NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - They may look like upscale torture chambers in polished wood, but the Gyrotonic studios springing up in cities around the world aim to ease your pain, not to cause it.

Professional trainer Deb Zdobinski demonstrates the ease of use and benefits of the Gyrotonic equipment inside her new business, Body Align Studio, located on State St. in Media. (Peg DeGrassa/ ...

Sabrina Aspesi straddles a wood and metal exercise machine that resembles a reincarnation of a medieval torture rack – complete with pulleys, chains and weight plates. Her torso bends forward and back ...

Working out on the nearly 7-foot-high “tower” and racklike bench–all pulleys, weights and cables set in a hand-hewn wooden frame–requires a certain willingness to embrace compromising positions. Even ...

If you're like the majority of Americans, and you also find yourself constantly hunched over a computer screen or craning your neck to read an Instagram caption, you've probably suffered from a whole ...

What's it all about? Gyrotonic is a unique system of exercise that incorporates movement principles from yoga, dance, gymnastics, swimming and t'ai chi. Central to gyrotonic is the Gyrotonic Expansion ...

Ever since I wrote about Pilates (January 2013), Siobhan Roberts has wanted me to try the Gyrotonic Expansion System that she also teaches. I loved doing Pilates with Roberts at Core Bodies in ...

In the videos, Tracee wore a gray t-shirt and striped leggings as she was being instructed virtually by an instructor. And in the clips, she can be seen stretching and working her way through ...

Any seasoned exerciser can tell you that the most ominously named contraptions or workouts are the ones that can do wonders for the body. Take the Pilates Reformer, elliptical machine or Spinning.