Maria Shipe
Instructor
Maria or Shipe (answers to both) is a life-long soccer player including playing in college and for the Philippine Women’s National Team in Bangladesh for qualifying for the 2015 World Cup. It was a fun, great experience but ultimately fell short losing to Thailand. Maria had her son, Dawson, during COVID and struggled to lose the baby weight until she discovered reformer Pilates. She started taking classes daily, lost the baby weight and noticed her soccer injuries were not bothering her anymore. When Club Pilates New Albany opened in 2020, she joined the team as Sales Rep and then was promoted to Studio Manager.
Maria loved practicing and working in Pilates so much that she enrolled in Club Pilates Teacher Training to become a comprehensively certified instructor in 2023. She is so happy she did it and looks forward to helping members reach their fitness goals, gain strength, confidence and peace of mind! She loves her job! Previously, she was a CPT in Chicago before coming to Columbus. Maria worked with various clients with different fitness goals specializing in weight loss, strength training for marathon runners, soccer players, and athletes, post-rehabilitation.
When not at Club Pilates, Maria spends time with her family, biking, hiking and exploring new parks and playing indoor soccer. She coaches soccer ranging from toddlers to high school kids for Team Chicago, Wilmette Wings FC, Lil' Kickers and Whitehall High school.