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The Scene – To the uninitiated, Pilates apparatus--with its chains, pulleys, straps, traversing bars and sliding padded seats--may look like circus training equipment. But the exercises performed thereon are about core muscle development, not the esoteric art of contortion. At this national chain (which sometimes partners with Equinox), a largely female clientele is taught a classical approach that trusts that the original methodology, and not a newfangled variation, is the best way to attain slimmer hips and flatter tummies, among other things. – – The Workout – A…