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What if Joseph Pilates invented a huge awkward machine with piles of free weights? You’d have to stop and start for every exercise to adjust the thing. Thankfully, he created this incredibly versatile and sleek apparatus called the Universal Reformer with four uniform springs. There’s so much genius in Pilates’ inventions, and a big part of that lies in his use of springs. And the fact that there’s just four of them.

The Contrology Ped-o-Pul by Balance Body is my new best friend. The Ped-o-Pul is an amazing and unsung hero of the classical Pilates studio. It’s effortless to spend time on the Reformer, Cadillac, and the armchair, they are fun and provide rigorous feedback to your center and the 2-way stretch of the back.

As a teacher + enthusiast of Pilates and all things fitness, I’m always looking for innovative ways to improve ease, strength and coordination in movement, which…