Archive for the 'Pilates Equipment' Category

Pilates and Yoga Mats

Pilates and Yoga mats share many similarities so are pretty much interchangeable. They are both designed to protect your body whilst doing floor exercises so are an essential piece of kit. You will find you have many choices when you come to pick Pilates mats with a range of prices but you can generally find [...]

Pilates Ring Benefits

If you’re looking for a good workout without having to store a bulky machine you’ll want to try a Pilates ring.
With today’s society becoming more and more body-conscious, people are scrambling for gym memberships and looking to sign up for various workout regimens. However, there are some who wish to exercise in the privacy of [...]

The Pilates Performer Range of Equipment

Pilates and yoga are great ways to keep in shape both mentally and physically. These simple yet extremely powerful and efficient ways to keep healthy have helped to create a keen interest in alternative medicine, as well as philosophies of life and way of living that yoga and Pilates advocate.
Though both these workout styles have [...]

The Advantages of Pilates Videos

Pilates is an exercise technique invented by Joseph Pilates, a German National, who when he was arrested in France during the first world war for being an enemy alien, invented a low resistance type of exercise which was later nameed after him.  Joseph Pilates used springs from beds to make the first machine for his [...]

Intro to the Pilates Mat

Most Pilates workouts involve mat work of some sort which can be considered to be the cornerstone of Pilates exercises. It is possible for numerous exercises as well as many modifications to be performed either in group sessions or in personal sessions on the mat. The best Pilates mat will be thick and durable and [...]