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Add strength training to your routine and watch the results of strength training exercises are a great way to increase weight loss and achieve the physical and mental health better, especially when combined with cardiovascular exercise.
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Standing Pilates $18.95 Perform Pilates postures just about anywhere-- and get faster results! Joseph Pilates's revolutionary methods of strengthening, toning, and even lengthening the body have become hugely popular all around the world. Now, in Standing Pilates, celebrated Pilates expert Joan Breibart takes Pilates off the floor, showing you step by step how to perform classic postures while standing or sitting. Breibart, the creator of the first Pilates exercise video, has transformed traditional Pilates floor exercises into a new workout that frees you to perform postures any time, anywhere, without mats, balls, or workout gear. This groundbreaking new method uses your own body weight to help you achieve faster, longer-lasting results. You get clear instruction on how to increase your focus, develop proper form, and strengthen and tone your body more easily and efficiently. Plus, Breibart gives you valuable tips on improving your technique, making modifications to the postures, and varying each exercise to take things up a notch. No matter your current fitness level, Standing Pilates is the revolutionary new way to reshape your body and reach your fitness goals in less time. This exciting new book: * Features black-and-white photographs throughout that fully illustrate each exercise * Explains how to exercise smarter to get the body you want * Provides fundamentals and foundations for retraining your brain to move your body correctly to improve your balance and form * Presents testimonials from fitness professionals on the benefits of Standing Pilates * Includes up-to-date contact lists for certified Pilates instructors, those also certified in Standing Pilates, and Pilates Certifying Studios

Pilates Anatomy $19.95 Madonna does it. Jennifer Aniston does it. And so do plenty of pro football players. These days, it seems like everyone is doing pilates, a form of exercise that strengthens core muscle groups for a lean, toned body. Whether you're already a pilates devotee, or a couch potato who's ready to reform, Pilates Anatomy is for you! Written and developed by a renowned pilates instructor, Pilates Anatomy is designed to be a thorough guide for every level—from beginner to advanced. This unique book aims to teach more than just different exercises. Detailed anatomical illustrations teach readers all about muscle mechanics and how their bodies work to encourage safe, injury-free workouts. To help reinforce students' understanding, this book also features reference sections on pilates terminology and a glossary of muscles. Discover how “chicken wings,” “tiny steps,” and “the corkscrew” can help you create a long, lean, strong body. Readers can choose from a comprehensive list of individual pilates exercises designed for every level of practice. In addition to individual movements, this amazing book also includes a series of challenging workouts featuring both mats and props for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students.

Pilates For Dummies $21.99 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.

Pilates Principles (DVD) $8.43 Pilates Principles contains essential principles of the Pilates Method to assist you in obtaining the most from your exercise program or simply to improve your posture. This instructional DVD is taught by Allan Menezes, Australia`s foremost Pilates practitioner who introduced the Pilates Method to his country in 1986. He has created a series of programmes with a unique approach based on his bestselling book The Complete Guide to the Pilates Method and the original teachings of the renowned Joesphe H. Pilates. Pilates Principles will help you: - Strengthen and control abdominal muscles - Improve posture - Learn new breathing techniques Pilates Principles contains essential principles of the Pilates Method to assist you in obtaining the most from your exercise program or simply to improve your posture. This instructional DVD is taught by Allan Menezes, Australia`s foremost Pilates practitioner who introduced the Pilates Method to his country in 1986. He has created a series of programmes with a unique approach based on his bestselling book The Complete Guide to the Pilates Method and the original teachings of the renowned Joesphe H. Pilates. Pilates Principles will help you: - Strengthen and control abdominal muscles - Improve posture - Learn new breathing techniques

The Little Pilates Book $9.99 Now you can enjoy the exercise many celebrities swear by, as you too become trim and fit with pilates. A holistic exercise designed to condition body and mind, pilates helps strengthen core muscles, improve posture and increase flexibility.

