I realised just how much I enjoyed the classes when I missed them while I was on holiday! I particularly love the stretching aspect to the exercises and since I started with Emma in PPD my flexibility has improved hugely. You really feel like you’ve worked your body when the hour is up. My advice...go, you won’t be disappointed. – Sile Seoige, TV Presenter, Dublin
Firstly, forget what you think you know about Pilates. Think more along the lines of a very tough weights session, resistance training, an intense core workout and stretching all rolled into one. Throw in the fact that it is all done under the watchful eye of what is effectively your very own personal trainer and you start to get an idea of just how good Pilates Plus is. An awesome workout, just give it a go and you will be hooked. – Declan Dolan, Financial Trader, Dundrum
Pilates Plus Dublin is a highly rewarding and enjoyable workout. I began Pilates Plus Dublin with crippling shin splints that were hampering my running training. I was struggling to run more than 1km because of the pain; however after just one month of attending regular sessions my shin splints have been cured and I am now training over long distances, pain-free. My instructor, Emma Forsyth is very motivating and Pilates Plus Dublin has vastly improved my flexibility and core strength.
– Laura Toogood, Model, Dublin
I’ve always found going to the gym really uninspiring and boring, I never believed I could find a workout I actually enjoyed and which I saw quick results to my body until I tried Pilates Plus Dublin. Since I first started Pilates Plus I haven’t been able to stop, I absolutely love the workout! The classes are challenging and highly motivating. My body has dramatically strengthened, become toned and flexible. Definitely the Guru for a bikini ready body! – Charlotte McCabe, Model, Dublin
Pilates Plus is the ultimate full body workout. It combines strength and resistance training with Pilates and the results are phenomenal. The exercises change every 1-2 minutes keeping the classes fast paced and interesting. Emma manages to target muscles you didn't even know existed to ensure toning and definition within weeks. PPD is the best class I've ever found as with only 6 people per class Emma makes sure everyone pushes themselves to the limit. – Elaine O’Shea, Bank Dealer, Foxrock
Pilates Plus Dublin has changed my outlook on exercise. I have never been able to go to a gym regularly, always coming up with excuses for not going...but since I started in PPD I have not missed a class! You can even see results in the first week of classes. Emma is so helpful and motivates you, she is an incredible teacher! – Luz Moya, Pharmacist, Dublin
I am in my third month of Pilates Plus. I have never stuck with any exercise programme for this long. There have been great results in tone, weight and flexibility. Classes are deliberately small which allows for closer one-on-one supervision without the expense of a personal trainer. The 55 minute work out is intense, fast moving, varied and the time passes really quickly. Emma pushes hard but is always encouraging and makes the whole experience fun.
– Liam O, Dun Laoghaire
This is a fitness class like no other. It has greatly improved my flexibility, posture and attitude towards exercise. The class is high energy and Emma is so enthusiastic and encouraging she always succeeds in pushing you further. A welcome addition to the Dublin fitness scene. Highly recommended. Keep up the good work!!
– John R, Dun Laoghaire
In two months of attending Pilates Plus Dublin classes my body looks more toned and I have actually dropped a dress size (without dieting!). My muscles have got so much stronger and when I get on my bike I can actually cycle now for longer than 5 minutes at a time. PPD is fantastic for someone like me who is time poor as it combines cardio and toning in the one session. My energy levels have soared and I am very pleased with myself. – Alice Manning, Ballsbridge
Never thought I'd get addicted to exercise but from day one I became a Pilates Plus junkie! Pilates Plus stretches and tones all the body leaving you wanting more and the results are amazing!
– Gayle Farrell, Chef, Monkstown
I love finding the latest exercise craze and when I passed Pilates Plus Dublin I instantly wanted to find out what it was all about. I went online and was intrigued by the picture of a machine that looked like a “rack” which you could have mistaken for a torture device from the middle Ages!
I have practiced Pilates for many years in London and on retuning home to Ireland, I always found it frustrating that each time I started a new course of Pilates I had to start at the beginners level each time, so when I called Emma and naively asked her if her Pilates Plus classes were at a basic level, Emma assures me that her classes were not traditional Pilates as I knew and I would get a very different experience from her classes. So I paid online, booked online (my kind of operation) and off I went. How hard could this be? I consider myself to be fairly fit, having worked with a personal trainer previously, I horse ride and I swim.
My first class was such enlightenment I knew I had found my newest addiction. Emma guided me in the use of the machine while putting me through my paces. I really didn’t know what to expect, but from the beginning of the class I worked my ass off, literally!
I was lulled into a false sense of security with some of the exercises and then Emma started talking about “scrambled eggs” I thought we were all getting dietary advice. How wrong was I! All the exercises have their own name and initially I could only do some of the exercises badly, looking in despair at some of the other girls who look like elastic bands.
The classes fly and before you now it you’re done and hobble home, delighted with yourself, because you managed “catfish” for the first time. Now a month later, I can just about manage “scrambled eggs” with and without straps! The fact that I feel so much fitter and can see a visible difference in my shape gives me a real thrill. Pilates Plus is no fad, but a brilliant all over workout.
– Naomi F, Dalkey
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