Pilates is ideal for beginners because it is low impact, it builds on strength and control and helps the user in their everyday life. Pilates is made for the body you have, whatever your level of fitness. You don’t have to learn complicated new skills, all that is needed is some suitable clothes to exercise...

Wellness is perhaps an overused term, but simply through concentrating on your breathing Pilates can help generate a sense of wellbeing as you forget about the worries of work and daily life. Joseph Pilates wrote in his book Return To Life Through Contrology, “above all learn how to breathe correctly.” Many people take breathing for...

Welcome to the January edition of Pilates Central News. In this edition: On the road to recovery Reformer chic Standing up for Pilates Garden Pilates On the road to recovery Reformer Pilates is an excellent tool for both injury prevention and rehabilitation. It can also be very useful for “prehabilitation” before an operation. Indeed Joseph...

Reformer Pilates is an excellent tool for both injury prevention and rehabilitation. It can also be very useful for “prehabilitation” before an operation. Indeed Joseph Pilates invented his contrology system, later called Pilates, as a means of rehabilitation for hospital patients on the Isle of Man, where he was interned during the first world war....

Pilates is still number one in the fitness charts. The health platform ClassPass has just published its 2025 report on global fitness trends and for the third year running Pilates remains the most booked workout, with a 66 per cent increase in bookings this year. Pilates beat running, yoga, strength training, cycling, barre, gym time,...

Dear clients, please find below the studio opening hours over Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026. Monday 22 December – open as normal Tuesday 23 December – 7.30am-2.30pmChristmas Eve – 7.30am-2.30pmChristmas Day – closed Boxing Day – closed Saturday 27 December – closed Sunday 28 December – open as usual  Monday 29 December – 7.30am-2.30pmTuesday 30 December – 7.30am-2.30pmNew...

Welcome to the November edition of Pilates Central News. In this edition: Variations on a Pilates theme Ed space Reformer party Men at work Variations on a Pilates theme These days there are more varieties of our favourite exercise than you can shake a Pilates ball at — though whatever the fashion, we still think...

These days there are more varieties of our favourite exercise than you can shake a Pilates ball at — though whatever the fashion, we still think it’s hard to beat Classical Pilates. Here’s a summary of some of the ever-expanding forms of hybrid Pilates. Solidcore, Pilates/HIIT White Lotus and Euphoria actor Sydney Sweeney uses SolidCore,...

“If at the age of 30 you are stiff and out of shape you are old. If at 60 you are supple and strong then you are young,” reflected Joseph Pilates. The founder of Pilates, or contrology as it was then known, was convinced that his exercises could help with the problems of ageing. He...

Most of us don’t do Pilates to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pumping iron is more commonly associated with bulging biceps. But whether Pilates can improve your muscle strength or even lengthen muscles has been a matter of some debate. The Independent recently ran a feature headed, “Think Pilates gains are incompatible? Think again.” It pointed...