Are Hot Yoga and Fitness Classes Really Better?
Shape Magazine
Proponents of heated classes argue that the environment serves up a slew of positives: “The heated room intensifies any practice, and I found it to be a perfect accelerator for Pilates,” says Shannon Nadj, founder of Hot Pilates, LA's first heated …

The No. 1 Mistake You Make in Pilates
Shape Magazine
In this exclusive interview from the Summer Shape Up Event, Cassey Ho, YouTube fitness guru and creator of Pop Pilates, shares her clean eating, fitness, and sleep tips for a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Plus, hear the number one form mistake she …

A Beginner's Guide to Starting Your Own Fitness Studio
Shape Magazine
It's many a gym-goer's fantasy: Open your own fitness studio, where you can stock your favorite equipment, schedule convenient classes, and harness the top fitness talent to teach high-energy, heart-pumping classes. Of course, it's a pipe dream for …

20-Minute Firm-Body Pilates Workout with Cassey Ho
Shape Magazine (blog)
Pilates can be a highly effective way to tighten and tone your whole body, especially those hard-to-target core muscles—and just in time for beach season! As in any workout, if you don't have the basics down from the start, you won't see the results …
Working Out at Home: A Plan of ActionCullmanSense

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The Yoga-Pilates Mashup
Shape Magazine (blog)
Of course, I am biased and couldn't disagree more, but there are some similar elements between the two, which include a multitude of ways to strengthen your core, and lengthen and strengthen your whole body. Watch this yoga-Pilates mashup and get ready …

Sculpted to the Core: Kate Hudson's Pilates Workout
Shape Magazine
Celebrities are often the first to try the latest workout fads, but Kate Hudson is an (extremely fit) exception. The star has remained loyal to her Pilates practice—and instructor—for more than 15 years. During the duo's three to five weekly sessions …

Kate Hudson Shows Amazing Abs on Shape Cover, Been Doing Pilates for 15 …
Us Magazine
Her 15-year devotion to Pilates is what Hudson credits for her hot body. PHOTOS: Kate Hudson's bikini body through the years. “It's the basis of what I do for exercise because it's dance-oriented—and, as you saw at the shoot, I love to dance,” she …
Kate Hudson Looks Fit and Gorgeous in the November Issue of SHAPEShape Magazine (blog)

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10 Funny-Looking Moves You Should Be Doing
Shape Magazine
Next. Pilates Open-Leg Rocker. “Grab your ankles, open your legs, and smile” might not be the kind of direction you'd expect from your group fitness instructor, but anyone who's tried Pilates has seen this move in action—and knows what a great workout …

Pilates Exercises for a Lean Body – 15-Minute Workout: Get a Lean … – Shape
Shape Magazine
When it comes to middle-whittling, Pilates can't be beat, but doing the same exercises over and over can get dull after a while. (And when you're bored, your muscles are too, which can stalemate the results.) So we asked Los Angeles–based instructor …