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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't that how much all in person classes are?  About $40?[/quote]

Not really. I pay $50 a month for my total gym membership. Yoga and Pilates included, but they do not have reformers.

- not OP[/quote]
Completely different workout. Mat pilates is not even close to the same as reformer.[/quote]

Mat pilates are a waste of time.[/quote]

Oh, honey.

Look, you can get in the best shape of your life doing a prison workout with like $100 worth of equipment at home (or 0$ if you get crap of craigslist or go to a public rec center which will have most of what you need). Like you can be unbelievably fit just doing burpees, squats, pull-ups, yoga, and [gasp] mat pilates.

Most of what you pay for in workout classes is the following: the space and ambiance (the soft lighting, flattering mirrors, live plants, etc. cost $$$), customer service (front desk person, online sign up interface, the ability to drop or switch classes, someone who answers your call or email when you have questions or concerns), and instructors.

The instructor is the most important part because they giving you the stuff that most people have trouble manufacturing for themselves in effective at-home workouts -- discipline, encouragement, and form/technique correction. Pilates reformer instructors have very expensive training and therefore charge a higher hourly rate than mat pilates instructors (who have much more flexible training and can vary greatly in training hours and experience, as well as quality). Reformer instructors also spend way more time one-on-one with students, because using the equipment correctly requires a lot more intervention than in a mat class where instructors mostly give corrections and adjustments vocally with more minimal hands-on correction. Someone doing something wrong in a mat class is less likely to injury themselves, plus you can also follow up with someone after class or before the next class to give them a correction about posture or similar. You can't do that in a reformer class -- you have to physically help students get into the correct postures on the equipment, sometimes make equipment adjustments from one student to the next, etc. It's much more physically labor intensive. This high level of 1:1 interaction is what necessitates smaller classes, thus driving the prices up further because the studio needs to hit a certain level of utilization to cover its overhead.

- Former pilates instructor and studio owner[/quote]

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