Credit: Liz Connor
Strong Women
“I tried foam roller pilates every day for 2 weeks – it’s now my go-to money-saving workout”
By Liz Connor
9 months ago
6 min read
Pop into your local reformer pilates studio these days and you can expect to pay upwards of £18 for a low-intensity hour. It may hone and tone but trying to make reformer into a weekly habit comes at a huge cost. So, it’s no wonder that TikTok has found a workaround: swathes of users are swapping classes for at-home sessions using just a mat and a foam roller. But does this DIY version of the cult studio workout match up to the real thing? Strong Women contributor Liz Connor has been trialling the trend to see if the hype delivers.
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