This week's workout comes from Allen at Club Pilates. He demonstrates a teaser move on the reformer, where your arms and legs go straight out simultaneously. This move improves balance and core ...

Pilates has been invented by Joseph Pilates who was a German around World War I. He got the idea of starting pilates in his childhood as he used to be very sick as a child. It clicked to him that ...

There’s no doubt about it: Pilates is the workout of the moment. Known for its core-strengthening power, it’s raved about by everyone from professional athletes to models, actresses and (probably) at ...

Joseph Pilates displayed this quote from 18th century poet Frederich Schiller in his New York studio 50 years ago. “It is the spirit that builds the body.” Joseph taught that mind, body and spirit ...

Walk into a Pilates class and you'll soon be doing some variation of the Teaser. The problem? Harder versions are often taught first, leading to pain, injury, and lots of frustration, says Olson. Her ...

Eight years after my first Pilates class, I decided to train as an instructor. When it came to choosing a course, I knew I ...