Product Description

No time to exercise? We have the solution the 10 Minute Solution Everyone can find at least ten minutes in their day, and we ve developed 5 dynamic Pilates workouts that are just 10 minutes each. The workouts will slim and re-shape your entire body by using a band to add challenge to classic mat Pilates exercises and even mimic the resistance offered by traditional Pilates machines (like the Reformer and the Cadillac) which are usually only available in private studios. You can split these routines into 5 separate workouts or do them all together for the ultimate body-transforming workout! Please note that Slim & Sculpt Pilates DOES NOT include a resistance band.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9715 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-05-04
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 54 minutes

Synopsis
Efficient, effective Pilates exercises that focus on getting that sculpted look are contained on this program. Each workout is only 10 minutes long, so finding time is no longer an issue to get a health club-quality Pilates session.

Customer Reviews

Yet another fantastic set of exercises from the 10 Minute Solution series
I have the other 10 Minute Solution with the same instructor Suzanne Bowen (Perfect Body Pilates) and enjoyed it so much that I was really looking forward to Slim and Sculpt Pilates. And like the other DVD, this one is fun and challenging and the minutes fly by.

If you're worried that it will all be the same stuff as Suzanne Bowen's previous pilates DVD, you needn't worry - this is VERY different. The main difference is that you need an exercise resistance band to do almost ALL the exercises on this DVD. It is centred around the resistance band, and all sections, including abs and all over body pilates, make use of the resistance band. The American edition of this DVD has a sticker on it saying that a free band is included - word of warning however: the newly released British version does NOT include the resistance band!! So if you're buying the British release, order a resistance band at the same time so that you can start using your DVD straight away, otherwise you won't ba able to do any of it. (There's also a free resistance band included in Yogalates Energizer with L. Solomon, which is actually cheaper than buying a resistance band, plus you get another workout video!)

Working out with the resistance band is great and makes such a change to just moving your limbs about; the band makes you focus on other parts of your body as well. Suzanne shows you how to modify to increase resistance and get even more out of your work out, just by holding it nearer or further from the centre.

The first section is Lower Body Pilates which really flies by, it is so much fun, and because you're using the resistance band I personally find that my legs ache much less than without a band, perhaps because you take some off the pressure off by using your arms?? The next section is Upper Body Pilates, and this one is a killer! I have always focused more on my lower body when doing workout DVDs and this 10 minute section really showed me how weak my arms and shoulders are, so I hope that using the band will strengthen them. Pilates for Abs includes many traditional pilates sets (such as the hundred, scissors, leg pulls) but all done using the band again, and it was a really nice change. Total Body Pilates works a bit of everything and Pilates for Flexibility is a sequence of stretches, which is so nice and relaxing, and a lovely way to finish the workout.

Apart from Upper Body Pilates which I found very difficult, I did not think this DVD is as challenging as the previous DVD with Suzanne Bowen (Perfect Body Pilates), but it is still a very good 50 minute work out; it is so fun and varied, and just exercising with the resistance band makes such a change to many other workout DVDs out there. It is really great fun, but you can feel your muscles working too. Each section goes by really quickly, and often when I start I decide to do only 2 or 3 sections, but end up doing all of them because this DVD really makes pilates a fun activity rather than a boring chore. Highly recommend it!!

Brill!
You think its going to be too easy, but its brill. I like waking up the next day feeling like I've had a workout. Also, if no time for full workout its great just doing a 10 min segment. Makes you feel righteous, because a little bit is better than not doing.

Great!
Excellent work out, fun to do and lots of new exercises so keeps your attention. I would thoroughly recommend this DVD!