Mercy's interest and passion for fitness has developed over a twenty year period. She has been involved in the fitness industry for over fifteen years as a group fitness instructor and trainer.

 

Mercy received her Pilates Mat training from Leah Putnam at Spring Training located in Mountain View, CA and apparatus training from Nora St. John of Turning Point Studios in Walnut Creek, CA.  She opened the Apex Pilates Personal Training Studio in 2001.

 

A Cancer for Pilates certification (seeking a second certification in July) and an Arthritis certification from a partnership of The Arthritis Foundation & Stanford Hospital enable Mercy to focus on two areas of interest to Mercy.

 

Mercy is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BS in Recreational Therapy and a California State Certified Recreational Therapist.  She is also the Fitness Program Director of Employee Benefit Services for the County of San Mateo, California.

 
From her experiences, she is dedicated and able to assist clients identify and accomplish their fitness goals, while working with their unique medical conditions and/or constraints.
 

The studio features large windows overlooking the Milpitas hills, as well as several mirrors enabling you to watch as you work out ensuring proper form. Shown here is the trapeze table (on the right) and combo chair (lower left) .

 

Here at Apex Pilates Studio, we have top quality equipment to help you achieve your fitness goals. We tested all of the equipment and after all of these years like the "feel" of the Balanced Body equipment the best.

 

All of our large equipment is from Balanced Body, including reformers, trapeze  table (Cadillac), and a combo chair. In addition to the large equipment, we also have arc barrels (by STOTT)  and step barrels (Balanced Body), exercise balls, flex rings, free weights and many other devices to help you stretch and tone your muscles even further.