One of the first clients of Pilates were dancers

Shows like “So you think you can dance?” demonstrate just how much physical work, strength, endurance, coordination, balance, power, flexibility and more is required to dance effortlessly. Dancing is a sport. Like with any sport training is required, not just in the sport itself but also outside the sport, cross training including strength, stability and…

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Are there any misconceptions or myths about Pilates?

Pilates is very adaptable to a person’s ability. There are many exercises, many variations and many little props and toys to make an exercise either more doable or more challenging for a particular body. Depending on the intensity of the work out, a Pilates class can be very easy or very demanding. As a result, when in a large group setting, not everyone will be getting the workout that suits their needs, abilities and fitness level.

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Are Pilates and yoga the same thing?

Is pilates like yoga? This is a common question I would get a lot. Not it’s not. But Pilates does borrow from many movement modalities out there including yoga. So elements of yoga will appear in Pilates classes but with that Pilates

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There are lots of Pilates books out there, why write another one?

Why another pilates site? This is more than just selling pilates props, or offering pilates classes but rather WHY do pilates at all? It may not answer all the questions about pilates but it may help some understand what pilates is, why do pilates, where to do pilates, how to do pilates, and when to do pilates? That’s easy. Anytime!

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