Pilates for Pregnancy. $12.79 Author: Lynne Robinson.RRP: 15.99.The Ultimate Exercise Guide for Motherhood.Pilates for Pregnancy' offers over 60 gentle exercises divided into two main sections: Early Pregnancy (0 to 16 weeks) and Later Pregnancy (16 weeks to birth).With 'Pilates for Pregnancy' you will be well on your way to attaining an enjoyable and enriching pregnancy.Format: Paperback.ISBN: 9780857830524.Published: 12/01/2012.Publisher: Kyle Books.Genre: Diet and fitness.Total pages: 192.Free delivery by post.

Pilates for Equestrians $29.09 Pilates is an invigorating and proven body conditioning method which helps to strengthen the core muscles used in riding and restores the body s balance. It is a form of exercise which is being taken up by more and more sportsmen and women and its benefits can be seen to improve posture, muscle tone and to provide stability for the pelvis and shoulders - essential for the rider. Increasingly riders are discovering the benefits that Pilates can bring to their sport. Importantly, it can help improve a rider s results to give them that winning edge which, at the top level, can be the difference between triumph and disaster. Dressage riders achieve better harmony with their horse as a tweak of a muscle by the rider can convey a subtle, but effective message to the horse. Eventers or showjumpers can, after a few short weeks, improve their balance over a fence, becoming more effective in their seat and are at an advantage and more tuned in to their horse should it decide not to go where intended! Pilates is an essential tool for improved, more effective and ultimately safer riding.

10 Minute Solution - Pilates (DVD) $5.93 Studies have shown that regular short workouts can be just as effective as less frequent, longer exercise sessions. '10 Minute Solution: Pilates' partitions the body into five different segments, each with a separate workout: Pilates for Abs, Pilates for Buns and Thighs, Sculpting Pilates, Pilates for Burn, and Pilates for Flexibility. Incorporating both standing and mat Pilates, these workouts are high impact and suitable for all levels. Running Time: 57 min

Pilates Practice Companion $25 Pilates has become a worldwide phenomenon with over 12 million people practicing, and the numbers continue to grow. Pilates exercises build muscle tone, improve flexibility and balance, lengthen the spine, increase body awareness, and repair past injuries, helping people to feel stronger and more energized, centered and physically confident. Pilates Practice Companion is the one-stop guide for Pilates novices as well as those hoping to consolidate what they already know. The book is accessible and user-friendly, with a warm, reassuring tone. With beautiful specially commissioned step-by-step photography and clear instructions on each exercise, as well as key features, such as annotated photographs of common faults and a list of the physical and mental benefits of each exercise, the book demonstrates how to practice Pilates without costly classes and equipment. The exercises are separated into chapters - beginner, intermediate, and advanced-allowing readers to focus on the exercises that are relevant to them and to progress at their own pace. At the end of each of these chapters, there are specially devised programs of Pilates exercises of 20-, 40- and 60-minutes each, letting readers pick and choose depending on the time available. This book offers a more holistic approach to Pilates than other Pilates books. A chapter on The Benefits of Pilates gives a fascinating overview of the ways that Pilates can maintain or restore the health of the body. With the help of specially commissioned anatomical drawings, it explains how Pilates exercises work on and benefit everything from posture, flexibility and strength, to energy levels and integrating body and mind. The final chapter, Pilates Every Day, offers advice on how to use Pilates in all aspects of life-at work, for winding down, and for rehabilitation, for example. It also includes advice on healthy eating, helping readers to make better food choices to feel more energized and balanced. Pilates Practice Companion is an accessible, authoritative and inspiring resource to guide people of all abilities in their practice of Pilates.

