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Old 01-12-21, 04:38 PM  
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Is Pilates supposed to be standing, floor, reformer, or all?

I'm not trying to start one of those debates about what "real" Pilates is (or "real" anything else), but I'm just wondering whether the original Pilates was standing, floor work, the reformer, or all of those. Does anyone know?
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Old 01-12-21, 05:00 PM  
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Joseph Pilates included standing work, floor work, and several kinds of equipment, including reformers. He also used the Cadillac table with lots of pieces of equipment on it's frame, two different chairs, a wall tower and one that attached to the top end of the reformer, arc barrels, ladder barrels, circles, a T-shaped tower with springs on the arms, grids of bars on the wall, spring boards on the wall and more. It's actually a pretty complex and extensive system, which is why the certification for being a Pilates instructor takes 700 hours of training.

The floor work reputedly was originally designed to be used when a reformer wasn't available. Some of the moves are actually harder on the floor.

I took almost 20 years of one-on-one sessions at two different Romana/Authentic Pilates affiliated studios, one a training center, and there was a lot of equipment.
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Old 01-12-21, 05:55 PM  
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I had no idea!
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Old 01-12-21, 06:00 PM  
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which is why the certification for being a Pilates instructor takes 700 hours of training.
GOOD GRIEF, that is a lot!
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Old 01-12-21, 07:35 PM  
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One of my bucket list wishes is to go to a real pilates studio and be taught by a real teacher.
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Old 01-12-21, 07:49 PM  
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Reformer classes are so.much.FUN! You'd have a blast! I miss going to the local studio.
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Old 01-14-21, 07:01 AM  
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GOOD GRIEF, that is a lot!
Not to mention the cost of certification.
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