Pilates Guy

Pilates Guy Level 4 Lower Back Pain Exercise Specialist.

After recovering from CHRONIC back pain, I help others do the same.

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Face to face mat Pilates spaces available! Hucclecote & Abbeydale. First Session FREE.All levels of fitness and experien...
26/08/2026

Face to face mat Pilates spaces available! Hucclecote & Abbeydale. First Session FREE.

All levels of fitness and experience welcome.

Currently I have these spaces available on an ongoing basis (most people opt for membership):

1 Space Monday 10.30AM Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre

1 Space Tuesday 9.30AM Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre

3 Spaces Tuesday 6.15PM Dinglewell Juniors School

3 Spaces Tuesday 7.45PM Dinglewell Juniors School

1 Space Wednesday 9.30AM Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre

Please get in touch if you'd like to get started or want more information. Message here or e-mail:

[email protected]

Face to face mat Pilates spaces available! Hucclecote & Abbeydale.First Session FREE.Having launched some Reformer sessi...
24/06/2026

Face to face mat Pilates spaces available! Hucclecote & Abbeydale.
First Session FREE.

Having launched some Reformer sessions, I have a few extra mat spaces come up where people have decided to go fully Reformer.

Currently I have these spaces available on an ongoing basis (most people opt for membership):

2 Spaces Monday 10.30AM Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre
3 Spaces Tuesday 7.45PM Dinglewell Juniors School
1 Space Wednesday 9.30AM Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre

I have spaces coming soon on the following:

Monday 2PM Hucclecote Community Centre
Tuesday 9.30AM Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre

Please get in touch if you'd like to get started or want more information. Message here or e-mail:

[email protected]

Exciting ๐Ÿ˜†
05/05/2026

Exciting ๐Ÿ˜†

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดEvery few months thereโ€™s a new โ€œthis is it.โ€The supplement that fixes everything...
26/02/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
Every few months thereโ€™s a new โ€œthis is it.โ€

The supplement that fixes everything.
Cold plunges.
Red light therapy.
Grounding mats.
The perfect mattress.
Greens powders.
Peptides.
The 5am routine.
Applying 30 pegs to your face (joke).

Apparently this one thing is going to sort your back, your energy, your mood, your hormones, your waistline and your life.

Maybe.

But only if your entire life is dialled inโ€ฆ except for that one thing.

Letโ€™s zoom out.

If youโ€™re consistently:

Sleeping well (quality and quantity)

Managing stress

Staying hydrated

Eating a balanced, nutritious diet

Exercising regularly and progressively

โ€ฆbut youโ€™re sat on your ๐Ÿ‘ all day long?

Then yes โ€” moving more through the day could absolutely be the missing piece.

If everything looks solidโ€ฆ except stress?

And you start cold plunging.

What are you actually doing?

Youโ€™re carving out time.
Youโ€™re focusing on breathing.
Youโ€™re regulating your nervous system.
Youโ€™re stepping away from your phone.
Youโ€™re forcing presence.

Itโ€™s not necessarily the cold water thatโ€™s the magic.

Itโ€™s the pause.

So in that case, that โ€œone thingโ€ might feel transformational.

But itโ€™s filling a gap.

If you generally look after yourself but youโ€™re not exercising?

Thatโ€™s the missing piece.

If everything looks good but youโ€™re sleeping 5โ€“6 broken hours per night?

Thatโ€™s the missing piece.

If youโ€™re active but:

Drinking regularly

Eating poorly

Stressed constantly

Sleeping terribly

Itโ€™s going to take more than:

A weekly Pilates class
A massage
A Shakti mat
A cold shower
A new wearable
A greens powder
A fancy recovery gadget

To change how you actually feel.

Hereโ€™s the uncomfortable truth.

If your lifestyle is chaotic, no single biohack is going to rescue you.

Not Pilates.
Not cold plunges.
Not supplements.
Not a massage once a month.

You donโ€™t need a magic bullet.

