SLT Short Hills — Local services in Millburn

I'm never one to post a brutally honest review, but after my experience with Farrah today I felt the need.

I've never done megaformer before. I'm a reformer Pilates instructor and was curious to see what the difference would be. The girl at the front desk showed us how to use the megaformer and it was useful to know the terminology. But when the instructor, Farrah, began teaching I was instantly turned off from the get go. The way she spoke to myself and my friend who went to the class with me was extremely discouraging. We are trying our best here in a new environment and spoke to me like I was clueless and her cues were demoralizing, to the point where I said to her I'm trying my best here (I dont believe she heard me). I ended up getting the hang of it towards the end but it was hard to hear her over the terrible microphone quality and loud music. Thank god for the woman next to me who let me follow her. At the end of class I wanted to get out of there as soon as I could but encouraged us to take the beginner class, which was comical considering the class we took was an "all levels" class. overall it was a great workout and I know I'll be feeling this tomorrow, but I would never recommend taking a class with her. If anything, it showed me what I DON'T want to do in my...

Do not recommend Farah’s class as a beginner at SLT. I’ve done Pilates for months now and even took one other Lagree class and a Solidcore class prior, and I felt this class was harder to follow. For an “all levels” class, Farah shows little patience and is rather gruff when correcting you. Even the reception person advised me , “you’ll be totally lost, but that’s okay, just look to others and copy them.” How is that “all levels” ? A good instructor for an “all levels” should be relatively easy to follow without having to constantly look to others. She also did little to demonstrate the moves. I have another class with a different instructor booked in the hopes it wasn’t a good fit the instructor, but I’m not optimistic in light of the receptionist’s warning. So far, very disappointed. Solidcore is a tougher workout, but was much easier to follow.

Updated 6/6: highly recommend Alexandra for beginners and veterans alike. It was a challenging work out but I never felt lost. She explained what each movement was targeting and everything felt very intentional. My muscles are still shaking, and I feel empowered to take on my day.

The right instructor makes all the difference! I bumped up a star due...

The instructor was rude, inconsiderate and pretentious. She didn’t care about truly instructing me. She didn’t clearly explain the transitions for someone who had only taken this class once before years ago. She would poke at me to place my body in the “correct way” with no explanation. She was rude as soon as I walked in. I wanted to leave five minutes into the class but decided not too because I paid for it. I would never suggest this studio or instructor to any of my friends and family. I work out 6x a week and was hoping to find something new to add to my workouts but after the experience with this terrible instructor I WILL NEVER GO TO THIS STUDIO AGAIN! Stick to Solidcore people! They are nice to clients and explain the exercises and transitions...