Pilates -

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Hi ,

I found Ana Caban's Pilates workouts to be very good w/ form pointers and

instructions on when and how to breath. She has a beginner workout and an

intermediate as well as some others. Check out www.gaiam.com -- I really

" got " the breathing from her.

As bad as it is for our credit cards, it does seem that it helps to try a

variety of instructors b/c as Carolyn pointed out - each uses different

visualizations and sometimes just hearing it differently makes it " click " .

If your library has Pilates workouts I'd suggest trying to check some out

and trying out different instructors to see what cues " click " with you.

Also, a book might help and maybe you could join NetFlix or something so

that you could rent some so you can try out different instructors without

having to buy.

I do admit that I didn't think Kathy did such a great job of cueing on the

Project:You pilates. I preferred her cueing on ther Pilates for Abs and

Pilates for Lower Body workouts.

Hope this helps!!

Donna

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>At 01:55 PM 2/03/2005, Dahlstrom wrote:

> >I had problems with the Pilates tape. My stomach muscles aren't very

> >strong. I can do crunches or cross-over crunches but some of that stuff

> >I'm really BAD at....do you have any suggestions? Should I just keep

> >trying to do them? Some I can't even come close to doing.

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>yep take your time and keep trying!! when i first started pilates i

>couldnt hardly do it either. but i kept trying very frequently (i think

>that it was every other day) and found that, soon, i could do the exercises

>and spend more time concentrating on form. i hope that there is someone in

>the class who is showing beginner modifications. make sure that you follow

>their example for a while at first and really work hard at pulling your

>belly button in and up. breathing at the proper times during pilates is

>important too.

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>im pretty sure that donna said that kathy smith doesnt give alot of

>instruction during this pilates workout, which is a bit

>disappointing. she goes into quite a bit of detail during her other

>pilates workouts which are not part of project:you. maybe you could rent

>or borrow those to get a bit more instruction. i started out (and still

>use) mari winsor's first pilates set. different instructors use

>better/worse visualizations, descriptions and cues. maybe if you tried

>another pilates instructor for a bit, you might pick up something that is

>key to form that kathy isnt describing for you. stott pilates is also

>supposed to be really good for instruction.

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>:*carolyn.

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