Pilates includes several styles, from classical and contemporary to clinical. Mat Pilates uses body weight and floor exercises, while reformer Pilates uses spring-loaded equipment for added resistance ...

Eight years after my first Pilates class, I decided to train as an instructor. When it came to choosing a course, I knew I wanted to study classical Pilates – to understand the original method as ...

If you feel like all of your friends started taking up pilates last year, it’s not in your head. There’s no doubt about it: Pilates is growing in popularity. In fact, it was the most booked fitness ...

It was only last month when, approximately twenty minutes into scrolling a Reddit thread on the least loved Pilates exercises, I began to think about my love-hate relationship with the Pilates Swan ...

In the summer of 2024, Abington resident Katie Agnew was navigating motherhood — and the physical, mental, and hormonal changes that come with it — for the first time. In light of these changes, the ...

Classical, contemporary, mat, reformer. There are many types of Pilates out there. Then you have [solidcore], Lagree, and hot pilates—it seems like every day, there's a new Pilates-based exercise ...

Maggie Donahue is an Associate Editor on HEALTH’s Updates team. Maggie holds an M.S. from the Columbia University School of Journalism and has over seven years of experience in digital media. Pilates ...