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Pilates can transform your body in a way no gym equipment can match. Filmed on a breathtaking location overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this dynamic beginner’s workout is designed to maximize calorie burn while teaching you the basics of Pilates. With a combination of Pilates-conscious cardio and mat Pilates, this sequence uses the principles of control, concentration, precision, center, breath, and fluidity to help you sculpt a new shape. The gentle, low impact exercises will strengthen and tone your whole body to develop a slimmer, leaner body line.
About the Instructor:
Brooke Siler is a second generation Pilates teacher, trained directly under Joseph Pilates’ own protégée for 12 years. She is the celebrated author of the New York Times best-selling series of books The Pilates Body and Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge. As owner of re: AB® Pilates Studio in New York City (www.reabnyc.com) and founder of the re: AB Pilates Teacher Certification program, Brooke has trained countless celebrity clients including Kirsten Dunst, Lauren Hutton and Madonna.
“Never done a roll up? Brooke Siler who’s trained Rachael Weisz easily you through a mat and cardio routine.” – The Best Workout DVDS US Weekly; January 12 2009 ed.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great workout!
I scoffed at the initial sequence of this (having not done Pilates before), and thought, “Oh what a waste!” Boy was I wrong! 10 minutes into the video, Brooke has you doing the mat workout; I felt the burn for the entire next day! I haven’t been using it long enough to say anything about long term results, but it definitely is a good workout, and guides beginners (like me) through the moves well.
5 Stars The Perfect Pilates Workout
I highly recommend this DVD. I have been a fan of Brooke Siler’s since I purchased her first book, The Pilates Body, back in 1999, and went on to purchase her CD kit (The Pilates Body Kit), and second book, The Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge. I recently purchased a copy of this DVD and highly recommend it to beginner-intermediate students. It features a well-rounded classical mat workout (and second “cardio” workout that is more about putting Pilates principles into practice while performing standing conditioning exercises). The workouts are the perfect pace (not too fast to perform the exercises with control and attention to precision; but not too slow and overly instructional) And Brooke provides great instruction utilizing both clear anatomical cues and imagery. I will recommend this to all of my students looking for an at-home Pilates workout.
5 Stars Great cardio/Pilates dvd
Since Siler helped to bring Pilates into the mainstream almost a decade ago, people have been waiting to see her “in action” on a DVD. This is a great release and proves yet again that Pilates can be both a challenging strength and flexibility workout while still being vigorous to raise your heart rate.
Be warned: this workout doesn’t move nearly as quickly Hilary Burnett’s Advanced Pilates or “reimagines” Pilates the way a lot of Ellen Barrett’s releases do to achieve an increased heart rate. Instead, Siler gets the job done by moving through a series of precise, well-cued movements at a pace that allows you to both pay attention to your form and get a cardio effect. While most of the movements focus on the legs, the upper body is also working to maintain stability.
The matwork that follows is a solid intermediate workout, including variations and modifications for such classics as the Teaser, Side Kicks and Pushups as well as more basic exercises such as the Roll Down. As in other form-focused releases, she proves again that “basic” doesn’t mean “beginners only”. If you do even the simplest moves properly, your muscles should burn.
As vigorous as the workout is, it could be done every day- or less. At the end, you should feel “worked out” and relaxed.
5 Stars love it!
i absolutely love this video. it’s pretty easy to keep up with her and the workout is tough enough that i dont get sick of it. i absolutely would recommend this to anyone.
5 Stars Good buy
This is a good all-around choice. Brooke is very easy to follow and she regularly reminds you about your posture, engaging specific muscles, breathing, etc. This can be a good work out if you fully engage the required muscles and breathe correctly. Not too difficult at all.
Six workout routines designed for weight loss that are used in the television reality program \”"The biggest loser\”". Genre: Exercise/Fitness Rating: NR Release Date: 20-DEC-2005 Media Type: DVD
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars excellent for everyone
This is possibly the best exercise DVD I’ve ever used. It is very customizable. Also, BOB shows you other ways to do the more high impact exercises so you don’t do more than you can. He really makes a point of keeping your heart rate up and lets you know how you should be feeling at any given time so you can amp it up or cut back if needed. If you are only buying one exercise DVD, this is the one you should get, you’ll get everything you need from it.
2 Stars the biggest loser
while this is a good excercise, it is very hard on old knees. I had to quit after 6 days as my knees were so sore that they wolud barely bend.
5 Stars The Biggest Loser The Workout-The Best!
This is the one of the best workouts I have done in a long time. I use to do Billy Banks-Taebo when I used to work out regularly. He is good but so fast paced. Now that I have gained some weight and want to work out again this is an excellent choice. Bob Harper is so motivational and seems to really care about keeping up with the work out. If you haven’t work out in a while and what to do something that works and is fun, I recommend this DVD!
4 Stars Gets you going
I was pleasantly surprised. I am no stranger to workout videos, as this is my preferred method of keeping in shape. I’m a busy mom of 2 (1 infant) and a full time student.
I’m kind of new to the high intensity cardio moves in this dvd. I’ve been doing Pilates (Denise Austin & 10 minute Solutions), walking (Leslie Sansone videos), and rollerblading for the last several years. I have always maintained a beautiful figure with Pilates. I’m 27 and just had my second child about 2 months ago. After my 1st child, the weight melted off of me in no time at all with just walking. 6 years later, I popped in my Pilates dvds with doctor’s ok to resume exercising but just didn’t see the results as I did before. I borrowed this DVD from a friend and started with the boot camp segment. I was NOT prepared for ALL THE JUMPING! I must say, though, after the initial shock and realization that I had a long way to go, I came to look forward to my progress: if I could keep up with the jumping, I knew I was moving in the right direction.
I’m not fat by any stretch- 5’4″ & 128 lbs (formerly 132 prior to starting the Biggest Loser regime) I got rid of about 4 lbs in 2 weeks – Not bad. I’m still working out every day with it. I feel MUCH STRONGER. The first to shape up were my buns & thighs, which was very motivating. I can button my pre-pregnancy size 2 jeans.
The benefits of this workout for me are that I feel stronger, and I have more energy- a big plus for a mom of 2. I am getting toned in no time at all. I am now on par with the subculture of people who are maintaining physical fitness, and it feels great!
I enjoy the customizing aspect: warm up, high intensity cardio, sculpting, & cool down.
My other favorite combo is warm up, bootcamp, cool down.
The workouts are very challenging to me. I am not a “sweater” even while rollerblading on the hottest of New Orleans summer days, so I know that when I have sweat rolling down my face I am busting my butt. I’ve never seen the show and had just heard of this in passing. Now I am going to buy my own dvd!
BONUS: There is an intro to trainer & cast segment that I watch occasionally for motivation. I just love to hear the stories of the others and to see their before and after. I love the real people on the videos huffin’ & puffin.’ Bob is also very encouraging.
3 Stars NOT for everyone
I have degenerative and weight-related knee problems and was unable to use this video due to the excessive amount of side-to-side work. I had, wrongly, figured that a Biggest Loser workout would be adapted for plus-size people and their associated limitations.
If you do not have joint problems this would be a good beginner to intermediate workout.
