Body Design - Newport Beach

Their primary trainer, Richard, is sleeping with, not one but, multiple clients some of whom are married (as is he). I would not support this business until they acknowledge this violation of ethics and remove Richard from their staff.

So unfortunate because its a beautiful studio with talented instructors— I saw a blue lives matter/thin blue line propaganda sticker up. With three folks being killed in the past two weeks, I was surprised to see it appear now. As you all know, one is not born blue; it’s a chosen profession with its own risks and rewards. Those in my family who chose to serve, do so to uphold the value of each and every American life. Black folks are being killed at a disproportionate rate by police officers as a result of systemic societal dehumanization of black and brown lives; there’s no need to stand with the same mistaken loyalty that yields death to Americans.

This is a great studio. Katie Pierce is an amazing instructor everyone should take her Pilates or Barre Fusion class!

I have been taking pilates classes for over ten years and have been pretty happy with most places. It takes a lot for me to write a bad review. I felt drawn to Body Design because I just moved here from Beverly Hills and wanted a clean comfortable place with instructors that I can trust with my back injury. I took four weekend classes at Body Design so I could base my opinion on more than one experience. Though it is a beautiful salon, the teacher was a huge disappointment for me. For what they are charging, I would have expected a higher level of professionalism and customer service. The only way to describe the teacher, Brittany , is that she seemed extremely self absorbed, rude and a poor pilates teacher. I spent more time listening to her talk to her friends about her personal life , her school, plans for her future and her dog than engaging in the class. I was bored and afraid that I would hurt myself because truth is she ignored everyone but her 2 friends. The first day, confused I finally walked back to ask if we were even having a class because the lobby asks you to wait for the teacher to invite you back. Late, Brittany never came to the front to welcome anyone or announce the class was open. I finally stopped going at all and stopped referring people because I felt very un-welcomed. Brittany never said hello to me as a new student, she did not ask anyone about possible injuries in any of the classes and NEVER even asked my name. For the most part, the class was about her when it should have been about her students. I can tell you that if Brittany is the representative for Body Design, I am blown away that in Newport Beach, I expected better. I will say that the last class I attended, after hearing Brittany refer to target shoppers as a much different demographic in a very negative prejudice stuck up tone, it felt like I was watching an episode of mean girls and I had enough and won 't return. Brittany 's personality was so inappropriate for a professional pilates studio that I won 't be back and the worst part is you gave me the impression you really would not care.

Super clean equipment and the nicest staff imaginable! Ask for Alex for a good/creative workout ️‍