Hi Gabrielle,

I love doing long Pilates workouts but these days it feels like I can only carve out enough time for the shorter ones (20 min or less). I’m thinking that if I do 20 min every day that is 140 min/week. I used to do 45 min 3x/week, which comes to about 135 min. In theory, it would be about the same amount of time per week but I’m wondering if longer workouts are more effective in general. I’ve read that the length of a workout makes a difference when it comes to cardio. I’m curious if that applies to Pilates too.

Thank you!
Valeria

Hi Valeria,
That's a great question! I strongly believe it doesn't make a huge difference when it comes to Pilates... as long as you can warm up quickly and get to the more challenging Pilates moves in a short session. Pilates is about strengthening muscles, improving flexibility and working on joint mobility, so whether you work on this in big chunks at a time or smaller more frequent times, it doesn't matter too much. One could argue that doing Pilates more often during the week could be even more beneficial for the body and mind. Just don't get stuck only doing footwork, abs, and feet in straps in the short amount of time. My shorter videos should offer you plenty of options, though 😉

I hope that helps!

Thank you for the reply! It is very helpful. I’m glad you called out making sure I do more than just footwork, abs and feet in straps. Otherwise, I probably would do feet in straps more often than not 😊

Haha! Nothing wrong with feet in straps - very beneficial for the body! But, yes, it's also good to do other things if you're going to have smaller amounts of time to workout :)