Eight weeks of mat Pilates demonstrated a significant ( p 0.05 ) decrease in % BF ( p = 0.016 ) and FM ( p = 0.038 ) , with a significant increase in LBM ( p = 0.006 ) , while not showing any significant changes ( p 0.05 ) in BM ( p = 0.979 ) and BMI ( p = 0.992 ) .