Growing up in Johannesburg, a young Brett Starkowitz set his sights on competitive road cycling, dreaming of leading the peloton up Alpe d'Huez and down the Champs-Élysées.

But every minute in the saddle was wreaking havoc with his posture.

“I used to be very big into cycling,” recalls the 43-year-old Pilates teacher and head of education and master trainer at London’s Ten Health & Fitness . “As a result, I had zero flexibility and constant niggling lower back injuries.” You may like

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The problem,

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