Pilates Personal Trainer Back Strengthening Workout: Illustrated Step-by-Step Matwork Routine [Paperback]

Michael King (Author), Yolande Green (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pilates: Personal Trainer | Publication Date: March 2003

The easy starter program outlined here teaches Pilates exercises that are appropriate for strengthening the back in a safe and healthy manner. Dozens of photo sequences are featured in a simple-to-use lay-flat binding.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569753539
• ISBN-13: 978-1569753538
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,005,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but nothing special, October 25, 2003

By 

S. Grimm "sfpl" (N. Huntingdon, PA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Pilates Personal Trainer Back Strengthening Workout: Illustrated Step-by-Step Matwork Routine (Paperback)

I bought this book along with the other three in the set. All of the books have the exact same first 42 pages, which is great if you're only buying one, but a waste if you buy all four, mostly since it's background information. Of the 50 or so pages of actual workout diagrams, three-quarters are in the other three books, so it's not like the book is only for your back/ thighs/ or other titled areas. I gave this book a two stars because I thought $10 was a little steep for maybe 10 new exercises in each book. This books picture also gives the impression that it is spiral bound, which it is not. It has a paper binding only.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gets cranky backs started on pilates., July 31, 2005

By 

jdouge (California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pilates Personal Trainer Back Strengthening Workout: Illustrated Step-by-Step Matwork Routine (Paperback)

I had purchased Ungaro's Body in Motion and Siler's Pilates Body to begin doing pilates, as they were generally the most respected texts. But my back couldn't handle the most basic level of some of the introductory exercises. This book, however, along with Tia Stanmore's Pilates Back Book, has given me a sequence of exercises and modifications that will get me where I want to be. This book is brief, but does not claim to give you a complete pilates program -- just preliminary and, later, supplemental exercises for those of us with cranky backs. The Ungaro and Siler books are generally superior in terms of illustration and textual guidance, but without this book I'd be quitting and/or hurting before I ever got going with Pilates.