Women’s Health

'Terrible Injuries Derailed My Dance Career—Twice. But Then I Found Pilates' Women’s Health But then, my physical therapist put me on a reformer—the machine that's used in Pilates training—and I thought: What the heck is this crazy contraption? It made my body feel so good—I could feel my muscles working, and I felt very connected to my …

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‘Terrible Injuries Derailed My Dance Career—Twice. But Then I Found Pilates’ – Women’s Health

The American trainer directed a mantra familiar to those anxious to get a flat tummy: Keep the stomach muscles working, and curl up and uncurl one spinal bone at a time. For 55 minutes, the fitness buffs gasped at the series of tough abdominal crunches, twists and other exercises firing up the trunk muscles.

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This workout provides more core stability