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Summary: Best 20 minute Pilates workout!
Review: I've owned this DVD for a couple of years and alternate it with other workouts. It's by far my favorite one. I have severe muscle spasms in my back but I rarely have problems when I do this do this workout regularly. It's a very difficult workout at first if you are stiff but once you do it for a couple of weeks you'll really start to see the results. Just like any Yoga/Pilates workout, the results come only when you can hold the positions and flow to the next pose so you have to be focused.
This has 2 twenty-minute sessions plus an additional 10-minute hips, thighs and buns workout. I normally alternate the 20-minute programs and do the 10-minute bun workout at the end.
I have Denise's Power Yoga Plus tape and have to say this is a much better workout. The one big complaint I have is that she seems to stretch one side longer than the other on a couple of the poses but I've learned to compensate for it.
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Summary: A great pilates workout
Review: I have had two c-sections in the past three years. I bought this video during my second pregnancy. Anyone who has had a baby or had a c-section knows that your abs loosen up and lose some of their strength. I had never done Pilates before trying this video but had heard a lot of good things about it. I find this video very relaxing and challenging. I have now been doing this video three times a week in conjunction with other exercises. My abdominals are better than ever and I was able to tell a drastic difference in how my abdominals were responding with this video than I had after my first c-section where I just did traiditional crunches. I recommend this video to all my friends who are mommy's and they love it as well.
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Summary: New to yoga, but I like the tape.
Review: It seems like the biggest complaint about this video is that it's not a good Yoga workout. Well, I know nothing about yoga, but I enjoye this workout anyway. The poses stretched me out, and after only five days, my flexibility has improved. Now, maybe it's not traditional yoga in any sense of the word, but I can tell a difference after a very short period.I'm incredibly out of shape, and uncoordinated is a very mild ajective when applied to me. The second time through the workout, I managed to figure out what she was doing in every exercise/pose series. I still lose my balance on the balancing stick poses sometimes, but I can reach past my toes for the first time in a few years. That's quantifiable change. The second big complaint for the Dense Austin workout videos is her voice. She does talk the whole time. My first thought on that was "How can she talk when I'm practically panting" (like I said, I'm out of shape). I don't really mind her voice. I do like the continual commentary because it frees me up to concentarate on balance. Now that I've been through the workout several times, I can just use her words as a guide instead of having to watch the screen constantly. Overall, I highly recommend this dvd to beginners. When I get more yoga experience, maybe I'll come back and recommend it to other levels.
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