Brooklyn is changing the meaning of Pilates and yoga, one man and role-player at a time. Red Hook Pilates , which opened last month, is now providing the heavily female-dominated fitness craze a men’s only Pilates class. Studio owner Jen Nelson formed the so-called “Guy-lates” or “Dude-lates” sessions after she noticed how men would show up to the estrogen-filled dens for one class and never …

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Good Pointe bestofneworleans.com “Pure Barre is the origins of ballet, weights and Pilates fused together in one class,” says Jennifer Thomas, a former Saintsation and owner of Pure Barre's New Orleans studio (one of 55 locations nationwide). Each 55-minute class uses small isometric …

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Seniors stay fit in Burlington BurlingtonFreePress.com Integrating yoga, pilates, interval training and tai chi into one class might seem impossible to some trainers, but not Barbara Jordan, 74, … and more »

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Fit to be tried: Pilates Irish Independent “PILATES is for wimps” teases a strapping friend who plays GAA. But one class, a few torpedoes and several hundreds later, he's feeling …

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