02-12-11, 07:46 PM | |
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It's been a very long time since I've done them, but I remember thinking this about the Rael Isacowitz System 7/17/27 DVDs. They're really cheap too, if you want to check them out first. This will give you an idea. It's the intermediate, so he probably explained it thoroughly in the first one.
I have NOT seen these beyond the preview yet, but the Elizabeth Larkam DVDs might be another option (she's a great instructor). All About Abs introduces the principles and should cover what you're looking for. Since I don't need them for anything, the price has kept me from checking them out. There might even be a podcast on the Balanced Body site that meets your needs. As far as better known DVDs, Stott are always a good bet. They're not my favorite, but they go beyond the fluff. The instructor training ones might be better for more thorough explanations. I'm sure there are tons more and I'm interested to see other replies.
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02-13-11, 07:31 PM | |
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southern California
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Jennifer Kries did a set that seemed to be more geared to the instructor. It is very thorough. It's called the Master Trainer Series.
http://www.jenniferkries.com/store.html Hope this link works. |
02-13-11, 07:50 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2004
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I'm not a Pilates instructor / certified in Pilates (although I'd love to be), but you might want to look specifically at Stott's Professional series, which are ones aimed at instructors, although they are easily used as follow-along workouts. If you can find the second edition of the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, I'd recommend them, because Moira also includes a lot of good tidbits on modifications as people work up to the full exercises. I'm not as jazzed with the third editions, which are nearly identical in terms of exercise selection and order as the second, but are not as well chaptered, have less discussion of modifications, and are intended more as workouts.
Stott has progressively moved more toward a neutral spine, although they do discuss their version of the imprint (less dramatic than people think), which they use any time the legs are up in the air when one is supine.
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02-13-11, 10:18 PM | |
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I had been teaching for a couple of years (just mat at that point) when I tried one of Stott's dvds. 17 minutes into it, I couldn't deal- we were still warming up.
Stott uses a lot of the terms that the Physical Mind Institute uses, and PMI used them first. (But I understand Moira and Joan B. are very good friends, so no hard feelings ) "Imprint" is a very poor word choice in both systems; it should refer to the *muscles* imprinting to the spine, but it sounds like the spine imprinting into the mat, and that's how some instructors use it. I love Jennifer Kries, but I don't have her trainer dvds. Here's a youtube clip of the mat one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23n--3HddQw Deb |
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