Pilates and strength training ~

LibbyLong45

I am 5 foot 6 inches 110lbs and 20.5% body fat. I want to have a toned body with muscle as well. I was curious to know if anyone has cross trained with Pilates twice a week and strength training 2-3 times out of the week. Or if it is recommended. Really any advice or tips would be awesome. Thx

LKArgh

It depends on what program you are following, for both weight training and pilates. I used to do a twice per week lifting program and twice per week pilates. Then I switched to a different pilates class and this class could not be combined with lifting, it is far more strength oriented, so it simply was impossible to lift a decent weight in between, the lifting days ended up being my super light weight recovery days. I currently switched to pilates only for strength training. But, there are programs more oriented towards core only, or flexibility.