Pilates Complete - Sculpt & Tone
Meghan WhiteYear Released: 2005
Categories: Pilates/Core Strength
With strength work, I am an intermediate exerciser, who doesn’t usually want to move up to advanced work. I have really enjoyed getting into workouts on the ball and Pilates as an alternative to traditional strength training. I picked up this DVD at Best Buy because it gives a variety of Pilates workouts using equipment working different body parts. It also gives a lot of flexibility with the length of the workouts, something important to me given the craziness in my schedule this fall.
Meghan White leads the workouts by herself in an open room with a lot of wood (floor, walls). You don’t see much of the set. Meghan is pretty matter of fact in her instruction. Although she is perky in the introduction, she is less so in the workouts themselves. She gives form pointers, but you need to know Pilates. This is not an instructional workout. She is precise in her instructions on positioning. She does not mirror cue.
Not all the segments have a warm up, so you may need to do your own. They take shorter workouts and combine them to get the longer workouts. The longer workouts are just combinations of the shorter segments. At the end of at least some of the sessions, she does a cool down.
Below are the options you have on the menu:
Main menu
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> About this DVD and How to Use It (Text on screen telling you to warm up)
> Introduction & Lesson (Meghan on screen introducing Pilates and DVD)
> Lesson: Props (Meghan goes over props in details and tells what weight she uses)
> Under 15 Minute Routines (See below)
> Over 15 Minute Routines (See below)
> Other Products (BodyWisdom Media workouts)
> Contact Us
Under 15 Minute Routines
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> Mat Pilates Flow (13 minutes)
> Mat: Modified Pilates Flow (11 minutes)
> Mat: Legs & Arms (10 minutes)
> Mat: Abs & Glutes (10 minutes)
> Mat & Weights: Arms (8 minutes)
> Mat & Weights: Legs (11 minutes)
> Mat & Weights: Glutes (8 minutes)
> Mat & Weights: Back (9 minutes)
> Weights: Legs & Arms (10 minutes)
> Weights: Abs & Glutes (11 minutes)
> Ring: Legs & Arms (9 minutes)
> Ring: Abs & Glutes (8 minutes)
> Large Ball: Legs & Arms (8 minutes)
> Large Ball: Abs & Glutes (11 minutes)
> Weighted Ball: Legs & Arms (8 minutes)
> Weighted Ball: Abs & Glutes (8 minutes)
Over 15 Minute Routines
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> Mat: Abs, Back, Legs, Glutes, & Arms (30 minutes)
> Weights: Abs, Back, Legs, Glutes, & Arms (25 minutes)
> Ring: Abs, Back, Legs, Glutes, & Arms (25 minutes)
> Large Ball: Abs, Back, Legs, Glutes, & Arms (30 minutes)
> Weighted Ball: Abs, Back, Legs, Glutes, & Arms (25 minutes)
> Arms: Mat, Weights, Ring, Large Ball, & Weighted Ball (25 minutes)
> Legs: Mat, Weights, Ring, Large Ball, & Weighted Ball (35 minutes)
> Abs: Mat, Weights, Ring, Large Ball, & Weighted Ball (30 minutes)
> Glutes: Mat, Weights, Ring, Large Ball, & Weighted Ball (25 minutes)
> Back: Mat, Weights, Ring, Large Ball, & Weighted Ball (25 minutes)
Instructor Comments:
In the workouts, she is descriptive and matter of fact.