Muscle repair happens overnight, not during your final set. This week’s Fitness Friday is not about a new protocol, a new gadget, or a clever variation of anything. It is about sleep. The most boring performance tool available, and the one most people ignore. You train. You lift. You increase the load and feel pleased with yourself. Then you sleep five or six hours and expect the body to adapt perfectly. It does not work like that. Muscle protein synthesis, the repair and reb

A humanoid robot assists a focused Pilates client guiding movement on a Reformer machine. As headlines shout about robots taking jobs and AI replacing humans, it is worth taking a breath and looking at where Pilates teachers stand in all of this. The good news is that we are safe. Our work depends on what AI still cannot understand, human connection. When I was in China last week, I saw incredible advances in AI. Robots were taking orders in restaurants, scanning faces for pa

Active older adult enjoying resistance training, building muscle, bone health, and vitality with weights. If I had a pound for every time...

Pilates teacher guiding a client with clear, concise three-step verbal cues for movement. Here is a piece of advice that can instantly...

Observing subtle imbalances helps us retrain movement patterns, not just strengthen muscles. When a client moves, what are you really...

Performing the Pilates Hundred on a foam roller to challenge balance and deep core stability. The foam roller is one of my favourite...