Daily Breath Pilates Westlake Village

NEW TO PILATES? START WITH US — FOR FREE. 💛

Thinking about trying Reformer Pilates but not sure where to begin?

Come experience Daily Breath Pilates in Westlake Village with a FREE semi-private introductory session.

Our experienced instructors will help you feel comfortable on the Reformer, understand the movements, and find the right level for your body.

✨ Small-group environment
✨ Personal attention
✨ Beginner-friendly
✨ Experienced instructors
✨ Build strength, flexibility & confidence
✨ A welcoming community that knows you by name

No experience necessary. Just come try us.

📍 Daily Breath Pilates | Westlake Village
FREE Intro Sessions:
Wednesday at 12 PM
Sunday at 11 AM

Spaces are limited.

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Pilates is SO good! 🙌🙌🙌

Come experience it for yourself. 💛

Try us at Daily Breath Pilates!

✨ We offer FREE Semi-Private Intro Sessions:
Wednesdays at 12:00 PM
Sundays at 11:00 AM

Come move, get stronger, and discover what Pilates can do for you! 💪💛

Can everyone jump? No.

Jumping can be a powerful stimulus for bone, but not every person is ready for—or appropriate for—high-impact exercise.

People with osteoarthritis, symptomatic disc conditions, significant knee problems, pain, poor balance, low physical capacity, or certain other musculoskeletal conditions may need to modify impact exercises or progressively prepare their bodies for this type of loading.

The research supports jumping but that does not mean everyone should simply start jumping.

✅ A 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis of 15 studies and 19 jumping trials found that jump training produced approximately a 1.5% improvement in femoral-neck bone mineral density (BMD) compared with non-jumping controls.

The effect was observed in both younger and older adults, although it was smaller in older adults. The median training dose across the studies was approximately 50 jumps, 4 times per week, with the femoral neck appearing particularly responsive.

✅ And we may not need hundreds of jumps.

In a randomized controlled trial, premenopausal women performed either 10 or 20 jumps twice per day, with 30 seconds of rest between jumps. After 16 weeks, the jumping groups demonstrated improvements in hip BMD compared with controls.

✅ What about women during and after menopause?

An umbrella review examining exercise and bone health in menopausal women concluded that jumping exercise was particularly effective for the hip, while programs incorporating resistance exercise also showed benefits for the femoral neck and lumbar spine.

Exercise prescription should never be reduced to:

“Everyone needs to jump.”

We need to ask:

Is this person ready to jump?
Can they tolerate the impact?
Do they have the strength and control to land safely?
Do we need to prepare them first?
Can we progressively increase the mechanical stimulus?

This is where Pilates can play an important role.

Pilates can help us develop strength, balance, coordination, movement control and progressive loading capacity before introducing greater impact when appropriate.

Reference: in the comments

PILATES BUILDS MUSCLE. 💪🔥

And research supports it.

Scientific studies have found that Pilates training can significantly improve upper-body, lower-body, and abdominal muscle strength.

But here’s the key: muscles respond to stimulus

When Pilates is programmed with:
• Adequate resistance
• Progressive overload
• Appropriate volume and intensity
• Exercises performed close enough to muscular fatigue
• Consistent progression over time

…it can provide the stimulus needed to increase strength and support muscle growth.

Pilates is not only about flexibility, mobility, or endurance.

Load it. Progress it. Challenge it.

Pilates can build strength.
Pilates can build muscle.
Pilates CAN be strength training. 💪

YES, PILATES CAN BUILD MUSCLE. 💪

Muscles don’t know if you’re holding a dumbbell, pulling a cable, or working against springs.

They respond to tension, resistance, effort, volume, and progressive overload.

So yes — Pilates can build muscle using the same fundamental strength-training principles we use when lifting weights.



Amazing anatomy video from Muscle & Motion 💪

How do we prepare for Twist to Teaser? 💪

First, break down what the exercise requires:

🔄 Trunk rotation → obliques

🔥 Hip flexion → hip flexors + abdominal control

🦵 Lateral hip stability → glute medius/minimus & hip stabilizers

Some Pilates exercises I would use to build these components:

✨ Criss Cross
✨ Side Kick Series
✨ Single & Double Leg Stretch
✨ Teaser Preparation

Or break the exercise down, strengthen the components, and progressively build toward the final movement.

What exercises would YOU use to prepare your client for Twist to Teaser? 👇

Let’s compare the biceps curl on the Reformer, TRX, and Springboard.

On the Reformer, we have elbow flexion—the biceps curl—combined with shoulder flexion. So we’re working the biceps and the anterior deltoid at the same time.

As we lean the torso back, we add more core stabilization, and we also increase the tension on the springs, making the exercise more challenging.

Now let’s move to the TRX.

We have the same combination: elbow flexion and shoulder flexion, again targeting the biceps and anterior deltoid. And because we’re leaning the body back, the core has to stabilize our position.

Finally, on the Springboard, we perform the same upper-body movement, but now we add an isometric squat while maintaining a flat back.

So, three different pieces of equipment, but the same main upper-body muscles and joint actions.

What changes is how we challenge the rest of the body.

Pilates build stronger bones—but we need to apply the correct amount of load.

If you’re a Pilates instructor who wants to bridge the gap between Pilates and modern exercise science, I’d love to have you join us.

🚀 Pilates Strength Training Specialist
📅 Starts August 29
🕚 11:00 AM PST
💻 Live on Zoom + recordings available
🎓 16 NPCP CECs

Hurry and save your spot! Only a few spaces are still available.

Reference

Watson SL, Weeks BK, Weis LJ, Horan SA, Beck BR. A Comparison of Bone-Targeted Exercise With and Without Antiresorptive Bone Medication to Reduce Indices of Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women With Low Bone Mass: The MEDEX-OP Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2021;36(8):1409-1422. doi:10.1002/jbmr.4334.

I had so much fun discussing Pilates, exercise science, and the latest research with Cody from Anatomy of Pilates | MSc Kinesiology. Thank you for such a thoughtful and inspiring conversation!