Arizona Pilates Academy was established by Jeanne Missey, MA in 2004, and contracted by The Academy Village as a space and structure for specialized fitness and Pilates personal training geared towards older adults. After developing group fitness and yoga classes for the Academy residents beginning in 2001, she realized the need for quality personal training and chose Pilates as the particular mode to fill that need. She trained and received certification with Physical Mind in Scottsdale, Arizona.

As a certified fitness professional with the American Council on Exercise (ACE) for the past 25 years, she has continued learning to ensure that her training is both safe and effective. Jeanne has enjoyed training other instructors within business and industry and higher education for the past 20 years and has continued sharing her experience and expertise with instructor trainees as well as fellow certified instructors in the art and science of fitness for the aging adult. With the growing popularity of Pilates, as a new style of fitness, and an increase in clients, there became a need to train and hire additional instructors within our facility. So began the process of gathering general teacher training information specific to aging adults and layering on specific Pilates principles and exercises to create our teacher training tools. We are in process of formalizing our teacher training program. Now, the Arizona Pilates Academy is able to reach out to the growing community to service more clients and to train fitness teachers who wish to understand and teach the older adult fitness utilizing Pilates principles and equipment.

Our instructors assess the needs and goals of their clients to develop a workout specifically designed for them. Using both Pilates equipment and general fitness tools, each instructor adapts exercises to best fit the client's individual fitness level, regardless of age or gender, previous injuries or any physical limitations the client may have. This makes Pilates training challenging enough for the professional athlete yet gentle enough for the rehabilitation client.

Arizona Pilates Academy is located within the community center of The Academy Village at 13701 East Langtry Lane in Tucson, AZ. We look forward to meeting you soon!