Olivia J Pilates
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I have been dancing since the age of 3 and I have trained in ballet, tap, modern, jazz and contemporary. I am passionate about dance and fitness. In 2005 I was a member of the opening cast of "Billly Elliot The Musical" at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. I then continued my dance training in street and hip-hop and was a member of the Urban Dance Company "Ombrascura" whose many professional engagements include Music videos, fashion shows and stage performances. We toured the UK with dance challenge as the guest group judging the dance acts and performing.
I decided I wanted to have a career in the fitness industry and completed my level 2 fitness qualification. Working as a gym instructor led me onto teaching one of my first group fitness classes, Zumba. From here I did more courses; Aqua Fit, Aqua Zumba and INSANITY.
To further my career I recently qualified as a Level 3 Pilates instructor, and went on to do a course for a popular new workout called BarreConcept. Even more recently I have trained in PiYo!
I now teach group exercise classes in gyms all over including David Lloyd, Virgin Active, Weybridge Health Club, The Thames Club and Riverbourne Health Club; as well as having classes of my own.
Here is my drop in class timetable -
Monday -
19.25 - 20.10 Zumba - Matthew Arnold Sports Centre, Staines
20.15 - 21.05 BarreConcept - Matthew Arnold Sports Centre
Tuesday -
18.20 - 19.05 Zumba - Feltham Community College
Wednesday -
19.30 - 20.20 INSANITY - Matthew Arnold Sports Centre, Staines
Thursday -
20.15 - 21.00 PiYo - Matthew Arnold Sports Centre, Staines
Friday -
11.00 - 11.45 Aqua Zumba - River Bourne Health Club, Chertsey
ABOUT BARRECONCEPT -
Barre training is the latest fitness trend spreading the globe, popular among celebs like Madonna, Denise Richards, Natalie Portman and Mick Jagger to name a few. BarreConcept is a fantastic workout class for both men and women. It incorporates the precision of Pilates, the technique of ballet, the alignment of yoga and the strength from sports conditioning to fuse and form a challenging and exciting new workout, which stretches and sculpts the muscles, whilst burning fat, improves flexibility and helps to increase strength without bulking. Set to high energy music, this workout will produce dramatic results that redefine the entire body and give you the lean physique of a dancer without requiring any dance background whatsoever.
INSANITY CLASS DESCRIPTION-
Insanity classes target the entire body, beginning with an accelerated warmup and moving into three intense blocks of work, each one targeting a different element of fitness.
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facebook.comLittle sequence inspired by the Stomach massage series from the reformer. This is challenging in so many ways but a great series to bring to the mat. #pilates #lovepilates #reformerpilates #reformer #foamroller #abs #core
R E F O R M E R I’m going very slowly here but I like to encourage my classes to move slowly some of the time to actually get into position correctly and be able to maintain it and understand it. Speed sometimes hides things that are going wrong! That’s why I think pilates is so great to learn how to move well and then you can apply it to faster more high impact #workouts to improve your #technique too. 🙌🏼 #pilates #reformerpilates #obliques #shoulderstrength #movemore
B A C K T O T H E M A T Snaking and side plank pulses. Great way to open up the obliques and the back. 👌 #pilates #lovepilates #fitness #core #obliques #stretch #strengthen
Having a play on the reformer with movements to open up my back more - this feels good! Of course it works the abdominals well and challenges hip and shoulder stability too 🙂 ⭐️ Single leg downward dog into connecting dog into single leg half circles ⭐️ #pilates #pilatesreformer #reformerpilates #downwarddog #stretch #lovepilates #movemore #movement #teachersofinstagram #lovemyjob
P L A N K I N G & P I K I N G into Saturday ✌️ I used one 💙spring and one 💛spring on my #peakpilates reformer. One of my fave movements👌 #peakpilates #pilatesreformer #reformerpilates #pilates #pilatesfix #plank #lovepilates
B A R R E A R M S Very sweaty after my #piyo class this morning but here’s a little #arm sequence I did similar in my Barre class this morning. #tricepburnout 🙈 I use only 1kg weights for any of my barre classes as they really help to tone and lengthen the arms and you can do quite a few reps with low weight to really experience that burn! 🔥 #gettoclass #burnatthebarre #core #ballet #pilates #strengthandconditioning #barrearms #barre
Join me for Hot Yoga and Hot Pilates classes at @the_thames_club in Staines every Monday morning 9.30am and 11am 🧘♀️🔥😅 You do not need to be a member of the gym to do hot classes - you can do drop in classes! Call them to find out about all the great options. The benefits of Being and moving in the hot room are endless. Whether it be yoga or pilates ...Detoxification being one of the major benefits but I could go on and on. Come and find out for yourself. Don’t worry if you are a newbie to Yoga or Pilates. Everyone starts somewhere😊 #hotyoga #hotpilates #yoga #pilates #bikramyoga #stretch #strength #sweat #staines @ The Thames Club
R E F O R M E R One of my absolute Fave exercises to do on the #reformerpilates machine! It feels so good on the #obliques although not sure my class would agree 😂 they can be sore for days after doing this similar exercise on the mat! 👌 #pilates #core #movemore
🔥🧘♀️ H O T R O O M 🤸♀️🔥 Having a play this morning after my two hot classes #Yoga #pilates #justmove I teach #piyo which is a low impact but really Intense flow class of movements and I absolutely love it. Feel so sweaty afterwards and body feels amazingly stretched out and switched on. 👌😊 #hotyoga #hotpilates #oliviajpilates #piyo #beachbody #beachbodylive #instructor #teacher #practice #sweat #move #core #power #strength #stability #pilates #yoga #flowyoga #hotyogastudio
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Cannot wait to get back to training this week!! #oliviajamesfitness 💪💪💪 CHOOSE ONE CLASS OF MINE TO COME TO FOR FREE THIS WEEK ONLY - BRING FRIENDS #barreconditioning #Zumba #P90X #PiYo Contact me for details - 07793802895
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