Instructor: Melanie Walter, of Lafayette, who has been teaching group fitness for 30 years and Pilates for 15. Walter has multiple Pilates certifications, two from Power Pilates (most recently as a ...

‘Tower Pilates is a method of training using the tower as a piece of equipment. The tower itself is a fixed vertical frame, with various attachments, such as the push-through bar, roll down bar, arm ...

I learned quickly that reformer Pilates and I don’t mix. But, considering Dallas has no end to its Pilates studios, I decided to try a mat-based class. It was surprising difficult, though, to find non ...

If you tell people you do Pilates, they often ask whether you do mat or “reformer” exercises, the latter being a bed-like contraption with weights and pulleys and straps for hands and feet. But at ...

Anne Copsey of Kaneohe participates in a Pila­tes class at On Balance Pila­tes Studio in Kailua. Below, Kailua resident Carol Naish has taken the studio's "Tower" class for about three years. KRYSTLE ...

Calling all DPTD grads and seasoned Pilates practitioners! This 50-minute small group equipment class will take clients through advanced Pilates repertoire using the Wunda chair, Reformer, and Tower.

I tried mat Pilates for the first time a few years ago at my local YMCA. We crunched for minutes at a time, we planked for what could have been hours. In groaning unison we went from lying flat on our ...

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Having kicked off my Pilates challenge with matwork, I was now ready to level up to equipment-based classes. I signed up to a Tower session at bePilates, not entirely sure what I was letting myself in ...