Selena Gomez Introduced me to Hot Pilates and my Winter is Already Better

“Just like with Bikram, the heat will get your heart rate up,” explains instructor Kate Davies, who offers a hot Pilates class at her studio, YO BK. “It also warms up the muscles and releases lactic acid so that your joints and your muscles are a little bit more pliable. I like using the analogy of a welder heating up a piece of metal before bending it—the human body is really similar. When people who practice hot yoga and hot Pilates go to a class that’s not heated, they’re like, ‘Whoa, this is such a different range of motion.’” And it’s true, considering the different level of flexibility that you feel in those high temps. She also points out the detox benefits of sweating, noting that her students “love to feel that ‘rinsed-clean’ feeling you get from sweating until your hair is completely wet.”

Davies’ class, which is considered “Inferno Style,” combines floor work, standing exercises, and tabata training to create a cardio-intensive experience. “But just like there are different styles of hot yoga, it’s the same with styles of hot Pilates,” she says. “There are definitely slower classes than what we teach.”

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