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From Desks to Dusting: New Survey Reveals the Hidden Injuries Costing the UK its Health, Productivity & Confidence
Complete Pilates, the Physio-led Pilates company, has released a new survey to uncover the state of the UK’s movement, muscle pain, and posture habits. The survey sheds light on the ‘hidden everyday dangers’ causing…
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What is Dynamic Reformer Pilates?
Pilates has evolved over the last century from its traditional inception as “Contrology”, founded by Joseph Pilates, to a global phenomenon with classes utilising…
10 Surprising Benefits of Pilates
Pilates is often associated with ‘core strength’, or considered an easier form of exercise that’s just for women. However the benefits of Pilates are…
How to use a Pilates reformer machine
Key Takeaways To use a Pilates reformer you will need to understand the different parts of the reformer and what they do - including…
Before and after reformer Pilates – what will change?
Introduction Pilates in general is experiencing something of a boom at the moment due, in part, to the popularity of reformer Pilates. In turn,…
Pilates and Osteoporosis: Is Pilates good for Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a major worldwide health issue. In the UK, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over the age of 50…
How does reformer Pilates change your body?
Introduction Reformer Pilates has become incredibly popular in recent years and for some feels like a real game changer in how they approach exercise.…
Pilates vs Gym: Is Pilates better than the Gym?
What is the difference between Pilates and the Gym? What is the difference between Pilates and gym? We get asked these questions a lot…
How often should you do reformer Pilates?
Introduction POV: you are thinking of starting reformer Pilates, but you realise you have no idea how often you should be doing this type…
How long does it take for reformer Pilates to work?
Introduction You may have become aware that reformer Pilates classes seem to be popping up everywhere. Now that it is so popular, you may…
Is Reformer Pilates Hard?
Introduction If you’ve ever watched a Reformer Pilates class, you might be fooled by the slow, graceful movements. It looks gentle — almost easy.…
Is reformer Pilates strength training?
Introduction Whilst Pilates has been around for almost a century since its creation by Joseph Pilates, one of its key pieces of apparatus -…
Is Pilates resistance training?
We’re often asked whether Pilates counts as resistance training. You probably don’t think of Pilates as resistance training as for a long time, Pilates…