ANDRE RIVERA
Pilates • Strength • Movement
Integrated Movement
I bring together the precision of Pilates and the progressive challenge of strength training, with your goals setting the direction. Whether you're building a foundation or looking for your next challenge, I start with how you move and what you want to become more capable of doing. You can focus on either approach or benefit from both. The program is built around you.
PRIVATE PILATES
Individualized sessions using the full Pilates apparatus. I combine clear technical coaching with work that builds strength, mobility, and control, tailored to your experience and goals.
Full-apparatus Pilates: traditional and contemporary
Core strength, mobility, and movement control
Progressions from beginner to advanced
VIRTUAL TRAINING
Live, individual coaching from wherever you train. I’ll build each session around your goals, experience, available equipment, and space so virtual training feels just as focused and personal as working together in person.
- • Strength training, mat Pilates, mobility, and core work
• Real-time coaching, feedback, and technique support
• Programming adapted to your space and equipment
STRENGTH TRAINING
Progressive resistance training built around your goals. I help you build muscle, develop strength, and feel more confident with weights, with attention to technique and how you move.
Progressive resistance and muscle development
Technique, mobility, and core stability
Strength for everyday life and physical goals
The Hybrid Philosophy
PILATES + STRENGTH.
WORKING TOGETHER.
I believe that the ideal long-term approach to movement is hybrid training. Pilates and strength training are not opposing methods; they are complementary systems that build different but essential qualities of a resilient body.
Not every session is a 50/50 split. Your training might lean into the precision of the Reformer one day and the power of progressive resistance the next. We shift the dial based on your goals, your recovery, and how you show up that day, building a cohesive structure that works for you in the long term.
You choose where we begin. I build from there.
Meeting You Where You Are
Complete Beginners
Clear instruction, time to learn, and a starting point that fits you. I'll help you build confidence without expecting you to know the equipment or terminology.
Post-Rehabilitation
For medically cleared clients returning after injury or surgery. I adapt training to your current abilities and relevant restrictions, building strength and confidence after rehabilitation.
Athletes & Dancers
Strength, mobility, and control that support your sport or practice. We build on what you already do and work toward the demands of your goals.
Busy Professionals
Focused training that works with your goals and schedule. In-person and virtual options help make consistent coaching part of a busy life.
Pre/Postnatal
Supportive training for pre- and postnatal clients, following your medical clearance and relevant guidance. We focus on strength, stability, and movement that fits this stage of your life.
Older Adults
Build and maintain strength, balance, and confidence for everyday activities, travel, and the things you want to keep doing.
10+ YEARS COACHING
COMPREHENSIVE PILATES
PERSONAL TRAINING
CORRECTIVE EXERCISE
PRE + POSTNATAL
2 BFAS IN DANCE
EQUINOX TOP-PERFORMING x4
Andre Rivera Fitness
Pilates • Strength • Movement
I’m Andre, a Pilates instructor and Personal trainer with a background in dance and more than 10 years of coaching experience. I began strength training in high school, deepening that practice while earning two BFAs in dance at UC Irvine. During college, I discovered Pilates while navigating a back injury. Both disciplines helped me rebuild strength and confidence—and inspired me to help others feel more capable in their own bodies. Today, Pilates and strength remain equally important to my own training and the way I coach.
My years at Equinox, where I was recognized among the company’s top-performing Pilates instructors for four consecutive years, helped shape the coach I am today. I’ve spent the past six years building my independent practice in New York City, working with clients across backgrounds and experience levels.
My goal is personal: help you build strength, mobility, and confidence that carry into everyday life. I’ll meet you where you are, explain what we’re doing and why, and build from there.
Client Perspectives
“He knew exactly how to push a little bit farther each session to build my confidence and he also knew when I needed a bit of a restorative touch.”
- Deby
“Andre meets me with great humor, compassion, and holds space for strength I forgot I had.”
- Arti
“He makes Pilates accessible and customizes it to the person in front of him, which is perfect for new clients, but also has the experience to program more complex movements for advanced clients.”
- Rachel
“I’ve been taking privates with Andre for over 8 years, both in person and virtually. I call the sessions ‘teacher training’ because every movement becomes a part of life for me; from squats to plies, from planks to swans, and from 100’s to crunches.”
- Victoria
