Pilates Equipment . . . build your core, tone muscles, and improve flexibility

Pilates Equipment can add another dimension to your Pilates workouts.

The popularity of Pilates has exploded in recent years. Performing a Pilates routine is an extremely effective way to strengthen your core abdominal and back muscles, develop strength without gaining bulk, and sculpt a sleek, toned physique.

Joseph Pilates developed the Pilates exercise system several decades ago, as a method to help bedridden patients build atrophied muscles. Initially, he attached bedsprings to hospital beds to provide resistance.

The Pilates reformer, the most popular type of Pilates apparatus, is based upon his original design. Although you can perform a Pilates routine with only an exercise mat, using a Pilates reformer provides extra resistance and increases the variety of exercises you can do.

Other home fitness equipment often used for Pilates includes exercise balls, exercise bands, exercise DVDs, Magic Circles, ladder barrels, and Pilates chairs.

If you're interested in learning more about buying Pilates fitness equipment, please review our guide . . .

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