Discover Your Strength by incorporating the principles of Classical Pilates in your life. It’s A Core Thing Pilates is a Stott Pilates Studio in the heart of Myrtle Beach.

We offer Pilates workouts for persons of all fitness levels – from the fitness client to the rehab client transitioning from an injury. There are numerous ways you can start your Pilates practice at our studio.

We want our clients to ALWAYS have fun, not only exploring the strength and stability in their bodies through their practice, but also feel refreshed, empowered and centered in their bodies after each session.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about getting started.
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It’s A Core Thing Crew 

Pilates Enthuiasts May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday, playing through a steady and sometimes driving rain to beat China in straight sets and extend their winning streak to 108 matches in a row.

“Ever since the ball dropped in Athens, we’ve wanted to repeat as Olympic champions,” May-Treanor said. “No one’s ever done it.” No one’s ever won 14 consecutive Olympic matches before, either, sweeping away their opponents in both Beijing and Athens without losing a single set.

To compete and prevail against the best in the world their trainers developed a progressive hybrid training program that included plyometric exercises, stretching, isokinetic work ( that gets our fast twitch muscles going) free weights, strength maintenance and their favorite Pilates.

Pilates has become the exercise of choice of the best in the world as a way to develop a strong core, prevent injury and enhance overall functional performance.

Golf and Pilates share the same basic principles, requiring flexibility, rotation and core and gluteal  strength. While the golf pro may help correct swings and take strokes off a player’s game, the Pilates specialist can improve a golfer’s performance, stamina and stability.

According to Golf Weekly,  Camilo Villegas, one of the longest hitters in pro golf, believes that strength and flexibility are both important, with flexibility being the most important for golf.  While other golfers get in shape by lifting weights, Villegas practices Pilates, which he was introduced to at the University of Florida.

Dave Phillips, co-founder of the Titleist Performance Institute in California, notes that the best golfers have strong, stable lower bodies and flexible, mobile upper bodies.  A perfect swing progresses from the lower body to the trunk, the shoulders, and lastly the arms.  Golfers who lack strength and flexibility in their glutemous muscles and their core compensate by using their arms, and this often results in a slice.  Pilates targets the core and develops functional strength needed to play well.

Madonna is probably the most famous and devoted Pilates practitioner, but many other familiar faces are showing up in Pilates studios. 

•  Gisele Bundchen, whose amazing body has earned her well over $38 million a year, keeps her body looking great with diet and exercise, including surfing, Pilates, yoga and dancing. 

•  LeBron James, NBA Rookie of the Year in 2004, has adopted a victory gesture known as “Thrown Up The Rock” named after one of his Pilates Reformer exercises. 

•  Oprah Winfrey practices Pilates two to three times a week because she says “moving out from the center (core), awareness, harmony,  balance, and control help me embody where I’m going with my life. I’m moving from my core. I move differently. Pilates really has changed my life.”

 •  Olympic volleyball champions May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh credit their trainers with developing a hybrid training program which includes Pilates.  

•  Brandon Routh, who portrayed Superman, used a mix of Pilates and yoga designed by his trainer.  “It’s all about core training so I could be flexible on the wires (used to make him appear to fly) and endure long hours.”

Love this photo of Greg Oden, recently #1 Draft Pick of the Portland Trailblazers, with Kim Reis in her studio as she worked Greg through their Pilates routine.

Photo courtesy of BMAC Photography

Greg Oden: Pilates, yes.
Greg Oden is rehabbing his knee through weight-lifting routines, strength exercises, drills and yes, pilates. Check out as Greg takes you through his pilates training. 

You can forget that excuse! Some physiotherapists believe that Pilates can be of great benefit to those suffering from arthritis and other ailments because it is a controlled, gentle form of exercise. This means it can be practiced by people whatever their previous level of fitness or age; and because it is a controlled form of exercise, it is suitable for men and women of any age, even if they have not exercised for many years.