<p>In this episode of the Barbell Medicine podcast, Dr. Feigenbaum reviews the history of Pilates and looks at research regarding its effects on strength, muscle size, and health.</p><p><strong>Papers:</strong></p><ol><li><a href="https://www.bodyworkmovementtherapies.com/article/S1360-8592(01)90237-2/abstract" rel="nofollow">Latey 2001</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22579438/" rel="nofollow">Wells 2012</a></li><li><a href="https://www.crossfit.com/what-is-crossfit" rel="nofollow">CrossFit Website</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39685069/" rel="nofollow">Kim 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39655277/" rel="nofollow">Ko 2024</a><span>  </span></li><li><a href="https://www.scielo.br/j/rbme/a/TFSmPjxjj5zBqm4jcVxGLsd/?format=html&lang=en" rel="nofollow">Galvez 2019</a></li><li><span> </span><a href="https://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-808-en.html" rel="nofollow">Irandoust 2016</a><span> </span></li><li><span> </span><a href="https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/6470d3bc71e4585e08aa6868/10.2478_bhk-2013-0005.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA6AP2G7AKH7RVQSCL/20250523/eu-central-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250523T025421Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=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&X-Amz-Signature=095e302ef9649034368d98636769b43516ed8c9fb202db13d7e95a8334663934&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject" rel="nofollow">Kovach 2013</a><span> </span></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4395733/" rel="nofollow">Oliveira 2015</a><span> </span></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26036209/" rel="nofollow">Markovic 2015</a><span> </span></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28949820/" rel="nofollow">Carvalho 2017</a><span> </span></li><li><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3233/IES-184118" rel="nofollow">Oliveira 2018</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26630547/" rel="nofollow">Donath 2016</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6859004/" rel="nofollow">Carrasco-Poyatos 2019</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10965303/" rel="nofollow">Persaki 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38876695/" rel="nofollow">Oliveira 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859220301704" rel="nofollow">Evangelou 2021</a></li><li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291845495_A_comparison_of_two_different_exercises_on_the_weight_loss_in_the_treatment_of_knee_osteoarthritis_Pilates_exercises_versus_clinical-based_physical_therapy" rel="nofollow">Baltaci 2005</a><span> </span></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16376979/" rel="nofollow">Jago 2011</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15605336/" rel="nofollow">Segal 2004</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37515686/" rel="nofollow">Gultekin 2024</a><span> </span></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8078578/" rel="nofollow">Yamato 2015</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40361790/" rel="nofollow">Ruiz-Areza 2025</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11495728/" rel="nofollow">Yao 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10988481/" rel="nofollow">Ogawa 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37598268/" rel="nofollow">Wei 2023</a></li><li><a href