The New Method 20/20 - Perfect Pilates

Perfect Pilates gives you a refreshing blend of movement, stretching and breathing exercises that will gently bolster your body’s vital structure. Specifically designed to work from head-to-toe, each segment teaches you how to use breathing and isolated exercises for a total body makeover. Featuring two 20-minute workouts, these proven exercises will build the long, lean body that everyone wishes for! The newly popular exercise regimen of pilates is made simple and accessible in this fitness video, which uses pilates as the basis of a multi-disciplinary workout that is both effective and efficient. 'Perfect Pilates' uses stretching and breathing exercising along with movement to create an exercise routine designed to help align and strengthen your muscles and body. ~Mark Deming; pilates-video.com



Instructor Lisa Wheeler takes viewers through a blend of yoga's sun salutations, ballet's plié and relevé, and Pilates's seal and scissors–with a dash of kickboxing–in the first of these two 20-minute sets. Pilates purists will no doubt object, but for those looking to strengthen their balance and work on their abs, Wheeler's routine get the job done.



In the second routine Jennifer Kries employs more true Pilates moves: roll-ups, leg circles, criss-cross and spinal stretches. Both series feature brief warm-ups and cool-downs. The live drumbeat accompaniment is less intrusive than in other New Method offerings, making this a good way for exercisers of any age to start or end the day. ~amazon.com