How to Do Reformer Pilates at Home — Without a Reformer

You can get really creative with at-home workouts, and you'd be surprised at what you could turn into a Pilates apparatus. In fact, we have a full-body Pilates workout routine using an office chair in a way that's similar to a reformer's sliding carriage.

"A rolling desk chair can be used for a lot!" says Blumenfeld. "With your hands on the chair and feet on the ground, you can try a plank series with mountain climbers, leg lifts, plank to pike, etc. You could put your feet on the seat of the chair and do push-up to pikes; you could stand with your knee bent resting on the seat and drag the chair in and out for inner-thigh work."