In today’s day and age of growing sedentary lifestyle, Pilates is gaining increasing adulation as a physical fitness programme. There have been many studies determining the effects of Pilates on the individual components of Physical fitness. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Pilates on all the components of physical fitness which comprise of core strength, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility and aerobic capacity.40 subjects participated in the study (mean age of 20.25 ± 1.54) and were divided into 2 groups on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Group A (20 subjects) received Pilates based training and Group B (20 subjects) was the control group. The Pilates group attended 45 minutes training session, 2 times per week, for a period of 12 weeks. Pre-assessment was done prior to the session followed by post-assessment using a fitness test battery. Analysis was done in SPSS 16 using t-test which showed significant level of improvement (p≤0.05) in all except aerobic capacity. The study concluded that Pilates based exercises have a positive effect on core strength, muscle strength, muscle endurance and flexibility and thus it can used as a prescribed exercise program.
