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The Sun
a day ago
- Business
- The Sun
I was thrilled to get Aldi's reformer pilates machine that's £1.7k cheaper – but one annoying issue has me returning it
SHOPPERS raced to snap up Aldi's reformer pilates machine, which was £1.75k cheaper than the original version. However, one pilates fan has shared why she has already returned the bargain £149.99 device to the supermarket. 6 6 6 Eimear Hanlon uploaded a video showing her wheeling the machine into her local Aldi, with the caption: 'It's return time.' The TikToker, who posts under @eimearohanlon, explained why she wasn't satisfied with the product, which arrived in stores a week ago. She explained that hers was a 'lil faulty', saying: 'I am a pilates instructor, bought it to try and see what it was like as it could've been a great alternative to those who don't have 6K. 'The rubber kept coming off the wheels, back to the mat I go.' Many people were quick to chime in and say it wasn't the first time they had seen people posting about it. One wrote: 'Seen so many videos saying theirs broke.' However, others said they were desperate to buy one for themselves. One person who managed to get hold of one has revealed their 'honest' review after assembling it and doing their first workout. Toni Jeffrey uploaded a video captioned 'is it worth the hype' and broke down its features one-by-one. On her @toni_jeffrey account, she gave the machine a solid seven out of 10 and said it was a good reformer machine for someone like her who 'hasn't got a scoobys' but wants to 'improve flexibility.' Shocking moment chaos erupts in Aldi store as shoppers fight over viral £150 Pilates machine She said she was 'happy' with her purchase as it has 'all the basic features' and is 'definitely value for money', with the machine setting her back £149.99. Some shoppers who missed out in their store were left fuming to spot the machines being resold for £500 on eBay - and others got in fights to secure one in store. However, Toni was honest about the pros and cons of her new workout device. One of the negatives was that she nearly trapped her fingers three times while adjusting the resistance. 6 6 She also didn't love the strap length adjusters, calling them 'annoying' as you have to one at a time and one of hers was 'slightly longer than the other.' She was also concerned about the quality of the material, saying she thought 'wear and tears would be visible after a while.' She added: 'The fabric isn't the best (you're getting what you paid for I suppose, it's doing the job.' However, she liked the 'comfortable straps', the fact it was 'easy to assemble' and that the foot bar is 'extremely sturdy.' She also praised the length for her being 5ft 7, but said if you are really tall you may struggle. 6 Overall, she was happy with her purchase but advised that if you are a serious pilates girl that you save for a better alternative. With the original reformer pilates machine costing £1899.99, it is no wonder that shoppers raced to buy Aldi's £149.99 version last weekend. Aldi's purse-friendly machine arrived in stores a week ago and has adaptable resistance levels with five resistance bands and adjustable height settings. As with all Aldi Specialbuys, once they're gone, they're gone, so head to stores quickly if you want to grab them. The 5 best exercises to lose weight By Lucy Gornall, personal trainer and health journalist EXERCISE can be intimidating and hard to devote yourself to. So how do you find the right workout for you? As a PT and fitness journalist, I've tried everything. I've taken part in endless fitness competitions, marathons and I maintain a regime of runs, strength training and Pilates. Fitness is so entrenched in my life, I stick to it even at Christmas! The key is finding an activity you love that can become a habit. My top five forms of exercise, especially if you're trying to lose weight, are: Walking Running Pilates High-intensity interval training (HIIT) Strength training
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Our product is the next generation in reformer pilates
Yvette McGaffin, CEO and co-founder of Reform RX, says her company is the next generation digitally connected pilates reformer and has "reimagined and reinvented" the talks about starting the brand, a surge in market growth and how tech will change the product."When you are on the product, everything else in life falls away and it becomes an immersive experience," she says. Read the interview here
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Our product is the next generation in reformer pilates
Yvette McGaffin, CEO and co-founder of Reform RX, says her company is the next generation digitally connected pilates reformer and has "reimagined and reinvented" the talks about starting the brand, a surge in market growth and how tech will change the product."When you are on the product, everything else in life falls away and it becomes an immersive experience," she says. Read the interview here Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
