What are the benefits of Reformer Pilates?

Whether you’re an elite sportsman who wants to improve performance or someone who wants to be able to tend to the garden without back pain – Reformer Pilates can help. In this blog, we’ll look at how Reformer Pilates works as well as the benefits it can offer.

What is Reformer Pilates?

The Reformer is an original piece of large equipment designed by Joseph Pilates that uses spring tension to add resistance to your movements.

Each session will aim to re-balance your entire body by targeting and isolating typically weak muscle groups. You will then integrate the use of these muscles into larger movements with more carry-over to everyday activities. This approach helps to change the way you move and improves your daily habits permanently.

These improvements include but are not limited to:

• Better posture
• Stronger muscles
• Reduced risk of injury
• Better performance
• Reduction or elimination of everyday aches and pains

Introduction to the Reformer

The Reformer is a versatile machine that uses a moving carriage, spring resistance and pulleys to allow you to exercise your body in different ways – you can lie, sit, kneel or even stand on it. By adjusting the level of resistance or assistance that the Reformer provides, each exercise can be tailored to the appropriate level of difficulty.

Watch the video below to learn more about how the reformer works.

6 reasons to do reformer Pilates

There are numerous benefits of doing Reformer Pilates. Here, our Senior Pilates Instructor Danny picks the top 6.

1. Better posture

A major part of Pilates is maintaining good posture. Reformer Pilates will help bring balance to your muscles to help you stand taller and straighter. Moving in a more neutral position your body will be under less strain and less likely to develop aches and niggles – did you know for every inch forward your head it weighs an extra 10 pounds?

2. Stronger muscles

The Reformer’s sliding platform and choice of springs provide an environment where you can challenge your muscles without putting undue strain on your joints. Also, if you enjoy lifting weights, Reformer Pilates can help you lift more in the gym too by improving your body’s mechanics.

3. Decreased risk of injury

Injuries often come from poor movement, lifestyle habits, and muscle imbalances. Reformer Pilates classes will help you address any underlying movement imbalances to help you move better and improve your resilience to injury.

4. Better performance

Whatever your sport or activity, Reformer Pilates can help. Muscles working in synergy create more efficient movements. More efficient movement improves athleticism by allowing you to generate more force, or perform for longer with less fatigue.

5. Reduce or eliminate everyday aches and pains

In the same way, Reformer Pilates can help reduce the risk of injury, it can help relieve a lot of common aches and pains such as lower back or neck pain.

6. Look and feel great

If you’re stronger, have better posture, move better and you’re not in pain you will look great and feel fantastic!

Reformer Pilates at Hatt’s

At Hatt’s, we offer Pilates classes in all three of our clinics – Frome, Devizes and Marlborough.

Reformer Pilates is a Pilates class that’s done entirely on a piece of equipment called a Reformer, where you’ll work through an exercise programme to increase your core strength & flexibility, improve your posture and help you build resistance to injury.

Our Reformer Pilates Classes are suitable for people of all ages and abilities and you can benefit from:

• Better posture
• Improved overall conditioning
• Ease of back pain & build resistance to injury
• Feeling energised & refreshed

We are one of the very few places in Wiltshire and Somerset where you can do Reformer Pilates. All of our classes are always led by a fully trained Reformer Pilates instructor and being part of a small class of 6 means you’ll always get personal attention and guidance from your instructor.

All classes stay open over holiday periods, so you’ll be able to attend your class all year round as well as having a flexible booking option that allows you the freedom to move between classes and work around busy schedules.

Due to popular demand, we’ve recently added even more Reformer Pilates classes in Devizes, Marlborough and Frome.

If you would like to know more about Reformer Pilates classes or would like to book a class, then feel free to give us a call at 01380 730473.