IM=X Pilates Certified Staff are Qualified To Help
Our team of professionals cares about your experience and results! Each IM=X Pilates Studio has certified instructors and personal trainers who have gone through the IM=X Pilates and Fitness Certifications. Our Master Trainers are available to ensure that you are achieving your goals. Whether you need to lose weight, reduce back pain, improve performance, reduce age-related incontinence or just feel strong, our trainers are available to help.
Wendy Stine |
 Wendy Stine has been a highly respected personal trainer on the Connecticut shoreline for over 13 years. She is a certified IMX Pilates instructor specializing in reformer, mat and ballet barre, as well as a seasoned cardio kickboxing and group exercise instructor. Wendy currently trains clients ranging from ice dancers and triathletes to retirees and individuals who are serious about being healthy, both in mind and body. She admits that the client is responsible for achieving the results and that it takes an enormous amount of discipline and determination. But Wendy's techniques and sense of humor soften the blow by making workouts fun, challenging, rewarding, and a bit different each time. |
Tracy Desjardins |
 URI, 1985 BS: Physical Education and Health, Minor: Athletic TrainingIM=X Pilates Certifications: Reformer, Floor, Tower Cycle, Yoga AFAA Group Exercise Instructor AFAA Personal Trainer Special Population Experience: Senior-Teen-Child/ Pregnancy/ Special Needs/ Metabolic Syndrome Johnny G. Spinning Instructor Les Mills Instructor: Body Pump/Body Flow/Body Step “My professional and personal experience has enlightened me to the fact that fitness is more than just losing weight. It is also about connecting with people, educating and instilling in them a desire for successful, life-long health changes. My goal is to make fitness simple and fun, and find ways to integrate health into clients' real life situations.” |
Laura Cumings |
 Laura is a popular fitness instructor and personal trainer who has been teaching various forms of exercise on the Connecticut shoreline for the past 20 years. Her teaching experience spans the ages from kindergarten to seniors, from one-on-one to group classes. Her exercise expertise includes Boot Camp Training, Speed and Agility, Spin, Strength and Conditioning and the past 10 years in Pilates.Laura has been called “The Pilates Whisperer” by some of her clients because her training style is to educate her clientele in the “how-to” and “why” a particular exercise is done. “I like using visual cues to help you to perform the exercise more efficiently and effectively. That makes for a better understanding of the “mind-body connection.” “In the past 10 years of teaching and practicing Pilates I appreciate how Pilates emphasizes quality over quantity. Pilates is a philosophy of connections. The concept is more about the quality of the performance of each rep rather then the quantity of reps for each exercise that is important. Plus, Pilates is a whole lot of fun!” |
Barb Sweeney |
 Barb Sweeney is a personal trainer and group exercise instructor with over 26 years of experience. Currently both certified with AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) including Kickboxing. Recently, she has added TRX Suspension Training and Spinning with Mad Dogg Athletics to her accomplishments. Her credits also include a first-degree black belt USSD (United Studios of Self Defense), Trainer for MTV’s show “MADE,” and bikini, figure and fitness competitor. She has completed the course for E*3 Nutrition as a weight management specialist and is in the process of getting certified with NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) OPT model for personal training. For over the past five years, Barb has been teaching Daniel Hand High School’s off-campus gym elective in Madison. Barb is a fantastic motivator with high energy and lots of passion for health and fitness! |
Kim Moran |
 Kim Moran, a Killingworth resident who was working as paralegal, always made exercise and fitness an important part of her whole life. As a working professional, Kim found time to exercise and was introduced to IM=X Pilates in 2001 as a client. The next step was to become an instructor and bring these amazing results to others. Kim reached her goal in 2003 and her IM=X certifications include: IM=X Floor Work (mat), IM=X Xercizer (reformer). She has also attended the Advanced, Super Advanced, IM=X Tower and looking ahead to IM=X Spinal Exercise courses. During the past seven years, Kim has taught in her own practice, Bristol Meyers Squibb Fitness Center, as well as other studios including the original one she was a client. When working with clients, Kim focuses on using the strength and balance they will develop from IM=X Pilates to achieve their own personal goals in a way that works best for them. Whether it is weight loss, training for a marathon, or an exercise routine that fosters strength and resiliency for optimal functioning in other areas of life, Kim has found that IM=X helps them to accomplish their goals. |
