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College baseball players at Mississippi College thought pilates would easy. They were sorely mistaken.
Emphasis on the sore.
Old Towne Barre left the Choctaws with their legs shaking. Even elite college baseball players could not handle the intensity of a single workout that required them to move their bodies in ways they are not used to.
Is Mississippi College good at baseball?
Mississippi College is located in Clinton, Mississippi — approximately 10 miles outside of Jackson. The private, Baptist university was founded in 1826 as the oldest college in the state.
Its student population hovers around 6,322 in total with a high number of graduate and law students.
Only six percent of the student body participates in collegiate athletics. The Choctaws compete in 20 different sports on the Division II level in the Gulf South Conference. One of those sports is baseball.
Mississippi College went 35-23 during the 2025 college baseball season last spring. They won 21 of 34 conference games and played their way into the NCAA Tournament, only to lose to No. 1 seed Tampa.
It was a strong run for a program with equally as high, if not greater hopes for this upcoming season.
Pilates kicked their butts!
The Choctaws will begin the 2026 college baseball season on Jan. 30. There are still more than three months to get in shape.
A group of players decided to mix up their workout routine s they start to prepare for the spring.
They swung over to Old Towne Barre earlier this week to give pilates a shot. They were confident upon arrival. The same cannot be said about their exit. Their entire bodies were shaking!
This is not the first time that a group of elite college athletes got destroyed by what they thought would be an early workout. A group of Ole Miss football players joined Lane Kiffin at a pilates class over the summer and left the class in a pool of sweat with sore legs.
It just goes to show. You could bench or squat however much weight. It won’t matter as soon as you step foot in a pilates class. Who is laughing now?