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Pilates Express: Get Maximum Results in Minimum Time
'The Queen of Pilates' - The Times'Lynne is the undisputed First Lady of Pilates' - The Observer40 quick-fix Pilates workouts to fit into your daily scheduleSuitable for all fitness levels, these 10-minute mini workouts are each designed for a different part of your day - morning, noon and evening.Starting with The New Fundamentals, Lynne Robinson's programme features more than 100 illustrated step-by-step exercises, many of which are brand new to Pilates. As well as increasing your strength and flexibility, there are dedicated exercises to boost your immune system and improve the efficiency of your breathing. You'll also discover how Pilates can benefit both your mental and physical health, helping you to reset your lifestyle, cope with stress and restore balance in your body. Whether you want to lose weight, improve your fitness or tone up, this essential guide will help you integrate Pilates into your daily life and achieve your goals.
206 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 6, 2022
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January 23, 2022
Well this is a new type of review for me, because Pilates Express is not a book you read in the traditional sense! You interact with it, read the instructions and hopefully gain a healthier lifestyle as a result.
On the cover is the rather inspiring sentence – GET MAXIMUM RESULTS IN MINIMUM TIME- but is this possible and for the fitness shy like me, can I gain even a modicum of benefit to my mental and physical health?
I am happy to say that I think I can and so can you!
The book is broken down into handy and easy to follow sections and hints on how you can get maximum benefit from easy to manage workouts. Importantly it doesn’t just go straight into the different types of movements like Hip Hinge or Spine twirls, but gets to the roots of the fundamental part of any exercise program, preparation and understanding. With sections about the importance of controlled breathing, mediation, which is an integral part of the Pilates ethos.
How to eat properly to compliment exercise, how diet and exercise affects your immune system and most importantly of all how to prepare before you start. There is a section of handy tips, which I found very helpful and they gave me a lot of confidence. Exercise tends to overwhelm my disorganized mind, but these helped me gain a clearer understanding of what the author was trying to do, make Pilates accessible to all. I loved how you can learn about good technique away from the pressure in a class, or because there is no class near you. It is all written in clear and concise language, that is accessible to both the beginner and the more experienced.
Best of all, all the exercise come with details instructions and photo’s that you can compare yourself to and your know-how. I am quite a visual person and so I rely on these, to help me get each part of the movement right and I found them easy to follow. Besides the photo’s and instructions there are sections that contain, challenges and benefits, which helped me focus on I am trying to achieve, how my health will be improved by each workout. The watchpoints aim to guide you on the more intricate element of each movement, improving technique and ensuring you gain the greatest benefit from this program.
Lynne Robinson wants this to become a part of your everyday and so broadens her book to include really good advice on how to fit exercise into your day, whether that is the morning, afternoon or evening. You can even consider integrating it into your working life, by following the advice about breathing technique or correct posture, and area I need to work on and which I found really well explained. So much so that rather than being daunted, I felt this is something I can achieve.
Whether you want to become a devote of this form of exercise or make it part of an overall fitness and lifestyle change, Pilates Express is a handy, inspiring and easy to use instruction book.
On the cover is the rather inspiring sentence – GET MAXIMUM RESULTS IN MINIMUM TIME- but is this possible and for the fitness shy like me, can I gain even a modicum of benefit to my mental and physical health?
I am happy to say that I think I can and so can you!
The book is broken down into handy and easy to follow sections and hints on how you can get maximum benefit from easy to manage workouts. Importantly it doesn’t just go straight into the different types of movements like Hip Hinge or Spine twirls, but gets to the roots of the fundamental part of any exercise program, preparation and understanding. With sections about the importance of controlled breathing, mediation, which is an integral part of the Pilates ethos.
How to eat properly to compliment exercise, how diet and exercise affects your immune system and most importantly of all how to prepare before you start. There is a section of handy tips, which I found very helpful and they gave me a lot of confidence. Exercise tends to overwhelm my disorganized mind, but these helped me gain a clearer understanding of what the author was trying to do, make Pilates accessible to all. I loved how you can learn about good technique away from the pressure in a class, or because there is no class near you. It is all written in clear and concise language, that is accessible to both the beginner and the more experienced.
Best of all, all the exercise come with details instructions and photo’s that you can compare yourself to and your know-how. I am quite a visual person and so I rely on these, to help me get each part of the movement right and I found them easy to follow. Besides the photo’s and instructions there are sections that contain, challenges and benefits, which helped me focus on I am trying to achieve, how my health will be improved by each workout. The watchpoints aim to guide you on the more intricate element of each movement, improving technique and ensuring you gain the greatest benefit from this program.
Lynne Robinson wants this to become a part of your everyday and so broadens her book to include really good advice on how to fit exercise into your day, whether that is the morning, afternoon or evening. You can even consider integrating it into your working life, by following the advice about breathing technique or correct posture, and area I need to work on and which I found really well explained. So much so that rather than being daunted, I felt this is something I can achieve.
Whether you want to become a devote of this form of exercise or make it part of an overall fitness and lifestyle change, Pilates Express is a handy, inspiring and easy to use instruction book.
January 18, 2022
Of course, this is the time of year to try to kickstart some good habits so I was really interested to read Pilates Express and to see how accessible it was to me, a complete beginner. I did not find it too daunting. In fact, it is a great mixture of information, advice, encouragement and at times, inspiration. You are taken through the different exercises in detail with easy to follow instructions . The part I found the most useful, is the illustrations which accompany the exercises. You can see what you should be aiming for!
I also like the amount of control which you have over the content of the workout. There are mini workouts for different times of the day, morning, noon and evening which reflects a realistic approach to what is possible for the average person. Different people will take different things from the book. Some will be looking to lose weight whilst others will want to improve their fitness. Both cam relate to its message. With clear illustrations and straightforward text, it gives you a common sense entry into the subject.
In short: Informative and accessible
Thanks to the author for a copy of the book
I also like the amount of control which you have over the content of the workout. There are mini workouts for different times of the day, morning, noon and evening which reflects a realistic approach to what is possible for the average person. Different people will take different things from the book. Some will be looking to lose weight whilst others will want to improve their fitness. Both cam relate to its message. With clear illustrations and straightforward text, it gives you a common sense entry into the subject.
In short: Informative and accessible
Thanks to the author for a copy of the book
January 13, 2022
Every one wants to get fitter in the New Year and this is the perfect book to start off with. It has many different benefits and also many different workouts to suit all needs. I found it really easy and interesting to follow and felt as though different parts worked best for what kind of mood I was in. There is lots of interesting information in the first part of the book and reading this will help you overall. The work outs have exactly what you need to do with a handy picture too to make sure you are doing each position correctly. I really found the watchpoints helpful too, these help to make sure you are in the perfect and correct position. Overall I have found this a great beginners guide to Pilates and I cannot wait to continue my journey through out this book for a better well being. This book is really going to help people.
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