Pilates on the Ball: The World's Most Popular Workout Using the Exercise Ball

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Summary: A Definitive Text for Pilates-style ball exercises
Review: As a family doctor, I have always recommended Pilates exercises to my patients. It is a safe, effective and medically very logical exercise program.
Colleen Craig has taken the Pilates system a big step further by utilizing the exercise ball. Her book has clear text, good photos, and helpful case histories to explain the techniques. It has everything needed to embark on an excellent exercise program.
Highly recommended.

J. Gibson M.D., C.C.F.P.

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Summary: At last a good and responsible Pilates book!
Review: I am a Pilates instructor and I found the book to be top, I am recommending it to my clients.

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Summary: Overall it was ok
Review: I think this book is ok - it didn't inspire me to get exercising, but I liked that with each exercise it gave directions on how to breathe.

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Summary: An excellent book
Review: This book covers a lot of ground in good detail. I like the arm excercises. The author gives breathing (to breath in or out) intruction for each excercise, which I find helpful. It is a helpful and enjoyable book to learn from.

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Summary: great ball workout
Review: This book provides a great ball workout. Once you have mastered the basics it is very easy to add the new exercises to your workout. After you've mastered the program the back of the book provides a quick guide to each area of exercise. Very helpful.
This is the one book I use for my ball workout.

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Summary: An excellent book
Review: This is a great book. It adapts Pilates exercises to the popular fitness ball. More than just a variation on the mat workout, it provides ball substitutions for many Reformer and other equipment exercises in the Pilates program. The instability provided by the ball really requires one to focus on balance and posture. Colleen Craig provides clear detailed instruction and photos on all aspects of each exercise including the difficult but important breathing timing. Her video is just as good as the book and assists with visualizing the exercises.