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.
I would have given this dvd 5 stars but for 2 reasons. 1. The warmup isa little on the long side and 2. it doesnt flow. I'm used to doing Jennifer Kries Method dvd's. Her way of teaching has a certain flow to it. Although Moira has a gentle way of teaching, in some sections you go from laying on your back to all fours to back on the back to on the stomach without any sense of connection between the moves. This dvd doesnt have that flowing feel to it. The workout is hard though. Its definately a good one. It's not for beginners either. This workout is also a bit rushed. Not in a bad way though. I get the sense that I'm there to workout and go about my day, whereas some other dvds take too much time in between exercises to explain the pose. This dvd assumes you already know the reason behind the pose and takes you right through. Dont expect too much down time on this one. Enjoy!
I substituted the Stott Toning Ball with a playground ball and a mini toning ball from another DVD.This workout was fantastic and truly effective in feeling energized at the end.This is a 40 minute workout based on classic Pilates moves.It will work your core and back area and your posture, plus you'll feel your body/muscles lengthen and strengthen.Instructor Moira, whose soothing and peaceful voice,will lead her model through the moves in a pace where you are continuously moving with excellent transitions.It flows smoothly in which you will be mainly on a mat in supine, prone, side, and sitting positions.Excellent camera angles, especially when shot from above looking down at the model. It is very helpful when Moira points out where and which muscles you should be focusing on and counts out loud to tempo.These effective and classic moves require you to engage your core at all times (hundred, roll-ups, leg circles, shoulder bridge, et al.)while incorporating the use of the ball (soft, flexible kind)that make the moves easier as well as increased challenges.Recommended level: intermediate-basic advanced.I actually prefer this DVD over the 10 Minute Solution Pilates with toning ball DVD.
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. 
This is a very good basic intermediate video. It is like going to a Stott class. It is nothing fancy, just to the point. A good core workout.
standard Stott production excellence. serves as a user manual for this extraordinary prop. the "edge" is an elegant and beautiful way to reduce the challenge of most mat exercises.
I'm rather perplexed by the review trashing this DVD. I bought it as one of a package of three DVDs in the Stott pilates flex-band workout series and found it to be a wonderful workout.This is the introductory workout in the series, and it's a good place to start if your're not used to doing a flex-band Pilates workout.
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!
