The Joseph H. Pilates Method At Home: A Balance, Shape, Strength, and Fitness Program
Language: English
Published by Octopus Publishing Group, 2000
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First popularized in the 1920s and adopted by dance greats George Balanchine and Martha Graham, the Pilates technique is gaining worldwide recognition as an effective holistic exercise system. It combines elements of yoga and classical dance with principles of concentration and exercise that increase body awareness, release tension, and realign the body. The program is particularly popular with people who are moving away from the "no pain, no gain" mentality of the workout gym and seeking alternative methods of fitness. Pilates at Home offers readers a clear explanation of this conditioning system. Color photographs show users how to coordinate body, mind, and spirit by working with the body's muscles - not on or against them. Sections on posture, breathing, warm-up exercises, and the use of weights can be easily applied to everyday life.
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- Title
- The Joseph H. Pilates Method At Home: A Balance, Shape, Strength, and Fitness Program
- Author
- Eleanor Mckenzie
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1569752109
- ISBN 13
- 9781569752104
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The Joseph H. Pilates Method at Home will be most useful if you're already taking Pilates classes and want to learn more and practice at home. It presents the history, philosophy, and key elements of this method and illustrates 17 exercises that you can do at home with no equipment except a mat and sometimes a pillow and light weights. The 128 pages are filled with 185 photos (mostly color, and mostly of different stages of an exercise), and much of the text is large print with lots of space. It's a pretty book, and you'll understand the theory and learn some of the simpler exercises, but to get the most benefits from Pilates, take a class or buy a video, too. --Joan Price
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