Pilates Reviews

I've never been that sporty or into excercise. I used to get awful grades for Sport at school, but when I started at University, I felt the need to do something as sitting at my desk for hours and carrying bags of books around over my shoulder left me with constant neck and back muscle pains and tension that rolling my shoulders around and trying ...  Read the complete review

I heard all about Pilates from friends but wasn't really sure what all the fuss was about. I had a friend show me what it was all about and found that this way of exercise has incredible benefits. I have had issues with my back after playing rugby for years and slouching over a desk at work. The Pilates system focuses on strengthening your core ...  Read the complete review

I am a big suffer of back pain and restless legs and from seeing a physo therapist I was told that regular gentile excersise to streach my muscles and get them working again would make the world of a difference. After I had my second child I had some weight to shift I couldnt go to the gym I just didnt have any spare time or a baby ...  Read the complete review

If you've read my Kundalini yoga review, you'll know I'm on a mission to find an easy and cheap way to exercise of a cold winter evening. After yoga I decided to try Pilates, despite my high school's best attempts to put me off several years ago! Don't get me wrong, I love yoga as a form of exercise, but I was looking for ...  Read the complete review

Pilates is a well known type of exercise that basically strengthens your deep stabilising muscles and balances and lengthens the superficial mobiliser muscles. That is a very simplified description but there is plenty of literature that describes more precisely. Anyone who has ever tried pilates will know the exercises look easier ...  Read the complete review

OK, Pilates (as in 'pill-art-ease' as oppose to 'pilots') has nothing to do with flying, except for its unfortunately similar incorrect pronunciation. Pilates is actually a form of exercise for the body, mind and spirit. Kind of similar to Yoga if you will. Pilates was developed in the 1920s by one Joseph H. Pilates, with ...  Read the complete review

Not many people I know have heard of Pilates, let alone tried it out. I first came across it a few months ago at my local gym when an "introduction to pilates" class was advertised. I though I would try it out as I had heard that it was good for building muscles and quite relaxing. I assumed it would be quite similar to the Yoga class I ...  Read the complete review

When practising Pilates you need an amazing sense of concentration. There are more than 500 different movements in Pilates. Also involved is the 'Reformer' which is a spring-resistant apparatus. Breathing is important and it is essential to get this right to truly benefit from the class. I'm told the word Pilates comes from a ...  Read the complete review

I have just started a Pilates class at my local gym. The first 1/2 hour of my first session involved the instructor telling us about herself, her credentials and the origin of Pilates. I was very interested to read the Dooyoo origin of Pilates in this category as it is completely different to what I was told. Here is the story I was ...  Read the complete review

After having read some of your opinions about Pilates, & having many clients ask me about this technique, I thought I would put forward my opinion on this fantastic matwork based class. I have been teaching Pilates for six months now and with great results in each and every participant, changes in body shape, in flexibility, and in ...  Read the complete review

Having just read some opinions on Pilates, i felt i must use a word of caution. I have attended many Pilates classes and have, too, seen and reaped the benefits. The psychological, imaging aspect appeals to our inner control over our own bodies too. In general, i am a FAN of Pilates.However, i wonder is anyone realises that at ...  Read the complete review

Now I do a lot of step aerobics which is pretty active and makes me out of breath and sweaty so I couldn't quite understand the fuss being made about Pilates - how could lying on the floor actually help in the whole getting fit process, I wondered. Under protest, I agreed to accompany a friend to the first session which pretty much ...  Read the complete review

The first I came into contact with pilates was about 18 months ago, when I started going to a fab abs exercise class, designed solely for your tummy. The girl taking the class kept going on pilates courses, and increasingly the class has become more a pilates class. From what I gather, pilates concentrates on your "transverse abdominus ...  Read the complete review

I've been to several pilates classes now and apart from considering the fitness circle a form of medieval torture have thoroughly enjoyed myself! The fitness circle is basically a circular ring ( is there any other kind??!) with grips on opposite sides. The object being that you flex afore mentioned ring in every conceivable way in order to ...  Read the complete review

I bought the original pilates video thinking that it would be a fun, low impact work out, having heard lots of people, mainly celebrities raving about it. The video is split into two parts, a warm up/everyday routine, and a longer routine. I can probably get more exercise in my sleep. The routines are so easy that everyone but the most ...  Read the complete review