Liz Gillies Core Fitness – Progressive Pilates for Weight Loss
Liz Gillies Core Fitness – Progressive Pilates for Weight Loss
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(disclaimer: I am NOT big, I am actually quite trim but I’d like to keep it that way and therefore I use home workout tapes in between gym sessions. )
After you get through a solid 12 minutes of spam, clips, and advertising, you are finally presented with a sloppily thrown together, uncoordinated poor excuse for Pilates. Beginners (which I am not) would be lost altogether as the instructor doesn’t demonstrate her steps. The mat work is marginally better but not enough for me to ever touch it again. Therefore, this tape and the other ones I also bought from this series in the same purchase, are going in the “Goodwill” bag.
Rating: 1 / 5
I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT DVD – I WAS NOT VERY MUCH INTO PLATES UNITL MY FRIENDS BOUGHT THIS DVD ROUND AND BEGGED ME TO TRY IT, WITH HAVING A BAD BACK ASWELL I KNEW I NEEDED SOMETHING. AFTER DOING THE WORKOUT 10 TIMES, I COULDNOT BELIEVE THE SHAPE I WAS GETTING INTO, I COMPLETELY BUILT MUSCLES IN PLACES I NEVER EXPECTED, AND IT REALLY STRENGTHENED MY BACK.
I WOULD TOTALLY RECOMMEND THIS DVD TO ANYONE WHO THINKS THERE IS NO HOPE. I have passed the dvd around to all my friends now and once a week we get together and do a class and we have so much fun whilst learning new techniques at the same time.
Rating: 5 / 5
I was using tapes that moved too slowly, and that I only followed a couple of times before bordom set in. Liz is amazing at progressively building on the routine which keeps you coming back for more. The more times I did it the more I got out of it!
Thanks Liz
Rating: 5 / 5
I had been working out to the pilates for dummies tape for about 4 months and am in search for another pilates routine. This workout was too fast-paced for me. I had read other reviews and disagree with those who say that this is great for beginners. I couldn’t keep up, and even some of the modifications were not easy. It might be good for an intermediate exerciser new to pilates or for someone who has a dance background. It’s not designed for an out-of-shape beginner. Also, one of the reasons why I want to use pilates is because I have a bad knee and the dummies tape did a really good job of helping it feel better. Some of the exercises in the standing poses did not feel good on that joint.
Edit: I changed my rating, because I looked on here to research it before getting the workout and can’t find that anything that officially advertised that beginners can use this DVD. There is no product description and the only information to be found is in the reviews left by customers. I would recommend this more towards those who have an intermediate level of fitness or perhaps even an “intermediate” beginner. The instructor does not explain pilates basics so I wouldn’t recommend it to someone who had never done it before. It is assumed that the viewer already knows the basic principals. I did not mind the instructors personality style although I agree she could’ve done better on the cuing a few times. It is more aerobic than traditional pilates.
Rating: 2 / 5
Liz Gillies has created quite a few Pilates workouts and this one is the most difficult one I’ve tried in her series. The workout begins with a standing sequence that is based on ballet. You are constantly moving with interesting balance challenges. If you are used to doing Pilates mostly on a mat then this will present quite a few new exercises. I especially enjoyed the “Windmill” and the creative “Side Lunges. ” You really do feel like a dancer during the first segment.
The workout then moves to the mat where you will experience a fast paced routine complete with exercises for the abs, back and shoulders. The leg circles are more difficult as you do them with both legs at the same time. You may recognize Bridge, the Teaser, Boat Pose, Swimming, Elephant (Downward Dog) and Mermaid.
A Cool Down follows with active stretching. If you want to end up on the floor panting then you can go on to the Bonus Ab Workout. Here you will experience the Pilates Crunch, Roll Up, Double Leg Stretch, Scissors, Straight Leg Lift and Criss Cross.
I can’t imagine anyone thinking this is easy. If you follow each exercise and keep up with the pace you are guaranteed to feel the burn. For years I’ve been doing Pilates and this is one of the most difficult workouts I’ve tried.
~The Rebecca Review
Rating: 4 / 5