Every class opens with the Hundred.

A hundred beats of the arms, in for five and out for five. By the last count your ribs, belly and back know where the work is, and the next fifty minutes go exactly there.

Book your first class

First class £15 · One-to-one intro £45

A woman in a long side reach on a reformer, one arm lifted towards the ceiling, in a sunlit studio

Four ways onto the apparatus

Most people start on the Reformer and add the others as their body asks for them. Every class is booked by the place, and every place comes with a teacher's eyes on you.

  1. Reformer

    A sliding carriage on springs, with straps for hands and feet. The springs resist both ways, so every movement is worked on the way out and again on the way back.

    50 minutes · All levels · Up to 8 people

    A woman in a side stretch on a wooden reformer, one arm reaching over her head

  2. Tower

    A frame of springs and bars fixed to the wall. Slower, heavier work for hips and shoulders, and the class we send stiff backs to first.

    50 minutes · Level 2 · Up to 4 people

    A woman lying on a tower bed with both feet in sprung straps, legs lifted

  3. Mat

    No machine, just your own weight and a mat. The original repertoire, taught slowly, and the one you can take home with you.

    45 minutes · All levels · Up to 12 people

    Three women on mats lifting one leg each from a shoulder bridge

  4. Ring

    A flexible ring held between the hands or the knees. Short, focused classes for inner thighs, chest and arms, good after a long day at a desk.

    30 minutes · All levels · Up to 10 people

    Hands pressing a black Pilates ring while seated on a reformer

Six rules we teach by

Breath leads every movement, never the other way round. Centre is where it starts: the band from ribs to hips that holds you up. Control beats speed, so nothing swings and nothing is thrown. Precision beats repetition: five careful reps over twenty loose ones. Concentration keeps your mind on the muscle doing the work. Flow joins it all, so the class moves like one long exercise.

Fifty minutes, in order

Every class follows the same arc, so your body learns its shape and your attention can stay on the work instead of on what comes next.

  1. Minutes 0 to 5

    The Hundred

    Arm beats on the breath, in for five and out for five, to warm the trunk and find the centre before anything moves.

  2. A woman lying on a reformer with both legs raised straight up in the straps

    Minutes 5 to 12

    Feet and legs

    Feet on the bar, then in the straps: legs warmed and lined up before they carry any load.

  3. A woman kneeling on a reformer carriage pulling a strap back past her hip

    Minutes 12 to 22

    Arms in straps

    Kneeling and seated work that opens the chest and gives the shoulders a job they rarely get.

  4. A woman holding a long plank between the reformer frame and the carriage

    Minutes 22 to 32

    Centre

    Planks, curls and the long stretch: the heaviest ten minutes, taken slowly and counted out loud.

  5. A woman in a side plank on the reformer reaching her top arm to the ceiling

    Minutes 32 to 42

    Length

    Side work and long reaches that lengthen everything the centre block just shortened.

  6. Minutes 42 to 50

    Release

    The spine rolled down one bone at a time, breath back to normal, nothing rushed on the way out of the door.

Teachers who watch

Four teachers, each trained for 450 hours on every piece of apparatus. They teach small rooms on purpose: correcting you is the job.

Who walks in on a Monday

There is no Pilates body. There are runners, new mothers, people who sit all day and people who would like to keep getting up off the floor.

One room on Example Street

Tall windows onto the Shore, eight reformers in two rows, two towers on the back wall and a changing room with showers that stay hot.

  • Eight reformers Two rows, one teacher
  • Two towers For the small classes
  • Showers and lockers Towels included
  • Buggy space Right by the door
The studio floor with wooden towers and reformers under a white ceiling
Two wooden towers with springs and bars by a plant
The padded headrest and shoulder blocks of a reformer by a curtained window
A woman on her back on a tower bed, feet in the sprung loops

This week on the floor

Filled slots are Reformer classes. Book up to two weeks ahead; cancel up to twelve hours before and the place goes back on your pass.

Book a place

Mon

  • ReformerCallum
  • MatMarisol
  • ReformerIsla
  • TowerIsla

Tue

  • ReformerCallum
  • MatMothers · Marisol
  • TowerBacks · Isla
  • RingTom

Wed

  • ReformerCallum
  • ReformerIsla
  • ReformerRunners · Callum
  • MatMarisol

Thu

  • ReformerTom
  • MatSixty plus · Isla
  • TowerIsla
  • ReformerCallum

Fri

  • ReformerCallum
  • RingTom
  • ReformerIsla

Sat

  • ReformerTom
  • ReformerIsla
  • MatMarisol

Sun

  • ReformerCallum
  • MatRelease · Tom

Three ways to pay

No joining fee and no contract to sign. Grip socks are lent free, and a one-to-one intro with any teacher costs £45.

Come in for a first class

Tell us a little about your body and we will suggest a class and a teacher. Or just ring: the front desk picks up between classes.

Studio
1 Example Street
Leith, Edinburgh EH6 0ZZ
Hours
Mon–Fri 06:45–20:30
Sat–Sun 08:15–12:45
Phone
0131 000 0000
Email
hello@hundred.example