'Reformer pilates is the top-searched fitness trend — and we're reinventing it'
When Yvette McGaffin visited her brother's workplace at McLaren headquarters in Woking several years ago, seeing the sleek design of a Formula 1 car up close sparked reimagination of how she viewed the 100-year-old movement technique in pilates. Founded in 2018 by McGaffin, a New Zealand native, and her husband Neal, Reform RX set out to create a world-first pilates reformer entwined with "functionality, connectivity and instructor talent". A world away from the traditional reformer of exposed springs, pulleys and a wooden frame, the Belfast-based company pioneered technology for the first time. It allows data to be tracked during workouts and gives real time biometric feedback to consumers. Read More: How Caroline's Circuits became a midlife fitness empire A functional movement specialist and pilates expert over the last 20 years, McGaffin founded her own boutique Reform Studios in 2015, where she had trained Game of Thrones producer Bernadette Caulfield for several years before dawn. Spotting a gap in the luxury home-fitness market, she then took the F1 concept to Austin Owens, who runs Hertfordshire-based Grove Design. Owens, who along with Caulfield has since invested in the company, brought the design brief to life with a "smart spine" on the reformer — 'where we house the magic,' says McGaffin — which can track the power movement of the sliding carriage to a thousandth of a second. 'We have reinvented not only the technological side, but physically we had a concept F1 car design with what could only be called a torture chamber of a traditional pilates reformer,' says McGaffin. 'It looks a little scary, to say the least, and so it was about how do we make this look like this [the F1 brief]. 'We've made it more beautiful and more aesthetically pleasing so we can very much lower the barrier of entry.' Read More: 'Why we set up a sustainable mobile operator to save people money' Last year, Reform RX secured £3.8m ($5.1m) in funding and was recently purchased for an undisclosed sum by iFIT Inc, a US-based connected fitness equipment specialist, as the McGaffins look towards further global expansion. The acquisition is the culmination of a creative career for McGaffin, who studied performing arts in Sydney, moved to London when she was 21 and undertook a dance career in both commercial and contemporary dance before honing her current craft in studios across the globe. 'It's really been a labour of love,' she says, 'to not only come into the next generation with tech, but also creating something that was more durable, more sustainable, in the class studio environments and coming into health clubs, hotels and homes.' Reform RX has partnered with hotel chains including Hilton (HLT), Waldorf Astoria and Mandarin Oriental (MDO.L), and has studio partners in 13 countries. Meanwhile the industry has seen significant growth in recent years and, says McGaffin, is the most searched fitness trend due to its links with wellness and longevity. Read More: Meet the company that finds 'must-haves' to make everyday life easier There have been logistical start-up challenges, not least post-COVID when Reform RX sold out of its first 500 unit order and had every supply chain component ready to go into manufacturing before a global chip shortage took hold. 'You might think with a pilates equipment company that doesn't matter, but when you're the first tech inspired next generation company, it very much does. And we had a six-month wait on the chip that we needed.' Nevertheless, the company generated $1m (£740,000) in revenue within two weeks of launch and sold out of its initial product line in the first quarter of 2023. Its products cost from £7,350 and count Sir Ian McKellen and unnamed Hollywood A-listers among customers. 'When you're on a reformer, the good, bad and the ugly in our lives fall away,' says McGaffin. 'It becomes this completely immersive experience where you're connected with your mind and to your body, and you even enter into your parasympathetic nervous system, which is such a wonderful thing, almost like a sense of meditation, but in a mindful movement way.' Read more: Meet the 'jokers from London' who sold 100,000 blocks of butter in first 10 weeks 'My sofa took six months to arrive — so I built a £20m business' 'I paid myself £4 an hour to get my Rollr deodorant off the ground'Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Our product is the next generation in reformer pilates
Yvette McGaffin, CEO and co-founder of Reform RX, says her company is the next generation digitally connected pilates reformer and has "reimagined and reinvented" the talks about starting the brand, a surge in market growth and how tech will change the product."When you are on the product, everything else in life falls away and it becomes an immersive experience," she says. Read the interview here Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
