Interested in Reformer pilates?
Experience the ultimate at-home Reformer workouts with Fluidform. Take your home Reformer studio to the next level with our safe and effective workouts. With over 30 Reformer workouts and 9 Fluidform Reformer challenges, you will achieve a total body workout and transformation in just 20 minutes a day.
Fluidform Reformer Challenges
Fluidform offers 9 Reformer challenges, featuring a specific combination of Reformer workouts to create change in your body in 21 days. Each Reformer challenge is designed to be safely and effectively completed at home, creating the ultimate in-studio Reformer experience within your own space.
Fluidform reformer workouts range from 20 to 40 minutes in duration, offering a complete total body cardio workout. You will receive a digital and printable calendar for each challenge, outlining the daily workouts recommended each day to achieve optimal results.
Our Reformer Fundamentals video outlines how to safely use your Reformer at home and get the most out of your Reformer workouts.
Latest Reformer Challenge
Reformer 9.0 is the latest Fluidform at Home Reformer challenge. The 21-day challenge will create length and build strength in your body to achieve the ultimate reformer at-home experience. Follow the 21 day calendar of daily workouts, combining 4 specific reformer workouts designed to create change in your body.
For this challenge, you will need access to a reformer machine, along with your:
- Fluidform at Home equipment pack
- Ankle weights
- 1kg hand weights
Please note, Reformer 8.4 uses the Reformer sitting box throughout the workout. Some Reformer machines come with the sitting box and others require you to purchase separately.
What is Reformer Pilates?
Did you know? Reformer pilates was originally designed for rehabilitation and created to build strength and flexibility to improve your form and technique on the mat.
Reformer pilates uses a Reformer machine to help assist your body move into specific positions and perform specific exercises that without the machine, would not be possible. The machine involves a moving carriage, attached to springs and straps to provide resistance and support. The Reformer teaches your body to feel movement in a new way.
What are the benefits of Reformer Pilates?
The combination of moving with assistance, against resistance, pushing, pulling, controlling and holding allows for greater freedom of movement. The reformer machine is versatile in that movements can be performed standing, sitting, lying and balancing allowing for a greater range of movements. It has the ability to replace nearly every piece of equipment you can find in the gym. This continues to challenge the most advanced athletes. Incremental adjustments to the springs has a significant impact on the strength and engagement required to perform exercises. This brings benefits to your strength, flexibility and balance.
Reformer pilates is unique in that while it will continue to challenge the most advanced movers, it is particularly beneficial for people recovering from injury or Pilates beginners as the machine helps to support the client to move with confidence.
The key benefits to Reformer Pilates:
- New muscle discover and engagement
- Increased strength
- Increased tone
- Improved flexibility
- Deeper core connection
- Postural alignment
- Improved balance and coordination
Fluidform and specifically Reformer workouts strengthen your muscles through repetitive eccentric muscle contractions – which means your muscles are working against resistance or with tension in a lengthened position.
The key to a good reformer workout is the correct springs, it is not always a heavy spring that makes a movement more challenging.
How can I prepare for Reformer workouts?
The best way to prepare for Reformer workouts is to learn and understand your Reformer. This includes the straps, the footbar settings, the head and shoulder rests and most importantly the spring settings. Most Reformers are similar, but they all have their different settings. It is important to understand your own Reformer settings to move safely and get the most out of your workout.
Stretching for Reformer
Reformer 6.4 Quick Stretch has all of my favourite stretches:
- Hip flexor stretch – stretches the front of your hips
- Mermaid – stretches your hips, side of your body and shoulders
- Hamstring and adductor stretch – stretches the deep muscles of your inside thigh and back of your legs
Remember to move into each stretch slowly and allow time to breath into each position.
Purchasing your at-home Reformer
For all home-use reformers, we recommend the Balance Body model through HF Industries. The Metro IQ Reformer by Balanced Body has all the features of our studio Reformers, designed to be set up in seconds and neatly store away. Making it the ultimate home-use Reformer for your personal Fluidform at Home studio.
