Pilates by Sara

02/26/2026

This is what a gym should be! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

01/26/2026

Come hang out with me and participate in this special class! Wear pink or red, win door prizes and grab some chocolate! Bring a guest for free to this class and win a special prize! Can’t wait to see you there!

01/03/2026

Happy 2026!🎉🎉🎉
I’ve now been back to full time work serving as Fitness Supervisor of Fitness Plus for over a year! But teaching classes is my “serenity now” and I continue to teach my favorites on the side!
🎉Pilates Mat - Tues/Thurs @ 12:05pm
🎉Basic Lift - Tues @ 11am
🎉Pilates Reformer - varies times (see photo)
Check out our entire schedule of classes on the Fitness Plus page or website!

08/16/2025

Join me on the mat at Fitness Plus, Tues & Thurs @ 12:05! ($8 guest pass for non-members). It’s always a great crowd!

07/25/2025

To my mat folks😂❤️ I always hear groans😉

07/03/2025

And I have Reformer classes offered
Tuesdays at 6:30 & 7am
Wednesdays at 8:30am & 4:30pm
Thursdays at 9 & 11am
Fridays at 8:30 & 9:30am

Mat classes Tues & Thurs at 12:05 pm (free with membership or pay an $8 guest fee)

Ready to switch up your workout? 💪

Our Pilates instructors, Ahed and Sara, made some fun updates to the Pilates Studio—and now is the perfect time to come try a Reformer session! Ahed has class openings on:
🧘‍♀️ Mondays @ 5:30 pm
🧘‍♀️ Thursdays @ 5:30 pm
🧘‍♀️ Saturdays @ 9 am

Interested? Fill out a Trainer Request form at the front desk or email Fitness Supervisor Sara Wagganer at [email protected].

Learn more: https://www.sfmc.net/fitness-plus/pilates/

04/22/2025

Trying my best to make this studio look bigger!

02/13/2025

A tad blurry but a fun class today! Happy Galentine’s Day in Mat Pilates at Fitness Plus❤️💕❤️💕

02/09/2025

A fun Galentine’s Pilates class this week❤️❤️❤️

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to all!

11/30/2024

I have now been in this career for close
25 years, worked at 8 different fitness facilities, and have taught thousands of group classes. Watching friendships grow has definitely been one of my favorite parts❤️🥰💕

Group fitness classes aren’t just about exercise, Mikala Jamison writes. https://theatln.tc/z5fhRvrd

When Jamison was teaching indoor cycling, she was the nicest version of herself: “warm, welcoming, and encouraging to the point of profound corniness, despite my usual caustic tendencies,” she writes. People that met in her class started dating; strangers went out for coffee. “These experiences have convinced me that group fitness classes are the best place to make friends as an adult,” she continues, “an idea supported by research that suggests that the glow of exercise’s feel-good chemicals has interpersonal benefits.”

Once, friendships were born in what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg called “third places”: physical spaces that aren’t a home or a workplace, don’t charge (much) for entry, and exist in large part to foster conversation. Group classes don’t quite fit in that definition—they can cost money, and their primary activities are “sweating, grunting, and skipping a few reps when the instructor isn’t looking,” Jamison writes. “But they fulfill many conditions that social-psychology research has repeatedly shown to help forge meaningful connections between strangers: proximity (being in the same place), ritual (at the same time, over and over), accumulation (for many hours), and shared experiences or interests (because you do and like the same things)”—a less awkward way to find people with similar interests than at work or at a party.

Even if you don’t find your next best friend at Zumba class, getting into a fitness habit might help you step out of your comfort zone and make more friends in other spaces.

“A room full of grown adults flailing, shouting, and running miles without ever going anywhere is a fundamentally ridiculous prospect,” Jamison continues. “Ridiculous things, however, play a crucial role in connecting with others: They make us laugh.”

Read more: https://theatln.tc/z5fhRvrd

🎨: Debora Szpilman