Like many professionals, award winning architect Eduardo Calma spent many long hours sat hunched over a desk staring at a computer screen. The lack of movement in his daily working life caused him problems with his spine, as he explains:

I’d be sitting down, hunched in front of the computer while drawing for hours. I wasn’t using my stomach muscles.

Three years ago, Eduardo’s wife Suzanne suggested that he took Pilates classes to help with his back pain and to aid his general fitness. Eduardo took his wife’s advice and enrolled on Pilates classes, which he initially thought were very easy. He soon realised though that Pilates was working for him, and was (more…)

32 year old celebrity Sarah Michelle Gellar is keeping in great shape during her pregnancy using Pilates.

The former Buffy star was seen leaving her Pilates class in LA last Thursday (16th July) showing her blossoming baby bump as she then went for a summer stroll.

Gellar is expecting her first child to husband and fellow actor Freddie Prinze Jr later this year. The two met when they filmed I Know What You Did Last Summer in 1997 and married in 2002 in Mexico.

Gellar’s new film Veronika Decides to Die is due out later this year. In the meantime, Gellar is taking regular (more…)

Amy Adams had a tough time filming her latest film thanks to a pair of tight leather trousers but thanks to Pilates, the film did go on.

Amy Adams plays the historic Amelia Earhart in the popular film sequel Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian with co-stars Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Response to the film has been overwhelming for the star, but Amy Adams let the media into a little exercise secret (more…)

When Pilates was first created, it was designed for everyone no matter what their age and in the United States, there has reportedly been an increase in the number of Pilates classes designed specifically for teenagers.

Pilates-Pro.com, an American website, interviewed several Pilates teachers in the US to find out how and why they developed Pilates classes for this group of people in particular.  The majority stated it was (more…)