Reformer Pilates is a notoriously difficult version of the exercise that's already know to be one of the toughest workouts out there. In fact, when TODAY's Craig Melvin tried reformer Pilates, it ...

For more at-home Pilates routines — plus meal plans, fitness challenges, walking podcasts and inspiration — download the Start TODAY app! When clients come to me looking to strengthen their core, ...

Both Pilates and yoga are low-impact exercises, but there is one important difference. When practicing yoga, you typically adopt a position and hold it, or flow into a different position. In Pilates, ...

Pilates is effective for toning and building lean muscle. Combining Pilates with a healthy diet and other forms of exercise such as strength training and cardio, can help you lose weight. Pilates is a ...

Pilates focuses on strengthening the body and core through stretches and small movements. Any form of physical exercise, combined with other factors such as diet, can help people lose weight. Pilates ...

Studies suggest the workout method can improve strength and posture, but it’s not cheap to join a studio. Here’s how to test the waters at home. By Emma Yasinski Pilates has been hugely popular for ...

If you watch someone do a Pilates workout next to someone moving through barre exercises, it can, at times, be hard to differentiate between the two. While both fitness modalities are low-impact, ...

The strength and flexibility workout is having a moment. What can — and can’t — it do for us? Credit...Melissa Schriek for The New York Times Supported by By Danielle Friedman After Shari Berkowitz ...

If you think Pilates is only for beautiful women with ballerinas' bodies, you're probably not alone. But you — and everyone else who buys into that narrow line of thinking — are wrong. Despite this ...

When I walk into my mat or reformer Pilates class, I always bring a pair of socks to change into. I don’t like to wear my everyday cotton socks for workouts since they tend to slide around in them.