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Mario Pergolini Says Pilates Was Tougher Than the Gym, Then Quits

His on-air account focused on reformer resistance with rope work that left him saying he could not continue.

Overview

  • Airing on Sept. 11–12 on Vorterix’s Dejá que entre el sol, Pergolini called Pilates “worse than going to the gym.”
  • He said a neighborhood class with “señoras del barrio” had him setting the reformer’s springs to “position four,” which he found intensely strenuous.
  • He described weighted ropes that felt surprisingly heavy and admitted he never managed to lift his abdomen during core exercises.
  • He ultimately abandoned the practice, summing up the experience with “No pude más.”
  • Panelist Camila Fortunato corroborated the intensity, saying she did more in one Pilates class than in a month at the gym.