Your New Home Pilates Studio

Why not let us help you 'build' your own home studio? Choosing the right pilates equipment and knowing how to prep the room is enough to see you working out from home. From a mat, to the reformer, ladder barrel or Wanda chair.

With our dedicated pilates studio design service we can provide you with a bespoke design that suits your needs and your space. It's a free service and we also provide a quote for the equipment to save you time and hassle in shopping around. Simple and easy for you, we look at a range of things when we put the design together.

Maximise Your Space

It is important to make your Pilates studio space work for you. The right equipment and the right environment will ensure you are motivated for your workouts.

The first step is to actually "see yourself" working out in the home. This is always good in theory, but lots of people give up very quickly. We suggest you think about what qualities you think the workout space needs to have and how often you will use it for Pilates or just working out. As you visualize this space, if you find yourself gravitating to a certain area of your home, could this be the best place to base your workout area? Repurpose that study, bedroom, garage or basement and you could find the space actually motivates you to workout. 

Planning Your Studio

It depends on your height but in general a lot of space is not needed for Pilates workouts - for a medium-size woman 8' x 8' can be sufficient. If you are going to add equipment to your workout, Pilates rings and exercise bands use very little space and are excellent choices for adding both a challenge and providing variety to the home workout. However, it should be noted that an exercise ball will need a place to be stored somewhere out of the way when you are not using it.

In regards to larger pieces of Pilates equipment it is important to be realistic in your planning when you are investing in the larger and therefore more expensive pieces of Pilates equipment, as they take up a lot of space. Even buying a reformer or Pilates chair that is made to be "portable," you may not want to move it as much as the manufacturer implies you will.

If you are buying a big piece make sure you can set it up and still have enough room to do your mat work, or at least move around the equipment relatively easily; the H1 Pilates home reformer measures 247cm long by 70cm wide - but can be stored upright. The majority of other equipment will be les sthan this and so easy to plan for.

Setting Up for Motivation

The priority when setting up a home workout space is focusing on ensuring that you do actually workout; a pleasant space makes a big difference in most people's motivation levels. Many well-intentioned workout spaces have been set up in basements and garages, only to sit there unused as they tend to be too cold or too hot and strangely lit, decreasing motivation to workout due to the space association.

"Too cold" is one of the most common excuses for not using a workout space at home, to combat this you can put a space heater in a cold room, but consider whether you would be willing to workout if you have to wait half an hour for it to heat up.

If you can make a not-so-ideal space comfortable consistently, it might be worth the investment but if the answer is uncertain, think about when you are most likely to workout and choose a place that will truly be available to you at that time. The family room might seem like the obvious location but ask yourself if you would be better off creating a spot in your bedroom that is private and comfortable for you.

Our Thoughts

Exercising at home, whether a gym, mat or Pilates workout, sounds easier than it often is. However, if you schedule in workouts using a calendar or diary and ensure everyone in the house knows when you'll be busy, then this is a good statr to encouraging you to keep to a workout regime. Training with someone else is also a great way to motivate yourself - especially if it's a personal trainer or Pilates teacher - as you're paying them to help you workout!

Whichever way you manage to find to motivate yourself, working out at home can be a great way to free up time and help you workout.