EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr. instructs Jeanette Stalmack during a Pilates session at his home in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialJoseph DeRuvo Jr. instructs Jeanette Stalmack during a Pilates session at his home in Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 6, 2023. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialJessica Valant, a physical therapist and Pilates instructor, exercises at her home studio in Denver, Jan. 9, 2023. (Theo Stroomer/The New York Times)
EditorialSean Gallagher, who runs a Pilates teacher training program, at the studio on a property once owned by Joseph Pilates and his wife, Clara, in Becket, mass., June 26, 2022. (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)
EditorialLiana Levi, the founder of Forma Pilates who requires a referral — through Instagram, text or email — to get into a class at any of her four studios, at her Los Angeles studio, April 8, 2022. (Kevin Scanlon/The New York Times)
EditorialGreg O'Shea, former Love Island winner turned Olympian is bringing out a new fitness app in January aiming to increase peoples physical and mental well-being
EditorialMegan Fairchild trains with her pilates instructor for the first time since giving birth to her twins, in New York, May 25, 2021. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times)
EditorialMegan Fairchild trains with her pilates instructor for the first time since giving birth to her twins, in New York, May 25, 2021. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times)