How Lagree Came To Be

The origin story of Lagree is a unique one. Sebastien Lagree, the creator of the Lagree Method and the Megaformer, was a body builder. He moved to LA from France in pursuit of an acting career, but once he got to sunny California, his muscular physique was the star of the show. Everyone he met on set wanted him to train them. He landed a job at a Pilates studio, but he had neither practice Pilates nor wanted to teach it. He began to train clients with what he had at the studio: the Pilates Reformer, weights, and bands, and he did it in the style of body building. He had them planking, lunging, and squatting… and coming back for more. As his classes filled, he knew he had to make a shift. He began to design a machine where he could teach his unique style, without having to go grab extra equipment, and thus the Proformer was born. Several iterations later, and we now have the Megaformer.