About Us

Running and Pilates is a blog created by Pilates instructor Christie Wang. This blog gives information about why Pilates is an ideal workout for runners, Pilates workouts and injury prevention tips for runners. As a full time classical Pilates instructor, Christie brings her expertise to all runners. She firmly believes that Pilates is a highly effective cross training workout for runners of all ages and levels. 

Christie's Bio

Residing in Cambridge MA, Christie is a full time classical Pilates instructor. She has been teaching for over four years. She has been certified by the Pilates Method Association as an instructor and graduated from the Teacher Training program (1000+ hours) at Endurance Pilates and Yoga in Boston, MA. She teaches all populations but specializes in working with athletes of all ages. 

Christie is a dedicated marathon and endurance runner. Most recently, she ran the Chicago Marathon (October 2017) and plans to run one more half marathon before the end of 2017. She has run over 8 half marathons and 2 marathons. 

Testimonials 

"Before doing Pilates with Christie, I would have intense lower back pain after long periods of standing. After only a couple private sessions with her, I noticed that I haven't experienced pain like that again even after standing for hours at a time! She has truly helped me improve my posture and strengthen my body in such a short amount of time."

Doing Pilates has totally changed my body. The reason I joined was because during the off-season, elite basketball players such as LeBron James and Dwayne Wade would often incorporate Pilates into their training regime. Also, I had an injury to my right knee that has now been healed! Pilates helped me strengthen the muscles I never knew existed throughout my legs to make me stronger and much healthier. Mentally it is also a workout because she forces you to focus on multiple muscle groups at an intense, precise rate making it a tough but a very very beneficial workout!