Breakthru - Pilates Sculpt

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Summary: Have the pause button handy
Review: Although the moves in the video are good and do result in strengthening, many of the exercises aren't repeated often enough to be very effective. Although some are (squats and inner thighs, for example), I actually started to notice how quickly some exercises were rushed through. This is ok, though - you can simply pause the video and do a few more reps before continuing on.

I had been hoping that this would be an equal mix of pilates and sculpting, but the focus was definitely on weights, with a few pilates moves, and adjustments that focus mainly on improving balance. Importantly, I was sweating like crazy and my muscles were fatigued when I was done - I looked like I'd just stepped out of the shower! Good enough to recommend and use often, but I'll be buying a simple pilates video to give me the core strength exercises I was hoping for. I'll also be keeping my remote control handy to pause and do additional repetitions.

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Summary: better than the gym
Review: As a working mother, I have very little spare time. This workout gives me the sculpting I need without the wasted time driving to and from the gym.

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Summary: it's a good pain though
Review: Ever wake up the morning after a workout and you feel it all over? Not usually. I generally feel it in one place or another but not in every single muscle group in my body. Well, this DVD was an exception. I ache in places I didn't know I had muscles - and it's a GOOD ache. A feeling of accomplishment! The great thing about this program is the variety of exercises. These ladies somehow manage to give you an effective workout without making you do countless masochistic reps of the same exercise. Come on! Just 50 more! You can do it! Yeah, right... You are constantly switching positions and for almost every exercise there is a moderate version you can do that allows you to still benefit without hurting yourself or looking really silly trying to do something too advanced. This is one I will definitely stick with.

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Summary: Exercises to strengthen the body & tone the muscles
Review: Featuring instructors Michelle Dozois (co-owner of Breakthru Fitness), and Tracy York (an internationally known fitness professional and trainer of instructors), Pilates Sculpt is a 55-minute, full-color video workout featuring hand weight training and Pilates exercises to strengthen the body, tone the muscles. Designed to give serious exercisers the maximum impact in a minimum amount of time, Pilates Sculpt (which is also available in a $14.98 DVD format) will make an enthusiastic and energetic addition to any community library exercise video reference collection or individual fitness program supplement.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I am an avid at-home workout fiend. I think this video does exactly what it claims to--sculpts!!!!! Note: You will need hand weights with this DVD. Also, it is not just pilates. It starts with a lot of leg exercises(lunges) and it will really sculpt your entire body... abs, arms, shoulders, legs!!! A great purchase.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I am an avid at-home workout fiend. I think this video does exactly what it claims to--sculpts!!!!! Note: You will need hand weights with this DVD. Also, it is not just pilates. It starts with a lot of leg exercises(lunges) and it will really sculpt your entire body... abs, arms, shoulders, legs!!! A great purchase.

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Summary: It is good for a beginner.
Review: I have not been able to find an exercise DVD that made me want to do it again, until now. I absolutely LOVE this DVD.
As a beginner, I know that I will be able to use this DVD for some time to come. The reason I know this is because the two instructors give you a modified stance and an advanced stance. I am still on the modified stance (for some, not all), which means I will advance with this DVD.
I am very pleased with the soreness I feel because I KNOW that I was working out. I would strongly recommend this DVD to ANYONE interested in Pilates.

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Summary: I LOVE this DVD
Review: I have not been able to find an exercise DVD that made me want to do it again, until now. I absolutely LOVE this DVD.
As a beginner, I know that I will be able to use this DVD for some time to come. The reason I know this is because the two instructors give you a modified stance and an advanced stance. I am still on the modified stance (for some, not all), which means I will advance with this DVD.
I am very pleased with the soreness I feel because I KNOW that I was working out. I would strongly recommend this DVD to ANYONE interested in Pilates.

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Summary: good workout but not much pilates
Review: I liked this video. It did tend to move rather quickly for a begginner like myself who also has no balance. The instructors were really great at motivating you, though at times I felt they moved a little to fast. The pilates moves were not easy and required a great deal of concentration and I had a hard time keeping up at some points. This video has a lot more body sculpting with free weights than it does pilates. I will be checking out a begginers pilates video next time.

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Summary: awesome workout
Review: I run, lift weights and do an hour of Bryan Kest's power yoga several times a week, but I am always on the lookout for something new to incorporate into my routine - this tape is definately it!! It does require good balance, and it moves faster than I am used to, but I like that because I am being challenged. The weights are awesome - together with the aerobic/pilates aspects of the video you are sure to get a total body workout that leaves you sore all over. I did the video yesterday morning and this morning I am sore and I feel great. I highly recommend this video. I do think that you should at least be intermediate/expirienced in either pilates, weights, yoga, etc. so that you can master quickly one aspect of the video. and then the other parts will be easier to learn. I would not recommend this to a total beginner.