LA Trainers We Love

Best fit: People who want fast Pilates-based strength or cycling, with personal training and online workouts available too.

Maddison teaches HIIT Pilates at Silver Springs and cycling at SoulCycle. She also offers personal training, live classes, and on-demand workouts through her own platform.

Best fit: People who want demanding strength and reformer work paired with guided breathwork and meditation.

Taryn is a senior instructor at Barry's Venice and the creator of Pneuma. Her reformer-based class combines heavy strength training, athletic conditioning, breathwork, and meditation.

Best fit: People who want a hard, well-programmed Barry's class with direct coaching and a lively playlist.

Matt is Barry's Chief Curriculum Lead and teaches in the Los Angeles Red Room. His classes center on strategic, challenging programming delivered with a motivating and playful style.

Best fit: People who want a low-impact Pilates class that still includes strength work, cardio, and muscular endurance.

Rachel teaches Full Body Burn at Carrie's Pilates Plus in West Hollywood, pairing low-impact Pilates with strength work and cardio for a challenging full-body class.

Best fit: People who want Pilates and strength classes with suggested options for different phases of the menstrual cycle.

Anna is an instructor and co-founder of FOLM Studio. The studio offers Reformer Pilates, strength, mobility, and functional conditioning, with suggested classes organized around phases of the menstrual cycle.

Best fit: People who want infrared-heated group conditioning or semi-private progressive heavy lifting.

Maria founded BURN, an infrared-heated fitness studio offering weighted conditioning and low-impact strength classes across Los Angeles. She also launched BUILD in Studio City, a semi-private strength format focused on progressive heavy lifting.