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Once the secret fitness weapon of professional dancers, athletes, and movie stars, Pilates is sweeping the country with a vengeance. And if even half of what its many fans claim is true, then it’s easy to see why. Combining elements of yoga, dance, gymnastics, and boxing, along with many original movements, Pilates exercises build muscle tone, improve flexibility and balance, lengthen the spine, increase body awareness, and repair past injuries. Most people who’ve done it, even for a short time, say they feel stronger and more energized, centered and physically confident than ever before. They also like having the flat tummies, tight buns, and long lean thighs of a dancer.

Pilates For Dummies lets you get on board with the Pilates method , without the high cost of private instruction. Packed with step-by-step exercises, photos, and illustrations, it helps you develop your own Pilates fitness program to do at home or in the gym. Top Pilates trainer Ellie Herman shows you how to use eight basic Pi lates principles to get the most out of your mat-based routines and:

Look and feel better than ever
Get stronger, more flexible, in control and less prone to injury
Target and tone problem areas
Get movie star abs, buns, thighs and arms
Repair chronic stress and sports injuries

Calmly, clearly, and with quirky good humor, Ellie explores the origins and basic philosophy of the Pilates method, and helps you set realistic fitness goals and custom-tailor a program. She also covers:

Basic, intermediate , and advanced mat exercises
Using Pilates exercise equipment and accessories
Targeting specific areas including the stomach, back, thighs, and chest
Pilates for the pregnant and recently pregnant body
Using Pilates to heal injuries, reform posture
Ten simple ways to incorporate Pilates into your everyday life
Combining Pilates with other forms of exercise, including yoga, swimming, aerobics, and more

Why let the rich and famous have all the fun? Your complete, friendly, step-by-step guide, Pilates For Dummies shows how Pilates can offer a fitness program for the rest of us.

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Packed with step-by-step exercises, photos, and illustrations

Target problem areas and feel and look better without doing aerobics!

Pilates fever is sweeping across the country! This friendly guide helps you develop your own Pilates fitness program perfect for home or the gym. Eight basic principles show you how to get the most out of your mat-based Pilates routines and become stronger, more in control, and less prone to injury.

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About the Author

Ellie Herman runs two Pilates studios, where she teaches hundreds of students and certifies Pilates teachers. She studied under two of Joseph Pilates' original students.

Paperback: 364 pages
Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 20, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764553976
ISBN-13: 978-0764553974
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
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Average Customer Review: 35 customer reviews
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Valerie T

Excellent Information for "Dummies" and "Not-So-Dummies", too!!!!

March 31, 2014

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This is a geat resource for those who are new to Pilates and also for some of us who have been doing Pilates for a long time and who have forgotten (or never learned) so of the basics. I love this book because it is easy reading and provides clear guidelines for effective Pilates workouts!!!! I used to do competition body-building years ago and wish that I had learned Pilates back then because I'm sure my body-building and weight training would have been even better and will less chances for injury and eliminate some pain due to poor core work!!!! Better late than never!!!!

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HMC702

LOVE!!

May 13, 2017

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Great read for someone needing to know the basics. Love this book. Packed full of information.

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Mary

Not basic enough

July 6, 2013

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I'm a 65 year old woman trying to learn Pilates due to back issues. Look at the picture of the front of this
book. I should have known even this book would not be basic enough for me. There are areas in the book that
state "It is so simple you don't even need a picture". I NEED a picture.
This book will not teach you how to breath, finding your neutral position or show you the ten basic exercises that
strengthen but do not hurt or harm back injuries.
Find a good Pilate instructor and pay for one on one instruction until you know what you are doing.

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Carrie

Good info

April 22, 2014

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This is a good introduction to Pilates, however, the exercises are a bit hard to understand via a book, but it is easy to look the stuff up on YouTube, which is why I didn't dock the book another star. May be something to think of if you are getting as a book for a technophobe, though.

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Margaret E. Parker

The book explains the fundamental exercises and has chapters for ...

February 9, 2015

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The book explains the fundamental exercises and has chapters for different series and skill levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced). I use the book frequently as an exercise guide.

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Marly Harris

Reshape your body...

April 20, 2011

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I took my first Pilates class and grasped the concept instantly but I wanted to do it on my own. I bought the Pilates for Dummies book and it proved to be a great starting point for me. I never enjoyed Yoga so Pilates is a welcome discovery; an addition to the weight resistance I do daily at the gym. As with all of the Dummies books, this one is easy to follow.

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Loving mysteries, yoga & pilates

Very useful material and very comprehensive

July 6, 2014

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Very useful material and very comprehensive, too. The author has her own terminology for a few things (her "Pilates alphabet") which takes a little getting used to. Good photo illustrations of all the moves.

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Carol J. Geortner

Pilates - a superb reference

July 28, 2006

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I borrowed a copy of the book from my local library and liked it so much I bought it for myself and for my daughter-in-law.

I attended a Pilates class and told my instructor that I had the book - she remarked that it is one of the best and recommended it to the whole class here at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

The book gives excellent explanations. While the class gave me a sense of how a flowing routine will work, I can do it at home with the aid of the book.

I recommend it highly. Thanks, A Pilates Dummy Fan

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Gabriela Jamison

the book itself has good info but the size

really? the book itself has good info but the size? seriously? who can read a book that is 3 inches tall?

Published on September 18, 2015

Ruth Pauline Green

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F A Davis

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Wasn't what I needed

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Needathis

Five Stars

Even this dummy can follow the steps as given here.

Published on December 10, 2014

Apollinaire

What you'd expect from this series

Basically what you'd expect from this series. Probably easier to use videos.

Published on August 9, 2014

Gary Stoddard

Great book! Lots of information and pictures

Great book! Lots of information and pictures.
Thank you

Published on July 21, 2014

Dan A

Five Stars

Great history and philosophy of Pilates. Real helpful in breaking down the exercises.

Published on July 19, 2014

Anna Turner

Great for beginners!

All aspects are clearly explained.Perfectly set out and fully reviewed.All newcomers to Pilates will benefit from this book as all exercises are fully and comprehensively...Read more

Published on June 20, 2014

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