You need consistency across the basics.

Now hereโ€™s where Iโ€™ll slightly contradict myself.

Pilates might be the one thing you need.
Not because itโ€™s magical.

But because it can tick a lot of boxes at once.

When I started Pilates, I was stressed.
My back was killing me.
My nervous system was in overdrive.
I was living life โ€œprotectingโ€ my back.

Pilates calmed everything down.

It helped me move again.
Made me more flexible and mobile.
Gave me better control of my body.
Gave me confidence to move again.
Helped me handle stress.

I became more aware of my body.
I moved more through the day โ€” even with a desk job and long hours in the car.

It addressed a lot of things I needed at once.

Was my lifestyle perfect?

No.

My drinking still needed sorting โ€” especially when I got back into rugby ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ‰
My sleep hygiene wasnโ€™t brilliant.

But Pilates was life changing because it improved multiple pillars at the same time.

Not because it was trendy.

Not because it was one of the latest fads.

Because it built consistency across the foundations.

If youโ€™re feeling stiff, tired, sore or stuckโ€ฆ

Before chasing the next โ€œholy grailโ€, zoom out.

Which pillar is actually missing?

Sleep?
Stress?
Nutrition?
Daily movement?
Progressive exercise?
Alcohol?

Small, steady improvements across the board will beat one dramatic intervention every single time.

Thatโ€™s how you reduce pain.
Thatโ€™s how you build energy.
Thatโ€™s how you stay resilient.
Thatโ€™s how you keep doing the things you care about.

No drama.
No fads.
Just grown-up consistency.

If you want help building that properly โ€” you know where I am.

03/02/2026

Thanks to all the members and followers who got stuck in with the fundraiser โค๏ธ

FREE Online Session...Well, as free as you want it to be.I am running a charity fancy dress fundraiser on Saturday 27th ...
13/12/2025

FREE Online Session...

Well, as free as you want it to be.

I am running a charity fancy dress fundraiser on Saturday 27th December to raise funds for the Cirencester Opportunity Group. 45 mins from 9AM.

You are welcome to join for free - but any contribution no matter how small would be massively appreciated.

COG do amazing, life changing work with children and families. I used to be a trustee of the charity until life got a little too hectic for me to give them the time they deserve.

The session will be fun, and suitable for all levels. Pilates is great for you and will contribute to your moving and feeling better. Win win!

Link in the comments to book ๐Ÿ‘‡

Pilates Christmas Party 2026 was fun & filling
12/12/2025

Pilates Christmas Party 2026 was fun & filling

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.A new 2025 study on office workers found som...
07/12/2025

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

A new 2025 study on office workers found something incredibly simple:

๐Ÿ‘‰ Two 15-minute sessions per week of basic stretching, mobility and body-weight moves
+
๐Ÿ‘‰ Small movement breaks during the day

โ€ฆled to less neck pain, less lower-back pain, and lower overall discomfort after eight weeks.

No gym.
No long workouts.
Just short, consistent movement.

And the reason the results were so good?
The sessions were short enough that people stuck with them (82% adherence).

Which is exactly why I built my On-Demand Membership the way I did.

Inside you get:

โ€ข A Whole Category Of Short Sessions (Brackets 20-30mins, 15-20 mins, under 15 mins)
โ€ข A Full Progressive Back Pain Course & Beginner Course For Something Streuctured
โ€ข Sports Specific
โ€ข Occupation Specific
โ€ข Stretch & Mobility
โ€ข Weight Loss

Perfect for anyone who sits for work, feels stiff by the afternoon, or wants to improve their back, mobility or overall wellbeing without spending hours training.

Between sessions, all you need are tiny 1โ€“3 minute breaks:
roll the shoulders, arm circles, backbend, forward fold, side bends.
Small resets. Big payoff.

If you want the link to try it for free for 7 days, drop me the word โ€œACTIVEโ€ and Iโ€™ll send it over.

Keep moving.

Russ

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