Product Details

• Actors: Ana CabĂ¡n
• Directors: Phil Scarpaci
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Gaiam
• DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BTSJV2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,237 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Maintenance Pilates for Weight Loss
With Ana Cabán

ENGLISH/SPANISH TRACKS INCLUDED

Keeps your heart rate elevated
Increases your metabolic rate
Includes 15 min. BONUS mat workout

Workout DVD
Variety of moves keep you interested so you keep exercising!

Audio Program
Motivational tips and a Travel Workout narrated by Ana Cabán.

BONUS WEIGHT LOSS GOAL TRACKER WORKSHEET INSIDE

Now that you ve lost some weight, you re ready to keep it off! Along with well-planned diet and lifestyle changes, the increased challenge and intensity of Maintenance Pilates for Weight Loss quickens the pace to help you reach your ultimate goals.

The Benefits of Pilates Maintenance:
Builds on beginner-level experience from Pilates Quick Start
Adds more challenging Pilates exercises
Increases the pace of Pilates exercises
Keeps you moving so your heart rate remains elevated
Gives you a total body workout for greater calorie expenditure
Helps increase your basal metabolic rate (BMR) so you burn more calories even when you aren t exercising!

BONUS! Includes 15 minute Pilates mat workout!

Props Recommended: Pilates mat

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb pilates video, January 6, 2007

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cbd (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maintenance Pilates for Weight Loss (DVD)

This pilates workout is the best pilates video I've come across so far. I've been doing Winsor Pilates for a couple years now, and Caban's Maintenance Pilates is a welcome contrast. Caban is very calm and soothing (unlike Winsor's peppy and rushed style). The motions are slow and deliberate, yet Caban goes through each exercise quite swiftly and fast enough for the non-beginner. This has become my regular pilates video, and Winsor Pilates does not compare to this in rigor or style. This video has marked the beginning of an improvement in my quality of life. I have increased mobility and flexibility, and my back and hip stiffness significantly decreases after I complete the workout everyday. What is different about this video is that when I'm doing the exercises, I'm not thinking, "I can't wait for this to end." I enjoy the full stretch of the each exercise, and I don't even get bored or unattentive during the +25 minutes of the video.

I don't think this particular workout would be suitable for beginners. Caban's explanations are great, but they are not thorough enough for the first-timer. The exercises can be difficult at times.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Pace, July 1, 2007

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maintenance Pilates for Weight Loss (DVD)

While this is a low impact workout, it is far from a day at the beach. Ana Caban leads you through a series of challenging Pilates exercises designed to boost your metabolism. While you are burning calories you are also developing lean muscles and testing your endurance.

The exercises move at a rapid pace so there is no time for a beginner to learn the exercises. This was created for anyone familiar with Pilates and especially anyone who has been through the "Quick Start Pilates for Weight Loss" workout. Ana Caban provides enough variety to make this routine interesting for intermediate to advanced students of Pilates.

There are many traditional exercises like the hundred, single leg circles, rolling like a ball, swan, teaser, spine stretch forward, roll-up, corkscrew, plank, open-leg rocker, scissors, seal, Ronde de Jambe and neck pull. She also includes some new exercises (crab and snake) to test your creativity.

~The Rebecca Review

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ana has done it again!!, February 2, 2006

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Nene (Jamaica, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maintenance Pilates for Weight Loss (DVD)

Wow! Ana sure knows how to pack a wallop in just under 30 minutes!! Maintenance Pilates definitely takes the Pilates exercises to a whole new level! Some new moves I never seen before have been included in this workout, such as the crab (it'll take a while for me to master this move). Anyway,everything is included in this workout,leg work, arm work, including cardio (jumping jacks). In addition, Ana has also included a 15-minute bonus workout. This one has a fun move, like the rolling like a ball around the clock. I can't wait to practice this move. Ana, you are SO good!!

Another feature I noticed is that there is a langauge option in doing this work-either regular English or Spanish. I think that's an awesome thing to.