Stott Pilates - Core Challenge (DVD) $9.93 Stott Pilates helps develop optimal strength, flexibility, endurance and posture, without building bulk or stressing your joints. The perfect compliment to cardiovascular exercise, athletic training or rehabilitation, Stott Pilates exercises will leave you looking toned, feeling revitalized and moving with ease. Running Time: 110 min

Body Sculpture Pilates Deluxe Set $24.99 If you're in to Pilates you'll love this deluxe set with everything you'll need to get fit and feel better about yourself. Pilates is widely considered one of the safest forms of exercise today and is suitable for just about everyone regardless of age or level of fitness. As an exercise technique it's designed to elongate strengthen and restore the body to balance working with the body's skeletal and muscular systems for optimum effect. The set contains a power band two toning balls a gym ball

Ellie Herman's Pilates Workbook on the Ball $15.95 FOLLOW THE STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOS IN THIS BOOK TO QUICKLY AND EASILY LEARN OVER 50 PILATES-BASED MOVEMENTS PERFORMED ON THE EXERCISE BALL Specially designed by San Francisco—based Pilates expert Ellie Herman for her studio clients, the exercises in this book combine the powerful slimming and shaping effects of Pilates with the low-impact, high-intensity workout of the ball. Adding fun, variety and increased effectiveness, the ball transforms traditional Pilates moves into an unparalleled workout offering: •Aerobic conditioning •Muscle toning •Body sculpting •Fat burning •Improved posture •Mental concentration

Ellie Herman's Pilates Props Workbook $15.95 AMPLIFY YOUR PILATES WORKOUT USING PROPS Pilates gets even better when paired with these simple accessories. Pilates expert Ellie Herman shows how to intensify and enhance your matwork routine: •The elastic exercise band increases resistance •The ethafoam roller creates stability challenges •The Magic Circle gives a great inner thigh workout Each movement is explained with clear captions and easy-to-follow photo sequences. Special programs for strains, injuries and chronic problems are also featured. In addition to strengthening and toning your body, Pilates with props helps you: •Build balance •Release tension •Alleviate pain •Rehabilitate injuries

Everlast Pilates Deluxe Kit. $24.99 This Pilates kit is designed to enhance flexability, vitality and muscle tone. Strengthen upper and lower back, buttocks, abs, chest and arms. Enjoy your own personal workout with the instructional DVD included within the comfort of your own home. Includes: 2 x way action pump, 2 x heavy duty stretch bands, 2 x 2lb exercise weights and training DVD. Enhances flexibility.Moves you deeper into stretches.Compact enough for you to stretch and strengthen anywhere. Lightweight and portable.EAN/MPN/UPC/ISBN: 654602430637.

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The Exercise Balance $17.95 Healthy exercise means finding a balance between overtraining and inactivity. By using a combination of clinical studies and real-life examples, this book shows readers how to develop their own personal prescription for discovering that balance. Written by two specialists in the field of eating disorders, it details both ends of the exercise continuum, from compulsive exercisers who push their bodies to the limit to people with little or no physical activity in their daily lives. The authors explain the psychological and health issues that can result from compulsive exercise — including bone loss, fractures, amenorrhea, and unhealthy eating. They also cover the problems arising from inadequate exercise and provide ways that ill people can safely implement fitness programs. The book is not a weight-loss guide; instead, it emphasizes the importance of proper exercise, offering readers of all sizes, ages, and health levels practical solutions for changing their routines and finding a healthy exercise balance.

Pilates For Pregnancy - Post Natal (DVD) $12.43 Pilates programme that's tailor-made for post pregnancy. The workout covers warming up, tummy, legs, back, balance and lateral strength. Pilates is one of the safest and most effective forms of exercise you could wish to do before, during and after pregnancy. It specifically works all the parts of the body that are affected as you get bigger (eg the tummy and the pelvic floor). lt will help to protect your back and can also prepare you for a faster, smoother delivery. And, if you choose to do Pilates throughout your whole pregnancy you can bet your recovery w ill be quicker than you could ever have imagined. This is one DVD in a series of four where the workout is tailored specifically to each trimester of your pregnancy. Tasha, your instructor is also pregnant, so knows exactly what you're going through at each stage. Tasha really knows her stuff and truly believes in the long term benefits of Pilates through every stage of pregnancy. The movements are safe for you and your baby, are easy to follow and are delivered in a style that is personal and informed. This workout takes 45 minutes minimum and it is recommended that you repeat three times a week for the most effective results. No equipment is required. Workout covers: - Warm-up - Tummy - Legs - Gluteals - Back - Lateral strength

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