Achieve Health

Reformer & Tower Pilates Classes Harborne

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The levels and classes explained:

At Achieve Pilates the timetable is structured to provide classes to meet you where you’re at.

Achieve Beginners

Our beginner sessions are for people with no previous Pilates experience or those who would benefit from returning to the foundations. You will learn how to connect with your core and use your breathing to support that core connection providing stability and control. Time will be spent on fundamental Pilates positions and movements to develop your confidence with key foundational exercises. The pace allows space for explanation, correction and any questions as well as for exercises to be adapted for you as an individual.
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Achieve 1: Foundations and Control

Achieve 1 builds the foundations that sit behind effective Pilates. You will be challenged, but a measured pace provides the space to concentrate on form and how each movement should feel. As you make those mind-body connections, you will leave sessions feeling taller and notice improvements in strength, posture and movement patterns. Achieve 1 also provides a safe environment for those working through pain and progressing beyond physiotherapy or rehabilitation (please contact us with details of any serious medical conditions or injuries before booking).

Achieve 2: Progression and Flow

Achieve 2 expands the repertoire and introduces a greater degree of challenge, coordination and flow. You will develop stronger and more consistent core control, improved coordination between breathing and movement, greater stability, increased strength and mobility, smoother transitions and a deeper understanding of technique. Classes move at a more continuous pace and assume familiarity with the foundational repertoire. Your instructor will advise when you are ready to progress from Achieve 1.

Achieve 3: Strength and Challenge

Achieve 3 is for confident Pilates clients who have developed sound technique and body awareness. The sessions use a broader range of exercises, along with more challenging combinations, to develop whole-body strength, control under greater resistance, balance, coordination and movement precision. The pace is faster than Achieve 1 and 2, with less time required for explanation of the foundations.


If you are new to Achieve Pilates, before participating in this class please book into an Achieve 1 or 2 class as an onboarding session.

Achieve 4: Advanced Practice

Achieve 4 is our highest-level class for experienced Pilates practitioners. Sessions are designed to refine advanced technique, develop greater strength and control. Rather than pursuing difficulty for its own sake, the class maintains the Achieve focus on accuracy, quality and purposeful progression. Achieve 4 is available by invitation.
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Specialist Classes

Pilates+weights

Combining Pilates core strengthening with full-body conditioning using light weights and resistance. This a fun high-intensity mat class suitable for clients who understand the beginner repertoire and are comfortable working at a faster pace.

60+ Classes

These classes give adults aged 60 and over the space to feel confident and comfortable exercising with like-minded people. Sessions work through the Achieve Beginners, Achieve 1 and Achieve 2 repertoire at an appropriate pace. All regular classes remain open to clients of every age.

Bespoke classes for groups, clubs or workplaces.

EHC Classes

Classes provided for members of Edgbaston Hockey Club focusing specifically on using Pilates to enable hockey players to strengthen and stay injury free.

CBSO Classes

Classes provided for professional musicians and staff of the CBSO to stay injury free and help smooth out aches and pains resulting from working in a physical environment where the same movement is done precisely and repetitively.

Private Group Classes

Please enquire if you would like to arrange a one-off or recurring private group class.

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Please contact Achieve Pilates if you would be interested in classes for your sport, club or workplace.
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Connected With Achieve Health

Achieve Pilates is part of Achieve Health’s integrated health, wellness and performance centre, offering physiotherapy, rehabilitation, strength, medical services and health optmisation. This makes the studio particularly well placed to support people who are returning to exercise after pain or injury, provided Pilates is appropriate for them. Where a clinical assessment is advisable, clients can be directed to the relevant Achieve Health professional before joining a class.

Meet Your Instructors

Our instructors bring together technical knowledge, extensive practice and a genuine commitment to helping each client progress. They understand that excellent Pilates teaching is not about performing the most advanced exercise. It is about selecting the right movement, teaching it accurately and helping the individual in front of them improve.