Pilates

Private Pilates allows the entire session to be designed around one person rather than following a workout intended for a group. At Fit Monkeys, all Pilates sessions are one-on-one, allowing us to adjust exercise selection, equipment, resistance, range of motion, pace, and difficulty based on your body, goals, experience, and preferences.

This individualized approach is especially valuable for people who want close instruction, have specific movement needs, are new to Pilates, or simply prefer a workout designed specifically for them.

Fit Monkeys specializes in one-on-one Pilates rather than group reformer classes. Every session is customized to the individual, and your instructor can continually adjust the workout based on how you are moving and responding that day.

Our expertise also extends beyond Pilates. Our specialties include corrective exercise, senior fitness, women's fitness,mobility & flexiblity techniques, and behavior change techniques. This allows us to combine Pilates with strength, balance, mobility, and functional exercise when appropriate for the individual.

Our Carlsbad studio is private and appointment-based, providing a more individualized environment for people who prefer focused instruction rather than a large group class.

Kelly and Denise completed their Pilates education and apprenticeship with Julian Littleford through JL Body Conditioning in Del Mar.

Their education included both classical and contemporary Pilates, giving them a strong foundation in traditional Pilates principles along with the ability to adapt exercises and programming to the individual client.

Combined with their backgrounds in personal training and specialized fitness, this training influences the highly individualized approach they use at Fit Monkeys today.

Our approach combines classical and contemporary Pilates rather than limiting every client to one rigid style or sequence.

Because we are also experienced personal trainers, we can incorporate as much or as little traditional strength and functional training as each client prefers. Some clients want sessions centered almost entirely around Pilates, while others enjoy combining Pilates with strength, balance, mobility, and other forms of exercise.

The goal is to create a session that works for the individual rather than requiring the individual to fit into a predetermined workout.

Our Carlsbad Pilates studio has a variety of Pilates equipment, including a reformer, Pilates table, chair, spine corrector, and Pilates wall ladder.

Having access to multiple pieces of equipment gives us more flexibility when designing individualized sessions. Exercises can be selected and modified according to a client's goals, abilities, experience, and preferences rather than relying exclusively on reformer exercises.

Yes. Pilates can be an excellent form of exercise for seniors because exercises can be adapted to an individual's strength, mobility, balance, experience, and goals.

Working with seniors is one of Fit Monkeys' specialties. In addition to holding the NASM Senior Fitness Specialization, Kelly and Denise have decades of combined experience training seniors and older adults.

Private instruction is particularly valuable because there is no need to keep pace with a group. Exercises can be progressed, modified, or changed throughout the session according to the individual.

Yes. We frequently work with people who have completed or are transitioning out of physical therapy and want to continue building strength and confidence with exercise, but may be concerned about aggravating an old injury or aren't comfortable returning to exercise on their own.

Our one-on-one environment is particularly well suited for clients who want to work with experienced fitness professionals who understand how to modify exercises around individual limitations. Our backgrounds in corrective exercise, Pilates, and personal training allow us to create individualized programs that help clients continue progressing after rehabilitation while remaining within our scope as fitness professionals.

When a limitation requires additional guidance, we can also coordinate with your physical therapist or other healthcare provider, with your permission, to better understand relevant restrictions, recommendations, and exercise considerations.

Our goal is to provide a bridge between completing rehabilitation and returning to independent exercise, helping clients continue developing strength, mobility, and confidence while respecting the guidance established by their healthcare team.

Pilates can often be modified appropriately throughout pregnancy, although exercise recommendations should always take an individual's pregnancy, health, and guidance from their healthcare provider into account.

Kelly and Denise have extensive experience helping women exercise throughout pregnancy and hold specialized education in women's fitness. They also bring personal experience with staying active and maintaining strength during their own pregnancies.

Because Fit Monkeys Pilates is entirely one-on-one, exercises can be modified as a pregnancy progresses rather than requiring someone to follow a standard group workout.

Yes. Pilates can complement recreational sports and other forms of training by developing strength, trunk control, mobility, balance, coordination, and body awareness.

For runners, golfers, pickleball players, cyclists, and other recreational athletes, private Pilates can be tailored around the movements and physical demands of the activities they enjoy.

Because Fit Monkeys combines Pilates and personal training expertise, sessions can incorporate Pilates alongside strength and functional exercises based on the athlete's goals and preferences.

Absolutely. You don't need any previous Pilates experience to begin private sessions at Fit Monkeys.

One-on-one instruction can be an excellent introduction to Pilates because you aren't expected to keep pace with a class. Your instructor can explain the equipment, teach exercises at an appropriate pace, provide individual feedback, and modify movements as you learn.

Fit Monkeys has worked with a wide range of clients, from young adults through seniors, including recreational and professional athletes, prenatal and postpartum women, individuals with joint replacements, and people exercising with physical limitations or spinal and musculoskeletal conditions such as spinal stenosis, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, and osteoporosis.

We also work with people whose goals are less specialized, including becoming stronger for everyday activities, improving overall fitness, increasing mobility, losing weight, or simply maintaining an active lifestyle as they age.

Our experience with such a broad range of clients is one reason we emphasize individualized programming rather than using the same Pilates workout for everyone.

Pilates exercises can often be modified for people with physical limitations, previous injuries, or joint replacements, depending on the individual's circumstances and guidance from their healthcare providers.

Fit Monkeys has extensive experience working with clients who require individualized exercise programming, including people with joint replacements and a variety of orthopedic and spinal conditions. Our one-on-one format allows us to modify exercise selection, range of motion, resistance, positioning, and equipment based on the individual.

Pilates and personal training are not substitutes for medical care or physical therapy, and we work within our professional scope while adapting exercise to each client's needs.

Fit Monkeys offers private, one-on-one Pilates by appointment at our studio at 3138 Roosevelt Street, Suite J, in Carlsbad, California.

Unlike a group Pilates class, your appointment is dedicated entirely to you. Sessions can incorporate our reformer and other Pilates equipment along with strength, mobility, balance, corrective exercise, and functional training based on your individual goals and preferences.