The Center For Women's Fitness – Focusing on fitness and mental health, with an emphasis on pregnancy, postpartum recovery, perimenopause and menopause.

The Center for Women’s Fitness is committed to the education and empowerment of women through every stage of their lives

Our women’s fitness programs are designed for women from the ground up. We teach from the female anatomy and physiology, the feminine psyche and include all the subtle bodies – the emotional, mental and spiritual that have an impact on the physical. We understand the different needs of the woman as she exercises through pregnancy, postnatal, menopause and the later years of her life and how these changes affect her women’s fitness needs and goals.

Carolyne Anthony teaching an online course on women's health

Online Courses

We are proud to offer several of our courses online, so that you can learn alongside our team of international pilates and women’s health instructors from the comfort of your home at your own pace.

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Women's health pilates and fitness teacher training course

Education

The Center for Women’s Fitness offers programs and teacher trainings around the world that help women balance their physical, emotional and spiritual bodies through all stages of life.

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Women’s Health and Exercise Certification

Support, sustain and strengthen women through important health issues.

This certification will equip the experienced instructor with a solid foundation in many different fields of women’s health.

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Visit The Studio @ The Center

The Studio @ The Center for women’s fitness is the physical headquarters for the internationally known The Center for Women’s Fitness. Located on the Northern Side of the city of Chicago in the peaceful Edgewater neighborhood, the Studio offers group classes and private training designed for all stages of women’s life. The Studio offers the unique teaching methods developed by founder Carolyne Anthony, exclusively designed for the female anatomy and physiology.

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Learn to teach fitness of the body, mind and spirit

All of The Center’s programs are developed to address the physiological changes that happen throughout a woman’s life. As a student of the Center you will learn how to empower and support women during every stage of life.

Design exercise programs specifically for women
Design programs for specific needs such as pregnancy, menopause

Anatomy and physiology of the female body
Design programs for women’s health issues such as breast cancer and osteoporosis

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Inspiring Women to Change

The Center for Women’s Fitness was founded by Carolyne Anthony as a way to get fit and active. The stories of gym intimidation and the challenges of staying fit while pregnant inspired the creation of the Prenatal Pilates program that has grown into the international teacher training program we offer today. Today, we offer programs and teacher trainings around the world that help women balance their physical, emotional and spiritual bodies through all stages of life.

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What Our Clients Are Saying about Us:

Already, I have used the cueing methods on 2 clients

“It was a privilege to have taken the course with you. Already, I have used the cueing methods on 2 clients. I have also taken the initiative to ask one of my post-natal client today about her birthing journey and she was so open and excited to share with me. It struck me that usually nobody asks them about it as more attention is focused on the baby.”

Gemahl, Singapore

THANK YOU for this awe inspiring experience

“THANK YOU for this awe inspiring experience. I can confidently say that I feel and see a marked difference in my physical being in less than a week. That renewed awareness of and connection to the pelvic floor is certainly a game changer for me.”

Nadine, Jamaica

Thank you for your passion

“I learned so much more about the birth process than I ever knew, even though I had given birth myself. Thank you for your passion.”

Sandy, California

I have walked away energized and with a greater understanding of the subject

“This is one of the few courses where I have walked away energized and with a greater understanding of the subject.”

Lorelei, Sydney

I would highly recommend Carolyne’s courses to any instructor

“I would highly recommend Carolyne’s courses to any instructor wishing to deepen their understanding of the issues that women face, from pre and post natal and diastasis recti issues to pelvic floor and menopause.”

Ingrid, Australia

Carolyne Anthony has been one of my main mentors in Women’s Health

“Carolyne Anthony has been one of my main mentors in Women’s Health since my Pilates Teacher training. She has amazing knowledge on women’s health and continues to grow and develop her research. I love her great attention to detail.”

Michele, Australia

Powerful, possibly life changing, experience

“Thanks again for the fantastic information. The combination of anatomical information coupled with psychological and emotional antidotes from you and all the other participants made for a very powerful, possibly life changing, three days.”

Charles, Paris

Thank you for a wonderful workshop!

“Thank you for a wonderful workshop! I walked away with a new perspective on working the pelvic floor in myself and my clients.”

Eileen, Chicago

One of the most inspiring and informative courses I have taken

“This course has been one of the most inspiring and informative courses I have taken.”

Sarah, New York

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Health and Exercise Designed for Women