Pilates Deep Sessions (2015)

This is a gentle, slow-paced instructional video for people with lower-back pain and limited range of motion. It is the first video in Allan Menezes' four-part series on the Pilates method.

Lara Hudson is your guide through five workouts: Pilates for Abs, Pilates for Buns & Thighs, Pilates for Flexibility, Sculpting Pilates, and Pilates Burn.

It doesn't matter how fit, enthusiastic or prepared you are, when it comes to trying out a new form of exercise, Wimps come in all shapes and sizes! Join Annika Carlson, an ACE and AFFA-certified Pilates instructor and trainer, as she shows you Pilates made simple for those who want to get in shape without going to the gym. Tone and reshape your body with basic exercises for the stomach, back, legs, and arms and discover amazing results! Improve your posture, increase flexibility, and rejuvenate your spine. Annika guides you through an authentic Pilates workout that everyone and anyone can do, regardless of age, fitness level, motivation, and flexibility (or lack thereof)! So, workout the Wimp way and get the benefits of a great workout that doesn't demand too much from your body!

International ballet star Darcey Bussell presents this guide to pilates, taking the viewer through warm-up routines, a variety of pilates techniques, plus routines designed to target specific parts of the body.

Pilates Bootcamp workout combines the key principles of Pilates core stability and the traditional style of bootcamp training. Core stability is the very essence of Pilates technique. It simply refers to making your center - or your core - solid and strong. Pilates Bootcamp workout will give you a lithe and powerful body resistant to the everyday stresses of work and life. This is a full body conditioning program, which will lengthen and strengthen your muscles - with the added advantage of improving your muscle-to-fat ratio and correcting your posture. Get to grips with three essential areas: Breathing / Pelvic Floor Muscles / Deep Abdominal Muscles

Louise Solomon's yoga & Pilates is a new and highly effective form of exercise that blends the best of the worlds of Yoga and Pilates. Encompassing the flexibility, meditative and weight loss elements of Yoga with the muscle strengthening and toning of Pilates, Yoga & Pilates is an ideal balance of body and mind, breathing and movement. Following Yoga & Pilates will not only leave you looking your best but will improve your posture., strengthen your body and spine and act as a release valve against stress build up - and all in just 28 days! WORKOUT ONE: A 26 minute mat-based workout focusing on lying down and sitting up, the center of the body abdominals, lower back and pelvic muscles. WORKOUT TWO: A 30 minute workout strengthening the midback muscles and spine creating a great posture. Also concentrates on toning the arms, legs and behind.

Trainer Stefan Mermon introduces a diet · lesson beginner's class exercise program which trains both spirit and physical body invented by German Pilates and becomes beautiful from the back of the body.

This unintimidating program takes you through Pilates standing and floor workout techniques in easy-to-understand language. Not only will you burn calories by using this routine in your weight- loss program, but you may even change your mind about exercise. If you’re looking to lose weight, burn some extra calories, and get a gentle, easy-to-follow workout, Pilates Weight-Loss Workout For Dummies is for you! This workout takes the original Pilates Method — known for its fabulous toning benefits — and adds simple, upbeat movements that increase your heart rate and ultimately help you burn more calories than with traditional Pilates workouts. Pilates Weight-Loss Workout For Dummies offers step-by-step instruction for both standing and mat exercises and makes working out at your own level easy to do.This program is fluid, comfortable, and effective — now you can get that long, lean, toned physique while burning calories and having fun!

PILATES SECRETS shows you the Pilates mat techniques as you have never seen them before! The Pilates method is a regimen/series of isometric exercises that simultaneously stretch, strengthen, tone and align the body, while eliminating excess tension and strain on the joints. PILATES SECRETS offers step-by-step instruction for 32 popular Pilates mat exercises as demonstrated by two awe-inspiring young men in the nude. This program incorporates the floor techniques that are designed to help you improve your posture, tone and tighten your mid-section.

Pilates is a unique way of getting your whole body into good condition and toning up all your muscles. It consists of a series of exercises which are suitable for everyone, which develop both strength and suppleness, and its aim is to make the muscles required for good posture even firmer. Pilates gives priority to the movements being performed well, freeing up tension, and developing good muscle coordination and control. In this session, we have selected the pilates exercises which are the most effective for exercising and strengthening your abdominal muscles. The Pilates "Abdominal Special" training programme contains exercises on 3 progressive levels of difficulty, and you can therefore choose the exercises you wish to do according to your own level of ability. The development of your abdominal muscles will make it easier to stand up and to hold yourself well, and will also ease any back pain.

Pilates is a unique way of getting your whole body into good condition and toning up all your muscles. It consists of a series of exercises which are suitable for everyone, which develop both strength and suppleness, and its aim is to make the muscles required for good posture even firmer. Pilates gives priority to the movements being performed well, freeing up tension, and developing good muscle co-ordination and control. In this Intermediate pilates session the exercises from the Beginners' Level have been modified and made more difficult, and new exercises have been added. This programme, adapted in line with your progress, will allow you to not only consolidate what you have learned, but also to establish a higher level of practice. Don't forget: to make progress, set objectives!