Welcome to the Original Pilates Studio in Sarasota Since 1994.

Those of us who practice Pilates understand the health advantages, but what about safety advantages in other forms of exercise? A sound knowledge of Pilates can allow for increased safety in most other fitness endeavors.

Pilates offers more than just a way to get in shape; when it comes to overall health and balance, Pilates allows for better overall coordination and may reduce the risk of falls for those in advanced age or battling vestibular conditions.

An overview of what OrangeTheory offers, and how it differs from Pilates.

An overview of Gyrokinesis and Pilates exercises, how they are similar and what makes them different.

An overview of yoga and Pilates exercises, how they are similar and what makes them different.

Following up with Sarah Shaw: A Sarasota ballerina is on her way to the Washington Ballet, but along the way she has used Pilates to help obtain her goal.

An overview of barre and Pilates exercises, how they are similar and what makes them different.

On the fitness system spectrum, Pilates and CrossFit appear to stand on completely opposite ends. Here you have Pilates, born in a WWI internment camp to help prisoners regain and maintain their health even while cot-ridden, now fully grown into a pathway to integrated wellbeing that suits pro athletes as well as post-op patients. Now […]

Sarah Shaw has been training at Dynamic Fitness over the past year and a half to build more core strength on her path to becoming a professional ballerina. With her own background as a ballerina, Dynamic Fitness' owner Kathy Boivin has been working the method with Sarah to enhance the strengths that Kathy knows, as a former dancer, Sarah particularly needs.We're so proud that Sarah has been [...]

Lately we've been talking a lot about apparatus in the Dynamic Fitness blog -- the cornerstones of the classical Pilates studio, accessories to amplify your practice, and even some crazy gadgets that never made it off the drawing [...]