The Everything Pilates Book: The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Body Stronger, Leaner, and Healthier

Alpers, Amy Taylor;Gentry, Lorna;Segel, Rachel Taylor

ISBN 10: 1580627382 / ISBN 13: 9781580627382

Published by Adams Media Corp, Avon, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2002

About this Item

Explore the fitness craze right for everyone! Whether you¿re a ballerina or a couch potato, a mountain biker or a fitness novice, you can do Pilates-and reap its amazing benefits. Perfect for building stronger, leaner, more flexible muscles, relieving stress, and achieving full body health, the Pilates method is a revolutionary program that has the power to transform lives. Written by the founders of the internationally renowned studio, The Pilates Center, The Everything® Pilates Book gives you all you need to start doing Pilates in your own home-and choose a studio that¿s right for you. The book provides step-by-step instruction on how to do such incredible exercises as the Spine Stretch, the Roll-Up, and the Swan, as well as more than 100 clear photographs that make it easy to get started. The Everything Pilates Book helps you: -Create a supple, powerful body -Prevent osteoporosis -Reduce the risk of injury -Establish proper posture -Increase strength and flexibility -Tone abs -Alleviate back pain. No matter of your physical condition, The Everything® Pilates Book can help you take control of your body. As New paperback. No creases No marks. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Copyright 2002. Printed in U.S.A. Print-line indicated this copy from the 3rd printing. ISBN: 1-58062-738-2. No LCCN. MSR = US $14.95.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Everything Pilates Book: The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Body Stronger, Leaner, and Healthier
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp, Avon, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580627382
• ISBN 13: 9781580627382
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Littmann, Barry
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 1.4 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Defines and explains the Pilates exercise method, introduces Joseph Pilates and his ideologies, and details various exercises to help maintain a healthy body.

About the Author

Amy Taylor Alpers and Rachel Taylor Segel are sisters who established The Pilates Center in 1990 in Boulder, Colorado. Both Amy and Rachel were certified by Romana Kryzanowska, considered by many to be the heir to the classical tradition of Joseph Pilates. The Pilates Center is also an internationally renowned Teacher Training Certification school, offering the most rigorous and comprehensive program available. Lorna Gentry is a career writer and editor across a variety of health, technical, academic, social, and home management topics. She authored a series of online articles for the Learning Network on subjects including, vegetarianism, Zen philosophy, popular culture, and organic diet. She resides in Milton, Indiana.