The better equipped of The Movement Lab's two Cape Town studios, teaching reformer, mat and barre alongside Cadillac work that the Claremont branch does not offer. Drop-in classes and class packages are sold to visitors, though both the schedule and the purchase live in the studio's own booking app.
The Movement Lab's Sea Point studio is on Main Road, and it is the better equipped of the operator's two Cape Town locations. Alongside reformer, mat and barre classes it teaches on the Cadillac, the largest and most versatile piece of Pilates apparatus, which the Claremont studio does not have.
The class list runs wider than classical Pilates. Barre is choreographed to a playlist and borrows from dance and functional strength work, Cardio Sculpt pairs dance cardio with mat toning, and Strength Lab starts with a Pilates warm-up before moving to heavy dumbbells and guided mobility.
Drop-in classes are sold to visitors without any membership, as are packages of classes if you are staying longer.
One practical note: the studio's schedule and purchasing both live in its own booking app, which has to be downloaded to a phone. There is no browser checkout, so allow a few minutes for that before your first class rather than arriving expecting to pay at the desk.
The studio is also an accredited Pilates instructor training centre, which is why the timetable carries courses and workshops alongside the ordinary classes.
Highlights
- Reformer, Cadillac, mat and barre classes, plus short courses
- Booking is through the studio's own app rather than at the door
- One of three Movement Lab studios in Cape Town
- On Main Road in Sea Point