Assuming that you have done Pilates before, I imagine that you’ve used a Pilates machine or other such Pilates equipment. There are quite a few of these machines available for the home market. Every Pilaters machine I’ve seen, like the Pilates Reformer, is a completely self contained workout device.

I don’t care which “brand name” of Pilates you practice, whether it’s Winsor Pilates, Malibu Pilates, or Stott Pilates, there is a good chance you’ve used one of these machines. Maybe you have even bought one for your own home gym. If you don’t have one but thought about buying one…keep reading.

What I am going to do now is give a little comparison for three of the best Pilates machines out there: the Pilates Reformer, the Pilates Power Gym, and the Malibu Pilates Chair. These are, by far, the three most popular pieces of exercise equipment.

So here is the first review…the Pilates Reformer, the big dog of Pilates machines.

Pilates Reformer

This legendary (alright I’m being a little facetious with this term) Pilates Reformer is the top of the line Pilates machine out there. It is the equipment of choice among most of the worlds Pilates teaching elite. Although the name certainly does sound like some ancient torture device straight out of the Spanish Inquisition (which, if you remember your Monty Python, no one expects), it is actually a state of the art and up to date exercise equipment model.

I think most people understand that Joseph Pilates developed the exercise system that bears his name while in a prison camp in the first part of the 20th century. What he wanted was a total holistic form of modern exercise. Pilates strengthens the core abdominal muscles that align and correct your postural muscles, giving you an amazing sense of health and well being.

The Pilates Reformer allows you to sit in its carriage on a padded seat and pull and push yourself along the track using the patented pulley and spring system. This way you can build yourself up with a steady and progressive pace, increasing your workload with time.

Pilates Power Gym

The Pilates Power Gym is a beautiful piece of Pilates equipment. Able to carry a person up to about 225 pounds it has comfortable foot straps and padded handles, just like the Reformer. Like other Pilates machines it allows you to adjust your gym to your own fitness level for core strength training. As well, it is only half the size of a normal Pilates machine and very lightweight so can be moved around with great ease and convenience. It is made with a sturdy carbon-steel frame that helps firm, tone, and sculpt calves, thighs, hips, abs, shoulders, arms, and back for a whole new you. Just think of what it will be like to look in the mirror and absolutely LOVE what you see!

Malibu Pilates Chair

This is one of the smallest and certainly most compact of the whole body Pilates machines. And clocking in at just under three hundred and fifty bucks, it might just be one of the most affordable. It comes with a free wall chart and diet plan that make massive weight loss not only possible but simple and easy. Even sitting on your backside (it is a chair after all) you are going to get a serious work out with the MPC.

It doesn’t matter which of these superior machines you purchase, you’re going to feel great about losing all that weight and building up greater lean muscle mass.