Personal training · Studio or at home
Personal training in South Kensington, at the studio or at home.
One-to-one strength and conditioning with Alessia Barone, programmed around your posture, history and goals. Train in her private studio room in SW7 or, for women, at home in Kensington, Chelsea and nearby. No gym membership needed.
- Sessions
- One-to-one, 60 minutes
- Where
- A private studio room at 1 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington SW7 4JJ — or at home (women only)
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday, by appointment only
- Price
- £120 a session · £110 each in a block of 20
The work
Strength first, built to last.
Sessions are built on the fundamentals — squatting, hinging, pushing, pulling and carrying — loaded progressively so you get stronger week by week. Around them sit mobility, conditioning and the core control that comes from Pilates, so the programme builds a body that moves well and feels good to live in.
Programmed
A programme, not a workout of the day.
Every client has a plan. The first session maps where you are — how you move, your strength, any history of injury — and each session after builds on the last, so progress shows in what you can lift, how you move and how you feel.
At home
A female trainer, at home.
Home visits are for women only. Many clients prefer training at home with a female trainer — around childcare and work, or simply for privacy. Sessions are planned around your space and the equipment you have; you don't need a home gym to start.
Who it suits
Who it suits.
- Building strength for the first time, or again after a long break
- Changing body composition through strength training and steady habits, not extremes
- Busy professionals who need sessions that fit a diary
- New mothers ready to return to strength training
How it works
Three steps to your first session.
I
Enquire
Tell Alessia what you're looking for — use the form below, email or WhatsApp.
II
Consultation
Talk through your goals, history and routine. Before the first session you complete a short health questionnaire.
III
Train
60-minute one-to-one sessions at the studio or, for women, at home — booked singly or in blocks of ten or twenty.
Your instructor
Alessia Barone.
Alessia Barone is a personal trainer and pilates instructor based in South Kensington. She works privately, one-to-one, with a number of select clients, building strength, mobility and lasting health through carefully programmed sessions.
Her work spans postural strength, mat and reformer pilates, and specialist pre- and postnatal training, tailored to each client's body, history and goals.
A mother herself, she practised pilates through her own pregnancy and postnatal recovery. She teaches the full pilates repertoire — reformer, Cadillac, chairs, barrels and mat — at every level, and continues to study to keep her practice current.
Qualifications
- Pilates instructor certificationBalanced Body
- Personal training qualificationActive IQ
Pricing
Private, by appointment.
Sessions are 60 minutes one-to-one, either at your home (female only) or in-studio. No gym membership is required.
- Single session£12060 minutes
- Ten-session block£1,150£115 per session
- Twenty-session block£2,200£110 per sessionRecommended
Sessions can be shared by two or three at the same per-person rate, plus £10 per person.
Questions
Good to know.
Yes, for women — home visits cover Kensington, Chelsea and nearby areas. Otherwise, sessions are in Alessia's private studio room at 1 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington (SW7).
Yes. Alessia Barone is a female personal trainer and Pilates instructor, qualified through Balanced Body and Active IQ, working one-to-one in South Kensington and at clients' homes.
No. Sessions take place in the studio or at your home, so there's no membership to buy.
You talk through your goals, history and routine, and Alessia looks at how you move. You complete a short health questionnaire beforehand, and that first assessment becomes the basis of your programme.
Yes. Two or three people can share a session at the same rate, plus £10 per person.
At Barone Pilates: a 60-minute one-to-one session is £120. Blocks bring the rate down: ten sessions for £1,150 (£115 each) or twenty for £2,200 (£110 each). Two or three people can share a session for £10 extra per person.
Other sessions
Enquire
Begin with a conversation.
Tell me a little about what you're looking for. New clients begin with a consultation to map the right approach.