It hurts! It hurts like nothing you tried before. You have no idea how much a series of small, innocent looking exercises can hurt a human body used to sitting in front of the computer. But don't give up now! Read all!Typical Pilates exercise I used the title on purpose because internet users and man are two groups that could benefit from Pilates the most. So what is Pilates exactly ? From Wikipedia: "Pilates was developed in early 20th century by a guy called Joseph Pilates.