Please recommend decent New York Sports Clubs group class instructors
August 15, 2009 9:12 AM 
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Has anyone had a good experience with any of the group class instructors at New York Sports Club? I am trying to find a Pilates class there, and most of the instructors don't appear to know what they're doing.
I used to have a cruddy, evil job with great benefits, which included a cheap membership at Equinox. This, I fear, spoiled me for all other gyms. I now have a wonderful job with decent benefits, which only offers membership at New York Sports Clubs. I can't afford to go back to Equinox without the corporate rate. NYSC is ok...I usually just work out on the machines, stretch, and sometimes do some light weight lifting. It's bread-and-butter. The major disappointment is the classes. I have a passport membership and have been trying to find a decent Pilates or Yoga class, with no success. Are there any NYSC members on here who can help me out? Do you know of any good instructors, and when/where they teach? I'm mostly interested in Yoga and Pilates, but I will give anything a try if I could trust that instructor knew what they were doing.
I'm a huge fan of traditional Pilates, and the Pilates instructors at NYSC all seem to over-aerobicize it until it barely qualifies as Pilates anymore. They don't often check for form, and I often get scared that some of the things they're telling us to do are harmful. I've considered just using NYSC for cardio and buying Pilates group mat class packages elsewhere, but every time I price it winds up being more expensive than my beautiful, lost, beloved Equinox, where all of the instructors were excellent. The majority of NYSC instructors barely seem certified.
I've heard that NYSC doesn't treat its instructors well, and that anyone good leaves. I can hardly blame them. Unlike some better gyms, NYSC never posts the names of its instructors in the online schedules, making it difficult to spot and avoid instructors I've had a bad experience with in the past.
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posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:53 AM on August 15 [1 favorite]