Reformer Pilates is similar yet very different to mat based Pilates. Reformer Pilates is done using the Pilates reformer machine and is generally more intense and more dynamic than mat based Pilates as it adds resistance
to the Pilates exercises via the use of the springs which form part of the machine. Read More...

Mat Pilates is a series of exercises designed specifically to be performed
on a mat. Joseph Pilates developed mat exercises that were quite similar 
to the work done on Pilates machines (the Reformer, the Cadillac, the Chair 
& the Barrel). The idea behind this was to challenge your muscles in a variety
of ways. Read More... 

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