Says Emily Reid: “What I love about Pvolve is it really gives you those traditional results that you want to see in a workout like sculpted arms and weight loss, if that's one of your goals."
It’s one of the oldest excuses we tell ourselves on a daily basis, “If I only had more time in the day, I’d workout.”
For Emily Reid, it was motherhood and a job as a full-time teacher at All Saints' Episcopal School that devoured her time, spare time or otherwise. However, a chance encounter two years ago with a remote fitness program called Pvolve would change everything for Reid, who was trying to get back into a workout routine post-pregnancy.
She obviously liked it and the results, given that Reid has a Pvolve franchise up and running, the first Texas locale in Fort Worth at 4500 Hartwood Drive earlier this month.
Its grand opening is April 27.
“What I love about Pvolve is it really gives you those traditional results that you want to see in a workout like sculpted arms and weight loss, if that's one of your goals,” she says. “But it really goes beyond those traditional results and increases joint mobility. We really work on stability and these routines go above and beyond those results for traditional workouts.”
Co-founded by entrepreneur Rachel Katzman in 2017 in New York City, Pvolve is an entirely new low-impact fitness method that has the backing of a clinical advisory board and trainers, as well as its own unique workout equipment.
Originally an online fitness course, this new method has taken off, even picking up a celebrity endorsement from Jennifer Aniston. Today, Pvolve is branching out from the remote health industry and gearing up to open franchises nationwide. Reid’s studio is the very first one in Texas, but with more planned to open in the Lone Star State throughout the rest of the year.
“It's totally changed my body and the way I think about working out,” says Reid, who has a bachelor's in kinesiology from University of Alabama and a master's in education from TCU. “We're not professional athletes or anything like that, so we're just kind of training to make your everyday life better and easier and more comfortable.”
In addition to the in-studio classes, Pvolve is also available on all computer and mobile browsers as well as its Apple and Android apps.
Now, there really aren’t any excuses because all we need is an internet connection to get our workout on for whatever time frame we need. Each remote course run anywhere between 10 to 75 minutes a workout.
The equipment consists of items such as a P.ball (resistance workout ball), precision mat, gliders, a slant board, and a series of tension bands, to name a few. The precision mat itself is very helpful for beginners, Reid says, because of the way the map is labeled on the workout mat.
“We really work in all three planes of movement, which means we do a lot of rotation, a lot of internal rotation, and a lot of external rotation,” she says. “Because that's new to a lot of people, and pretty unique to Pvolve, that precision map really helps the trainers. It's a great visual for our clients, who say it's kind of like Twister. Your left foot should be on the nine o'clock square. We're going to do an internal rotation, so you want your other foot at six and your hip spacing three. So it really helps to give those visual cues. Even if you're just adjusting a few inches, you feel that difference.”
This style of exercise is low-impact enough it can be done daily, but Reid recommends first-timers try doing the workouts three times a week at first to see how their bodies react.
“People are really loving it,” she says. “I think that’s just kind of the whole message of Pvolve, especially for women, just with this different type of workout, it's really important for your health and life longevity.”