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Here are some customer reviews of Pilates - Beginning Mat Workout : I am sick of these generic instructional tapes with absolutely no creative thinking process or objective to actually guide the student through an effective routine. Save your money. Take a class! This video is totally over-rated! I was relying on the LivingArts brand and it really let me down. I recommend you carefully read some of the critical reviews on this video because after buying it I AGREE-- both on instruction and quality. Now that I've been burned I see there are many other titles and instructors out there. I'm going to try Kathy Smith's Pilates video and Pilates for Dummies. I've especially read some great things about Michelle Dozois, the instructor for Pilates for Dummies and since I began Pilates a few months ago have read some awesome reviews on this video in several fitness magazines. If you want to do an exercise that isn't difficult, but definitely gives you a great workout, then try this!! It is amazing. I consider myself in decent shape, but I found myself working muscles that I have never used before. Ana Caban is an amazing instructor and gives you all of the basics before you even get started. It is easy to follow and before you know it, it's over! You will feel your muscles working from just one workout!! I highly reccomend this video to everyone! This video was a total disappointment and I should have read the other reviews more carefully because the message is out there. DON'T MAKE MY MISTAKE. The instruction is limited and does not cover all the important aspects of Pilates form and breathing-- it is very superficial. Quite honestly I think Living Arts has a liability on their hands. I did some more research on other videos and instructors and found that there are true professionals out there with excellent videos. For example, Michelle Dozios, the star of the best selling pilates video-- Pilates for Dummies has over 14 years of fitness experience and has won numerous awards. And of course there are the veterans Jennifer Kries and Kathy Smith. Other names to look into are Karen Voight and Suzi Longeran. My advice is, if you are truly interested in your health and fitness, do a little bit of research rather than being persuaded by the rave reviews for this video because the quality of instruction and workout is truly inferior. This video comes off as if one day Ana woke up and decided it would be fun to make a MTV-like video. Not what you want if you are looking for a solid instruction and challening workout! I have been using both the Beginning Mat Workout and Intermediate Mat Workout tapes in this series for a few weeks now, and I love them! I can feel and see the most benefits in my abs and posture, but Pilates is a great overall workout -- a point that doesn't seem to be brought up too often. The leg pulls have increased my flexibility, and Pilates-style push-ups (in the Intermediate Mat Workout) work your arms. The workout is fun and exhilarating, not draining. And I agree with other reviewers that Ana Caban is a refreshingly non-ditzy and fun instructor. And just looking at Ana's lean, fit body and that of Tara Russell, who demonstrates the modified versions of the moves, is enough to sell you on Pilates.

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