Pilates: Body in Motion

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DK Pub., 2002 - Health & Fitness - 176 pages

Pilates: Body in Motion is a pioneering, step-by-step book for mat-based Pilates. A global best-seller famed for its clear instruction and innovative design, Pilates: Body in Motion clearly explains every exercise sequence with at-a-glance overviews, detailed step-by-step photographs, and a checklist of dos and don'ts.

Author Alycea Ungaro pioneered mat-based Pilates and lends her expert advice to help you avoid injury and maximize Pilates' fitness and health benefits. Four program sequences allow you to move from beginner to intermediate to advanced and cover fifty mat-based exercises, from The Hundred to The Wall Sequence, the Open Leg Rocker and Corkscrew to the Swan Dive, Shoulder Bridge, Magic Circle Sequence, and many more.

Streamline your body and focus your mind with 50 classic mat Pilates exercises to do at home with Pilates: Body in Motion.

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abdominals alignment angle ankle arms overhead avoid begin buttocks Can-Can ceiling chest chin curl Double Leg Extend both legs feet fingers firmly flat floor focus front glance Breathe naturally glance Inhale head HEAD-TO-TOE CHECKLIST heels hipbones hold Hugger Mugger Inhale Exhale Inhale to roll inner thighs Joseph Pilates Keep Leg Pull legs in Pilates legs pressed lower back Lower the leg MAGIC CIRCLE midsection move movement muscles navel Omit this exercise Open Leg Rocker pelvis peripheral vision Pilates method Pilates stance place your hands posture powerhouse pumps reaching the arms remain Repeat entire sequence REPETITIONS Repeat entire rest Return to Step roll back scoliosis scoop shoulder blades Side Kicks Series Single Leg Circles sit tall smoothly spine squeeze the Circle Step 1 position Straight Leg Stretch straighten Switch legs tailbone Teaser toes top leg torso TRANSITION twist upper body vertebra VISUALIZATION Imagine waist waistline workout wrist

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About the author (2002)

Alycea Ungaro is a pioneer of the Pilates method, and the author of bestselling titles including Pilates: Body in Motion, 1st edition, The Pilates Promise, and The Pilates Practice Companion. In addition to serving on the advisory board of Fitness Magazine, Ungaro also travels widely as a guest teacher hosting retreats at world-famous location such as Amangani in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has trained celebrities including Madonna, Uma Thurman, Kyra Sedgewick, Claire Danes, and Molly Sims.

Bibliographic information

TitlePilates: Body in Motion
AuthorAlycea Ungaro
Photographs byRussell Sadur
Editionillustrated
PublisherDK Pub., 2002
ISBN0789484005, 9780789484000
Length176 pages
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