Product Description

Take control of your weight with this innovative regime. Internationally acclaimed instructor, Lynne Robinson, guides you through the fundamentals of Pilates and shows you how it can be used to burn calories and achieve a leaner, stronger body. Inside you will find the core exercises clearly explained and illustrated, allowing you to practice at home. Once mastered, you can move into Lynne's workouts, which combine these exercises for maximum effect. Not only will Pilates give you back your figure but it can also improve posture and breathing, build core strength and give you greater flexibility. Pilates is the realistic and long-term solution to a better body.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7885 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-11
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
This is the first book to focus on using Pilates as a way of losing weight to change your body shape for good. --Spa World

About the Author
Lynne Robinson is one of the most well-known and respected figures working in the Pilates and well being sectors today. She is the founder of the Body Control Pilates method, which is taught internationally and has produced a number of successful books and DVDs. In demand internationally, she appears on TV, lectures at conferences in the US, Canada and Ireland and has also taught in South Africa and Denmark.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
Good clear instructions on different exercises and a variety of different programmes for beginners, intermediate and advanced.

So what is core strength anyway?
I took up Pilates because I needed to do some exercise and thought it looked easy. How wrong can you be? And although I'm better than I was a year ago, an hour's class one evening a week just isn't enough. This book looks really helpful, though - it has lots of clearly laid-out exercises and sensible 'start here, then progress to here' instructions that mean I can fit in the odd 20 minutes' practice at home whenever it suits me. The answer to my prayers? Could be: ask me again in a year's time.

Pilates is great
I love this book, the way its set out is so easy to follow, and all the instructions are very clear