An easy-to-follow, fully illustrated guide to the fitness phenomenon that is sweeping America.
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PILATES and TAI CHI "These are wonderful visual guides to just what your body should look like as you go through the prescribed motions."--The Chicago Tribune
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Pilates is a fusion of Western and Eastern exercise that emphasizes the working of all muscles in a balanced way while remaining acutely aware of the "mind-body" connection. It has been claimed by Elle magazine that it "may be as close as you can get to the perfect workout." This step-by-step guide, with its superb photographs, forms the perfect introduction.
The book concentrates on matwork rather than equipment-based exercise, using photographs to demonstrate all the key moves and illustrations to explain what is happening with the bones and muscles. It is an ideal complement to work undertaken with a Pilates teacher, allowing you to practice safely at home. Detailed text and illustrations explain exactly how the exercises work, why and how they benefit you, and how to do them well.
Pilates is suitable for people at all levels of fitness, from first-time exercisers to athletes and performers. It has also been described as the fastest-growing rehabilitation exercise program in the world. This book is an essential, easy-to-follow guide for all those who want to improve their fitness, posture, and appearance.
The book concentrates on matwork rather than equipment-based exercise, using photographs to demonstrate all the key moves and illustrations to explain what is happening with the bones and muscles. It is an ideal complement to work undertaken with a Pilates teacher, allowing you to practice safely at home. Detailed text and illustrations explain exactly how the exercises work, why and how they benefit you, and how to do them well.
Pilates is suitable for people at all levels of fitness, from first-time exercisers to athletes and performers. It has also been described as the fastest-growing rehabilitation exercise program in the world. This book is an essential, easy-to-follow guide for all those who want to improve their fitness, posture, and appearance.
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easy book to learn by yourself,
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This review is from: Pilates: Harmonious Body Control (Hardcover)
If you are looking for a book that explains everything, but still offers exercises in abundance - well explained so that you can do them at home without a trainer - get this one.
It even offers a few pages at the end of the book where you can, e.g., look up exercises especially to be utilized for back problems. The back-exercises helped me A LOT - as soon as after the second day I had improvement ... !!! Sometimes you might need some time to figure out how exactly you are supposed to perform an exercise, it might help if someone reads the explanations to you while you do them for the first few times. Without this help it might take a few tries before you have the routine down by heart, but if you have some patience it will work out nicely. Before I bought this book, I borrowed a number of Pilates books in our public library and then I chose this one to buy!
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