{"id":60344,"date":"2026-06-13T07:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=60344"},"modified":"2026-06-13T07:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T23:59:55","slug":"puppies-ponies-and-pilates-i-tried-some-of-singapores-most-unconventional-fitness-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=60344","title":{"rendered":"Puppies, ponies and Pilates: I tried some of Singapore\u2019s most unconventional fitness classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Afterwards, participants had the choice between grooming the ponies or trying equestrian vaulting \u2013 acrobatics and gymnastics performed on the back of a moving horse. The fear got to me and I resorted to watching, but it was still a sight to behold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The entire experience and location felt worlds away from the Singapore I know. By the end, I was exhausted and sweaty, but I also felt rejuvenated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Despite being a one-time event for now, Embodi Club is a Pilates social club which delivers experiential Pilates classes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><span>More info on upcoming classes on <\/span><\/em><em><span>Embodi Club&#8217;s Instagram<\/span><\/em><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span>VERDICT: WE GET IT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>So, did puppies, cats, ponies and a giant waterfall make me forget I was exercising? Mostly, yes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>What struck me after all this wasn\u2019t necessarily the workout itself. The Pilates and yoga classes were competent enough on their own, but it was clear that nobody was there solely for the exercise itself. They were there for the experience and the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>After each of these classes, I remember texting my friends to tell them how I did reformer Pilates beside the Rain Vortex at Jewel Changi Airport, that I cuddled with puppies in my lap after a workout, stretched alongside rescued cats and spent an evening amongst ponies in a part of Singapore I never even knew existed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Fitness, in many ways, has become more than health.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/wellness\/singapore-puppy-pilates-kitty-yoga-pony-fitness-classes-6163906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afterwards, participants had the choice between grooming the ponies or trying equestrian vaulting \u2013 acrobatics and gymnastics performed on the back of a moving horse&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--OzZmMEjw--\/c_crop,h_544,w_967,x_32,y_102\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/08\/hero-banni-pilates.jpg?itok=OQd4A57M","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4731,2319,24668,24667,24666,209,16371],"class_list":["post-60344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-classes","tag-fitness","tag-pilates","tag-ponies","tag-puppies","tag-singapores","tag-unconventional","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}