- Blame the new Pilates craze on Madonna. After a riding accident, it helped her return to concert arenas and strenuous performances.
- Based on a combination of yoga and callisthenics, it reflects the shift from high-impact, high-intensity regimes
- Concentrating on the abs, back and buttocks, it resolves lower-back problems of the desk-bound, improves posture and strengthens the body
- Unlike other routines, it can be done by the young, old, male or female
- Its greatest advantage is gentle rehabilitation. People with injuries can use it for improving joint and muscle flexibility, postural problems.