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Alycea Ungaro (Author)
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March 1, 2002
The most authoritative, step-by-step guide to Pilates available on the market. Popular for decades with dancers, athletes, and celebrities, the Pilates Method is the perfect equipment-free workout for a stronger, leaner, fitter body. With great emphasis on precision and awareness, not only is Pilates great for the body, but for the mind as well. Using step-by-step mat-work exercises and a wide range of programs, from beginner to advanced, Pilate's Mind and Body is the only practical guide that shows you all of the proper steps to follow and how to avoid common mistakes in your conditioning.

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About the Author

Alycea Ungaro is a certified Pilates teacher and licensed physical therapist who discovered Pilates at the age of 14, when a foot injury derailed her classical dance career. In 1995 she opened Tribeca Bodyworks, New York City's largest studio devoted to the Pilates Method.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: DK ADULT; 1st edition (March 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789484005
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789484000
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Fitness and wellness authority, Alycea Ungaro opened her first studio, Tribeca Bodyworks in 1995. As a pioneer of the Pilates method, Alycea introduced the very first Pilates Mat classes in large New York gyms such as Chelsea Piers and New York Sports Club, helping bring about the Method's current popularity.

With Pilates in her back pocket, Alycea developed an interest in wellness across the board. In order to accommodate clients with limitations and disabilities, Alycea expanded her own education attending New York University's prestigious Physical Therapy program to become a licensed physical therapist in 1998. In 1996, Real Pilates was officially established.

Alycea released the innovative Portable Pilates™, an easy-to-use at-home mat workout. She authored Pilates: Body in Motion for DK Publishing in 2002, and launched her third title, "The Pilates Promise" in April 2004. In 2003, Alycea again broke new ground by partnering with Mobile Mind, Inc. to launch a digital version of Portable Pilates™. This go-anywhere mini-workout, designed to run on a cell phone, has again broadened Pilates accessibility.

From 2004 - 2006, Alycea established and operated additional Real Pilates satellite studios housed within the New York Health and Racquet Club.

In 2007, in her continuing her mission to make Fitness accessible to everyone, Alycea has joined up with the online community at iAmplify.com as well as Nextfit.com to create and record downloadable Pilates workouts for MP3's, iPods and computers. Alycea's exclusive workouts for Post-natal fitness as well as her signature Walking programs are are available via these channels.

In addition to serving on the advisory board of Fitness Magazine, Alycea also travels widely as a guest teacher hosting retreats at world-famous location such as Amangani in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has trained scores of celebrites such as Madonna, Uma Thurman, Kyra Sedgewick, Claire Danes, Molly Sims, and Sarah Michelle Geller. Together with long-time client Christy Turlington, Alycea collaborated on a Pilates Booty for Puma. The booty, was aptly named "The Alycea".


In February 2007, Pilates: Body in Motion was re-released by DK publishing in a brand new deck format for ease of use and portability. In the winter of 2008 Alycea released her first DVD in a groundbreaking new product titled "15 Minute Everyday Pilates.". This book has converted into a series of Vooks - (video books)and are available for iPhones and iPads as well as on the Amazon Kindle and the Android platform. The New York Times has hailed these Pilates Apps as the best on the market.

Earlier this year, Alycea released her first Pilates prop, the Real Alignment Mat.

The Pilates Practice Companion, Alycea's largest Pilates book yet was released in bookstores in January 2011.

Follow Alycea's blog at alyceaungaro.com.

She lives in New York with her family.

 

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96 of 97 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superlative Pilates manual, August 15, 2002
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This review is from: Pilates: Body in Motion (Paperback)
There are other good Pilates books out there. Brooke Siler's Pilates Body, in my opinion, raised the bar for all Pilates books- and so far few have come close. Jennifer Kries' Pilates Plus Method is VERY comprehensive and tells you more about muscle relationships and breathing patterns than you thought you needed to know, as well as quite a bit about yoga and dance. However, for the student who wants to learn Pilates (and not yoga or dance), this is the book to use.

Ungaro gives a brief description of the origins of Pilates (and hers is slightly more detailed than some of the other accounts) as well as an introduction to Pilates terminology and principles. READ THESE if you are just starting out. Also, better than other sources I have read, she explains why some movements are considered "Beginner" and some are "Advanced"- good information for anyone who has ever scratched their head when watching a video or following another manual.

Then to the body of the book. She first lays out the Introductory Program, a series of six or seven of the most basic Pilates movements done with modifications. Then the Beginner's Program, which is exactly the Introductory program only with more traditional form. For the Intermediate and Advanced programs, she uses guides which show all of the exercises in order. In addition to being a good quick reference to what sequence to use, it also gives the reader a sense for how each exercise should flow into another.

The exercises themselves are explained with photographs linking breathing to each "mini movement" and just enough text to explain what to do. The photographs in this book- as well as the pages themselves- are perfect. Color photographs in muted tones that make it easy to see what you're supposed to do without being distracting.

Ungaro also includes Circle and Wall exercises. These smaller, shorter routines can be incorporated into your day when you don't have time for a full mat workout, or added on to complement it. One drawback: she does not include the any of the Standing Sculpting Series (used with light weights). If you need a reference for this, see Siler's book. Otherwise, this is the perfect Pilates manual.

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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How to do Pilates at Home....., April 14, 2002
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This review is from: Pilates: Body in Motion (Paperback)
Pick up Pilates:Body in Motion and you know you're actually going to work out with it. The photos are so beautiful and inspirational I found myself lying down immediately to attempt the routine. The introduction is thorough and simple to follow. The author sets the stage for the student to perform each exercise according to the principles she explains in the introduction.

Several added bonuses which I found in this book that were not in any of the other books I looked at. 1) There are breathing instructions on every page for every exercise. 2) Ms. Ungaro is a Physical Therapist and so each exercise comes with a "caution" for certain injuries. I found this very helpful as I have an old knee injury. 3) There is an actual "TRANSITION" for each exercise to help you link one exercise to the next. Although I haven't gotten that far, I imagine that this routine will be very aerobic if you keep moving through the exercises without stopping.

I have been doing the intro section now for just about a week and I think I have the "scoop" concept down pat. I plan to move on to the beginner section next week. I will write another review as my results become apparent.

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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE PURE PILATES MAT WORK, May 5, 2002
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This review is from: Pilates: Body in Motion (Paperback)
Pilates: Body in Motion is a stunner. I picked this book up at the bookstore and my first thought was - "wow, this is so beautiful, I bet the content is poor". Well, I was wrong. The pictures and gorgeous layout are actually secondary to the clear, precise, and extraordinary instruction that author Alycea Ungaro provides for each and every exercise.

I am a Pilates student and have been working out at a studio for about 5 years now. I have many of the other Pilates books but from now on I will only refer to Pilates Body in Motion. The Pilates Body by Brooke Siler has been my best resource until now but that book is very long winded and a bit weak on photographs. This book by Ungaro really put it all together. Great design, superlative instruction and a good price too. I am planning to buy her audio Mat class next to put her instructions and her live voice together for a true "real-time"experience.

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stomach series, neck roll, recent back injury, repeat entire sequence, alternating legs
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Side Kicks Series, Single Leg Stretch, Double Leg Stretch, Hip Circles, Use the Preparation, Open Leg Rocker, Spine Stretch Forward, Shoulder Bridge, Double Straight Leg Stretch, Leg Pull Down, Double Leg Kick, Place the Circle, Neck Pull, Double Leg Lift, Teaser Series
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