Local businesses adapt as Pilates industry stretches its limits during Covid-19

After helping its clients become more flexible, the Pilates industry is now adjusting to its own uncomfortable position. Covid-19 has disrupted several types of fitness businesses. But the Pilates industry — which focuses on strength, [...] Read more

Yoga vs. Pilates: Which one is better for you?

Yoga and Pilates both are incredibly beneficial and popular forms of physical activity. Yoga originated in India some 5000 years ago and slowly evolved into a western phenomenon, while Pilates was devised by a German anatomist in the early 20th century [...] Read more

The One Thing That Finally Cured My Neck, Shoulder, and Upper-Back Pain

Jewelry maker Marissa Alperin laid down her tools and flexed her fingers, gazing proudly at the gorgeous gold necklace she’d finally finished. Looking up at the clock, she winced as she realized she had spent the past three hours hunched over her [...] Read more

USATF SIGNS AFFINITY PARTNER PILATES FOR SPORTS

Indianapolis -- Pilates for Sports has joined the partnership family as an affinity partner of USA Track & Field (USATF), USATF announced today.   The partnership running August 2020 to December 2024 will provide USATF members with a 20% [...] Read more

Fitness guru leading outdoor Pilates sessions in parking lot of local pub

On recent Sunday mornings, Highland Park resident Tom Lesondak has channeled his inner Doc Brown from “Back to the Future” to participate in “Pop-Up Pilates” sessions, workouts held outdoors in the parking lot of the Toad Stool [...] Read more

Meghan Markle Is Reportedly Doing Pilates with Adele in Los Angeles

As the Sussexes settle into life in Los Angeles, Meghan Markle is establishing a core group of friends.A source told the paper that Adele has been coming over to the Sussexes' house to take private pilates lessons with Meghan—and that the [...] Read more

Pilates instructor uses physic law to encourage movement

ARLINGTON, Va., -- Pilates instructor Heather Palmer called upon Sir Isaac Newton’s First Law of Motion to explain the benefits associated with moving the human body. In sum, the law states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in [...] Read more

Online Pilates Classes during Covid-19

Here is a list of online classes on EventBrite! [...] Read more

How Pilates Changed My Feelings About Fitness

I quit Equinox, tired of dreading the gym while paying hundreds of dollars for it. My problem wasn’t the place—I’ve started and stopped Blink, Crunch, and ClassPass since moving to New York City—but more a feeling of isolation and [...] Read more

What’s the Future of Group Exercise Classes?

Across the country, fitness facilities are reopening now after lengthy closures because of the coronavirus, prompting some predictable concerns among members about safety. [...] Read more