Q: What's the difference between Pilates and yoga?
A: Pilates moves are held for only about three seconds, so it's most like Vinyasa yoga. Pilates has more lying, sitting, and kneeling moves—and fewer standing exercises—than yoga.
In Pilates the movements are often done against resistance, with the abs pulled in and up to support the spine. This means breathing is concentrated in the rib cage, so the chest, sides, and back expand on inhalation, but the waist does not. Yoga breathing allows the abdominal cavity to expand and is often called "belly breathing."
A mat-work Pilates session will burn slightly more cals than a hatha yoga class, by virtue of a faster pace and the use of weighted resistance.
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