Engineered Well Pilates

Engineered Well Pilates Classical Pilates studio + online
Fun, friendly teaching, designed to get - and keep - you moving.

02/05/2026

International Pilates Day 🥳🎉✨️

Pilates - the movement system that makes your body feel like home again.

Thank you to Joseph and his life-changing Method for supporting me on my journey back home. 🙏

If you're recovering from injury, illness, hormone changes, nervous system deregulation, loneliness, depression or pretty much anything life has decided to throw at you, get in touch to find out how Classical Pilates can help you navigate your way through it and come back stronger. 💪🤗

15/11/2021

"Never enough"

That's a translation of something Joseph Pilates apparently used to say. A lot.

It's something I love about Pilates - there's always room to do better, to work deeper, to feel a familiar exercise in a completely new way.

For me, one exercise I never get bored of is the roll up. To start off with, it was all about the abs. Then my shoulder connection came into play (although as you can see, it's not necessarily my strongest!). Then I discovered that how well my glutes fire is closely linked to how I position my feet.

And now I'm working on maintaining the lift and length of my roll up.

Because it's not just a matter of sitting up or stretching forward - but retaining an elongated spine throughout every stage of the movement.

Of pulling back as much as you reach forward. Of lifting up as much as you round over. Of front and back working together in complete balance.

So yes, these roll ups aren't without fault, but today they're more lengthened than they were the other day (which was today's intention). So box ticked, and that's enough for me.

AM or PM?When it comes to exercise, what time of day do you prefer to get your body moving?Hit the reformer before work?...
11/10/2021

AM or PM?

When it comes to exercise, what time of day do you prefer to get your body moving?

Hit the reformer before work?

Or after?

Or like the idea of breaking off at lunchtime for an at-home Zoom mat class?

I'm potentially looking to add a couple of new time slots to the schedule for group training and I want to know which times would fit in with your lives better.

Let me know in the comments below (ideally let me know days and preferred times) so I can put on the sessions that make it easy to keep your body moving.

Share this post with anyone who might benefit from adding Pilates to their life!

1,000 miles.That's how far Engineered Well Pilates regular David Walsh will be cycling over the next nine days in aid of...
04/09/2021

1,000 miles.

That's how far Engineered Well Pilates regular David Walsh will be cycling over the next nine days in aid of The Prince's Trust.

Yes, you read that right. In just nine days, David will be cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats, camping along the way.

Impressive stuff.

Equally impressive is David's £5,000 fundraising target. David is raising money for The Prince's Trust, a charity that works hard to create brighter futures for young people aged 11 to 30, empowering them to get in to jobs, education and training.

So please spare any change you have to support your fellow Pilates team member David with this incredible physical challenge and help him hit his fundraising target.

Just click the link below 🙏🙏🙏

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/DavidWalshRAB2020

VOTING CLOSES TODAY, PEOPLE!You have until 5pm today to vote for your favourite independent businesses in this year's Mu...
23/07/2021

VOTING CLOSES TODAY, PEOPLE!

You have until 5pm today to vote for your favourite independent businesses in this year's Muddy Stilettos - Wiltshire Awards.

Every vote matters so please do take two minutes to show your support and let those local enterprises know how much they mean to you.

I'm so excited to be in the final for the Best Yoga/Pilates Studio so do head to the Muddy Stilettos website and vote 🙏

https://wilts.muddystilettos.co.uk/vote/

STOMACH MASSAGEAka the exercise that never fails to show me progressions in my own personal Pilates journey.When I first...
11/07/2021

STOMACH MASSAGE

Aka the exercise that never fails to show me progressions in my own personal Pilates journey.

When I first started, I felt it painfully in my hip flexors.

Then I went through a phase of not really seeing its point.

Now, it's the magic key to stretching out my lower back, challenging my heel to seat connection and overcoming an ongoing hip impingement.

