Club Pilates

Bios

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  Karrie Jones

  Instructor

  Karrie has always had a love and passion for fitness, but it wasn’t until she moved to LA that she was introduced to Pilates. Practicing Pilates regularly, she quickly fell in love and went on to get certified through Balanced Body. Her unique style of sculpting bodies includes precision and control, she is all about form and loves helping people on their technique. When she’s not “Killer Karrie” in the studio, she is busy hiking with her dogs or chasing snow storms in Mammoth.

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  Lesley Aderholt

  Lead Instructor

  Lesley is a true Manhattan Beach local, born and raised. She has been practicing Pilates since she was 18 years old. Having struggled with abdominal surgeries and injuries, she was able to rehabilitate through Pilates. Her love for Pilates grew so much that she took Club Pilates Comprehensive Instructor training and quickly became part of the family. She is a loving wife and mother of two beautiful children. She enjoys helping people feel good and find joy in their Pilates Practice.

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  Chelsey Vice

  Instructor

  Chelsey has studied Ballet, Modrern Dance and Jazz and even danced professionally. Her dancer background pairs perfectly with her Pilates instruction. Chelsey shows the importance of flow, variety and balance throughout each of of her classes!

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  Tracy Horan

  Instructor

  Tracy Horan began her Pilates journey more than 20 years ago as a student at Winsor Pilates in Los Angeles. After falling in love with the work, she continued to take classes while managing a successful career in media and advertising. Upon moving to Manhattan Beach, California in 2003, she began her studies to become a teacher. After two children and many hours in the studio, she was certified in an 800+ hours in a program affiliated with The Pilates Center in Boulder, CO. Tracy loves Pilates, fitness, health and nutrition. Her favorite part of teaching Pilates is watching her clients discover how capable they are, while becoming strong and healthy. The journey of movement, form and strength is what keeps Tracy motivated every day. When she isn’t in the studio, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking healthy meals, reading (especially non-fiction) and exploring architecture and design all around Los Angeles.

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  Adam McAtee

  Instructor

  Hi, I’m Adam. I have been teaching Pilates for nearly a decade and am classically certified through The Pilates Institute of Southern California. Through my years of teaching I have been inspired to further my education by pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology-Exercise Science at California State University of Long Beach as well as continuing my Pilates education with contemporary approaches to the work.To me, knowledge is power and being educated on your personal movement patterns is priceless. As a result, in addition to injury mitigation one is able to extract more benefits from an exercise when they are able to understand how they are moving. A Pilates practice has the potential to guide you into a balanced movement sequence in which you consciously utilize mobilizers as well as stabilizers while achieving a given task. Such benefits not only help you understand your movements better, but you’ll get stronger in the process. The strength gained in Pilates should not be limited to the studio, but it should be an education that enhances your time lifting weights, cycling, running or simply pushing a shopping cart at the store. In my personal time, I enjoy traveling, scuba diving, riding my bike, attending comedy shows, and meditating. At Club Pilates, we do Pilates to do life with vigor and vitality!

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  Sharleen Davis

  Instructor

  Practicing Pilates for over ten years and following in her mom's footsteps, Sharleen chose to change her career and dive into the practice she loved. As a BASI certified instructor, Sharleen's goal is to create a Pilates session that makes you feel better physically and mentally. As Joseph Pilates once said, "Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness." She is focused on you and genuinely cares about your health, well-being, and safety and wants to see you progress and succeed in your practice. She is a soon-to-be mama living in the South Bay and loves the beach, tacos and meeting new people.

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  Josh Guzman

  Instructor

  Josh Guzman has been a Pilates enthusiast for almost 20 years. Starting his Pilates practice in 2004, Josh would eventually start his education in the Classical teachings of Joseph Pilates at The Pilates Institute of Southern California in 2009. Josh continued his education with Polestar Pilates in 2012 and remains to be a Polestar Pilates Mentor. Having been teaching Pilates full time since 2012, Josh is very excited to join Club Pilates and looks forward to this next chapter in his Pilates career. When not teaching, Josh, a native of Southern California, enjoys his time at the beach, cooking, toy collecting & being a crazy cat man.

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  Carol Williams

  Instructor

  Carol has always had a love of fitness. As her love of fitness grew, she started to include weight training and body building over the years. Taking her love of fitness to another level, she became certified as a personal trainer. She took a 10yr break from fitness while going to graduate school to become a Special Education Teacher. During this break from her fitness routine is when she began to feel out of shape and started having severe hip pain. On the advice of her doctor, she began Pilates. At first, Carol was intimidated by the look of the reformer, she had never been very limber. Finally, she decided to try a class and was immediately hooked. Carol says that Club Pilates saved her! She became stronger and felt so good that she decided to spread the word and participated in the Club Pilates Teacher Training Program. Carol is known for her anatomical prowess, calm voice, warm heart, and amazing music selections!