Pure Pilates : Ultimate Body Sculpting

by Michael King

Pilates is the exercise and movement form currently taking studios and health clubs across the world by storm. Originally developed by Joseph Pilates in the 1930s, the low-impact technique is designed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840002662
• ISBN13: 9781840002669
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.6" x 0.6" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book on Pilates

Michael King is one of the primaries of the Pilates Institue, which promotes an effective modified form of Pilates. This book appears to pre-date his tenure with the institute. The book has several sections. It is a good book on the history and theory of Pilates. The section on actually doing the exercies has effective explanations and photographs of how they should be performed. The color of the text makes the book hard to read. Other than that I have been happy with it. I would reccomned taking a class with a good instructor before trying Pilates on your own. There are many subtlties and Pilates focuses on quality rather than quantity.