Winsor Pilates DVD Review: Keeping Fit in Your 50s

These are not your average fiftysomethings.One is a model with an obvious facelift, the other is a cyclist who keeps opening her eyes very wide as if she's having shock treatments.Both are in phenomenal shape, and both talk as if they're speaking to retarded children.(I'm fifty-five, I am not stupid!)

The video begins with a lot of "tips."Things most people know at fifteen and probably have taught by fifty.For example, we get a nice shot of what a calf is.(Body part, not farm animal.)We're told that if a stretch is too difficult, we should back off.Duh.(Again, I'm aging, not stupid.)

The stretching is basic Iyengar Yoga.That would be fine if (1) it were very simple Yoga for those of us with arthritis and other problems and, (2) if detailed information about how to do each posture properly was given.It isn't.

Just as the viewer has decided to be spoken down to and has gotten into the stretching (Yoga), the two women on the tape decide to give us a taste of Pilates, and then what they actually call Yoga, which is what we've been doing for an hour already.???

Although the stretching and other work is all right, the women thankfully aren't twelve and bubbly, and the music is only repetitive enough to peel the enamel off one's teeth, I'm not happy with this video.I do a lot better with Rita Moreno's "Now You Can!" and the Living Arts Yoga series.

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Product Description:
Muscles tighten in your 50s, inhibiting the full range of motion and making a regular flexibility program more important than ever to improve posture, prevent injury and relieve stress. This fact-filled flexibility guide and workout is uniquely designed to address your changing body's needs and to inspire you to get in the best shape of your life.
DVD BONUS FEATURES include tips for creating a personal fitness plan, Keeping Fit Fundamentals, suggestions for beginners, participant biographies and glossary of terms.
A complete flexibility workout and much more including: insights into the importance of flexibility training in your 50s; exercise tips for achieving maximum results; 40-minute core routine; introductory Pilates and yoga workouts; and Keeping Fit Fundamentals, a Q&A session with medical experts Lisa Callahan, M.D., author of The Fitness Factor, and Lillie Shockney, R.N., author of Breast Cancer Survivor's Club.
Cindy Joseph, one of today's most popular print and television models, began her modeling career at age 49. She shares her enthusiasm for exercise and for the amazing potential of life in your 50s.
Robyn Stuhr, administrative director of the Women's Sports Medicine Center at New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, is a certified exercise physiologist with 20 years of experience in sports training.

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