Element: Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners
Element: Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners
Pilates can transform your body in a way no gym equipment can match. Filmed on a breathtaking location overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this dynamic beginner's workout is designed to maximize calorie burn while teaching you the basics of Pilates. With a combination of Pilates-conscious cardio and mat Pilates, this sequence uses the principles of control, concentration, precision, center, breath, and fluidity to help you sculpt a new shape. The gentle, low impact exercises will strengthen and tone your whole body to develop a slimmer, leaner body line.
About the Instructor:
Brooke Siler is a second generation Pilates teacher, trained directly under Joseph Pilates’ own protégée for 12 years. She is the celebrated author of the New York Times best-selling series of books The Pilates Body and Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge. As owner of re: AB® Pilates Studio in New York City and founder of the AB Pilates Teacher Certification program, Brooke has trained countless celebrity clients including Kirsten Dunst, Lauren Hutton and Madonna.
“Never done a roll up? Brooke Siler who’s trained Rachael Weisz easily you through a mat and cardio routine.” - The Best Workout DVDS US Weekly; January 12 2009 ed.
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About the Instructor:
Brooke Siler is a second generation Pilates teacher, trained directly under Joseph Pilates’ own protégée for 12 years. She is the celebrated author of the New York Times best-selling series of books The Pilates Body and Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge. As owner of re: AB® Pilates Studio in New York City and founder of the AB Pilates Teacher Certification program, Brooke has trained countless celebrity clients including Kirsten Dunst, Lauren Hutton and Madonna.
“Never done a roll up? Brooke Siler who’s trained Rachael Weisz easily you through a mat and cardio routine.” - The Best Workout DVDS US Weekly; January 12 2009 ed. $14.98 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413AWdXEXDL._SL160_.jpg
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I highly recommend this DVD. I have been a fan of Brooke Siler’s since I purchased her first book, The Pilates Body, back in 1999, and went on to purchase her CD kit (The Pilates Body Kit), and second book, The Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge. I recently purchased a copy of this DVD and highly recommend it to beginner-intermediate students. It features a well-rounded classical mat workout (and second “cardio” workout that is more about putting Pilates principles into practice while performing standing conditioning exercises). The workouts are the perfect pace (not too fast to perform the exercises with control and attention to precision; but not too slow and overly instructional) And Brooke provides great instruction utilizing both clear anatomical cues and imagery. I will recommend this to all of my students looking for an at-home Pilates workout.
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I’m a mother of 4, and this Pilates Weight Loss DVD is the perfect workout to do at home. It’s really helping me tone my saggy “muffin-top” waist area, while giving me the total stretching and strengthening I need. The visual demonstrations are very clear, and the detailed verbal instructions give me all the coaching I need to work on improving my pilates technique. This DVD is excellent as it’s so easy to follow and has plenty of variation to keep me working out for months to come! It’s amazing how these Pilates techniques, that make me feel so good by stretching my whole body, can really create a great cardio burn too.
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This is a great instructional DVD. I had taken Pilates for about 5 years with 2 fantastic and experienced instructors (none of those that took a weekend mat certification course and started teaching) and stopped when I had my baby and changed to a lower pay job (Pilates is like a crack habit – expensive and oh so addictive). This really took me back to a challenging mat class. Clear, concise and helpful tips and guides all throughout at a pace that is not too slow nor too fast. Brooke’s body was also a very good visual aide – she was able to demonstrate the nuances of tucking your pelvis in, etc. Really liked the cardio section in the beginning which when connected with the mat class really made it a fulfilling workout. Highly recommend. I hope she’ll come out with more because hers is the real thing.
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I started to get really into Pilates after giving my birth to my daughter 10 mths ago. Before that I’d attended classes here and there w. one teacher at my gym but didn’t really “get it”. Then I tried it w/ another teacher & it just clicked for me and it seriously changed my body and my life. B/c it’s not always easy for me to get to the gym my teacher recommended I get some videos for home as well. I got Ana Caban’s Imtermediate video by Gaiam at my teacher’s recommendation but never got that into it. Then I received an invitation to attend a free class w/ Brooke Siler & it was wonderful(I met her afterwards as well and she’s lovely). Anyway they gave us this video as a gift and I use it all the time, although I am no longer a “beginner”, I like it so much better than the Ana Caban one. I’m saying all this b/c I have found w/ Pilates that it really makes a big difference who your teacher is, whether it’s in person or a class. I would recommend this to beginners as well as people who have been doing it for awhile. I admit in some parts I do find myself a little bored(like practicing head lifts) but others like the hundreds are challenging I think for any level. So it has both. & if some parts are too difficult for you right away, you can work your way up to them. I am going to try some different videos but so far this is my favorite and I have been suggesting it to friends. I hope she comes out w/ another one soon!
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I’ve been a fan of Brooke’s for years — I’ve done numerous Pilates dvds and have only been able to do Pilates with Brooke, thus far, with her books, flash cards, and CDs (in the Pilates Body Kit). I’ve loved her from the start and have been hoping for a dvd.
I did this one today and just loved it! Don’t worry that it says it’s for beginners if you’ve been doing Pilates for years. This is a solid Intermediate Pilates workout. It’s approachable for Beginners, but isn’t broken down slowly for explanations like most Beginner Pilates dvds. It flows wonderfully, is full of challenging exercises, and is a pleasure to do with Brooke. Just wonderful!
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I’m a fitness instructor who reviews numerous DVDs. I heartily recommend Brooke Silver’s Pilates Weight Loss for Beginners to anyone looking for a cardio and mat workout that can create a slimmer, stronger and leaner bodyline. If Brooke’s body is an example of what Pilates can do for you -especially after 2 babies — then everyone should try her beginner Pilates dvd routines. I particularly love the way Brooke instructs you –she has an extraordinarly clear way of articulating the mechanics of each required movement and what you should be feeling in your own body as you go through each movement. This is fitness instruction at its superb best.
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Brooke is the only person who can keep my attention for 45 minutes! She does it by talking you through every step of the workout with such calm, clear and helpful instructions. She really gets me to work my “core” and I end up sweating and feeling exhilarated everytime I do it.
She never stops talking you through the lesson, therefore you are able to stay focused. I cannot get that great of a workout from even private lessons at my club. Brooke’s DVD is the best instruction tape I have ever purchased. Definitely buy this DVD. You will not be SORRY.
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My Pilates teacher suggested Brooke Siler’s books as a good way to practice at home. I was a little put off by the idea of “cardio” Pilates, but once I did that section I enjoyed it and felt like it was aerobic without sacrificing the idea of concentration and core. Doing both programs (the cardio section and the mat section) gives a good total body workout without wiping you out for the whole day.
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This Pilates DVD is great! I am a beginner at Pilates and found this DVD easy to follow, yet challenging enough to get a great work out. The instructions were clear and every new move started slow and gradually got quicker. The diversity of stretches and head to toe movements kept me interested and concentrated. I felt a great stretching and lengthening as well as cardio work out throughout. I would definitely recommend this DVD.
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I am a beginner using Pilates. I had already used 2 other Pilate DVDs I’d purchased elsewhere and was enthusiastic about the method but wanted something that was alittle longer and well rounded. I read some of the other reviews. Brook’s instructions are VERY clear and concise and she reminds you all the way through how to stay focused and how to do each stretch correctly which is so important. This is my favorite by far. It has been a good stress reliever and I’m amazed at how much flatter my abs are and how toned my legs have become in such a short time—about 8 weeks. I’ve got 25 lbs to drop and I’m 54 years young.