Snow Bunnies – Listen Up! While the weather in OZ is heating up, it’s about to start dumping snow in the Northern Hemisphere. With it now being a ritual for many Aussie to chase the pow pow in Japan and North America over the Christmas period, now is the time to start thinking about building strength and leg burning tolerance. Having some preparation before hitting the slopes can avoid that day in, day out acclimatisation and go along way to a more enjoyable snow experience. Make the most of your active adventure holiday and get started with that preparation before you go. KEY TIPS ..read more

The health and fitness industry is broken. There I said it.  Why? Because, in general, it’s not doing its job of helping a Woman get healthier and fitter. In fact, in many cases, it’s doing the opposite, that is, causing more stress, injury, and harm than good.   Here’s the thing, for over 30 years, the fitness industry has preyed on women’s insecurities. Gyms, classes, and training have been the place to go: lose weight, trim down, tone up, and drop a dress size”. It’s been a space where women have been encouraged to shrink (literally), reinforcing an extremely misguided belief ..read more

You love Pilates… then love supplements too… because supplements are time efficient, nutritious and can be delicious and can lead to better results. These are NOT pills and potions, body building muscle popping concoctions or unnatural food replacements, so what is supplementation and how can it help me and my Pilates? There is no comparison; choosing whole foods and eating things as naturally as they form over processed, preserved foods is a gold standard in nutrition. However, the practicality of life, convenience and cost makes for reaching this gold standard a tough achievement for most. B ..read more

We introduce to you our new class format REFORMER STRENGTH The benefits of strength training include increasing bone density, joint flexibility, increased muscle mass (not physical size), weight control, body shape change and balance. With these considerations adding strength focused classes to our timetable will allow you to specifically work towards becoming a stronger version of yourself.   Feel Strong, Know Strong, Love Strength Doing Reformer Pilates is a form of strength training and is often referred to as Resistance Training. However as most of you know Pilates is very different f ..read more

As a follow on from our recent Blog, Pilates for Golfers with James Goffman, we are profiling three studio members who also use Pilates as a support to their golfing practice. Studio Members, Fiona Cary, Mary Simic and Dean Smallman are all keen golfers. Individually they have all experienced their own personal struggles with injury because of the repetitive movement and stress golf brings to the body. Over years of practice golf can be seriously taxing on the body. Pilates is the perfect support for golfers to work on injury prevention, and recovery. Please meet some of our golfing members an ..read more

Our Small Group and Private areas have many different pieces of equipment used to tailor specific workouts for our clients needs. One piece of equipment many people are intrigued with is the Power Plate – so what is it? The Power Plate is a vibrating surface which forces your body to fight against regular gravity and against vibrations. It activates 138% more muscle fibres compared with a standard workout/ movement. What does that mean? It means your body is working harder and every workout goal is enhanced. Rapid flex contraction makes the muscles do more action more often.  The movement ..read more

The nature of Golf sees the repetitive movement of the same muscle groups over and over. This continual stress of rotation and extension can lead to injury and recurring injury over years of golf practice. Pilates is the perfect support for golfers to work on injury prevention and recovery through the strengthening of core, balance, stability and flexibility. In addition to injury recovery and prevention, Pilates as a support to golfing practice can see a noticeable improvement in performance. Pilates & Co work with Golfers on all levels in the studio to support and improve their passion f ..read more

PILATES & CO RUNNING SERIES As the third instalment to our Running and Pilates Series, Dave Norman, Studio Owner, takes us through his top Pilates moves for Runners. Utilising a variety of Pilates equipment in the studio Dave focuses on working the body, specifically hips and spine, in all directions outside the one directional motion used for running. This helps balance and strengthen the body to reduce injury and burnout often seen with die hard runners. To see our previous two running Blogs, link here: - Pilates and Running. A Perfect Match - Pilates for Runners David Norman, Pilates ..read more

PILATES & CO RUNNING SERIES As Part 2 of our ‘Running Series’ we take a look at the benefits of Pilates for Runners. Part 1 of the series we featured ‘Running and Pilates - The Perfect Match’ If you are already a runner, Pilates should be considered as a complimentary activity to support the body. With the stress that higher volume running brings the body, Pilates provides a low impact activity to assist with mobility, recovery and injury prevention. Maddie Coates, Australian Sprinter RUNNING AND PILATES PROGRAM Complimenting your running with Pilates may make you a better runner. Running ..read more

PILATES & CO RUNNING SERIES As Part 1 of our 4 Part Running Series, we look at the combination of Pilates and Running. In search of a great fitness combination? Pilates combined with a running program, go hand in hand to act as a great balance of cardiovascular fitness and low impact strength and conditioning. RUNNING AND PILATES PROGRAM Victoria Nicholas, Pilates & Co Instructor and our customer experience manager, has used the combination of Pilates and Running for many years and believes it’s the perfect model for those wanting to work on their overall fitness and weight loss manage ..read more