What It's Like to Try a Pilates Reformer for the First Time, in GIFs
Greatist
1. You're greeted by gorgeous desk attendants and free gum. 2. As you head over to pick your reformer, you wonder what could be so bad about something that looks a whole lot like a bed… 3. Until you notice the straps and handles and pulleys and …

Pilates class at UpRise features a tower of power
Los Angeles Times
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 UpRise Pilates and Acupuncture in Santa Monica, owner …

Aargh! Posh and Becks push Pilates to the limit on a 'torture' trapeze to keep …
Daily Mail
Traditionally, Pilates is practised on a table called the reformer, with springs and pulleys for resistance. The extra contraption, called a Cadillac Trapeze, uses leg and arm springs, as well as loops to hang from and a 'push-through' bar for …

Fitness: 14 things you can do in shorts right now
Kansas City Star
Try Gyrotonic, an activity that uses a wood contraption with straps and pulleys for workouts that use elements of Pilates, yoga, tai chi and dance. The activity is good for stretching and relieving nagging muscle pain. You can find temperatures …

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Yoga and more… with a social conscience
MyCentralJersey.com
She started researching Pilates for herself and as a potential business and came across a system called Gyrotonics. Gyrotonics uses weights and pulleys to assist the body through movement to facilitate strength, flexibility and balance, she said. …

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