This is from an article in the Daily Telegraph, written by the Beauty Editor Victoria Hall. Core Strength and Enhanced General Wellbeing ‘Pilates and other types of resistance training, like band work, improves posture and strengthens core while sculpting the smaller muscles that make you look fit and toned. ‘Resistance work is extremely good for...

Not The Easy Option ‘Rather than being an easy option, Pilates has always been about building strength. Joseph Pilates had a background in self-defence and boxing and opened his “body-conditioning gym” in New York in 1926 to teach people how to achieve strength through better body control. Elite athletes have long loved it — David...

Pilates and High-Intensity Interval Training are two very different forms of exercise – but ones that complement each other well. High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short, is a popular form of exercise that focuses on providing a cardio workout. The high-intensity intervals are done in short bursts and alternate with low-intensity movements. Pilates, on...

Roughly one in eight British women will develop breast cancer. Pilates can do a lot to help those diagnosed with breast cancer to start regaining their physical confidence, rebuilding their self-esteem and heading down the road to recovery of the body, mind and spirit. One of the many things that can get neglected during and...

Pilates and Weight Loss –  Celebrity Practitioners Pilates and weight loss. Can Pilates help you lose weight? Many celebrities have credited Pilates with helping them lose weight. They range from Jessica Biel, Jonah Hill and Liz Hurley to Holly Willoughby and Paloma Faith. Burning calories is, of course, not the main focus of Pilates but...

Including the word ‘Pilates’ in your online dating profile dramatically boosts your odds of finding a date, according to a new study. A survey of 7,000 members of the dating site, Zoosk found that mentioning the word Pilates in your dating bio boosts the number of potential matches attracted to you by up to 160...

We’re often asked if you can do Pilates when pregnant. You should check with your doctor before doing any kind of exercise during pregnancy. However, Pilates tends to be particularly suitable for pregnant women, since it is a low-impact form of exercise that strengthens the back, stomach and pelvic floor muscles. Discover Pilates Many women...

Photographs by I.C. Rapoport We are privileged enough at Pilates Central to have a permanent exhibition of rare photographs of Joseph Pilates at work in his New York studio in 1961. They were taken by the acclaimed photographer I.C. Rapoport and signed by the latter after his praised talk at Pilates Central in 2005. Joseph...

Many people think of Pilates as something mainly done by women. But around a third of our clients at Pilates Central are male and some days the studio contains as many men as women. What is true, however, is that men and women often start doing Pilates for different reasons. A Specific Reason “Men tend...

Pilates can alleviate many of the symptoms of the menopause. Menopausal women often experience a sense of loss, for both their youth and their child-bearing ability. But exercise and a positive attitude can help assuage such a feeling and many the symptoms of the menopause, including hot flushes, mood swings, depression, irritability and sleeplessness. Stretching...