The debate surrounds the so-called Classical Pilates as taught by Joe himself circa 1955, Pilates for rehabilitation (Clinical Pilates) and hybrids such as Bootcamp Pilates.
Classical Pilates practitioners believe that Pilates should be taught as Joseph Pilates taught back in the day; the problem with this is that it does not take into account the development of exercise science. Pilates developed his technique over decades and I wonder if he would have suddenly stopped circa 1955. It is also interesting to note that many classical Pilates studios offer rehabilitation/boot camp style Pilates as part of their services but boast their classicism.
Pilates Studio, Notting Hill, West London
Rehabilitation Pilates developed from classical Pilates where the exercises were modified to enable their use in the rehabilitation of people with injuries. A problem with this is more often than not the exercises are not functional, i.e. do replicate activities of daily living. Pilates exercise also suffer from a bias towards flexion (bending forward) type movements). A good exercise/rehabilitation programme should be specifically aimed at returning you to your optimum fitness.
Bootcamp style Pilates or TAP (Tits and Arse Pilates) as it is called works well if you are fit and have no particular injury problems. Groups of up to ten follow a generic programme on a reformer. The philosophy seems to be if you are not sore it is not working.
This could be termed the no pain no gain style of Pilates.
There you go it’s your choice.
Post by Tony Kosoko
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