What is Pilates?

Pilates dramatically transforms the way your body looks, feels and performs. It builds strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body with slender thighs and a flat abdomen.

Since Joseph Hubertus Pilates opened his first training studio in New-York some 70 years ago, an ever growing number of people have become adepts of this body conditioning method around the world. The Pilates Reformer apparatus was invented by Joseph Pilates himself. He developed his own training process with it and called it the Pilates Method. Many years later, he also developed the floor exercises, which can easily be performed any time and anywhere. Hollywood stars, top executives and models keep in shape with Pilates.

Dancers and athletes include this method in their training, in order to enhance their conditioning and improve their coordination. Because this form of exercise is based on controlled movements that improve strength and flexibility without building big muscles, it is also suitable, effective and safe for people with any level of fitness.