ed morand
owner + master trainer

Ed has been helping people to achieve their health, fitness and movement goals for the past fifteen years. First introduced to Pilates at the Dance Theatre of Harlem, he continued to refine his Pilates and fitness approach while performing in regional and touring theatrical productions. In 1994, he dedicated himself to the goal of fusing state-of-the-art scientific information with traditional and progressive Pilates and resistance training techniques.

He was a Pilates Instructor and Master Trainer for New York Sports Clubs/Town Sports International and, as a lecturer on their Training and Development faculty, has educated personal trainers and Pilates instructors throughout the Northeast. For over seven years he has taught and tested over 1500 fitness professionals in areas including fundamentals of exercise science, advanced programming approaches and Pilates instruction for small groups.

Ed has studied Pilates and completed certification work at The Pilates Studio and at the Xercize Corp. He has been certified by The American Council on Exercise (ACE), the American Fitness and Aerobics Association (AFAA) and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-CPT). He is also a Post-Rehabilitation Conditioning Specialist, a Resistance Training Specialist – level 2, and an RTS Mastery candidate. Ed is a certified Muscle Activation Specialist with Greg Roskopf's Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) in Denver, Colorado.

Ed has been featured and quoted in New York, Oprah's O Magazine, Strong, Men's Fitness, Penthouse, and Elle magazines, The New York Daily News, the books Boot Camp and The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning and has appeared on and/or trained the hosts of Later Today, Good Morning America (New York edition), and MSNBC's Morning Blend.

Ever willing and eager to share his reverence and enthusiasm for the structure and function of the human body, Ed remains a perpetual student of biomechanics, anatomy, physiology and physics. He is currently studying the techniques of Posturology with its founder Dr. Bernard Bricot of the International Center for the Study of Posture in Marseilles, France. He can be reached at info@beyondpilates.net

Not to be combined with any other offers or promotions. Scheduling subject to instructor/studio availability.