I got hooked on Moira Stott's (now Merrithew) videos years ago and this one continues her tradition of excellent teaching. The intermediate level really is an advance from the beginning level, rather than a rehash of the earlier techniques. While many of the same exercises are here, the intermediate version provide variations on them to make them far more challenging. Additionally, many new exercises are presented that further challenge both your strength and balance, to say nothing of control. Things like the one-legged elephant, for example, may be a piece of cake with four springs, but wait until you get down to only one or two or a half spring.
If you haven't already mastered Moira's beginning level, you should do so before moving on to this level, because you really will need all the skills from the beginning level to master the skills presented here.
If there's one drawback (and it's only a small one) it's that she moves much faster through these exercises than in the beginning version. But then, that's why we have a "pause" key on the remote.
Bottom line: This is an excellent presentation of a fairly demanding Pilates workout. And you'll want to give yourself plenty of time; there's a lot a material presented here. You're definitely getting your money's worth.
NOTE: I use a Balanced Body Reformer instead of the Pilates, but found no difficulty in using the Stott exercises on the Balanced Body machine.
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This is a great work out, and will keep you going for months...work up to the advanced slow...great features include very intuitive skipping funtions easily navigating you through each workout, excercise by excercise rather than buy routine...this is a HUGE help for the beginning stages.As far as all the DVD's for reformers, and I OWN THEM ALL...this is my go to dvd set.I hope this helps.
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending 2 Stott reformer presentations at a fitness conference in New York. The instructors are great and this DVD is just as good as the live presentations. The best part about the DVD is that you can stop and rewind without holding up the rest of the class! The only advantage the live has over the recorded is that you can have someone put his or her hands on your back or move an arm or a leg into the right position. If you are a person who can learn from seeing, listening and following verbal instructions (no sarcasm intended, some learn better from reading or one-on-one instruction), then with a Stott DVD, will You will be able to figure out where to put your own arm or leg while learning what you need to know to become proficient.
This is a really cool, little used piece of Pilates equipment.They are starting to make it now in lightweight, compressed foam, so it is inexpensive to buy from some of the top Pilates equipment manufacturers, such as Balanced Body.The Spine Corrector literallyturns a conventional Pilates mat routine upside down!It is not recommended for folks with high blood pressure or neck problems, but for the rest of us, it's a blast.It changes a familiar mat workout just enough to challenge and tone different muscles groups, and creates new coordination patterns--very refreshing!
I've watched countless pilates DVDs and this is by far the best.The timing is just right for switching springs without losing momentum and the exercises are described with enough detail to perform them accurately.I love the option of using hand weights for more intensity.This is really a great DVD for anyone who wants to learn to use the pilates jumpboard or anyone who needs a refresher.
I found it useful, but I was surprised with a video directed to professionals and not to final user.
