Aimed at pilates enthusiasts and pilates instructors, this book offers a contemporary approach to the work of Joseph Pilates, the founding father of the pilates method. It provides a comprehensive guide to the pilates method, which aims to improve posture, muscle tone, core strength and flexibity.

Aimed at pilates enthusiasts and pilates instructors, this book offers a contemporary approach to the work of Joseph Pilates, the founding father of the pilates method. The primary pilates work on Human Kinetics' list converting the entire range of pilates exercises. It provides a comprehensive guide to the pilates method, which aims to improve posture, muscle tone, core strength and flexibility; gives detailed instruction on breathing exercise and imagery visualisations to help the reader perform the movements correctly; and covers exercises using the full range of pilates equipment, including matwork, armchair, cadillac, barrels, magic circle, pedopul, reformer and the wunda chair.

• Chapter 1. Mind and Body Enhancement
• Chapter 2. Posture, Alignment, and Movement
• Chapter 3. Powerful Pilates Practice
• Chapter 4. Mat Work
• Chapter 5. Universal Reformer
• Chapter 6. Cadillac
• Chapter 7. Wunda Chair
• Chapter 8. Barrels
• Chapter 9. Arm Chair
• Chapter 10. Ped-a-pul
• Chapter 11. Auxiliary Equipment
• Chapter 12. Fundamental Sequences
• Chapter 13. Intermediate Sequences
• Chapter 14. Advanced Sequences

While other Pilates books cover limited apparatus, this is the first truly complete guide to Pilates technique, exercises and equipment. A thorough, well-written, and useable guide to proper Pilates practice.
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