Reformer Pilates vs Mat Pilates
Reformer Pilates vs Mat Pilates: Which Is Best for You?
Whether you’re in shape and want to stay that way, unfit but ready to get stronger and more flexible, or exploring exercise options when expecting or after injury, Pilates is for you. Pilates and its benefits are for everyone, regardless of fitness, level, age, body shape, or condition.
However, with different Pilates approaches available, which type is for you: reformer Pilates vs mat Pilates?
Mat Pilates: The Benefits
The most apparent difference between the two disciplines is that while reformer Pilates relies on equipment for added resistance, mat Pilates combines elements from callisthenics, dance, and yoga, incorporating movement without equipment.
Mat Pilates focuses on foundational muscle control using the body’s innate resistance, relying on body movements performed on a cushioning floor mat. This type of training is essential for creating and building strength, improving flexibility, and supporting good posture.
In particular, it can help strengthen the core - vital for avoiding injuries and overall health, with potential benefits for those with back problems and pain.
However, mat and reformer Pilates disciplines is linked with beginners, usually starting with mat training and moving on to reformer work as their strength increases.
Reformer Pilates: The Benefits
Compared to mat training, reformer Pilates offers the benefits of increased resistance.
The reformer is a Pilates-specific equipment comprised of bars, cables, straps, springs, and pulleys to add weight to Pilates exercises and routines.
Using the reformer under the supervision of an experienced and qualified trainer can effectively tone and strengthen muscles quickly, helping to enhance your limb, core, buttocks, and lower back muscles.
Hence, mat Pilates is for learning muscle control, and reformer Pilates is for building on this control by increasing strength and toning the body faster. Most Pilates training schedules will include a combination of both disciplines for maximum benefits, helping you get fitter, stronger, and more flexible with regular practice.
In addition, at Bloom Pilates SA, we’ll also help you to feel more empowered and fearless.
Our classes are layered to make exercises accessible to everyone, regardless of your fitness, strength, or mobility level; you’ll love how your body learns to move. In addition, we offer in-person and online mat Pilates classes and semi-private and private reformer Pilates classes.
So, take back your power and have no fear - our convenient and customised mat and reformer Pilates classes are for you. Contact us today to make your booking.
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