The Stott Pilates reformer is an expensive salve for the body rounding up at a hefty $2,600.00USD — but if you can get past the gutter delivery and get the thing inside your home — the Stott Pilates Reformer is a big, heavy, one-hundred-pound, winner.


We decided to upgrade our Pilates workout routine from mat work to our own Reformer and the difference in the magnitude of the workout is amplitudinal.

The springs on the Reformer make a much more effective resistance workout than your own body alone against gravity.

The Reformer ropes immediately tell you if you are out of alignment.

One key to doing well on the Reformer is to take your time.  There’s no rush. Enjoy the stretch and don’t fight the push. 

You are working small niches of your body and the goal is not to build mass.

Don’t make a Reformer routine into an aerobic exercise.  Help the machine micromanage your body.  Don’t be a hero and try to force building muscle with all the springs engaged.

Your job on a Pilates Reformer is to create flexibility and litheness — and the Reformer will give you light and power in return for the tension.

5 Comments

  1. ANNE – I live and teach on the upper West Coast of the United States. My interests are Philosophy, English, and Social Communication.
    ANNE says:

    Looks like a fine machine, David. I like the light color of the wood and the mat material.

  2. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    It’s a real beauty, Anne. It’s funny that our mat material and shoulder rest material is black and not that beige. I don’t know if we have an early Reformer or an updated version.

    1. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
      David W. Boles says:

      I use my reformer every day. It truly solidifies my core in a way I cannot get through any other exercise routine in half the time!

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