Get Started: Pilates: The Basics

Get Started

by Anya Hayes

Have you always wanted to learn Pilates, but don't know how to get started? Get Pilates is your perfect, patient teacher, taking you from complete beginner to being able to master 70 Pilates poses and nine sequences. Start simple with basic poses, breathing techniques, and routines; build on them with master rolls, swings, curls, and stretches; and take it a step further by increasing your reps for intense workouts and achieving total body control. Packed with advice, reminders, and help when things go wrong, Get Pilates will soon have you hooked on this body-transforming exercise. More than any other series on the market, DK's Get Started series simulates carefully structured classroom lessons, an approach that allows you to custom-build courses with practical lessons and themed projects. Nothing's assumed, and everything's explained; each book answers fundamental questions, identifies the subject's basics, and provides step-by-step explanations and assessments so you can fulfill your own unique potential.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

31 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 17, 2012

Reviews

[Freda Mans-Labianca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a keen interest in Pilates. It seems to be the rage at keeping fit at the moment. This book seemed appropriate to teach me the basics of Pilates.
I was right.
This is exactly what every beginner needs to get exercising and keeping fit. It will leave you feeling renewed. Well, that's how I feel after.
Step by step instructions, with proper photos assisting you in your Pilates.
I'm not going to lie to you and tell you it's a piece of cake, it's not! But the end prize of being healthy and fit is worth the tough work to get there.
Anything in life, you get what you put in, and Pilates is no different. If you're a scaredy-cat like me, to go to the class and work out with a bunch of strangers, then this book is perfect for you too!

[Andrea]

There appear to be a lot of great exercises in this book. It seemed like a good idea, but unfortunately as a stroke survivor, I just don't have this kind of fexibility anymore. I wasn't super flexible before, but for sure not now. Maybe someday I can try it again.