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Can we brag for a second? Our students keep knocking us out!

We love our library at Knockout, which includes volumes on Pilates, anatomy, yoga, dance, running, strength training, and philosophy. When we combined our separate collections, we realized we had doubles of three books. Here’s a look at the trilogy of texts so essential that we each had a copy…

Knockout Pilates was born one year ago, and we have so much to celebrate!

This Black History Month, we have been celebrating the remarkable life of Pilates pioneer, dancer, and activist Kathy Grant. We are very proud to be part of Kathy’s teaching lineage…

Stephanie Bittner is the Education Director at Kinected in Manhattan, where both Lesley and Sarah did their training. She is also the founder of Bittner Movement…

JM was our very first student at KO Pilates! Born in Myanmar, he was  educated in England and the US, and traveled the world taking stunning  photographs you can see on his IG @jmtolani and on our studio walls.  JM’s resilience in the face of Parkinson’s Disorder is an inspiration to us. We chatted over Zoom before he headed out to hear the Philharmonic.

SHORT ANSWER: As teachers and enthusiasts of both disciplines, we get asked a lot what  the difference is between Pilates and yoga. They are both fabulous  body-mind practices. LONGER ANSWER…

I have been in love with dance since I was three years old. Growing up in Illinois, I skipped sleepovers for dance class, and my dedicated mom drove me all the way to the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis to get the best training…

I fell in love with yoga while I was a student at Brown University. After  graduation, I got certified in Kripalu Yoga and, later, Anusara-style  Hatha Yoga. I spent a decade teaching all levels of yoga to all kinds of  New Yorkers, privately and in gyms throughout the city…