight on an exercise. We’ve also started adding a few advanced protocols: ie. 10 sec holds, 3 reps in 90 seconds, etc.

We love training couples and groups! In the groups Kym times the sets - instructing the trainees when to start and when the 90 seconds is up. I set the machines and help the clients move through the studio We both instruct and keep motivating them during sets - it gets lively! When Kym is busy I train couples by myself. I treat it like a small group and since our studio is only 525 sf I can keep the workout efficient and still monitor their performance on each set.

We definitely encourage new clients who are interested in group training to start with 1 on 1 for a least a month so they learn the movements and protocols.

Zensurance - do you have them sign a waiver?