We are pleased to announce that our studios are now open, with new arrangements for everyone’s safety as follows:

Marble Arch Studio
To ensure social distancing there are a limited number of clients at the studio at any time. Currently we are running two 1-hour 1.2.1 classes and one 1-hour 2.2.1 class every hour, so there will be a maximum of 4 clients in the Seymour Street studio. To book your class please click here to email us.
For new procedures for the Seymour Street studio, please click here; a PDF with the same information can be downloaded here.

Canary Wharf Studio
To ensure social distancing there are a limited number of clients at the studio at any time. Currently we are running either one 1-hour 1.2.1 class (one client in the studio) or one 1-hour 3.2.1 class (3 clients in the studio) every hour in the Canary Wharf studio. To book your class please click here to email us.

Alan Herdman talks about Pilates training and the importance of posture. Video courtesy of Palace Gate.

The Guillotine Tower promotes whole body movement

Benefits of Pilates

You will see and feel the difference, developing a flatter stomach, improved posture and looser, more flexible joints. The perfect exercise for a 21st-century lifestyle, Pilates works as an antidote to days spent hunched over a tablet or smartphone, driving in rush-hour traffic and carrying heavy bags.

About Alan Herdman

One of the world’s foremost experts on Pilates, Alan set up the UK’s first-ever Pilates studio after working in New York with instructors who’d been trained by Joseph Pilates himself. Alan is in demand as a lecturer worldwide, and is the author of several books on Pilates.

Pilates is for Everyone

We work with clients of all levels of fitness, ranging in age from 12 to 90+! Pilates can help to alleviate all kinds of injuries and chronic complaints, and is particularly effective at treating back pain. It is also helpful for pregnant women.

Pilates Teacher Training

The Alan Herdman Comprehensive Pilates Teacher Training Course trains students to develop high levels of expertise as teachers of the Pilates-based method of exercise.

News

New Procedures for Seymour St Studio from September 2020

With the studios re-opening we have introduced new procedures for our Seymour Street studio, detailed below. The same information is on the PDF if you would prefer to print it out.

Please bring with you
• Face covering/mask
• Towel for under your head
• Carrier bag to store your outer clothes
• Cup or bottle if you would like water

ARRIVAL
• Please make sure that you are on time for your appointment
• Keep to the left on the staircase
• Use the sanitising station (gel, wipes, spray) inside the door in the studio
• We will take your temperature (only clients with a regular body temperature admitted)
• Remove your shoes and keep them with you
• Follow the one-way system to the unisex changing room (second door on left)
Only one person at a time in the changing room, so please knock to ensure it is
vacant before entering
Put your shoes on the metal rack, and your outer clothes in the carrier bag that you have brought with you
Please don’t consume food or loiter in the changing room

CLASSES
• At the moment all Pilates classes are 1 hour long (the 4.2.1 classes for 90 minutes are being substituted with 2.2.1 for 1 hour), so a very limited number of clients will be admitted every hour
• The teachers will keep clients in their own assigned area
During the workout clients MUST use a face mask at all times
Clients should bring their own PPE, Alan Herdman Pilates is providing PPE for the team (face shield, masks, gloves)
Teachers will sanitise every apparatus after use
• Please follow the one way system to get to and from the toilets and water cooler (please use your own cups or bottles for water)
Inside the toilets clients will find sanitising gel, automatic soap dispenser. Small towels are provided to dry hands, they will then washed and sanitised on a high temperature wash and tumble dried
• When paying for classes, clients should use cards and not cash
The card terminal is at a safe distance from the desk, please wipe the keyboard before and after the use, antibacterial serviettes are provided
• Please be considerate of other clients and the environment around you when at
the studio

Download PDF checklist of studio procedures
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Alan Herdman Studios

To enquire about Pilates classes, please contact your local studio from the list below:

Alan Herdman Pilates in Central London (Marble Arch)
Alan Herdman Pilates at Third Space Canary Wharf

For information on Pilates teacher training courses please complete this form.