Pilates For Dummies by Ellie Herman
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Book Summary Author: Ellie Herman Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2002-05-06 ISBN: 0764553976 Number of pages: 360 Publisher: For Dummies Accessories:
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Book Reviews of the Pilates For Dummies
Customer Review: Not really for dummies
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this book to help me get rid of my lower back pain. Since I've heard so much about the Pilates Method, I gave the instructions my very best shot. Honestly, I have no idea if the Pilates Method is effective against back pain because I couldn't figure out the instructions in this book. The pictures are black and white, and pretty small. The instructions were written as though the writer was speaking to you directly. This is great if she were actually speaking to me and could point out the particular muscles to be contracted or relaxed at any given point. However, she is not in my room coaching me along, and so it was difficult for me to figure out from the instructions which exactly I had to do. Each exercise had it's own set of breathing instructions and physical instructions, and it was difficult for me to try to follow both without any help. To make things even more complicated, the book is fairly long, and contains anything and everything you may want to know about the Pilates Method. Even though the author urges the impatient reader to forge ahead and skip chapters, this proves to be an impossibility, since she constantly refers to positions introduced in earlier chapters. It gets too confusing flipping back and forth! I returned this book two days after I bought it, and purchased a much more simple book with color pictures and easier instructions. Perhaps by avoiding the super-complicated directions like the ones presented in the "Pilates for Dummies" book I will actually be able to focus on getting rid of my back pain.