What No One Tells You Before Your First Pilates or Barre Class


You will:

  • Shake like a baby giraffe
  • Forget how to breathe
  • Regret not trimming your toenails
  • Reconsider your life choices during glutes on the box

But you’ll also:

  • Feel like a graceful, sweaty swan by the end
  • Discover muscles you didn’t know existed
  • Possibly bond with the person next to you over mutual suffering

Tips:

  • Bring a hair tie. No, two.
  • Don’t compare your body or movement to anyone else’s. Literally everyone is faking it until their core kicks in.
  • That “deep core” burn? It’s real. And it’s not trying to kill you. (Maybe.)

And above all: laugh. You’ll feel dumb sometimes, but it’s part of the charm. We all started somewhere. Even the girl in the matching Alo set who looks like she was born on a reformer.