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'Best 述べるd as pilates 改革者 on steroids': Charlotte Vossen tries out The Megaformer in TOPLINE FITNESS

Published: 12:01 BST, 6 April 2024 | Updated: 11:17 BST, 6 June 2024

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Headline Everything’s bigger in America ? 含むing the workout 器具／備品. Cue the Megaformer: a high-intensity, low-衝撃 fitness contraption that is best 述べるd as a pilates 改革者 on steroids.?

同様に as all manner of 扱うs, pulleys, 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s and 抵抗 springs, the Megaformer has a big Hollywood に引き続いて ? Michelle Obama, Jennifer Aniston, Sof?a Vergara and the Duchess of Sussex are all?fans ? so it was only a 事柄 of time before Brits were またがるing its wobbly carriage.

Timeline Personal trainer Sebastien Lagree created the Lagree Method in 1998, when he started teaching 演習s su ch as squats, 肺s, planks and 押し進める-ups on a pilates 改革者. He opened a studio in the living room of his West Hollywood apartment and started thinking about 製造業の his own 器具／備品.?

In 2003, after Lagree?had maxed out 15 credit cards to 支払う／賃金￡120,000 for a 原型, the Proformer (the Megaformer’s 前任者) was born.

Want to feel the real 燃やす? Try the Megaformer

Slimline While the Megaformer may look like a souped-up 改革者, believe me the Lagree Method isn’t pilates. Instead it relies on bodybuilding 原則s to 配達する a total-団体／死体 workout that 強化するs, lengthens and トンs. And it’s 堅い ? five minutes into my 50-minute Megaformer 開会／開廷／会期 my 脚s were trembling.

輪郭（を描く） The Megaformer has 前線 and 支援する壇・綱領・公約s, with a 事情に応じて変わる carriage that moves between them. The machine is surrounded by a 安定妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 for more 支配（する）／統制する and muscle 活性化 (during my class I learned that the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 is also called the � 董僻蛤瓩痢飽賁� of 解雇する／砲火／射撃’ ? and let me tell you, my abs were 燃えて). It also features さまざまな扱うs and foot 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s, 同様に as cables for extra 安定.

Adrenaline Time under 緊張 (how long a muscle is 活動させる／戦時編成するd during an 演習始める，決める) is a 重要な原則. Mountain 登山者s and those used to 急速な／放蕩な-paced burpees might struggle the most, as the Lagree Method uses a very slow 速度 ? 最小限 four counts to move the carriage out and four counts to move the carriage in.?

You’ll have to repeat each 演習 for at least one minute, and there’s no downtime in between, so 準備する to get your heart 率 up and your sweat on.

Longline The Megaformer is designed to 活動させる／戦時編成する your slow-twitch muscle fibres? these take longer to 契約 and don’t 疲労，（軍の）雑役 quickly, so are good for endurance activities such as long-distance running. Working these fibres results in the いわゆる ‘Lagree shakes’.?

While the shakiness might seem like your 団体／死体 is telling you to take a break, it’s important to 押し進める through it (with the 権利 form, of course) as this will lead to muscle 決裂／故障. After a few weeks of classes, you’ll notice that your muscles are 存在 rebuilt stronger, longer and leaner.

Lifeline Thanks to the spring-based 抵抗, this low-衝撃 workout is 平易な on your 共同のs and connective tissues, meaning you’re いっそう少なく傾向がある to 傷害s. You can 追加する or 除去する抵抗 by adjusting the springs or by repositioning your 団体／死体に引き続いて the numbers and lines on the Megaformer’s carriage and 壇・綱領・公約.?

Incline There are over 1,000 演習s that can be 成し遂げるd on the Megaformer, each with three difficulty levels. The ‘easiest’ 選択 is to 直面する今後 on the 前線壇・綱領・公約 (the starter classes are taught at the 前線).?

For those a little more 前進するd, there are the ‘巨大（な）’ variations, which are 成し遂げるd on the 支援する壇・綱領・公約直面するing 今後s and, for those wishing to do the hardest level, ‘巨大（な）逆転する’ 演習s ? done on the 支援する壇・綱領・公約直面するing backwards.

Get in line Newly opened Studio 直す／買収する，八百長をする in West London’s Kensington is one of only two licensed Lagree Method studios in the country. Its 50-minute Megaformer classes start from ￡30 a 開会／開廷／会期 (Mega 会員の地位 prices 範囲 between ￡320 and ￡450 a month, studiofix.co.uk).?

注目する，もくろむ-wateringly pricey, but the high-end wellness 目的地’s changing rooms have fresh towels, にわか雨s, Aesop toiletries 加える Dyson hairdryers and cordless straighteners.

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