Traditional pilates exercise moves were designed to strengthen the core (a.k.a. the powerhouse) and improve spinal flexion/extension as well as breathing but over the years Pilates, like many other methods of exercise, has returned to its roots and also evolved into so much more than just core strength workouts.

Why Pilates Can Be Combined with Any Exercise
When Joseph Pilates first began creating pilates exercise moves he used all his knowledge and hands on experience with yoga, gymnastics, boxing, qigong, diving, and bodybuilding to create a system that he called contrology. He even studied animal movements and most importantly studied with dance and human movement legend Rudolf Laban. So it only makes sense that pilates can be combined with all forms of exercise and used for all types of fitness goals. The trick to getting the best results from the latest pilates exercise routine is finding the right one for your needs.

Pilates & Yoga (a.k.a Yogilates or PiYo) - There are many similarities between pilates and yoga but the one thing yoga does that Pilates doesn't is string movement patterns together into continuous circuits that build tons of endurance and boost fat burning and metabolism too. The best yogilates workouts combine the fat burning, body lengthening aspects of yoga with the best core strength and toning results of pilates and this combination is great for those who love a vigorous body weight circuit workout that targets every muscle including the deepest ab and back muscles.

Pilates & Boxing (a.k.a. Piloxing) - It seems a no-brainer that somebody would finally combine two of Joseph Pilates fortes into a killer fat loss workout and while some purists have stated that Piloxing would make Joseph Pilates turn in his grave the fact is J.P. boxed for a living before he ever began teaching pilates exercise moves. If your fitness goal is fat loss, a tight toned body, and ultimate endurance then Piloxing delivers and best of all it's incredibly fun and motivating. Watch the video to see how it works.

Pilates & Calisthenics (a.k.a. Core Fusion Bootcamp) - Another amazing pilates fat loss workout is core fusion a combination of calisthenics, yoga, and pilates ball exercises. This type of pilates workout is ideal for people looking to mix up their body weight and dumbbell workouts with pilates exercise moves that turn up the burn and tone up trouble zones quickly. The most interesting thing about this style of pilates workout is that you don't need to use very heavy weights to get visible results fast which is the opposite of what you get from traditional toning workout routines. Core fusion is what toning workouts were meant to do! Watch the video below to see how it works.

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