Pilates for Athletes & Dancers

Instructor JESSICA SCHATZ

“Pilates for Athletes & Dancers” was created by Master Pilates Instructor Jessica Schatz, founder of CHAMPION PILATES™ and Body By Jessica®. The program combines Pilates, Exercise Physiology, and Kinesiology with specialized strength and conditioning exercises effective for casual fitness enthusiasts and for high-endurance athletes and dancers. Customized instruction addresses the experience level and body type of each student, with personalized, precise, and definitive adjustments for risk factors. Jessica Schatz’s ‘prehab’ approach supports the correct development of muscle and creates a virtual “suit of armor” to build resistance to muscle fatigue, avoid injury and enhance balance, mobility, alignment, stability and proper joint function. Students of all levels enjoy the energy and pace of her instruction and the benefits of a flexible, healthy body that seems to defy aging. Professional athletes and dancers credit her methods with career longevity and professional opportunities. One NBA player advanced to his preferred champion NBA team after working with Jessica Schatz’s “Sport-Specific Pilates.”
Jessica states, “I feel enormous satisfaction from the progress of my clients and guiding them towards their goals, helping them feel better, perform better, look better, and BE better! These results keeps them coming back week after week, month after month, year after year.”

About JESSICA SCHATZ

Jessica Schatz is from San Francisco, CA. She graduated from San Jose State University cum laude and then received Classical East Coast Pilates training and certification from direct protégés of the famed Romana Kryzanowska. Jessica earned certifications as a JOGA® Coach (“Yoga for Jocks”), and Personal Trainer, and trained as a Yoga Instructor in Vinyasa Flow, Restorative, and Core Power practices.
Jessica danced professionally with Limon West, Tandy Beal & Company, American Musical Theatre of San Jose, Opera San Jose, and others. In San Francisco and Los Angeles, Jessica choreographed and performed in numerous musicals and TV videos.
Her diverse clientele includes regular fitness students, current and former athletes with the NFL, NBA, MLB, pro athletes from Europe, professional dancers (e.g., Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, company of Wicked) and film and television actors.