Sculpt Lab: Pilates with Weights in Hollywood, FL

Sculpt Lab is the class at Lighthouse Pilates & PT that adds free weights to Pilates. It runs Wednesday mornings at our studio in Hollywood, FL, and it's a full-body strength class built around the reformer and chair. If you like Pilates and want more strength work, or you already lift and want to see what Pilates adds, this is the class for you.

What a Sculpt Lab class looks like

Class moves between free weights and the Pilates equipment. You'll work your upper and lower body with free weights and resistance, then move to the reformer and chair for focused core and back work.

Like every group class here, Sculpt Lab is capped at six people. That gives your instructor time to check your form on each exercise and tell you when you're ready for a heavier weight or a harder spring.

Why we combine free weights and the reformer

Springs and free weights load your muscles in different ways. A spring gets harder to move the farther you stretch it, so the reformer is toughest toward the end of each movement and asks for control on the way back. Gravity pulls a free weight straight down, so how hard an exercise feels changes with the angle of your arm or leg.

In Sculpt Lab you get both, along with the core and back work the reformer and chair are known for. Regular weight training like this also helps improve bone density.

Who Sculpt Lab is for

Sculpt Lab works for a wider range of people than our most advanced class. Experienced clients get progressions that keep it challenging. Newer clients can join with modifications, so it's a good next step if you've been taking All Levels and want something harder.

If you're new to the reformer, call or text us first and we'll help you decide whether to start here or in Level 1. And if you're after advanced reformer and chair work without the weights, read about Level 2 & 3 in Advanced Reformer Pilates in Hollywood, FL.

Programmed by a Doctor of Physical Therapy

Sculpt Lab is programmed by Dr. Mary, a Doctor of Physical Therapy. She builds each class around good alignment and strength you can use outside the studio, and anything that isn't right for your body gets adjusted. If something needs more than a modification, physical therapy is available here too, with someone who already knows how you move.

Class time

Sculpt Lab runs Wednesdays at 8:30 am. The Book Class page on our site always has the current schedule.

We're at 4435 Sheridan Street in Hollywood. Call or text (954) 228-5790 with any questions, and we'll help you find the right class.