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* 1:1 Pilates Apparatus Studio
* Community Pilates Classes
* Pilates & Wellness Retreats
* Virtual Pilates Classes

25 years teaching experience.

Highly qualified teacher with excellent CPD record. Specialises in Modern Pilates & Women’s Health

02/11/2026

High Flyer Of The Month 🏆
Gemma Bayliffe-Newby

Gemma initially began her Pilates journey with me a few years ago, as a 1:1 client.
Gemma worked hard on her programme to address her long standing back issues and started to feel the benefit.

From there Gemma moved to my community mat classes and has continued to go from strength to strength.

Gemma has shown improvements in all key areas. Her attendance and consistency are always first class.

Gemma is a ray of sunshine and a joy to teach.
This lady is strong inside and out.

Congratulations to Gemma, what a star ⭐️ 👏

30/10/2026

Core Communication 🧠

Muscles and bones do not have a mind of their own, their actions are coordinated and activated via the nervous system and the motor control centre of the brain.

Coordinated movement requires the brain to integrate data from vision, the inner ear (vestibular system), and body awareness (proprioception) to safely drive muscle output.

Ultimately, you can’t train a muscle that your nervous system isn’t communicating with.
The deep core muscles function differently from the more superficial muscles.

They anticipate when you are going to move and prepare your spine to absorb or transfer forces and impact away from the joints.

For the lumbo-pelvic region these include transversus abdominis, multifidus, the pelvic floor and breathing diaghragm.

Once a client can locate, communicate and activate the deep muscle system, it is then time to apply more load and movement variation.

28/10/2026

World Biathle Championships 🇵🇹

Portugal was special 🤗

Individual Bronze 🥉
Team Gold 🥇

Thank you
Pentathlon GB NWBiathleHubUIPM - World Pentathlon

23/10/2026

We Know, We Know 😉

Well done everyone, another fantastic week of magical movement in the bank.

Meet you back on the mat again soon 🫶

21/10/2026

STRONG BY RUTH
COURSE 2 COMPLETED ✅

What a group this is, I honestly couldn’t be prouder of them.
They have worked incredibly hard and achieved so much in the past 8 weeks.

We have people of all ages, some managing clinical conditions and others simply wanting to improve their strength, fitness and overall wellbeing.

Regardless of their starting point, they have all shown amazing commitment, supported one another brilliantly and worked hard to master good technique and progress at a safe, gradual pace. 🙌

It has been an absolute joy to watch their confidence grow, their strength improve and their abilities develop throughout the courses🫶

20/10/2026

Mechanical Load 🦴

Bone is living tissue that is constantly being broken down and rebuilt through a process called bone remodelling. As we age, and as women go through hormonal imbalances in the menopausal life phase, this balance can shift, causing bone loss to exceed bone formation.

Mechanical loading is the force placed on bones during movement, exercise, and everyday activities. These forces stimulate bone cells to adapt, helping maintain or improve bone strength and density.

When we put bones under resistance, lift weights, or jump, they experience forces from gravity, muscle contractions, and impact. Bone cells detect these forces and send signals that help regulate bone remodelling, including the formation of new bone.

Bones respond to the magnitude,rate, direction and repetition of the forces placed on them.

The effective load depends on the bone, the person’s age, training history, health and current bone density.

As a women’s health specialist with many years of experience and training around bone health strategies, I am passionate about educating and advising clients on the best way to implement effective and appropriate bone loading exercises and health strategies.

Ultimately we aim to gradually challenge bones more than they are accustomed to, whilst allowing adequate recovery, eating a nutrient rich diet and managing stress.

16/10/2026

Autumn Term 🍁
Fully Booked 🫶

13/10/2026

Celebrating Frances 🎉

Huge congratulations to Frances from my Friday Pilates class, who has recently lead the North West England team in the Turf Ultimate Region Fight.
Here she is to tell us more about it …

Turf is an outdoor location based game where players capture virtual zones using their smartphone's GPS technology. Zones are placed in parks, town squares, on paths and cycleways, and often near features of interest.
Players generally cycle, run or walk to gain points by taking over zones.

It was developed in Sweden in 2010 and became popular in the UK during the Covid lockdowns.

While taking zones in their local area, players are competing against those in other parts of the world to gain the most points and win regional, country and even world medals.

Medals are also available for other aspects of the game, such as taking zones at monuments, taking 10 zones quickly, taking lots of zones in a single day, and taking zones in different regions.

In September each year there is an inter-regional competition (called the Turf Ultimate Regional Fight, TURF) where teams from different regions around the world compete against each other. I was leading the North West England team and we surprised everyone, not least ourselves, by finishing in second place! The winners were Vastmanland from Sweden.
During this competition I cycled nearly 1800km, around Chorley, Preston, Leyland, Blackburn, Wigan, Bolton. I took my bike on the train to both Manchester and Liverpool. I took zones in Chester when I went to visit my mum.

As a result I won the North West England Region medal, which was my aim, and the UK Country medal, which was a surprise, and way beyond all my expectations. I came within a whisker of the world bronze medal!

After all this cycling I was really grateful for the stretching session at Pilates last week, but now I need to get my body working in another plane of motion - more Pilates!

The picture shows my medal and some of the zones I took. Do you recognise any of them?

Huge congratulations to Frances on this fantastic achievement.

For more information on this you can visit
turfgame.com

09/10/2026

It’s All About You 🫶

Progress can be seen and felt in so many different ways.

For some, progress might be mastering a new movement or feeling stronger. For others, it might be improved flexibility, better balance, less tension, or simply feeling more confident in their own body.

Sometimes, progress is pushing yourself a little further. Other times, it’s listening to your body, slowing down, and recognising what you need that day.

There is no timeline and no need to compare your journey to anyone else’s.

Pilates is about so much more than what you can see on the outside. It’s about how you feel, how you move, and the little changes that build over time.

Different bodies
Different journeys 🫶

07/10/2026

💪 Big cheer for the Strong By Ruth squad! 💪

All ages, all different starting points, but one common goal — to build long-term strength, fitness and confidence 🫶

Some of this group had never done anything like this before, so I genuinely couldn’t be prouder watching them grow, challenge themselves and become stronger week by week.

Everyone is progressing so well, and it’s amazing to see how far they’re coming already.

Keep showing up, keep getting stronger 🫶

Address

Summit Physiotherapy Moss Lane, Whittle Le Woods
Chorley
PR68AB

Telephone

+447794188199

Website

https://pilatesbyruth.co.uk/

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