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5 Pilates Moves for a Strong Foundation
These five moves could be the key to more speed, endurance, and resilience on the bike, in the water, and on the road.
How to Up Your Pilates Game
Use Pilates to help you tap into your “powerhouse” and transform your midline stability.
The Ins and Outs of Group Fitness Classes
Make the most of your next group fitness experience — and enjoy the power of the class dynamic — with these tips.
How Can I Avoid Injury When Trying a New Group Fitness Class?
Knowing your strengths and your limitations is key, says our fitness editor.
Which Group Fitness Class Is Right for You?
Whether you’re embarking on a new fitness journey or building onto your routine, there’s a Life Time class (or two!) that can enhance your workout regimen and move you closer to your goals.
How to Do the Hollow-Body Hold
Strengthen your core with this gymnastics and Pilates staple, and discover how to progress the move for an added challenge.
Jessica Tobin’s Success Story
One woman shares hard-earned lessons from her postpartum recovery to help others recognize the importance of persistence, self-care, and patience.
3 Solutions for Overcoming Group Fitness Pitfalls
Here are three ways to avoid some of the potential perils of group fitness, including competitions, burnout, and injury.
The Barre Basics Workout
This ballet-inspired, body-weight workout targets stability and flexibility from head to toe.
The Barre-Basics Workout (Video)
Learn the moves for this workout which can improve mobility, motor control, and body awareness.
Getting Past Chronic Pain: Michelle Sprinkle’s Success Story
A team approach of PIlates, chiropractic care and massage helped Michelle Sprinkle overcome debilitating chronic sacroiliac pain.
4 Reasons to Try a Group-Fitness Class
The best fitness classes don’t just offer physical challenge. They serve up support, community and loads of motivation. But how can you tell a great class from a merely good one. Here are the four factors that matter most . . .
Core Value: Brooke Siler
Pilates changed Brooke Siler’s body—and her life. Now, helping others transform themselves for the better has become her life’s work.
Behind the Scenes With Pilates Instructor Brooke Siler (Video)
Brooke Siler used to do a lot of mindless exercising — strength training without really thinking about it, cardio without much conscious effort. Since becoming a Pilates instructor 15 years ago, however, her perspectives on exercise have changed. At the cover shoot for our November 2009 issue, Siler shares her story.
Welcome to the Fitness Revolution
No more mundane workouts. The time has come for a new fitness approach that’s as fun and interesting as you are.
Pilates Power
Pilates can lengthen and strengthen muscles, turn your core from weak to sleek, and even rehab old injuries. Here’s what you need to know about this popular mind-body method.
Mind-Body Synergy
Whether you seek lower blood pressure, a longer silhouette, or a more peaceful response to life’s pressures, disciplined practices like yoga, tai chi and Pilates offer a host of transformative benefits. Which might explain why mind-body exercise is one of the hottest trends in the fitness industry.