In 2015, Marisa Cerveris established SteelCore Studio, initially devoted to cross-training elite athletes and dancers through Pilates exercises. But with the growing popularity of Pilates among a broader audience, Cerveris moved her operations in 2022 to a studio on West Broad Street in Bethlehem—and quickly discovered that she still wasn’t able to meet demand. “We found ourselves busting at the seams,” Cerveris says. Now she has expanded into the space next door to her studio—the SteelCore Annex. There, she and her instructors can offer private, duet and trio training sessions while allowing the original studio space to continue to focus on group Pilates and barre classes as well as their apparel boutique. Cerveris is passionate about whole-body wellness, and one of her focuses is on helping clients through post-injury and post-surgery recovery, in tandem with medically supervised physical therapy. “We are working to develop programs to support such individuals to help them regain strength, flexibility and balance as they work with their current bodies,” she says. “Pilates is literally for every body when instructed well.”
432 W. Broad St., Bethlehem | 484.626.0210 | steelcorestudio.com
Published as “Trending Now” in the March 2025 edition of Lehigh Valley Style magazine.
