Hybrid Pilates workouts… like the Barre that integrate Cardio …are anchored by the Pilates Method and the principles it was founded has Pilates appeal written all over it.

In the following quote Joseph Pilates appealed to all of his Disciples.

“I Appeal to those interested in the future welfare of our race, to aid in putting my practical physical education method before the public where it will do the most benefit, and to have them see and test my health producing inventions to the end that mankind can enjoy God’s blessings – health and happiness.”

Joseph H. Pilates,  1880 – 1967
Return to Life Through Contrology

Using a Barre, Bar, Ball or a Chair… as a stabilizer….to aid in proper alignment while moving through ranges of motion resulting in a Cardio workout is Trailblazing.

Pilates Pioneer and Trailblazer Ron Fletcher, who worked directly with Clara & Joe, was a good example of a pioneer who brought the Pilates Method to Hollywood and  took in new, sometimes controversial directions, expanding it to include standing exercises, floor work derived from his early studies with dance icon Martha Graham and upper-body work done with the aid of a rolled towel with an emphasis on the breath.

Pioneers  always take the most arrows.  This is a good venue to identify and discuss which hybrid Pilates programs should be shot.