STOTT PILATES: Prenatal Pilates on the Ball (2007)

STOTT PILATES exercise is the key to a feel-good pregnanacy and helps prepare your mind and body for motherhood. Learn exercises and tips from Master Instructor Trainer PJ O'Clair on how to support your changing body and build upper body strength using the versatile Stability Ball and Flex-Band so you look and feel your fittest. Product Description

Good video and good workout

The video case says that this is a workout for women in the 2nd trimester. I just purchased it when I was in month 5 and just did the workout for the first time here in month 6. You will need one of the birthing balls and a stretch band (and maybe a towel to kneel on). The entire DVD is about 45 minutes long but the workout is 30 minutes. The other stuff on the DVD include a "workout principles" which outlines the basics for us non-expert pilates people and a "5 minute bonus" workout that is a little more intense.

Let me begin by saying that I am not a big workout/pilates person. Sad to say, I don't exercise as much as I know I should. I've never done any pilates stuff, but I have heard so many pregnant women talk about the birthing ball that I thought I should try one. I'm willing to give anything a shot that might make delivery day easier. I watched the entire workout first a few days ago without doing any of it so that I'd know what I needed. I just did the workout this morning for the first time. It was pretty easy to follow since I had watched it before. There were a few times that I had to rewind because I missed what the instructor was saying or she went too fast through an exercise. I imagine that will get better as I do it more often. There is a nice variety of exercises, and I definitely felt challenged but not too overwhelmed. The difficulty level is low, so a pilates ball guru would probably be bored. For a novice like me, it was the right speed.

I am going to continue using the video as long as my big belly will let me. At some point, I may need to skip over some of the exercises if I'm too big. June 18, 2008

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