The Fit First Formula
The Fit First approach is highly individualized. Our instructors specialize in creating personalized exercise programs for people of all ages and levels of fitness. Programs can be sports specific or accommodate pre-existing injuries, and frequently include homework to improve the ergonomics of the home and work environment. Your training begins with a session to review your medical history and assess your posture and areas of strength and weakness.
You will then train one-to-one with a certified Fit First Pilates instructor who will draw upon hundreds of exercises to tailor a program to your evolving capabilities and goals. Workouts are energetic and concentrated, and use focused breathing and controlled movement to maximize benefits. And the unique Pilates spring-loaded resistance equipment adjusts easily, for a challenging workout, whatever your fitness level.
The Fit First Physique
• Muscle tone without muscle bulk
• Flattened, strengthened abs
• Stronger, more defined muscles
• Increased flexibility
• Improved performance
• Greater “functional fitness” for daily tasks and activities
• A supple, elongated spine
• Balanced body alignment
• Better balance and coordination
• Heightened mental concentration and body awareness
• Enhanced vitality and sense of well-being
• Greater, pain-free range of movement
Who Can Benefit From Fit First Pilates
Anyone. Fit First enthusiasts come in all ages and levels of conditioning. Many use Fit First Pilates Marin for physical rehabilitation and pre-and-post-operative conditioning (to speed recovery time.) Regardless of your current condition, Fit First Pilates Marin can take you to what you thought were your limits – and well beyond.
The Fit First Teachers
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Stacy Allegro
Stacy Allegro, ACSM, EMT, is the creator and founding director of Fit First Pilates Marin, and a nationally recognized Pilates master. A former martial arts champion, she applied over 20 years of experience and training in the fields of health and fitness to update and expand the original Pilates teachings and develop the Fit First system. Today Stacy runs ongoing training programs to certify fitness professionals in the Fit First Pilates method. She also lectures and teaches seminars about the benefits of Pilates at universities and health care facilities around the world. |
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Katrina Charmatz
Katrina has always had a personal interest in body conditioning and raising the consciousness by awakening the body, mind and soul thru movement & breath. Katrina’s diverse and eclectic fitness training background includes yoga, cycling, swimming, dance & equestrian arts. Since 1995, She has studied intensively with yoga teachers in the schools of Anasura, Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar and Ashtanga. Katrina has been a student of eastern philosophy at New York’s School of Practical Philosophy and Spirit Rock Meditation Center where the Upanishad, Buddhism and the Yoga Sutras were of particular interest. Katrina came to Pilates through the rehabilitation of a chronic condition and has maintained a pain-free lifestyle. She is a certified Pilates instructor thru Integrated Teacher Training San Francisco with Madeline Black. Ms. Charmatz continues to explore rehabilitation thru anatomical studies, kinesiology, mobility and stability applications as well as attending on-going Pilates Master trainings and seminars |
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Cheryl Burney
Cheryl started her Anatomy and Physiology studies in high school.
Her pre-med avenue was dropped in college when she discovered it was Chemistry, and not blood that made her queasy.She then went on to obtain a certificate in Swedish Massage at the Massage School
of Santa Monica, and Structural Integration (Rolfing without the pain) and Movement Re-Education at The Center of Balance. It was this background that led to her interest and studies in the Pilates method. Certified by Fit First Pilates, Cheryl continues to successfully blend her unique experience in body sciences with her Pilates Instruction. |
