Wall Pilates in your browser: no download, no account

Play day 1 of the free challenge

Day 1 is a full-body session of about 8 minutes: a short warm-up, 6 moves of 30 seconds with rests between them, and a cool-down. Turn your sound on and press play.

Clear a stretch of wall about two arm-lengths wide, and wear grippy socks or trainers so your feet stay put.

Start workout · 8 min

Turn your sound on: a voice coaches every move. Prop your phone where you can see it.

Voice-guided, with a video of each move and an easier and a harder version of each one. Finishing ticks off day 1 of the challenge on this device.

After day 1

How Wall Pilates works without an app

The page does the job an app would. A voice counts you into and out of every move, a short clip shows the position, and the buttons let you pause, skip or switch to an easier version. Nothing is installed, so there is nothing to update or delete afterwards.

• Turn the sound on

  The coaching is a recorded voice, so you can follow it without watching the screen. Headphones work too.

• The screen stays on

  The player asks your browser to keep the screen awake while a session plays, so you are not tapping it mid-move.

• An icon, if you want one

  Use Add to Home Screen in Safari’s share menu or in Chrome’s menu, and the site opens from an icon like an app.

• Progress on your device

  Finished days are saved in this browser. Clearing your browsing data or switching phones clears the ticks; the sessions are always there.

• You need a connection

  Each session loads its clips and voice over the internet, so it does not work offline. Wi-Fi or mobile data is enough.

• A daily reminder

  There are no push notifications. The challenge page can add a daily reminder to your phone’s calendar instead.

Browser or app: what is the difference?

For following a session, very little. The differences are in what you set up, whether it works offline, and where you pay and cancel.

If you need sessions offline or want push reminders, an installed app suits you better. If you want to start in the next minute without handing over an email address, the browser is quicker.

What the paid plan adds

The free challenge is the same 28 days for everyone. The paid plan is built from a short quiz and changes with what you do, and it runs in your browser too.

• Your session length

  Set from your answers about how active you are now: 15 minutes if you are starting out, 20 or 30 minutes if you are already active.

• Your training days

  Three, four or five days a week, set from your answers. If they suggest the habit will be hard to keep, you start with fewer days, not harder ones.

• Four weeks that build

  Each week the working sets get longer and the rests shorter, so week four asks more of you than week one.

• Month two from month one

  After four weeks, the next block is built from the sessions you finished and how each one felt.

• Your report

  A personal report explains your plan before you start, including which moves work the areas you chose.

If you are happy following the same sessions as everyone else, the free 28 days are enough, and they stay free.

What the plan costs

$3.99 one time for the plan and report, with a 7-day free trial of the app. After that, $29.99 every 28 days until you cancel, which you can do online at any time.