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Reviewed By:
Liz Neporent, MA

Is Pilates for You?

This chart can help you see how Pilates fits your goals and lifestyle concerns. 

Body Parts Worked All over but especially the core. Emphasizes joint flexibility and muscle balance, tone and elasticity.
Calories Burned For a 150-pound person, about 250 calories an hour for a beginner, 350 for intermediate, 430 for advanced. For a 200-pound person, about 335 calories an hour for a beginner, 470 for intermediate, 575 for advanced.
Gear Workout clothes. Pilates class or video, or private lessons on specially designed machines or a floor mat.
Instruction/Facilities A Pilates center, or exercise at home with Pilates videos.
Time Usually one hour.
Schedule/Flexibility Depends on the facility's schedule or private instructor's availability; or whenever convenient if working out at home.

Pilates Tips

  • Good Pilates instructors go through a rigorous credentialing process, so be sure to ask what sort of training and experience your teacher has had.

  • Can't find a class near you? Find a good video.

  • You should round out your exercise program by including more aerobic activity, and don't abandon traditional weight training altogether.

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Review Date: 11-08-2007

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