Building Successful Business’s: Five Stories Introduced: by Nancy Hurd: This month we presented to you 5 stories on various successful Pilates programs that have one thing in common: They are all based in classical Pilates. Thank you to all the authors that have contributed. Below is part 4 which...

As a personal trainer and pilates professional, I enjoy the benefits of all different types of movement; from group fitness, to competing in triathlons, to of course my favorite - pilates! Early in my career within a large health club, I found that the old stereo-types of 'Pilates is for women'...

In the January 2010 edition of IDEA Fitness Journal there is a great article titled “The Painful Lumbar Spine…Cause, Consequences, and Therapeutic Exercise for Lower-Back Issues”. In it there is scientific explanation of various terms like herniation and delamination and what causes...

I don’t know why, but there seems to be a baby boom going on at my studio! In the past 3 months I’ve had four of our students deliver healthy, happy babies, after continuing with their Pilates workouts up to the very end! Two more expectant ladies are still working as hard as ever and keeping...

My appreciation of the profound holistic healing benefits of the classical Pilates system in working with special populations has once again been renewed. Whether the primary issue is a foot, knee, hip, back, shoulder, ankle or wrist, it is the consistent application of the classical format and exercise...