Customer Reviews

Power Body: Total Core Pilates with Jules Benson

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Love the workout, Jules gives you great advice and keeps the pace going to get you toned and challenged. She also offers modifications for different levels. Highly recommended, one of the better Pilates videos that I own.

My friend suggested this DVD, because I wasn't aware of it and I only knew a little about Jules. Well, I'm glad she did...the DVD is a great way to get your pilates on and she's quite cute and personable. It's good for all levels as well. You can not go wrong with this DVD. Get it!

I agree with the other reviewer that this workout is geared more towards the advanced-beginner level and I found it less challenging than the sculpting Pilates classes I take at my gym. Still, this is a great DVD to use for those days you don't exactly want an extreme workout. The instructor is very encouraging and sweet, movements are fluid and interesting. Instead of short and quick repetitions, she emphasizes extending the body line with slower, more controlled movements through the positions. Some parts are tougher but this is great for low-impact exercise. Thorough stretching routine at the end is a nice closure to the workout.

This is a great pilates routine. Very challenging unlike so many other pilates dvds I've bought in the past. The girl is not annoying at all. I feel like my muscles have truly been toned after doing this workout. Highly recommended.

I was looking for a good pilates workout and this one fit the bill!

With warm up, workout and stretch it is alittle over 57 minutes.

The time went by fast with this workout. I was surprised to see how long it was when I was done.

I like how I feel after a pilates workout. This one I feel I got a good wourkout and Jules is a good instructor.

I didn't know much about this DVD before buying besides it being a top seller for collage video. I bought it and love it. Jules made my pilates workout not only efficient but fun and easy too. I hope she comes out with a volume 2.

This is a great Pilates workout. I have done many different Pilates DVDs and this is one of the best. It is an intermediate level workout that definitely works to tone the core. Jules's choreography is better than most Pilates workouts because each move works more than just one muscle group at a time, which helps to enhance the effect of the exercise. I like the twist on some of the classic Pilates moves.. It keeps me from getting bored. I have been doing this workout (alternating with Zumba and combined with a healthy diet) several times a week for the past few weeks and my body is becoming more toned all around... And I have lost a few pounds (wasn't trying to lose weight... was just trying to tone up and build muscle). Jules is very clear with her instruction and is not obnoxious like many of the instructors in Pilates and yoga videos out today. Great workout..great instructor. I highly recommend it!!

Wow, my goal is to stick it through the whole 60 minutes because there are no menu options for an express workout. Excellent choreography and how one move flows into the next and there's no breaks! Thankfully, the modifier was always in clear view because as Jules consistently reminds us, don't strain your neck-follow the modifier as she keeps her head down. From the start you will be on the mat: lying supine, on your side or prone doing gentle reps with slight variations on Pilates matwork.

This is a pilates video that you can actually feel, I've done numerous pilates videos and most don't seem to be to intense. I'd say this video is along the lines of intermediate and I can feel the exercises. I do feel like this is an effective video, and I would recommend it.

This video is decent, the workout is not a raging burner, but it does provide a decent workout. The ambiance is semi-boring, a sterile room with hanging sheets-not terribly inspiring. The instructor is cute and upbeat.