Conventional workouts tend to shorten muscles and cause them to bulk up while Pilates elongates the muscles, combined with strength and flexibility.  Professional dancers, hollywood celebrities and supermodels have known about the benefits of Pilates for decades and use it to maintain beautiful bodies.  Today, even football and rugby players incorporate Pilates into their workout routines.

Unlike other types of exercise, Pilates doesn't use repetition after repetition or holding of a position for long periods of time rather the focus is on controlled movements.

Pilates can:

 * Increase flexibility and muscle control
 * Strengthen and tone muscles without added bulk
 * Improve posture and core strength
 * Improve alignment, coordination and balance
 * Increase lung capacity and circulation
 * Improve range of motion
 * Uniformly develop muscles
 * Improve body awareness
 * Improve bone density and joint health
 * Improve the mind/body connection

Joseph Pilates said "If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30 , you are old; if it's completely flexible at 60, you are young...the only real guide to your age lies not in years, or how old you think you feel, but...by the degree of natural and normal flexibility enjoyed by your spine throughout life."