Product Description

Combining dance moves and hand weights with traditional Pilates, creates a higher impact workout than Pilates alone.
Genre: How To - Pilates
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4277 in DVD
• Brand: HOGAN,KENDALL
• Released on: 2004-09-07
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 48 minutes

Customer Reviews

Cardio, legs, arms
My introduction to pilates was part of a great jazzercise class that incorporated cardio dance, weights, and pilates moves. This is my first Ellen DVD and I think it's a wonderful 50-60 minutes home workout. Pilates incorporates several moves into one so it's an efficient form of exercise/toning/cardio. Ellen uses 3 lb weights and most of the DVD is standing up working legs/inner thighs/arms with lunges and plies. Stomach/core areas are addressed through pulling in abdomen during standing part and during the last 10 minutes of floor work while doing pilates leg moves combined with crunches. I'm not a person that enjoys exercising nor do I have that much space at home for jumping cardio routines. This DVD had me breaking a light sweat in first 10-15 minutes so it's working and psychologically easier to get into after just crawling out of bed if you're not a morning person. I agree with others that Ellen comes across as a coach rather than a drill sergeant or annoying cheerleader. I discovered a very useful site that rates and allows you to preview fitness DVD's at collagevideo dot com.

Fantastic!
After giving birth to my baby, I actually gained weight during nursing.I am also hypothyroid, so that didn't help. I would go to the gym regularly, but when I started going back to the office, juggling work and home got hectic, and I found it harder and harder to get dressed, drive,go to the gym,etc. The world of DVD workouts (though considered "cheap" by a lot of my friends) is fantastic for a busy work-outside-the-home mom like me. This way, I come home, can wear whatever I like, workout , shower, and not waste additional time outside the home.This DVD is my favorite workout. I did not lose weight at first, but my husband noticed my thighs, butt got firmer. I am on my first month since I started this DVD, and I have gotten more toned.
It's not super challenging, but you will get very toned.If you workout heavily in a gym, this may be a walk in the park for you. But for me, I usually ran, and did some weight training once in a while, and this was a good workout for me, and fun too. Not boring like in the gym
This is definitely one of my favorite workouts

intense, lots of dance steps & mat workouts
This is a fun dvd - it involves using light weights (which is optional), some dance steps & working out on the mat. You have a choice whether to do the class with the instructor or follow one of the girls in the group (who does the class on a less intense level). It's just as effective. You have to focus on the core. That is the whole thing about pilates - the core. And to remember to breathe. I listen to my pilate dvds 4 - 5 times a week. It is less than an hour & I feel I get much from the lessons. The more you watch the more it comes to you in case you missed a few things in the beginning. You have to be consistent in order to get results. It's easy to stick to because it's fun & in the house. I use them whenever I feel like it - either morning or night. I ordered more - it's good to have a variety - it makes you want to exercise because you constantly learn new methods of pilates.