Product Description

Build on your weight loss success with a high-intensity Pilates program designed to keep the pounds off. These faster-paced exercises keep your heart rate elevated and give you a total body workout that burns more calories even when you aren t exercising.System Requirements:Running Time 45 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 029956545908 Manufacturer No: 121-1545

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12910 in DVD
• Brand: GAIAM AMERICAS
• Released on: 2006-01-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 45 minutes

Customer Reviews

Love it
This is a wonderful Pilates workout to add to your collection. I started this program to help tone up after having my first baby. All I can say is I feel great after finishing - Ana incorporates great stretching moves with a fast paced core workout. I also appreciate that there is a 15 minute bonus workout for days when you don't have time for the full one. I will often do the bonus workout as a way to stretch and cool down after a cardio workout.

Solid high intermediate workout
I found Caban's first two workouts, Pilates - Beginning Mat Workout and Pilates Intermediate Mat Workout, useful and effective. However, I thought many of the workouts she put out after that were on the gimmicky side (I blame Gaiam more than Caban). I've shied away from her offerings in recent years, but I decided to give this a try after it became available. Excellent workout.

This 30 minute workout goes at a brisk pace that allows for adequate instruction. It includes many of the movements you'd find on her Intermediate workout, with some additions, such as Crab(!), Snake, Neck Pull, Teaser 5, Side Kicks, Mermaid and preps for Leg Pull Up and Leg Pull Down. She also includes One-Leg variations on the Pushups and adds in Ronde de Jambe to the Side Kicks series (but she doesn't do a lot of the other side kicks, so be warned).

I felt very nicely worked out after this one- my muscles felt like they'd done something, but I didn't feel like I wasn't going to be able to move. My whole body- my powerhouse, my legs, my arms- all feel evenly worked. This shouldn't be such a big deal for a Pilates workout, but so many of the workouts out there today are of the "parts" variety or just so badly designed that, unfortunately, it isn't a given.

I liked the ending movements with the bent knees, kicks and jumping jacks, but I wouldn't get excited about their cardio value- I believe they are intended more to test power and endurance after the initial workout. Still, though, they add a nice amount of authentic variety.

Recommended even if you don't have weight to lose.

Challenging intermediate workout!
I love Ana Cabán's videos - I have her Intermediate Mat Workout video, her Pilates Body Band Challenge video, and now this Maintenance Pilates for Weight Loss. I felt that I was ready to move-on from the intermediate workout, so after reading the reviews on this page I went ahead and ordered the video. I was not disappointed - this workout is a challenge! She incorporates all of the exercises from her intermediate video, but at a much faster pace, and she also introduces a few new exercises (crab, snake, one-legged Pilates push-ups, etc.) that will definitely take me a while to feel comfortable with. By the end of her intermediate video I would "glisten", but at the end of this maintenance video, I was definitely beginning to sweat! My heart rate was up for almost the entire 30 minutes, and I felt energized after the workout.

If you're ready to move on from Ana's intermediate video, this is a great video to try. Like the others have said, you must be comfortable and familiar with all of the exercises and be able to follow a quick pace, because Ana goes quite quickly from one move to the next.

The ONLY thing I don't like about this video is that she is not narrating in real-time like she is in her intermediate video. This video has Ana on a wooden platform on the beach, without her assistant Tara, and she does a voice-over narration while you watch her perform the exercises. I think she does this because the pace is quicker and she can go faster without having to talk through the workout, but I just prefer a real-time narration. This is only a minor drawback for me, however. It's still a great video!

I'd highly recommend this - it's fun, energizing, challenging, and like all of Ana Cabán's videos, stays true to the Pilates principles.