IM=X Pilates Certified Staff are Qualified To Help

Our team of professionals cares about your experience and results! Each IM=X Pilates Studio has certified instructors and personal trainers who have gone through the IM=X Pilates and Fitness Certifications. Our Master Trainers are available to ensure that you are achieving your goals. Whether you need to lose weight, reduce back pain, improve performance, reduce age-related incontinence or just feel strong, our trainers are available to help.

Debbie Bivens - Owner/Manager, Certified Advanced Trainer

When Debbie first discovered IM=X Pilates in November of 2005, she knew that this was a program like no other in the Kansas City area, a program that would change the way people thought and felt about exercise. After extensive research and training, Debbie opened her studio in February, 2007. Since then, lives have been transformed. Debbie and her entire staff are proud of the program that they offer, a fitness regime that is so effective in toning and reshaping the entire body, regardless of an individuals previous fitness level. Small class sizes enable the instructors to take a hands-on approach and provide personalized guidance to each and every client, and in an atmosphere so unlike that of any gym. If you have not yet tried IM=X Pilates, please give Debbie a call today and see for yourself why this program is so special.

Kim Witt - Certified Advanced Trainer

Kim Witt has been in the fitness field for over 20 years. Kim has a degree in education and her love for teaching has taken her out of the school classroom and into adult fitness education. Kim has certifications from the American Council on Exercise (ACE) in large group instruction and personal training and a spinning certification from Johnny G Spinning. After being a training partner for another IMX instructor, Kim decided Pilates would be a good addition to her skills and she became certified in February of 2008. Kim and her husband Phil have been married for over 30 years and have 3 grown children.

Shannon Montgomery - Certified Advanced Trainer

Wendy Basch - Certified Advanced Trainer

Rachel Kimball - Certified Trainer

Rachel is a 20-year resident of the Kansas City area. Her exercise habits took root early in life when she started participating in numerous sports, dance, cheerleading, and musical theater. She fell deeply in love with IM=X Pilates in 2008 after seeing first hand the many benefits that the program offers. In 2010, Rachel become certified in IM=X Mat and Xercizer programs. Now she shares her enthusiasm for fitness and IM=X Pilates with others. Rachel brings an intense energy her classes and encourages clients to maximize their potential.

"In a one-hour workout, you can shape your legs, hips, abs, back, chest and arms on the Xercizer...pro athletes, including members of the NY Mets use it."
--Physical Magazine

"The IM=X^® Pilates Method will strengthen the muscles surrounding your hips and lower spine... probably the most important thing you can do to make your stomach look flatter."
--Self Magazine

"Integrated Movement Xercize (pronounced IMX) incorporates pilates moves but emphasizes strength training and cardiovascular elements that are not inherent in traditional pilates."
--Personal Fitness Professional

"This method works several areas at the same time, which is why Elyse calls the program Integrated Movement Xercize...If you do the exercises consistently, with proper form, you will see and feel the difference!"
--Women's Fitness

"These moves are designed not only to tone and elongate your muscles, but also to improve your posture and help your back. So try them and start reaping the benefits"
--Fit Magazine

"IM=X^® incorporates the use of an IM=X Ring, a small, light-weight, resilient hoop...used to strengthen the arms, shoulders, back, legs, and hips. The program provides strength and flexibility for the entire body, with particular emphasis on the spine stabilization system ("core" abdominal and back muscles)."
--Club Industry Magazine

"IM=X^®...the trendiest class on the coasts...a muscle toning and flexibility program leads exercisers through a series of toning and stretching moves on a sturdier version of the pilates reformer...You'll gladly groan through the 30-60 minutes of body shaping."
--Fitness Magazine

"Stepping the intensity up a notch, this video incorporates cardio and strength-training elements for optimal sculpting success...Save up your energy for the plyometric jump segments sprinkled throughout the workout which was created by exercise physiologist Elyse McNergney..."
--PilatesStyle Magazine

“Gym rats and couch potatoes alike have been embracing the low-impact, high-results workout known as pilates...IM=X^® pilates now offers studio franchises across the U.S....with modern gym practices...”
--Entrepreneur Magazine

“Entrepreneurs are tapping the country’s thirst for individualized health and fitness...The Xercize Studio, LLC began franchising the IM=X^® Pilates Studios...for aging baby boomers fed up with overcrowded gyms...”
--Wall Street Journal