Michele Pulaski

Michele Pulaski has been moving equipment, working on web pages and getting ready to start classes at Davidson Pilates Studio this week. Pulaski has opened her own business at the site of the former Pilates at the Lake. On Friday, she’s holding a “meet and greet” to (re)introduce herself, from 6-9pm at the studio, 202 S. Main St.

Pulaski says its the same space, but a “new studio, new owner, new equipment, and new classes.”

She had taught and managed at the studio since last May, under previous owner Carrie Heyl. After Heyl moved away from Davidson last year, Pulaski had discussed buying the business. But when that didn’t work out, Heyl shut the studio in December, and Pulaski has stepped in to start her own.

Pulaski lives in Charlotte’s Plaza-Midwood neighborhood, where she owns another fitness studio with her husband, called Studio 5150. “That’s the police code for a crazy person on the loose,” she said. That studio offers not just Pilates but functional training as well.

Her plans for the Davidson studio call for more than just Pilates as well. She’s calling it a “boutique fitness studio offering a little more than just Pilates.” She will have kettle bells and suspension rings similar to “TRX” and workouts will provide a “spark of cardio and functional training.”

She came into health and wellness from dance, which she has done since she was a teen. In 2000, she began working as a licensed massage therapist in Charleston, SC, building a massage business within a Pilates studio.

Eight years ago, she came back to Charlotte, and has been teaching Pilates full-time since then.

She has a bachelor’s degree in health care administration from University of Phoenix, an associate’s degree in business from Trident Technical College in Charleston and studied at Southeastern Neuromuscular Massage School Charlotte. She’s certified in Mat Pilates through the Powerhouse Institute of Pilates and received her comprehensive teacher training with Balanced Body University.

Pilates is a fitness training system developed in the early 20th century by a German athlete named Joseph Pilates. It focuses on the body core and is designed to build flexibility, strength, and endurance.

DAVIDSON PILATES

202 S. Main St., Davidson NC 28036

http://davidsonpilates.com/

704-737-5435

Michele@davidsonpilates.com

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This eight-week group exercise class is designed to improve core strength, balance, and coordination. The focus of this pilates class will be on traditional pilates movement patterns, the use of core breathing, and correct alignment. Participants will enjoy improvement in posture and overall toning. Fitness and pilates unite in this contemporary toning gym workout.

Certified instructor Danielle Wasser will be leading this class. All classes will be held on Monday evenings from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at Bailey Road Recreation Center (Bailey Middle School, 11900 Bailey Road, in Cornelius). This is an eight-week session beginning Monday, May 17 and concluding July 12 (no class May 31). One free make up class will be held on July 19 for anyone who missed a class during the eight-week session.

Resident fee is $80.00 and non-resident fee is $90.00 per eight week session.

For more information, please contact the Cornelius PARC Department at 704-892-6031 ext. 160, or visit www.corneliuspr.org.

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