How to choose a resistance band set for home Pilates
Loops, fabric bands, long flat bands or tubes with handles: how to choose a resistance band set for Pilates at home, which strengths to buy and what to skip.
Pilates Glossy: Pilates, mobility and everyday fitness
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Mat or reformer: where a Pilates beginner should start
Most people make their first Pilates decision by price or postcode. The class nearest the office is a mat class in a church hall, or the studio that opened on…
Mobility & Recovery
Balance after fifty: why it slips and how to train it at home
Why balance tends to slip after fifty, simple self-tests to try at the kitchen worktop, an eight-week practice plan, home safety and when to see a doctor.
Plant-based Food
Metabolic health in plain words, and how muscle helps
Metabolic health has become one of those phrases that turns up on supplement labels and podcast titles, usually just before someone tries to sell you…
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How to price Pilates privates, duets, groups and mat classes
A worked guide to pricing Pilates privates, duets, small apparatus groups and mat classes, from rent and equipment to teacher pay, packs and intro offers.
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A twenty-minute classical mat sequence for your living room
Joseph Pilates set out 34 mat exercises in Return to Life Through Contrology, and he meant them to be done in order. Each one warms up something the next will…
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What changes when an experienced teacher learns the classical order
Experienced teachers who study the classical Pilates order from the start often find familiar exercises make new sense. What changes, and how to study it.
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Why Pilates outlasted aerobics, step and every other fad
How Pilates survived aerobics, step and spinning: dancers, physiotherapists, a 2000 court ruling that made the name generic, and the long reformer boom.
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How to find a good Pilates studio, and what to ask before you book
A practical checklist for choosing a Pilates studio: teacher training, class size, equipment, the first conversation, trial classes, pricing and red flags.
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Why the rest day is part of the training, not a break from it
January is the busiest month for training plans. People sign up for thirty days of classes, download a running programme and promise themselves they will not…
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Workouts at Home
How to learn Pilates from a book without picking up bad habits
A book is good at teaching Pilates order and set-up, but it cannot see you. How to learn at home with a written guide, a simple log and the occasional lesson.
Wellbeing
What regular Pilates changes first, and how long it really takes
Sleep, posture awareness, stairs and energy: what regular Pilates tends to change first for everyday stiffness, what the evidence says, and how long it takes.
Fitness Business
The craft of cueing, and how Pilates teachers find words that land
Anatomical cues, imagery and outcome cues, minimal versus wordy teaching, and a practical way for Pilates teachers to build cues that really change movement.
Lifestyle
The Pilates habits that matter most happen outside the studio
Joseph Pilates cared about baths, beds, breathing and fresh air as much as exercise. How to carry his method into your week, one small habit at a time.
The archive shelf
Teachers, elders, history and the classical repertoire: the long reads we keep coming back to.
- What changes when an experienced teacher learns the classical order
- Why Pilates outlasted aerobics, step and every other fad
- How to find a good Pilates studio, and what to ask before you book
- How to learn Pilates from a book without picking up bad habits
- The craft of cueing, and how Pilates teachers find words that land
- How Pilates lasted a century, from internment camp to reformer club