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Even before I enrolled in Pilates instructor training, it was not lost on me that Pilates can feel overwhelming — from all of the different types of equipment to the price tag on in-studio classes. In recent years, reformer classes (and their cousins, Lagree or Megaformer classes ) have exploded in popularity, sending the message that these classes are somehow better or harder than mat Pilates classes. But I'm here to say that within this debate of mat vs. reformer Pilates, we're all missing the point.

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Alycea Ungaro is the founder of Real Pilates and is a licensed physical therapist and a nationally certified Pilates teacher.

In fact, mat Pilates was meant to be the most difficul

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