Fit Culture Pilates & Sculpt — Attraction in Torrance

If you’re looking for an influencer-style, high-rep bootcamp workout, this studio might be for you, but if you’re looking for true Pilates this is not it. I’ve been practicing reformer Pilates for about six months now. While I’m still a beginner, I’m very familiar with the fundamentals. If this had been my first Pilates experience, I would have run the other way and sworn off Pilates entirely. I signed up for the LIT entry-level class with Andrea because I was looking for a more affordable studio, but my experience was filled with red flags. 1: I wasn’t greeted or checked in at all (you check in with an iPad). At every other studio I’ve visited, instructors take the time to ask new members about fitness level, reformer experience etc. None of that happened here. 2: During the class, the instructor only walked around twice. The rest of the time, she was doing the workout along with us. I believe a coach should be observing, correcting form, and guiding movement — not exercising beside the class for most of the time, especially at an entry level class. The entire session felt more like a fast-paced fitness class than Pilates. Instead of controlled movements and mindful breathing, it was all “Go, go, go!” High reps, fast transitions, and poor form everywhere —which is a recipe for injury. I left with a really poor impression, which was disappointing because the studio itself is beautiful and the prices are great. But unfortunately, FitCulture completely misses the mark when it comes to...

I experienced racial discrimination at business. The instructor of the 8:15am class on Thursday. I booked the class via ClassPass. This was to be my first Pilates class. The class was listed as All levels…with no mention of required apparel. I show up and i explain that I was a first timer. She points to a machine and says “red, blue, green”. I said I don’t know that that means. She goes “ look for it, I don’t have the time to stop and help you”. I was taken aback by her rudeness but I had traveled a distance to be there and just wanted to get what I came for so I didn’t take it personal. So once I figured out what she meant, I sat on the machine and she says “do you have grip socks” and I say no there was no mention of required clothing on the booking. So she kneels down to get face level with me and says “well hun it looks like you’re going to have to reschedule because you can’t take the class without socks and I don’t have the time to help you”. I said actually, I don’t feel welcomed here and I would like to cancel and be refunded my credits. She said well you’ll need to figure that out in the app. It was the rudest thing I’ve experienced in awhile.

If the course requires socks, how is it that she was teaching it...

Review for class with Pilar: This place is horrible. The instructor didn’t greet a single person who walked in, didn’t introduce herself, and for the first 5 minutes we had no idea she’s even the instructor. Her energy was dull, boring, and rude. We did the weirdest moves ever that absolutely didn’t count as a workout. Everybody was confused and doing their own thing the entire time. She handed out the wipes 10 minutes before the end of class making us feel rushed to leave. She would tell us one set of instructions while doing something completely different with her reformer confusing everyone. Waste of time and money. We didn’t even end the class with any sort of cool down or stretch. NO FEET IN STRAPS? This happened at the redondo beach location too. It feels like whoever is training these instructors has no idea what they’re doing and teaching them garbage intentionally. Every time I leave a fit culture Pilates location I’m so frustrated for wasting my time and money. STAY AWAY FROM ALL FIT CULTURE PILATES LOCATIONS. This place needs to go out of...