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4 | April 12, 2018 | The lake forest leader News
LakeForestLeader.com
New Pilates studio focuses on sense of community in Lake Forest
Alyssa Groh, Editor
Carissa Floyd has always
been interested in
wellness and working out.
Eventually, she came to a
point in her fitness journey
where she reached plateaus
and felt like she wasn’t
achieving her goals with
working out.
One day, while watching
TV, Floyd, a resident
of Wilmette, saw a professional
dancer using a
machine called a reformer.
Floyd was intrigued by the
reformer, and after a bit of
research she realized a reformer
is a piece of equipment
commonly used in
Pilates classes.
She immediately jumped
on the bandwagon and purchased
a cheap reformer,
then fell in love with the
results she saw and how it
made her body feel.
“I have had multiple
joint issues,” Floyd said.
“(After taking some Pilates
classes) I could feel
my muscles and [there
wasn’t anymore pain in]
my joints.”
It didn’t take long before
she was hooked and
became a certified Pilates
trainer.
After learning the studio
she was teaching at in Lake
Bluff was closing down,
Floyd was on the search
for a new studio. Soon, she
realized a small boutiquestyle
Pilates studio was
needed on the North Shore.
Floyd took a chance
and decided to open her
own Pilates studio, The
Pilates Underground, 246
E. Deerpath Road Suite 3,
The Pilates
Underground
246 E. Deerpath Road
Suite 3, Lake Forest
6 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday
7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Tuesday
6 a.m.-6 p.m.
Wednesday
Lake Forest, which is now
open for anyone looking to
try Pilates or searching for
a new studio.
The Pilates Underground
focuses on helping
people to improve movement,
while strengthening
muscles.
“Pilates is great because
it compliments all movement
modalities,” Floyd
said. “Pilates is great for
anybody who wants to
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Thursday
6 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday
8-10 a.m. Saturday
Closed Sunday
www.
thepilatesunderground.
com
(224) 544-9855
work on core strength and
efficiency of movement.
It is a very unique way to
workout with a low impact.”
Floyd said Pilates is often
confused with yoga,
but it is much different.
She also added that many
people are intimidated by
the machines, but they actually
help make things
Please see STUDIO, 8
Carissa Floyd, of Wilmette, and owner of The Pilates
Underground in Lake Forest, stands by a sign during
the ribbon cutting ceremony of her new Pilates studio
on Thursday, April 5. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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