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Joseph Pilates created a method called Contrology. That's what we teach.
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Houston’s Premier Classical Pilates Studio

Classical Pilates Training and apparatus Personalized to your Body & Goals

 

Welcome to Control. We can’t wait to help you begin using the Classical Pilates System to attain your strength, mobility, and alignment goals. Here at Control we use the Classical Pilates system with a bespoke approach, tailoring each session to your specific alignment, strength, and mobility needs. We are Houston’s Classical Pilates Conservatory; seeking to understand and preserve the way Joseph Pilates taught his system of balancing and corrective exercises, as well as the way his First Generation Teachers taught, honoring the heritage and tradition of Pilates. Each of our instructors is Comprehensively Trained with over 600 training hours in their programs. All of our instructors are passionate about Pilates and regularly seek after Continuing Education in the various lineages of Pilates.

We are the Houston Host Studio for Alycea Ungaro’s Real Pilates Teacher Training. Alycea is a Second Generation teacher who apprenticed under Romana Kryzanowska, a long time student of Joseph Pilates, and one of his First Generation Teachers (The “OGs”).

Our Comprehensively Trained team here at Control will guide you through the workout you need, that meets your goals. See our services and pricing page to explore the various ways you can workout at Control.

All apparatus are Gratz & Pilates Designs in order to deliver the most authentic “OG” Pilates Workout.

 

 
 
Gratz Wunda Chair found in all of our Control Full Studio Classes

Gratz Wunda Chair found in all of our Control Full Studio Classes

 

Your Practice.

 
Rowing II on the Reformer Tower

Rowing II on the Reformer Tower part of the 300 level classes

Classes

In these sessions you will be working with up to 4 other students. Your instructor will guide you through a workout utilizing several pieces of equipment.  You will be working on 89" Gratz Universal Reformers with Tower (or half Cadillac) conversions.  Depending on your and the other 4 practitioners' needs that day, a session will be tailored for you, with the instructor selecting from the original Classical repertoire of Reformer and Cadillac exercises.  

100 Level Classes will remain in the Foundational or Beginner System and move at a slower pace; keep in mind that these are intended to be an introduction to the system and there will more than likely be new clients in every class. These are the only apparatus classes open to ClassPass. We alway recommend taking a few Privates if you’re new to Classical Pilates (Intro 3 Pack) as the real secret sauce to our specific brand of Pilates is biomechanics and alignment- translation less clients = more attention to your specific anatomy and movement patterns. Our goal in 100 Level Classes is to provide a challenging and yet safe environment for you and your fellow classmates to get an intro to the Classical system and work your body while gaining an understanding of how to move with integrity.


*200 Level Classes and above require clearance; please email us to request clearance or for guidance on which level might be the best for you!


200 Level Classes get a bump in the challenge of the exercises as well as pace, you will be introduced to overhead exercises, where you are inverting, or taking your legs over your face, (think shoulder-stand in yoga) so it’s important to build your abdominal strength (hello series if 5) in the 100 level classes before moving into the 200 level classes to protect your back.

300 Level Classes add more complexity in exercises by integrating multiple planes of movement and taking away apparatus support, translation - you will shake like a rescue Chihuahua in rainstorm, but you’ll love it and come back for more 2 days later. (That’s how we all ended up here.)

400 Level Classes these are the actually the most fun classes… we know, eye-roll, but the vibe and camaraderie in theses classes is unparalleled. It’s super motivating to see your friend working hard and laughing at how hard some of the stuff you are doing is. Reading this, you might feel like you will never end up here, but you just might surprise yourself.

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David Mc Clintock CPT, Classical Pilates Teacher

Short Box Flat on the Reformer from the 100 Level

Open Gym

In Joe’s 8th Avenue Studio in the upper West Side in NYC, he had a concept not unlike our modern day gym (think Lifetime or 24Hour Fitness). After his clients learned the exercises in a 1-on-1 setting they would be instructed to pay a small fee, workout on their own while he walked around and gave some alignment cues or spotted them for some of the more complex or difficult exercises. We love that, AND we love a budget friendly workout. Our main goal is to make this workout accessible at varying prices, while also allowing you to experience the flow you can find when you’re moving to the pace of your own breath (Joes instructions from his book “Return to Life”). The Classical exercise orders and instruction are given to you via our Pilates Journals and and three Private Sessions with your instructor of choice. After completing your three privates, you will have access to our Open Studio hours giving you access to this brilliant body of work and the classical equipment for as low as $17 a workout.

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Teaser on the Cadillac, a great abdominal exercise to build spinal articulation

Privates Training

If you’re new to Classical Pilates, returning from a recent injury, or just want a little more one-on-one training, with attention to details, alignment, and your specific biomechanics, we offer a wide variety of Private Sessions. Our Classic Private Session is you and your choice of instructor for 55 minutes working through the entire system in our fully equipped studio of Gratz and Pilates Designs by Basil apparatus. You will work through the same system of exercises we do in our classes, but each session will be tailored to your body, your goals and how you are feeling that day. It’s a perfectly bespoke workout to fit All of our instructors have been through 650+ hours of training and are adept at programing for many different injuries and pathologies, as well as healthy life stages (e.g. prenatal, postpartum, seniors). We also offer Duet Sessions for you and a partner, this is perfect for you and a friend or family member who would like to come in together. We also offer Privates with our Teachers-in-Training, while they are working their way through their 650 hour program for $0-$50 depending on their level of experience and how far along they are in the program.

 
Myesha Washington CPT, Classical Pilates Teacher

Swakate Profile on the Reformer from the 400 Level

Virtual Privates

We train clients around the world, whether they have a fully equipped in-home studio, or nothing but a mat and zoom account. The Pilates method is robust and benefits all levels of fitness; regardless of your access to equipment, we will tailor a workout program to your goals and needs.

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Joseph Pilates created a training method – “Body Contrology,” now known as “Pilates”– to allow you to come to understand, and optimize the dynamics
of your one and only body. That's what we teach.

 

 

“You can say what Pilates is in three words.

Stretch, with Strength, and Control.

And the control part is the most important,

because that makes you use your mind.

Romana Kryzanowska

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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