Pilates Rocks Celebrates A Decade Of Keeping Wellington Residents Fit
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STORY BY MIKE MAY | PHOTOS BY ABNER PEDRAZA
There are many ways to get fit and stay active in Wellington. If you are inspired to perspire, popular outlets for an active lifestyle include walking, running, biking, swimming, tennis, golf, playing team sports or horseback riding. If you’re looking for something more unique, add Pilates to your list of fitness activities because Pilates complements every activity in your life. Pilates Rocks, located at 3460 Fairlane Farms Road, has been providing this unique exercise and fitness routine to residents of Wellington and beyond for the past 10 years. Under the leadership and direction of co-owners Elissa Salzman and Laura Minucci, it has been a great first decade for Pilates Rocks with another exciting, perspiration-filled, calorie-burning, core-building decade to come. The co-owners come from different backgrounds. Salzman is a longtime equestrian, while Minucci is a trained physical therapist. Prominent professional athletes in all sports are now doing Pilates, Salzman noted. Among them are global soccer legend David Beckham and NBA superstar LeBron James. Locally, a large number of people involved in Wellington’s world-class equestrian scene are active members at Pilates Rocks. “Our membership includes so many jumpers and a large number of dressage riders,” Salzman said. Minucci added that veterinarians,
Laura Minucci and Elissa Salzman are the owners of Pilates Rocks.
groomers, trainers and horse owners also enjoy their Pilates classes. “Once the word spreads around a barn about Pilates, everybody decides to do it,” she said.
As a way of commemorating its first 10 years, Pilates Rocks sponsored two Grand Prix jumping events in Wellington on Nov. 15 and Nov. 17. “It’s the right thing to do since the equestrian wellington the magazine | december 2019
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