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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Anna Bartter

Keen to boost balance, muscle and tone? These are, hands down, the best Pilates exercises of all time

A woman on a workout mat reading up on the best Pilates exercises on her phone.

We get it, there are a lot of Pilates workouts doing the rounds right now. The century-old practice has been riding on a new wave of popularity ever since a certain Mr Harry Styles was spotted leaving the uber-trendy Exhale studios in London - and where the one-time One Directioner goes, we all follow.

First invented in the early 20th century by German physical trainer Joseph Pilates, the method is pretty much the workout of 2024. According to market research, more of us than ever are donning Pilates socks and heading to some form of class, with the practice's market size worth a whopping £894.9m currently - a figure that's set to continue rising.

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