In Hit The Spot Pilates, the new Denise Austin Pilates DVD, consumers have the benefit of a customizable Pilates workout that targets specific areas such as hips, thighs, buttocks, abs and waistline –all with a Pilates twist! This DVD includes two segments –Abs and Waist Line and Lower Body: Hips, Thighs and Buttocks. The Abs and Waist Line consist of three 10-minute workouts, each more difficult than the other. All three segments concentrates on the techniques that will help you define your abs and waist while improving your posture. The Lower Body –Hips, Thighs and Buttocks includes one 10-minute hips workout, one 10-minute thighs workout and one 10-minute buttocks workout. These workouts will allow you to continue to strengthen your core muscles while slimming and trimming the bottom half. The DVD also includes a 15-minute "Pilates "Challenge" segment with standing Pilates that zero in on the entire body!

Pilates During Pregnancy with Niece Pecenka - An inpiring Pilates based routine adapted for busy women in all trimesters who want to feel fit, healthy, and fabulous. This routine is comprised of two distinct sections to make the most of you time.

Section I - abdominal and breath work = 15 minutes

Section II - side leg series, lower body work = 30 minutes

Sections I and II can be combined for a longer workout depending upon your time and energy level.

You will need a minimum of three blankets, folded and stacked. So Let's Move!

Pilates Complete for Weight Loss™ is the perfect companion for beginning, intermediate and advanced students to help achieve and maintain an ideal weight. These workouts are designed to transform how your body looks, feels and performs, and is the perfect complement to any weight loss program. With over 15 customized mat workouts to suit your physical and scheduling needs, there is no better way to learn, progress and experience Pilates in your home.

The Interactive Personal Trainer™ revolutionizes the practice of yoga in the home. Unlike other videos that may contain one or two workouts, this DVD contains dozens of workouts of varied lengths and purposes. Get into shape, relieve stress, increase energy, become stronger and more flexible with your own Interactive Personal Trainer™.

This DVD is for anyone who considers themselves inflexible. Joseph Pilate developed his method not for people who were already flexible, but rather to help inflexible and/or injured people become more flexible, strong and healthy. Pilates Complete for Inflexible People™ is the perfect companion for anyone on this wonderful journey to increased health and vitality. A wide range of poses are taught and modified to help both beginning and intermediate students experience the benefits of Pilates. No matter how flexible you are, these customized workouts allow you to progress at your own pace. Includes remedial yoga sections to concentrate on flexibility.

The Interactive Personal Trainer™ revolutionizes the practice of Pilates in your home. This easy-to-use DVD allows you to select from over 15 workouts that are designed to adapt and fit into any busy lifestyle. Unlike other videos that may contain one or two workouts, this DVD contains over a dozen workouts of varied lengths and purposes. Whether your goals are to get into shape, relieve stress, or become stronger and more flexible, the Interactive Personal Trainer™ will be an invaluable resource for years to come.

One of the reasons I like Pilates is that it requires very little equipment. I do not even use a mat. Speaking as one, any business traveller could make good use of this DVD for exercise on the road.

This workout is fairly challenging, and I liked that. It wasn't so much that it tired me out. The challenging bit is that each exercise really made me feel "the burn". The instructor's excellent cues and the good use of videography allowed me to follow along easily. She offered many reminders of body positioning and what we should be doing, stretching limbs away from eachother, squeezing our stomach towards the spine, or breathing.

Denise Austin's Mat Workout presents two 20-minute workouts emphasizing flexibility, core strength, balance, and relaxation. Workout 1 is Pilates-based, focusing on the core muscles of the abdominals and back. Pilates-based workouts are heavily founded on technique and awareness, so Austin takes time to explain and demonstrate neutral pelvis, shoulder stability, breathing technique, and the muscles you'll be working. Then she takes you through a challenging Pilates-based workout focusing on trunk stability, which translates to a killer ab workout, offering modifications for beginners.

Workout 2 includes both Pilates-based exercises and yoga postures, starting with the Sun Salutation and progressing to a variety of yoga poses that emphasize balance and flexibility and Pilates-based exercises that focus on core stability and strength.

This is a softer Denise--quiet voice, subdued pace, tranquil feeling--a nice change from the frenetic pace and unrelenting chatter of many of Austin's videos. You'll be surprised by how demanding this workout is, because of the core stability and balance challenges.

This unintimidating program takes you through Pilates standing and floor workout techniques in easy-to-understand language.

Not only will you burn calories by using this routine in your weight- loss program, but you may even change your mind about exercise.

If you're looking to lose weight, burn some extra calories, and get a gentle, easy-to-follow workout, Pilates Weight-Loss Workout For Dummies is for you! This workout takes the original Pilates Method — known for its fabulous toning benefits — and adds simple, upbeat movements that increase your heart rate and ultimately help you burn more calories than with traditional Pilates workouts.

Pilates Weight-Loss Workout For Dummies offers step-by- step instruction for both standing and mat exercises and makes working out at your own level easy to do.This program is fluid, comfortable, and effective — now you can get that long, lean, toned physique while burning calories and having fun!

