In 2006, Russell Soder became an associate, bringing a wealth of fitness experience and an innate ability to fix things. My baseline qualifications for a Pilates Guy: Honest, a pleasure to work with, and the kind of guy who has taken stuff apart and put it back together since early childhood. (This kind of guy usually comes with a pickup truck, motorcycle, packed toolbox, and patient methodical hands). Of course, it helps that Russell's wife and my girlfriend are both Pilates instructors too! In 2009, Tac Fitzgerald joined the team, bringing his versatile repair skills to the world of Pilates.

Today, The Pilates Guy visits hundreds of clients with Pilates equipment manufactured by Balanced Body, Peak Pilates, Stott Pilates, and Gratz Pilates. We have a solid working relationship with these major manufacturers -- we adhere to their guidelines on care, help resolve issues for them locally whenever we can, and appreciate their new client referrals. The Pilates community is a wonderfully diverse mix of individuals from a variety of backgrounds and teaching programs ... everyone deserves safe equipment. And it's knowing we are helping good teachers be even better -- that's what makes this job so rewarding.

I believe people can improve their lives with Pilates. And I want them to love their apparatus.