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The TPW Blog
Tips, benefits and honest answers from the studio floor. A new article every day.
Moving Well
Coming back from injury? How Pilates supports rehab
Working around knees, hips and shoulders, and how to talk to your instructor about it.
Health & Wellbeing
Why athletes are adding reformer Pilates to their training
Runners, surfers and footy players are on the reformer. What they get out of it.
Health & Wellbeing
Eating around a 5:45am class
What to have before and after an early session, without overthinking it.
Moving Well
Jumpboard basics: cardio without the impact
How Jump classes raise your heart rate while your joints stay happy.
Benefits of Pilates
How Pilates makes you more flexible without hours of stretching
Strengthening through a full range beats passive stretching for most people. Here is why.
Trending
Wall Pilates went viral. How does it compare to the studio?
What the TikTok trend gets right, what it misses, and when an instructor matters.
Moving Well
Why footwork starts almost every reformer class
The quiet warm-up that sets up your knees, hips and ankles for everything after.
Benefits of Pilates
What eight weeks of Pilates does for your posture
The changes members notice first, why they happen, and how long they take.
Getting Started
How often should you do Pilates? A realistic guide
What one, two or four classes a week each give you, and how to build the habit.
Yoga
Pilates and yoga: the differences, the overlap, and why we teach both
A clear comparison for people deciding where to spend their week.
Moving Well
Slow is strong: why Control classes build the best foundations
What slowing down does for technique, and why advanced members still book Control.
Health & Wellbeing
The desk worker's guide to undoing a day of sitting
Five habits plus the classes that reverse tight hips and rounded shoulders.
Getting Started
What all those springs actually do
A beginner's guide to reformer resistance and why lighter is sometimes harder.
Benefits of Pilates
Does Pilates help with weight loss? An honest answer
What classes burn, what they build, and the role of muscle in how you feel and function.
Moving Well
How to breathe in a Pilates class
Lateral breathing explained simply, and what it does for your core and your calm.
Benefits of Pilates
Pilates and lower back pain: what the research says
Why controlled movement helps stiff and sore backs, and which classes to start with.
Getting Started
Six ways to move: how to pick your first TPW class
Control, Flow, Tempo, Jump, Yoga or Stretch. A friendly guide to where to start.
Getting Started
Nervous about starting Pilates? Read this first
Every regular was new once. What our members wish they had known before class one.
Benefits of Pilates
What core strength actually means
It is more than abs. How a strong trunk changes the way you walk, sit, run and lift.
Trending
Why Pilates became the world's most booked workout
The numbers behind the boom, and what people are finding when they arrive.
Getting Started
Your first reformer class: what to expect and what to wear
A walk-through of the machine, the springs, the grip socks and the first ten minutes.
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