When you are a member of the Maria Pontillo fitness family at STUDIO1 you will gain access to a whole new world of fitness programming focused on improving quality of life. Something that has gained more popularity recently is the practice of yoga in its many forms. Yoga was already a popular fitness and mobility […]

Seems like with the Yoga boom on social media, stretching has become more recognized and more people are stretching these days. Good problem, but now we have a new problem, do we even know ‘why’ we are stretching? Because it feels good? Its common to hear, ‘my hamstrings are so tight so I stretch them, then […]

I honestly have no idea where the time has gone but suddenly it’s 2018 and my ‘Fitness With Maria’ brand has been booming for 5 years, WOAH! This may not be a big deal to some, but it’s exciting to reminisce on how far my fitness brand has come. Whether its helping my physical therapy […]

  Self-improvement, or at least the desire for it, is a shared American trend. It’s why the ‘New Year’s Resolution’ exists! Lets face it, its tough to stay “on-track,” during this stressful time of year, but its still no excuse to just fall off the grid and wait until January. Now that fitness is booming more then […]

My favorite muscle is by far the glutes! I make a consistent effort to incorporate glute training in ALL of my online and fitness classes, and most importantly – my physical therapy treatments! Did you know the glutes are the strongest muscle(s) in the body? Well, they are suppose to be at least! Sadly, with the […]

Its been over 3 years since I started my fitness brand, Fitness with Maria, and I couldn’t be happier with the progress so far.  Part of my mission to conquer the fitness industry is to do it the RIGHT way. I do not believe in using fitness as a way to take vulnerable people looking to […]

If you have ever been to one of my Group or Online Fitness classes you have absolutely been introduced to one of my favorite CORE exercises and a fundamental Yoga Pose – The Side Plank (Yoga Sanskrit – Vashistasana)! I like to throw it in during my warm up, work out, or even the wind […]

 The Maria Method Exercise Safe, Burn Calores, Feel Good Warm Up, Workout, Wind Down Warm Up 10-15 minute dynamic stretching flow with introduction to workout orientation Purpose: Prevent injury, warm up safely with dynamic stretches, learn correct form techniques to prepare for a successful workout, learn breathing/postural techniques, and increase heart rate/circulation to prepare the […]

The Home Fitness Trend Coming from a cheerleading, dance, and group fitness background, I became very dependent on working out with other people. I’ve never been that girl in the gym with headphones isolated in leg press land — but mad respect to that chick because working out alone is WAY HARDER then together. When I started teaching […]