Is pilates strength training

Ilovepeppers
Ilovepeppers Posts: 396 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I ask because I do them almost nightly (about 6 months now) and under my fat I can feel muscles and definition. I know I use my body wright for almost all the exercises. Can this be counted as strength training?

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  • justanotherbrickinthewall
    justanotherbrickinthewall Posts: 156 Member
    I wouldn't count it as cardio, so yes. Since you're using your own muscles as resistance, it's technically strength training.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I wouldn't personally.

    The reason you can feel muscles underneath is most probably because you are stripping some of the fat away to reveal the muscles you already had, rather than building fresh muscle.
  • Ilovepeppers
    Ilovepeppers Posts: 396 Member
    I wouldn't personally.

    The reason you can feel muscles underneath is most probably because you are stripping some of the fat away to reveal the muscles you already had, rather than building fresh muscle.

    Wait, so push ups and sit ups and lungles don't build muscles? Whats the use of the pilates I've been doing?
  • AZackery
    AZackery Posts: 2,035 Member
    Yes, I would say that Pilates is strength training. Some Pilates workouts incorporate hand weights, some resistance bands and some just your own body.

    They have cardio Pilates as well.
  • KayteeBear
    KayteeBear Posts: 1,007 Member
    If it wasn't strength training then I dunno what it was...when I did Pilates there was PLENTY of strength moves. Mainly all the core. I actually really liked pilates for my core and back and I always had better posture.

    ETA: specifically the one I did focused mostly on core but did have a section for legs and butt.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Pilates is a type of resistance training. You get the results you get based on the type of training you do. Pilates focuses on the core, muscle and body awareness, and uses a lot of movements in an "extended" position. You will increase "strength" to the extent of the level of resistance and the types of movements you do.

    By comparison, resistance training using weights is going to build a different type of strength, based on the particular movements and the amount of resistance.

    The two types of "strength" are not identical, nor will they yield equivalent results. Whether or not the results you achieve with Pilates are the one you want depends on your goals.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I wouldn't personally.

    The reason you can feel muscles underneath is most probably because you are stripping some of the fat away to reveal the muscles you already had, rather than building fresh muscle.

    Wait, so push ups and sit ups and lungles don't build muscles? Whats the use of the pilates I've been doing?

    OK I didn't realise you did those sorts of movements in pilates. It sounds like it can be strength training then :)
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