I learned quickly that reformer Pilates and I don’t mix. But, considering Dallas has no end to its Pilates studios, I decided to try a mat-based class. It was surprising difficult, though, to find non ...

A Pilates reformer machine is a horizontal carriage, without a vertical frame on a Pilates tower ‘The Tower is often compared to the reformer, but they are unique pieces of equipment with different ...

Instructor: Melanie Walter, of Lafayette, who has been teaching group fitness for 30 years and Pilates for 15. Walter has multiple Pilates certifications, two from Power Pilates (most recently as a ...

If you tell people you do Pilates, they often ask whether you do mat or “reformer” exercises, the latter being a bed-like contraption with weights and pulleys and straps for hands and feet. But at ...