Pilates Sculpt in Guéliz, women only

Nine times a week

Pilates Sculpt comes round nine times a week, more than any other class here. It starts at 8:30 some mornings, sits in the middle of the day, and finishes at 8pm on Mondays. If your week moves around, it is the easiest class to fit.

What the hour is like

Short movements, repeated, at a slow tempo. Pilates is not chasing breathlessness. It is looking for the exact point where a muscle stops cooperating. Much of it happens on the floor, legs and centre come back every session, and the burn usually turns up somewhere you were not expecting.

Twelve places. Mats and cork blocks are at the studio.

Guéliz has several reformer Pilates studios. This one is a mat class, in a women-only room, and it sits inside a membership that also opens Hyrox, bootcamp and yoga.

When it runs

• Monday · 9:30 – 10:30
• Monday · 17:00 – 18:00
• Monday · 19:00 – 20:00
• Tuesday · 8:30 – 9:30
• Tuesday · 18:00 – 19:00
• Wednesday · 9:30 – 10:30
• Wednesday · 18:00 – 19:00
• Thursday · 8:30 – 9:30
• Friday · 11:00 – 12:00

The full week is on the home page.

What it costs

A single class is 220 MAD with no membership. Class packs and monthly plans are on the pricing page.

Questions

What is Pilates Sculpt exactly?

Pilates aimed at strength. The movements stay small and controlled, but they repeat until the muscle gives out. One hour.

Nine classes a week. Why so many?

It is the most requested class, and it sits at every hour of the day: early, midday, and as late as 8pm.

Can I do it every day?

Yes. Pilates takes daily practice better than high intensity work does, which is what the three-a-week and unlimited plans are for.

Where

30 boulevard Mohamed Zerktouni, in Guéliz. KURV is a women-only gym in Guéliz that also runs Hyrox, bootcamp and yoga.