We're starting a new series here on the blog - Teasers around the world.  Just like the Travelocity gnome that we see doing different ...

In the city, little kids play with trucks and cars.  Little farm boys, though, play 'farm' and have a wide collection of machinery t...

Day 11.  I hope you have been doing your 50s.  I must admit that it is hard to make myself do them in addition to my regular workouts.  And ...

It is now day 6 of our challenge.  It is definitely easier doing them earlier in the day that at the end of the day.  Doing my 50s last nigh...

It's a plank kind of day: 50 Shoulder blade pushups 25 Side planks each side with either leg lift or up and down butt. 50 sumo squat...

Workout for the second day is a repeat:  Air squats, pushups, bench triceps dips, 1/2 teasers and oblique scissor legs.   Now that you know ...

So here is the workout for the June challenge.  See below for modifications. 50 air squats.  Just basic but fast squats 50 situps.  Any...

One of our clients - Ellen - has a daughter getting married at the end of June.  Naturally she wants to look her best (many of you will reme...

Today, May 13, was Mother's Day.  But it was also the first harvest of my Rhubarb for the year.  This is a happy coincidence for 2 reaso...

I assume that by now everyone has heard of Pilates and even tried some version of it - especially the mat work.  The core work, the flexibil...

I am 51.  I am in better shape today than I was in my 20s and even 30s.  I want to continue to get stronger and more fit as I age as much as...

In 1998, I came back from living (and teaching Pilates) in Hamburg, Germany.  I was teaching Pilates at Velocity dance studio and my teacher...

It is the beginning of April in Seattle and while it is wet and cold, there are sure signs of life around us.  And on the warmest of these d...

Last Saturday, I was at our relatives for a 50th Birthday Celebration.  During the course of the evening, fitness and injuries came up as on...

There's a new trend to do all your exercise in a hot room.  First it was the Hot Yoga.  Now it's everything from Pilates to Weight t...