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| | Home | | | | | | | Description: | | If you enjoyed Ana Caban's exceptional beginning-level video, Pilates: Mat-Based Workout for Beginners, and you've progressed enough to continue on to the next level, Caban is back with an intermediate workout. Assuming you have already mastered the first workout, she makes the exercises more intense, with fewer breaks between exercises, and adds some new ones that will really challenge your "powerhouse" muscles. Fortunately, another exerciser demonstrates modifications for the hardest exercises. Caban is a superb role model and instructor, piling on technique tips so that you don't mistakenly think these exercises are easy by cheating. It's unfortunate, though, that the sound quality isn't up to the instruction quality. Caban sometimes sounds just fine, and a moment later she sounds like she's in an echo chamber. This problem persists through the whole 40-minute video. Still, this is an excellent Pilates program and will become one of your regular workouts. --Joan Price | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Ana Cabán | | Format:
| Color, DVD-Video, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Living Arts | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| April 02, 2002 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 97 reviews |
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 Standard Caban... very good!Aug 14, 2008
If you have done much of Ana Caban's videos, then this DVD will not be a shock to your system. I never did the "Pilates Beginners Workout" (my first Caban video was quick start pilates...), so I'm not sure how well this DVD works as a follow up to that beginner routine. However, as a stand alone workout it is very challenging.
I would compare it in difficulty to her Maintenance Pilates DVD (if you've done that). There are a few different exercises that I haven't seen in other Caban Videos (the swimming, for example), and she also does some of the commentary live (as opposed to via voice over), and explains a few things differently than in her other videos. Also, I'm not sure exactly when this was filmed, but it has a very 90s feel (especially some of the camera effects), so it's kind of amusing (in a nostalgic way), especially if you grew up on a steady diet of Saved By The Bell and M.C. Hammer pants like I did!
If you are already a Caban disciple and looking for something very different from her other tapes, this might disappoint you because it's mostly the same exercises from her other workouts (in which case I would recommend the Rael Pilates DVDs... the System 27 is AMAZING, and very different from Caban's approach). However, if like me, you do Caban videos frequently and are just looking for some variety (different audio/cueing/imagery, different pics to look at) this workout will certainly get the job done!
ENJOY!
 goodMar 12, 2008
classic pilates or not, I found the workout good. not very challenging and a bit short, that's true but then you have the extra bonus. i thought it was nice and smooth and very well explained. actually the movements go from one position to another in such a good order that it kind of comes naturally to follow without too much explanation. That of course, if one is a bit (just a bit :) in shape and has some basic knowledge of pilates.
i didn't find the shooting so disturbing nor the sound quality bad as other reviewers complained. very nice instructor. to the point and concise.
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 Not bad Mar 02, 2008
I only started doing yoga and pilates a couple months ago, and I got this video because I felt confident that I was intermediate enough to attempt it. I was nervous before I first did it because it kept warning that it was a lot harder than the beginner version that I hadn't done. After I did it though, it really was not the difficulty I expected. It is slower paced, and doesn't have as many repetitions as I expected. The intermediate work out is only about a half an hour long also and I was expecting an hour. It is not a bad work out though, but i consider it more as a warm up for me.
The bonus workout I think is reason enough to buy it however. The bonus workout is what i expected the main workout to be. And it has a really pretty setting. Its much faster, and you do not put your head down nearly as much as the main workout. It is much more difficult and works up a better sweat.
I really recommend Denise Austins Power Yoga and Pilates for a great yoga/pilates workout. Its fast and Denise is just so fun to work out with.
great follow-up to beginning mat workoutFeb 16, 2008
Great follow-up with clear directions and nice pace. Different levels provided. Poses challenging, just wish it was a little bit longer (I am used to doing an hour class).
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Great intermediate workout and great bonus workout!Feb 09, 2008
I'm a beginner/intermediate in Pilates, and this video has helped me progress tremendously. I'm right on that threshold where the beginner workout was way too easy, but this workout is still a challenge.
In order to follow the quick pace of this workout, you should have a solid base of Pilates knowledge - the names of the positions, how to breathe, etc.
The bonus workout is fabulous as well! I won't lie and say I'm the most athletic person, so this workout gets my heart rate up nicely and is very challenging on my abs/core. It's quick and to the point and a nice complement to the main workout.
Additionally, I love the interview with Ana. She seems like a really fun, genuine, driven, and talented person, and I think it really comes through in her workouts. For me this is huge, because I don't respond well to overly enthusiastic or perky instructors.
Overall, I love this video, and if you're a beginner who wants to advance to the next level, this is a great video.
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