The first picture is me working on getting as much "lift" out of my lower back as I possibly can - and man am I feeling a stretch through my back and hips here. Just look at that face 😍

The second picture is the "dumped" position my body prefers to live in. 😬

The final clip - proof that even Pilates instructors play the sticky mat tango of working out how far towards the shoulder blocks you can put the pad before your teacher picks up on it and gets you to bring it forward 😅

We're all human. 😉

Shut. The. Front. Door. 🖐Thanks to all your support Engineered Well Pilates has made it through to the Awards 2021 Fina...
06/07/2021

Shut. The. Front. Door. 🖐

Thanks to all your support Engineered Well Pilates has made it through to the Awards 2021 Finals! 🥳

I am literally beside myself with excitement and gratitude 🙏

For a small newly-started business like me, this really does mean a huge amount. Particularly this year.

So now I have one more favour to ask...

Winners for each category will be selected by public vote.

So if you've ever enjoyed one of my classes - either in studio or online; if I've ever made you laugh, lifted your mood or helped you feel your abs. Or if Otto 🐶 has ever made you smile with a surprise cameo...

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME

https://wilts.muddystilettos.co.uk/vote/

You have until 5pm on 23 July 2021.


Lockdown may not be lifting tomorrow as planned but the good news is... you can still do Pilates!Check out my friendly s...
20/06/2021

Lockdown may not be lifting tomorrow as planned but the good news is... you can still do Pilates!

Check out my friendly studio in Woodborough Yard, Wiltshire for small group classes (max three people) and private tuition (in-studio plus online).

Why wait to get your fit on when you can get started today!



Ps. There's still time to vote for me in the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2021 - it takes just two minutes: https://wilts.muddystilettos.co.uk/nominate/yoga-pilates-instructor

18/06/2021

AB SERIES OF 🖐
(aka 😱🥵)

This is a strong sequence designed to challenge the entire Powerhouse. So yes, you will feel this deep in the belly but if you rely on your abs alone, this is going to be one long, hard section of your Pilates matwork.

Remember, your Powerhouse is made up of more than just your 'core'. The inner thighs are in there, your pits to hip connection and your seat. Plug all these pieces together and movement becomes easy (ish 😉).

We all have days when we feel less with it than others and on those days, it's important to be kind to our bodies. So here are the five exercises with some modifications that are also great for beginners or those who hate table top.

The final video shows the movements turned on their head. They're the same exercise but with a different set up in space. Sometimes it pays to think outside the box.

1. Single leg stretch
2. Double leg stretch
3. Scissors
4. Double leg lower lift
5. Kriss kross


🙏 THANK YOU 🙏I'm over-the-moon to have been nominated in the Best Yoga/Pilates Studio category in this year's Muddy Stil...
17/06/2021

🙏 THANK YOU 🙏

I'm over-the-moon to have been nominated in the Best Yoga/Pilates Studio category in this year's Muddy Stilettos Awards. 🥳

When you set up your first business just before a pandemic, it's lovely to know you've still managed to make a positive mark on people lives. 😊

The five studios with the most nominations by 5pm on 22nd June will be entered into the final so please take a couple of minutes to nominate me - https://wilts.muddystilettos.co.uk/nominate/yoga-pilates-instructor

It's never too late to start Pilates.Meet Buddy, the newest member of the Engineered Well Pilates team.He's helping me t...
16/06/2021

It's never too late to start Pilates.

Meet Buddy, the newest member of the Engineered Well Pilates team.

He's helping me to see what's really going on beneath the skin of my clients.

I'm helping him to develop the core strength he needs to hold his legs up without the support of the reformer footbar.

It's a work in progress.

Most importantly, though, is that it is a work in progress. Because Buddy had the confidence to get started.

Do you?

Engineered Well Pilates offers fun, friendly teaching - in-studio and online - designed to get (and keep) you moving. Your Body. Your Pilates. Visit my website to find out more.

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