HardCore Pilates & Fitness is conveniently located on Grafton Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, central to all major routes and highways. The 1,575 square foot studio features a reception/retail area, a group mat class area, a group Reformer area, a cardio area, a free weight/resistance equipment area, and a full restroom. The colorful and energetic interior offers both a serene escape from the world outside, featuring aromatherapy and tropical touches, as well as an upbeat and motivating environment to inspire your workout. Our retail area includes workout attire, DVDs, popular props and small apparatus used in Pilates and fitness, and much more.

We offer a wide variety of training options, including traditional fitness classes, such as TurboKick™, indoor cycling, Zumba®, and various weight lifting and toning classes, personal training, group Reformer classes, group Pilates mat classes, private Pilates training and duet Pilates training. All of our Pilates equipment is designed and manufactured by STOTT PILATES®. Our studio offers 4 Professional Reformers™, all of which have jumpboards, a Cadillac Trapeze Table, a Ladder Barrel, two split-pedal stability chairs and 4 Balanced Body® Pilates Springboards. We also offer a treadmill and a recumbent bike for the use of our clients at no extra charge, as well as 6 indoor cycling bikes for our HardCore Spin classes. Other apparatus includes stability balls, BOSU® Trainers, resistance cords, resistance bands, arc barrels, circles, toning balls, medicine balls, dumbbells, weighted body bars, jump ropes, and more.

Developed by former professional dancer Moira Merrithew, with input from sports medicine professionals, STOTT PILATES® is a contemporary, anatomically-based approach to Joseph Pilates' original exercise method. Its exercises safely deliver optimal strength, flexibility and endurance without adding bulk. This stress-relieving method can be performed on a mat or using dedicated STOTT PILATES® equipment.

Unlike the original series of exercises, STOTT PILATES® incorporates modern exercise principles, including contemporary thinking about spinal rehabilitation and performance enhancement. For example, unlike the original approach, which promotes a flat back, STOTT PILATES® exercises are designed to restore the natural curves of the spine and rebalance the muscles around the joints. They also place more emphasis on scapular stabilization. As well, there are more preparatory exercises and modifications to make the method safer and more effective.

HardCore Pilates & Fitness offers a contemporary, progressive approach to the Pilates method and to fitness as a whole. In a world where daily life becomes more and more hectic, we often neglect our physical bodies as well as our minds. We at HardCore Pilates & Fitness strive to not only strengthen your physical being, but to also reconnect your mind with your body. Pilates is not just exercise -- it is mindful movement.

• longer, leaner muscles (less bulk, more freedom of movement)
• improvement of postural problems
• increased core strength, stability and peripheral mobility
• enhanced functional fitness and ease of movement
• balanced strength & flexibility
• heightened body awareness

Pilates also helps prevent injury, improves performance in sports (golf, skiing, skating etc.), and improves balance, coordination & circulation. Pilates is no-impact, thus easy on the joints. Pilates can be customized to suit everyone from rehab patients to elite athletes and is a wonderful complement to other methods of exercise.

HardCore Pilates & Fitness, LLC
691 Grafton Street
Worcester, MA 01604
(508) 752-9300
hcpilates@verizon.net
www.hardcorepf.com