Balanced Body® Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation with Launch of Allegro Nextgen Reformer™

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 16, 2025--

Balanced Body® – the world’s leading resource for Pilates, mind + body movement equipment, and professional training – today announced the launch of the Allegro Nextgen Reformer™, marking the 25th anniversary of the original Allegro ® Reformer, which has become the gold standard in Pilates studios worldwide.

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Since its introduction in 2000, the Allegro Reformer was quickly established as best-in-class for performance, durability, and accessibility, and more than 40,000 are in use across the world today. Now, Balanced Body has revamped the Allegro Reformer to meet the evolving needs of Pilates educators, practitioners, and users as the industry continues to experience explosive growth and interest.

"For years, we've referred to the Allegro Reformer as our 'workhorse,' and its high performance, low maintenance, affordable, and versatile attributes have made it an all-around crowd pleaser," said Ken Endelman, Founder and CEO, Balanced Body. "The Allegro Nextgen Reformer has the proven performance and durability of the original, and newly-added features – including our Infinity Footbar – to meet the progressive Pilates exercise demands of today's users and Group Reformer classes."

Revolutionary Infinity Footbar

The centerpiece of the Allegro Nextgen Reformer is the groundbreaking Infinity Footbar, which dramatically expands exercise possibilities for users while maintaining the rigorous performance standards the Allegro line is known for. The innovative footbar offers 10 horizontal and four vertical positions along the full length of the reformer, enabling a vast array of exercises, progressions, and dynamic athletic reformer work. Working off both ends of the Reformer (head end and foot end) is rapidly becoming highly desired in today’s Group Reformer classes.

Enhanced Design and Performance

The Allegro Nextgen Reformer features several key improvements designed for today's modern studios:

Product Features

The Allegro Nextgen Reformer combines the signature design elements that made the Allegro a worldwide success with revolutionary new key features and accessories, including:

Optional configurations include 14-inch legs and Tower & Mat conversions, and a complete line of accessories is available, including the Extended Head End Platform, Platform Extender, Jumpboard, Sitting Box, and various retrofit kits for enhanced functionality.

Availability

The Allegro Nextgen Reformer is available today starting at $3,245 and comes with Balanced Body's Limited Lifetime Warranty.

Visit https://www.pilates.com/allegro-nextgen-reformer/ to order the Allegro Nextgen Reformer today.

About Balanced Body

With more than 40 years of state-of-the-art engineering and product innovation under its belt, Balanced Body was the first to substantially update Joseph Pilates’ original equipment. The Company’s founder and CEO, Ken Endelman, has been awarded 28 U.S. patents for his Pilates-related inventions. Balanced Body has 200+ employees and is headquartered in Sacramento, California, where most of its equipment is manufactured. For more information please visit www.pilates.com or follow Balanced Body on Instagram, Facebook, or X.

Balanced Body® today announced the launch of the Allegro Nextgen Reformer™, marking the 25th anniversary of the original Allegro® Reformer, which has become the gold standard in Pilates studios worldwide.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Thursday on social media, “Motor Tanker Veronica had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”

A social media post from U.S. Southern Command on the capture said that Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to make the capture while Noem’s post noted that, like in previous raids, a U.S. Coast Guard tactical team conducted the boarding and seizure.

Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.

The Veronica is the sixth tanker that has been seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products, and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.

Noem, in her social media post, said that the raid was carried out with “close coordination with our colleagues” in the military as well as the State and Justice departments.

“Our heroic Coast Guard men and women once again ensured a flawlessly executed operation, in accordance with international law,” Noem added.

As with prior posts, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”

However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear they see it as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.

Last week, Trump met with executives from oil companies to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.

This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)