Roll Up to Unwind

Lisa Westlake
Year Released: 2000

Categories: Pilates/Core Strength


This video is 35 minutes long and uses a large balance ball throughout. Lisa Westlake is very pleasant and professional. She has 3 backgrounders. The setting is outdoors in front of a large inground pool. The music is instrumental. The video starts with a few minutes of standing stretches with the ball and side to side lunges. My heart rate was up a little. You move to seated work on the ball, then kneeling, then laying down, back to kneeling, then back to sitting. Between the laying down and back to kneeling there are a few moments when you lay still and concentrate on deep breathing. There are many stretches for the back, but the rest of your body is not neglected. I felt so good when I was done and also very relaxed. Lisa gives a lot of form pointers and some modifications. There is one backgrounder who performs the modified moves. I am probably one of the least flexible people on earth, but I have no problems with my back so I didn't really have any difficulty with any of the moves. To compare it to Dynamic Stretch on the Ball: the production quality is somewhat better and it is more relaxing. I think that you go into deeper stretches for your legs and hips with Dynamic Stretch, but this video puts more emphasis on stretching out your back. I really like this video a lot and look forward to doing it again frequently.

KathyS

07/10/2002