I have it and love it! It moves quickly from exercise to exercise in an almost flowing manner. Not too quickly that you cannot transition, but without a lot of discussion over every exercise. It is rather fluid.
I love the way she uses the ball, not as a prop, but also not supporting full body weight, which makes me feel wobbly and like it is going to pop! For example, she puts the ball behind the knee, in the crook of your leg and you do forward and back swings with knee slightly bent. It really gets into your hamstring with the ball there since you are squeezing it and also forces you to maintain good form and not swing wildly. She also uses the ball to do an exercise and then stretch with it right after. For example, you put the ball between your shoulder blades and do a curl, very supported and targeted, then you arch back over it to stretch your abdominal wall out, very nice stretch. I will say there is one exercise where you do a tricep push-up (not many) with your hands on the ball, which I didn't care for, but I just put my hands on the floor, so it was not a big deal. I liked the ball a lot in this dvd. I felt like it enhanced the moves, whereas in Andrea Rogers Pilates with a ball, it seemed awkward and really hard to me.
I also like that there are two different segments that are short. You can do a 20 min. or a 30 min. or do both if you want a longer workout. The setting is pretty, as in all Element dvds. I found it to be not too hard and not too easy. Of course that could just be me, but I really enjoyed it. Hope this helps!
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Shelley
Exercise should enhance your life! It should make you feel good & be fun, not drudgery or a beating.
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive-to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." Marcus Aurelius
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