Is Pvolve The New Pilates? Jennifer Anniston’s Trending Workout Explained
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The workout may be particularly beneficial for menopausal women, according to new research
Last year was all about Pilates, with reformer in particular seeing a huge uptick in interest. But is Pvolve about to steal its crown as the most popular workout of 2025? The low-impact exercise is in the limelight at the moment – spurred on by its chief A-list advocate, Jennifer Aniston, who officially partnered with Pvolve in 2023 after falling in love with the regime. It’s gaining traction on TikTok, where devotees rave about the transformative benefits, but is the buzzy regime backed up by science?
Everything You Need To Know About Pvolve
What Is The Pvolve Method?
Although Pvolve (pronounced p-volve) is trending right now, the fitness company actually launched over seven years ago back in 2017, co-founded in the US by Rachel Katzman and her then-husband Stephen Pasterino (Katzman became the majority owner after they split). Katzman went searching for solutions after feeling physically drained from high-intensity exercise combined with pain from scoliosis. She discovered functional fitness and went on to develop her own method with the help of expert trainers and a Clinical Advisory Board.
So what does the workout actually look like? Well, Pvolve fuses functional, strength-based exercise with bespoke equipment – think branded, weighted resistance bands, gliders, precision mats and balls. It’s designed to be accessible from home, with a streaming platform offering both live and pre-recorded classes – the majority requires equipment (there are 13 pieces in the entire collection), but some can be performed with just bodyweight. There are also dedicated studios dotted around America and Canada, but there are currently none in the UK right now (although British openings may be on the cards in the future).
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Does Jennifer Aniston Use Pvolve?
Pvolve’s most famous celebrity fan is Jennifer Aniston, who was introduced to the workout by a friend during the pandemic. ‘I was back from doing a movie [Murder Mystery 2], I had an injury from wearing a harness – long story – scaling the Eiffel Tower, shall we say? You get so frustrated because every time you’re injured, I always have to take a big timeout from working out, which is an immediate mood diminisher,’ she said in an interview with Forbes.
‘My friend said I should try Pvolve because it’s functional fitness and you can work around your injury, so no excuses, and I loved it! The variety that it provided, so you don’t get bored, and you feel always constantly motivated.’ It got her into the ‘best physical shape’ of her life, and in 2023 Aniston decided to ‘spread the love’ and officially join the company as a partner.
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What Are The Benefits Of Pvolve?
Pvolve is all about mimicking the movements we make in everyday life such a squats and lunges. ‘From the moment we wake up to the moment we go to bed, we are moving in 3D – our bodies are moving in all planes of motion. We’re reaching, we’re rotating, we’re bending,’ says Katzman. ‘If we applied those principles to the way we worked out, imagine how much better the rest of our day is going to feel.’
Dani Coleman, one of Pvolve’s head trainers, added: ‘we focus really on that total 360 core strength, again, to keep your body upright and moving long term. [There are] some cardiovascular pushes in between and some light plyometric work.’
Like other types of strength training, it offers a whole host of physical health benefits, from supporting muscle growth to increasing bone density and improving mobility. Being low-impact, it’s suitable for anyone, and encourages participants to focus on the mind-body connection, ensuring movements are performed with awareness.
Plus, recent research has found the workout may be particularly beneficial for menopausal women – better, in fact, than the official government guidelines. Funded by Pvolve and conducted by the University of Exeter, the study involved a group of women between the ages of 40 and 60, who were tasked with trying Pvolve classes for four days a week. Another group, meanwhile, followed the NHS guidelines of exercising for 150 minutes per week.
After a 12-week period, the Pvolve participants saw a plethora of perks including a 23 percent improvement in fatigue, a 7.2 percent improvement in quality of life, and a 19 percent improvement in lower body strength. Scientists also found a decrease in cholesterol levels and triglycerides (a type of fat found in the body).
Professor Francis Stephens, who led the research, said: ‘Women often see a decline in their muscle strength and balance shortly before, during and after the menopause. This ultimately increases the risk of falls and fractures later in life, particularly of the hip, which is why it’s so important to find a way for women to maintain that strength and balance as they get older.
‘The great thing about these simple resistance exercises is they can easily be performed at home, and we’ve now shown they’re effective at improving strength and balance in women during and post-menopause.’
You can find out more and try the workout at pvolve.com
