FITNESS THROWDOWN IV: PILATES VS. ORANGETHEORY
An overview of what OrangeTheory offers, and how it differs from Pilates.
Fitness Throwdown IV: Pilates VS. Gyrokinesis
An overview of Gyrokinesis and Pilates exercises, how they are similar and what makes them different.
Fitness Throwdown III: Pilates VS. Yoga
An overview of yoga and Pilates exercises, how they are similar and what makes them different.
From SRQ to DC: A Ballerina’s Journey Via Pilates
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.
Fitness Throwdown II: Pilates vs. Barre
An overview of barre and Pilates exercises, how they are similar and what makes them different.
Fitness Throwdown I: Pilates vs. Crossfit
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 [...]
A Rising Young Star: Sarah Shaw’s Dynamic Fitness Story
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, [...]
What Is the Most Essential Pilates Apparatus?
Lately we've been talking a lot about apparatus in the Dynamic Fitness blog -- the cornerstones of the classical Pilates [...]
Pilates Plus: Accessories to Help You Go the Distance
Most people with even just a passing acquaintance with Pilates are familiar with the popular Ab Series from mat classes, and the Reformer is easily recognizable after a few sessions at a [...]
Pilates Apocrypha: The “Lost” Apparatus
Joseph Pilates was the mad scientist of fitness. As a teenager, he experimented on his own sickly body to achieve the physical transformation promised by his fitness method. Studying a global [...]
