Is the Pilates Reformer The Best Pilates Machine?
If you’ve been doing Pilates for any length of time, you’ve probably come across a couple of Pilates machines. There are a number of these pieces of equipment available on the market today. A Pilates machine, such as the Pilates Reformer, is an all in one, self contained Pilates workout.
Winsor Pilates, Malibu Pilates, or Stott Pilates, whichever “brand” of Pilates you’ve practiced I imagine that you have used one of these machines before. And if you have ever thought that you might even want to purchase one for your home workout center then this article is for you.
Alright, let’s get down to it. Here is my review of the three best Pilates machines available on the internet today. I am going to review, for your benefit, the Pilates Reformer, the Malibu Pilates Chair, and the ever popular Pilates Power Gym.
Let us start with the big Kahuna of Pilates equipment, the Pilates Reformer.
Pilates Reformer Review
This is the top of the line model of Pilates machines and the one used most by the real Pilates experts out there. The PR is really the Big Kahuna of exercise equipment. While the name sounds like it might come out of some Monty Python bit about the Spanish Inquisition, actually it is the premier state-of-the-art Pilates equipment.
As most people know Pilates is a modern form of core strengthening exercise system developed by Joseph Pilates in the early part of the last century. Mr. Pilates was a prisoner in an internment camp when he realized he needed to keep active in order to survive his outer conditions. At the heart of Joes system is the concept that the health of the whole of the body could be greatly improved by strengthening the core inner abdominal and postural muscles.
The Pilates Reformer allows you to sit in its carriage on a padded seat and pull and push yourself along the track using the patented pulley and spring system. This way you can build yourself up with a steady and progressive pace, increasing your workload with time.
The Pilates Power Gym
If you are looking for a lightweight workout machine the Pilates Power Gym should be right up your alley. With its padded handles and straps and carbon steel structure ( just like the Reformer) it is simple and easy to use. It is fully adjustable for every level of fitness, including yours. At about half the size of the Pilates Reformer, the PPG makes sculpting and toning of you hips, calves, butt and back, not to mention firming up and adding muscle to your arms and abs, a simple process. You won’t be able to help checking yourself out in your mirror to see a more fit and healthy new you!
Malibu Pilates Chair
As possibly the smallest, most compact (and at under $350, the most affordable) Pilates machine, the Malibu Pilates chair is the new guy on the market. Like every other piece of Pilates equipment it must actually be used to make it effective for your weight loss program. But the Malibu Pilates chair makes it easy for you to lose weight with the free wall chart and diet plan that is included with the initial purchase price. While it may be hard to believe that you can actually get a great workout while sitting on your butt, Im here to tell you that this thing offers you an unparalleled work out in only half the space youd normally use.
Whatever Pilates machine you decide to buy, you just can’t go wrong…as long as you actually use it to lose weight and not as a clothes line. Be prepared for a whole new and wonderful you!
