Pilates International
Pilates International was founded and established in 1991 and was the first Pilates studio in the El Paso/Las Cruces area. It is dedicated to teaching Classical Pilates. What is Classical Pilates? Classical Pilates training is a movement system that builds greater endurance, flexibility, strength, and performance.
Today, it also provides Pilates education throughout the world. Its instructors are dedicated to carrying on the classical Pilates tradition and offer the safest and most effective Pilates programs. Pilates International is owned by Rance Molitor and Sonia Rodriguez. This powerful husband and wife team’s mission is to inspire clients to reach a higher level of health and fitness, self-awareness, and self confidence.
Sonia Rodriguez, Pilates Master Instructor
In 1994, she became involved in the
fitness industry and was the first to introduce Pilates into the
fitness industry in El Paso, Texas. Sonia was the owner and director of
a private fitness club, Personal Trainers of El Paso®, where she
managed a full staff of personal trainers, Pilates instructors, and
massage therapists. After selling Personal Trainers of El Paso in 2007,
she opened Pilates International, which offers instruction and Peak
Pilates education.
Her company has been given recognition many times in the El Paso Times and El Paso, Inc. In 2004, the El Paso Times named her one of the “Top 50 Most Successful Entrepreneurs Under 40 Years of Age." Sonia teaches Peak Pilates courses in Spain, Mexico, South America, and the United States. Sonia holds a B.S. in Political Science with a minor in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and has also earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
Rance Molitor, Pilates Expert
Rance Molitor has been involved in the fitness industry since 1991 and is one of El Paso's pioneers in the personal training industry. He has made several apperances on local television stations in El Paso such as KVIA and KTSM. For several years he was the guest host for a successful morning fitness show on KTSM and KVIA.
Rance has been a certified personal Trainer with AFAA since 1991, a registered massage therapist with the state of Texas since 1992, and a comprehensively certified Pilates Instructor with Good Body’s PilateSystem™ since 1995. In 1991 Rance Founded Personal Trainers of El Paso (PTEP), the largest and first personal training facility of its kind. After selling PTEP in 2007, he, along with his wife, opened Pilates International where he continues to instruct. Rance's extensive kowledge and belief in exercise and nutrition makes him one of El Paso's most sought out instructors.
Sonia and Rance will help you:
- Assess your physical condition and track changes
- Set goals
- Make a nutritional plan and learn better eating habits
- Learn proper strength training technique
- Improve endurance
- Find motivation
- Improve your appearance
- Feel better
- Improve your health
- Gain muscle and lose fat
- Tone up
- Improve mental alertness
- Reach your goals
