Founding membership25 places for the studio’s first six months
How it compares

Is it cardio?

Does reformer count as cardio?

Not really. It’s resistance and control work, and it isn’t designed to keep your heart rate up for a sustained stretch. A faster class will certainly get you warm, but it shouldn’t replace walking, running, cycling or swimming in your week.

Strength,notcardio

Why the answer is no

Cardiovascular work relies on holding your heart rate up for a sustained period. A reformer class works in sets, with changes of position and spring in between, so it’s intermittent by design.

You might well finish warm and breathing hard. That’s not quite the same as twenty unbroken minutes of aerobic work.

Warmis not thesame asaerobic

What a sensible week looks like

Something aerobic you actually enjoy, some resistance work, and something that keeps you moving well through a full range. Reformer covers the third comfortably and helps with the second. It isn’t trying to cover the first.

A brisk walk up the hills counts, and you’ve got some of the loveliest in the country right there.

Short on time

Express is thirty minutes of efficient full-body work, which fits alongside running or cycling without taking your whole evening.

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Common questions

Will it improve my fitness?

It improves strength, control and muscular stamina. For cardiovascular fitness specifically, add something continuous like walking, running, cycling or swimming.

Do you sweat?

Often, in a faster class. Active gets your heart going more than Foundations does, though neither is aerobic training.

Ready when you are

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