Kristen Springer |
 Kristen is a graduate of the University of New Haven, Madison resident, and local registered dental hygienist who enjoys doing ZUMBA in her spare time. Kristen has 15+ years of dancing experience that include ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop. Fitness has always been an integral part of Kristen's life and she has a passion for ZUMBA. "Zumba has given me the confidence that no other workout method could." She brings a lot of energy to her classes with the help of an amazing soundtrack that could get anyone moving! In Kristen's classes, she focuses on many different muscle groups, really focusing on abdominals.When she is not teaching ZUMBA she enjoys working out, reading, hanging out with friends, and planning her dream wedding. "Dance your way to great health with ZUMBA!" |
Holly Rothman |
 Holly is certified in IMX Pilates floor and reformer, IMX tower cycle, SPIN Cycle and RPM Les Mills Cycle, and she is an AFFA fitness instructor with experience in step classes, yoga ball, senior and child fitness, and intense interval training classes. She is an intense instructor that likes to push clients to their limits. She wants her clients to leave class feeling like they got a great workout and that their time with her was well worth it. She looks at the form and fluidity of a client’s movements and take the time to stretch and lengthen the muscles after a vigorous workout. She teaches to many levels during each class, pushing advanced clients and instructing new clients or clients with special restrictions. |
Julia Wells |
 Julia Wells, NASM CPT is a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She strongly advocates an integrated approach to fitness, combining a variety of training elements to develop optimized performance. This includes strength, flexibility, stability and balance training, speed and agility, reactive and core training. When combined with healthy eating, this approach forces rapid changes in the body and helps develop overall excellent health.Raised around music and Latin dancing, she is also a licensed and talented Zumba® instructor, and teaches Zumba® for adults, ZumbAtomic® for children, Zumba Gold® for beginners and older adults, and Aqua Zumba®, which brings the party poolside. She practices yoga regularly and is an avid tennis player. Julia teaches Zumba and the sensational TRX® suspension trainer for IMX, and has recently completed her intensive training to teach both the IMX Floor classes and the IMX Xercizer®, with eventual plans to complete her training to teach IMX Yoga. |
Mary-Lou Capobianco |
 Mary-Lou began her fitness career in 1996 as an AFAA certified Group Exercise Instructor. She became passionate to further her knowledge and education to assist her clients to reach their fitness goals. She then completed the following trainings and certifications: AFAA Personal Trainer, Johnny G Spinning Instructor, Physical Mind Institute Pilates Mat qualification, PiYo, IMX reformer and IMX Tower and most recently, Zumba.Mary-Lou’s enthusiastic approach to all her classes provides a welcoming atmosphere for all. She motivates her participants through a safe and effective workout which leaves them wanting to come back for more! Mary-Lou resides in Madison with her husband Louis, her two daughters, Monica and Erica and her Yorkie, Cosmo. |
Mari Mariano |
| Mari Mariano came to IMX Pilates as a client in 2009. When she was done with her consultation she was ecstatic to find a workout she could do lying down! IMX has been the only workout in 15 years that has given her back her "soccer calves." "I really missed the definition in my calves that I had when I played soccer. I was so happy with the workout that I just had to become an instructor to help others." Mari became an instructor in 2010. Her style of teaching is focused on proper form and challenging her clients to reach their goals in a positive, upbeat atmosphere. Soon after becoming an IMX instructor she became pregnant with her first child and continued to do IMX throughout her entire pregnancy. In December 2010, she welcomed her sweet baby girl Megan into the world. She is determined to help pregnant women stay strong during pregnancy as well as help them to get back in shape post baby! By day Mari is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice. She helps individuals, couples and families deal with issues such as depression, marriage issues, goal setting and communication. Mari specializes in working with adolescent girls to improve their self respect and decision-making skills. She carries over her listening skills, compassion and encouragement to her teachings at IMX. |
