Pilates for Athletes & Sports Performance
Your sport demands everything. Make sure your body can deliver.
Small classes. No fluff. Real results.
EQ Pilates has been in Sutton Coldfield since 2001. Classes are capped at six people. Your instructor understands sporting demands and will work with what your body specifically needs – not a generic programme designed for no one in particular.
What athletes come to us for
Most people who come to us from a sporting background are looking for one or more of these:
Injury prevention – stopping the recurring niggles that keep disrupting their season or their game.
Performance improvement – more power in the swing, more efficiency in the stride, more control under pressure.
Longevity – staying in the sport they love for longer. Not just this season but the next ten.
Full body conditioning – the missing piece that sport-specific training doesn't cover.
Something is missing from your training
You're fit. You train consistently. You love your sport and you're serious about it. But there's a gap – something in your body that isn't quite working with you, that holds your performance back or keeps leaving you on the wrong side of an injury.
That gap is usually the same thing: full body conditioning that your sport-specific training doesn't provide.
What Pilates adds that nothing else does
Running, football, golf, tennis, padel – every sport trains the movements it needs and quietly neglects everything else. Over time that creates imbalances. Certain muscles overwork. Others switch off. Your body compensates, performance plateaus, and injuries start to follow a familiar pattern.
Pilates works the whole system. The deep stabilising muscles that hold your joints in place under load. The connection between upper and lower body that generates real power. The mobility that keeps your movement efficient rather than forced.
It's not an alternative to your training. It's the foundation that makes your training work better.
Who we see
Footballers, runners, golfers, and padel players come to us regularly – from competitive amateurs to those who simply refuse to let their sport go.
Whatever your level, the principles are the same. Better conditioning means better performance and fewer injuries. It's not complicated. It just requires the right work.
Add the missing element
If your training has a gap, come and find out what's in it.
Call us to discuss which class fits around your training schedule 0121 323 4663 or drop us an email