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by Brooke Siler (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd (2 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718144236
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718144234
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 19 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Trainer to the stars, brooke siler, offers an at-home guide to the pilates method, giving a whole new body within 30 sessions. Pilates is the new fitness phenomenon with hundreds of studios now opening up across Britain. The devotees include Madonna, Uma Thurman, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Anniston. For the first time, fitness guru and certified Pilates instructor, Brooke Siler, will reveal the techniques she uses to train the stars from her renowned New York studio re:AB. Brooke's celebrity clients include supermodels Kate Moss, Stella Tennant and Amber Valetta, actress Liv Tyler and the fashion and media glitterati of New York.


Excerpted from The Pilates Body by Brooke Siler. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

"The Pilates method of body conditioning is not an arduous technique that leaves you tired and sore. In fact, quite the opposite is true. By allowing the movements to stretch your body as you simultaneously work on the strengthening elements of the method, you are creating a habit of relaxed effort for your body to follow." (8)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Pilates Body, 8 Jul 2003
By Karen (Surrey, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Fantastic, if you wish to learn about Pilates, who created it and how it came about this is your book. It is full of clear photographs for every single exercise from beginning to end with a clear step by step guide, it not only guides you through each exercise but also show's you how you can move forward and challenge your body as you perfect the Pilates exercise. This book was recommended to me by Pilates instructor as I wanted to learn more about Pilates and practice at home, by far the most in-depth book I have seen takes you right through from beginners level to advanced.
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A novice veiw point - the best Pilates Book!, 20 Jun 2001
As a complete novice on Pilates and its background I started looking at all the books I could on the subject a few months ago. I had read about Pilates in the Daily Telegraph - the first time I had ever heard of the programme.

There are two points I have to make as a novice - 1 -I'd never heard of Pilates before - and so I wanted to read as much as I could and try things out before I bought and - 2 - there are some very very good books out there on the subject . So I am definitely not an expert opinion here but just an enthusiastic amateur. And I am enthusiastic about it.

First off - if you haven't tried Pilates before - like I hadn't - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by just how easy and fun the exercises are. Every book I read emphasised the need to move up the level of difficulty slowly - which means I have made very noticeable improvements, but I really enjoy the exercises each day. Its a bit like yoga and certainly uses some parts of yoga in the exercises - only I find I domy Pilates exercises where I never really liked yoga that much.

Why do I like this book better than the others I used? Well I found the programme and the explanations which Siler used the best. Each Pilates book I read seemed to have slightly different combinations of exercises and different orders - but all the exercises are essentially the same so I don't know if there is really that much basic difference in them. In the end I just preferred the order and the presentation of Siler's book. She has all the philosophy of and explanations of Pilates in the first few pages. What I liked best though was the is a two page 'order' of exercises - where each exercise is a small picture to remind you of where you are up to.

Following that each exercise is given a double page spread with one page devoted to what to do put in simple bullet points, and the facing page a bullet point list of things to concentrate on while doing the exercise.

So while I did like many of the other Pilates books I found this one the best.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Companion!, 19 Jun 2003
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As a complete novice I opted to try Pilates using a DVD, Pilates for Dummies. However, there were a few exercises that I wanted a little more detail about. I wouldn't want to learn Pilates from scratch just with this book but as a companion to a Pilates Instructor or DVD/Video its invaluable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Pilates book to buy
I purchased this book 9 years ago when I started Pilates & it has been the best thing I did. It is very hard to find an advanced class but this book helps you advance with clear... Read more
Published 3 months ago by N. Seymour

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!
I highly recommend this book as a standard guide to home training on the Pilates method. All exercises are written out very plainly for everyone to understand with the accompanied... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2001 by EMD

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Content, but not user friendly
The focus of this book is mainly on the "core" abdominal Pilates exercises. A prior knowledge and experience of Pilates is also assumed. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars An intermediate level book
Having started a Pilates course, and read other works by Robinson et al and Menezes, I realise this book focuses on the (physically) more advanced, American audience. Read more
Published on 10 April 2001

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Published on 3 Mar 2001 by Birgit

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant basis for a new body
I bought this book after realising that the 16 reps of bicep curls that had become my norm was probably to blame for the bulk, when all I wanted was the taut length of dancer's... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2000 by Oscar's Czerny

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