Pilates Complete Sculpt and Tone™ has everything you need to get into the best shape possible. Never before has a single DVD contained such a vast offering of Pilates routines to give you a sculpted, lean physique. These easy-to-use menus allow you to select a workout that fits your scheduling and physical needs. You can choose a workout by either body part (abs, legs, arms, back and glutes) or by type of routine (mat work, circle, weights, balance ball or small ball). No matter what shape you are in now, these customized workouts allow you to work and progress at your own pace.

The Interactive Personal Trainer™ revolutionizes the practice of Pilates in your home. This easy-to-use DVD allows you to select from over 15 workouts that are designed to adapt and fit into any busy lifestyle. Unlike other videos that may contain one or two workouts, this DVD contains over a dozen workouts of varied lengths and purposes. Whether your goals are to get into shape, relieve stress, or become stronger and more flexible, the Interactive Personal Trainer™ will be an invaluable resource for years to come.

Meghan White is a nationally known Pilates and fitness instructor who has been featured in many of the foremost fitness, exercise and style magazines in America. As a certified Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer, Meghan has trained thousands of people, either one-on-one or in her highly acclaimed Pilates classes, which are captured for the first time on this DVD. Meghan is especially well known for her energetic style of teaching and fun personality.

Classical Pilates Inc., producer of the industry's most popular DVD reference collection of the historically accurate technique and syllabus, preserves another essential dimension of Joseph Pilates' original method. We demonstrate a progression of safe and educational workouts for the entire mind and body that are uplifting for the spirit. Each workout level attends to the most common stress-related concerns in today's society: neck and back complaints.

This DVD contains a full Pre-Pilates section, as well as three complete Classical Pilates modified mat levels to help facilitate safety and stability of the neck and back while you enjoy your refreshing workouts. Another goal of this program is to help you safely increase strength, stamina, coordination and flexibility for the entire body.

All workouts demonstrate the purely classical forms of Joseph Pilates' original method, and are performed in real time with flowing movement, technical clarity and rhythm. As each exercise is presented, the name and number of repetitions are shown on screen.

VISUALIZE A LONGER, LEANER LOOK and then make it your reality with Pilates. Fitness expert Denise Austin has designed a complete 45-minute program to strengthen, streamline and reshape your body from head to toe. An easy, non-impact program for every body shape and every level of fitness, Pilates for Every Body incorporates Pilates exercises focusing on the abdomen as the "core" around which all movement flows. Through the use of correct form, proper breathing, and mental focus, you'll improve flexibility, strengthen the back muscles and tone and flatten the abs.

The diet-free Quick Start Pilates for Weight Loss Program is designed to get you started fast and easy with weight loss success. The workouts boost metabolism, shape lean muscle and give you more energy. The step by step instruction and easy to learn bonus techniques cultivate the mind body awareness and inner resolve you need to make healthy positive choices every day.

Imagine your body has the posture, lightness and elegance of a dancer. Enjoy this practical approach to Pilates with 50 minutes of matwork done entirely on the floor. Take a break from traditional weights and develop strong, lean muscle without building bulk. With just the right mix of toning and stretching, flatten & firm your abdominals and strengthen your back with easy-to-follow Pilates moves. With strong and stable torso muscles, daily activities become easier and sports performance improves. Develop power from the inside out, stand taller with a longer, leaner silhouette.

As always Moira starts with detailed explanations and warm ups and with the help of a student who demonstrates beautifully, leads you through a wonderful, well paced pilates practice.

This practice basically follows the intermediate Pilates series with some additional advanced poses added in as well. It's about 45 minutes long but flows so beautifully that the time really flies by.

Some people find Moria Stott to be dry or boring, but I find her to be a pleasure to practice with. Perhaps because I'm from a Yoga background (daily for the past nine years) I'm used to teachers who are less "rah rah" (I also don't like blaring music when I'm practicing Yoga or Pilates)so Moira's approach fits me well. If you like teachers who have a more hyper "in your face" personality then this may not be a good fit for you. But if you want a teacher who knows her stuff and who will guide you in a way that is sound and effective then Moira Stott is someone you will truly appreciate on so many levels.

was Surprised how good this dvd is , it is the cheapest pilates dvd I've bought (on DDD) yet it's the best in my opinion and my favorite now. The production quality is great and the picture is widescreen, it's from the same production team of the "Total Yoga" series which I also recommend.This is the third level and the most advanced in his pilates system series but it's not the most advanced pilates dvd you can find , in fact I'd say its good even for intermediate (and advanced) pilates students in good shape.It's a challenging yet doable workout and primarily focuses on the powerhouse( not alot upper or lower body work) .There's no super advanced pilates exercises on this one but the workout flows great , rael's instruction is motivating and straightforward.

Pilates focuses on strengthening the core or midsection, so a Pilates-based abdominal workout is a natural. The first of the three 10-minute sessions led by instructor Keli Roberts utilizes many of the classic Pilates moves: curls, leg circles, the 100, criss-crosses, a teaser sequence, and swan dive. The second set combines some traditional mid-section exercises with Pilates resulting in a mix of sit-ups, the can can, leg stretches, scissors, and rollups. Stabilization is the goal of the final and most difficult series, starting with rolldowns from a standing position, pushups, and rollups back up again. Other exercises use the plank and side positions and require both skill and balance. Fortunately, one of Roberts's assistants demonstrates modifications. With so many variations crammed into each short set, beginners may benefit from watching the exercises first and making liberal use of the pause button as they learn.