3Tribes: The Go-To Studio for Pilates in Crouch End

Pilates in Crouch End comes in a few different formats and the one you choose shapes what you get from it. Some people want a low-impact class that builds the core and improves posture while others want a heated room that adds a cardio edge to similar movements. We teach both and it helps to know the difference before you book.

Why people choose Pilates

Pilates is one of the most respected forms of low-impact exercise and it strengthens the core and improves posture and flexibility while building muscle evenly across the body. It works for rehabilitation and athletic training and everyday movement alike. The exercises are small and controlled so they reach the stabilising muscles that harder workouts often skip. Practised regularly it improves alignment and body awareness and mental focus.

Hot Pilates in Studio 1

Our hot Pilates classes run in the original 3Tribes hot studio on Coleridge Road where the room is heated to 40 degrees. The movements work against resistance to strengthen and tone the body and the breath is built in as it is in yoga so each movement lengthens and deepens. All levels are welcome and the studio has a welcoming and non-judgemental atmosphere. Hot classes aren’t suitable if you’re pregnant or have a cardiovascular or blood pressure or blood sugar condition so it’s worth checking that first.

Reformer Pilates in Studio 2

Studio 2 on Crouch End Hill is home to our Reformer classes which use resistance beds for full-body and low-impact work. Reformer Full Body is our signature set sequence and it’s a good first class because it includes variations that make it harder as you improve. Reformer Precision slows everything down to break exercises apart and talk through alignment and breath which suits beginners and also anyone who wants a thorough understanding. Reformer Core and Reformer Intermediate each follow a sequence that runs for a month so you can build on the same exercises from one week to the next.

Fitting Pilates into your week

Pilates helps with muscle imbalances and builds the core strength that supports every other workout so it suits runners and yoga regulars and spin fans equally well. Our hot yoga and ride sessions run in the same two Crouch End studios which means you can mix all of them across a week without leaving the neighbourhood. Studio 2 also provides complimentary towels and clip in cycling shoes along with luxury showers and that makes it easier to fit a class in around work.

Teaching and community

Our teachers offer modifications and adjustments so beginners and experienced students can work at their own level in the same room. Studio 2 gives you three different atmospheres under one roof called Zen and Warrior and Rider and the Reformer classes sit alongside them. A lot of people stay for years once they find the right class. One member has trained with us for over 10 years and calls the studio their happy place.

If you’re new to Pilates a Reformer Full Body class is the easiest place to start since it’s built as an introduction for beginners.