Workout now and wine later! Holiday season is right around the corner and we wanted to amp up our fitness routine. Earlier this month, we tried P.volve. What is P.volve? P.volve is a safe, functional movement-based method that elongates muscles and builds strength. We are excited to share P.volve with you.
P.volve Review: What is P.volve?
Stephen Pasterino (also known as P.) and his wife, Rachel Katzman, launched P.volve in late 2017. P.volve is designed to work with all body types, regardless of shape, size or fitness level. P.volve is available via streaming online and face to face in their studios. We spent a few weeks trying the online classes to familiarize ourselves with the equipment and techniques. The company recently opened its flagship boutique fitness studio in Soho and we were invited to try a class.
Our weekly gym routines consist of rigorous bootcamp, rebounding and barre classes as well as cardio on the treadmill, stairclimber, elliptical and rowing machines. We liked adding P.volve to our fitness arsenal because its resistance-based, low-impact training method strengthens, sculpts and tones targeted muscles. P.volve slims your thighs, opens up your hips, shapes your butt, and tightens your abs without burpees, jumping, lunges or squats. Nonetheless, expect a challenging workout where you will move muscles that you didn’t know you had!
P.volve Review: What is P.volve Equipment?
P.volve’s proprietary equipment consists of the P-ball and P-band. The P-ball is a small inflated ball that targets the upper inner-thighs. The P-band resembles a resistance band for your arms with a glove-like design. We recommend the The Total Transformation Kit, which includes the proprietary pieces as well as resistance bands, ankle weights, light dumbbells, slant board, a P.3 trainer and gliders. It retails for approximately $500, and we like this set because it amplifies your workouts. You can also purchase a mat. If you have hard wood floors, we recommend the glider gloves (so you don’t scratch your floors).
To put on the P-ball, unhook the clips and hook them at your ankles. Then bring up the P-ball to your thighs. It definitely feels unnatural at first, but you’ll notice that the by sitting and squeezing that you are activating hard to reach muscles in your thighs, butt and abs. One of the main moves is the P. Sit, which feels like the first step of a squat. The P. Sit targets the glutes and is the starting position for a lot of exercises.
The P-band strengthens and tones your arm and back muscles. Most of the exercises involve 8 reps. P. will target small muscle groups. Be prepared to feel the burn.
If you can’t attend a class in person, you can sign up for the streaming classes. Streaming features over 200 workouts for $19.99 monthly (or $95.88 annually). Classes range from 15 minutes to an hour. We streamed the app to our TV and enjoyed working out at home. P. talks through every workout and you see him correcting the students and telling you where you should be feeling muscles work. The app is user friendly and you can filter by target area and length of workout.
So forget your glasses slippers, grab your sneakers and check out a P.volve class in the studio or streaming class. We loved how much these exercises promote strength, flexibility, coordination and balance. You can also get a 7-day free trial.
A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.
Florence Griffith Joyner
I have never heard about this type of gadget for fitness before. It sounds like it’s great to work out all the muscles, including the smaller ones which the usual exercises might not touch.
This looks like a great workout. Hope to be able to try it one day!
So cool that the classes are streamed! I’ll have to look into that!
This is the way to stay healthy and feeling great! I love the studio that is so flexible to our needs.
It’s always nice to get to workout in a complete physical fitness gym with an exercise buddy, and now a fitness tool to boot it.
Oh I have been needing a new workout so bad! This looks amazing I’ll have to try it!
This work out is unique and the stuff looks so exciting to use. I really tired of my gym routine now. And I’m gonna get this stuff to level up my fitness.
This sounds amazing! It seems like a great program to help you stay in shape. I feel like a lot of people will love this for sure!
LOve your workout phrase! It is so important to do it all the time and regularly! I really do hope that we all learn to be regular with it !
I would really love to, he sounds like a great workout coach and the app sounds great and affordable.
I bet this work out really do great, you guys looks awesome..! I will definitely try their app.
I have always wanted to try this. It looks like such a good workout!
The workout plan seems really great…
Please let u know how it goes for you.
Thanks for sharing.
Ohh I’ve never heard of this before but I am always keen to learn more about fitness and this sounds ace. Making me want to get more organized and find time to get fit
Laura x
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