Product Description
Certified Pilates instructor Ana Caban shows you how to use the 6" PVC sculpting ball to quickly and effectively tone your hips, lift your butt, firm your thighs and flatten your abs, including those hard-to-isolate lower abdominal muscles. This Pilates Body Sculpting Workout Kit from Gaiam® includes a 33-minute workout DVD to illustrate correct form for using the ball.
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An excellent addition to any Pilates workout, this unique Pilates Body Sculpting Workout Kit from Gaiam includes a six-inch sculpting ball and 33-minute instructional DVD. The ball can be incorporated into traditional Pilates exercises to enhance the use of the lower abdominal muscles and the inner and outer thighs, helping to tone and sculpt these areas quickly and effectively. Certified Pilates instructor Ana Cabán shows you how to use the 6" sculpting ball to flatten your abs (including those hard-to-isolate lower abdominal muscles), tone your hips, lift your butt and firm your thighs quickly and effectively in the full-length workout DVD.
About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing, for themselves, their families and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth’s resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality and price of conventional products.
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What's in the Box?
6-inch sculpting ball, 33-minute DVD
- Pilates body sculpting kit with DVD and 6-inch sculpting ball
- Certified Pilates instructor Ana Caban leads 33-minute DVD
- Helps viewer flatten abs, tone hips, lift butt, and firm thighs
- DVD illustrates correct form for using the ball to improve core
- Enhances use of lower abdominal muscles; imported
Gaiam Pilates Body Sculpting Workout Kit: Pilates Ball & DVD Reviews
| 18 of 20 people found the following review helpful  great workout!, By jv (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Gaiam Pilates Body Sculpting Workout Kit: Pilates Ball & DVD (Sports) the pilates sculpting ball and accompanying DVD are great. the ball is much smaller and easier to store than large stability balls and is great for providing balance and some resistance. Ana Caban has you add the ball to various standard pilates positions, making you focus on having better form when doing the exercises. 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful  Great Beginner Workout, By Ellem Wes (DC Metro Area) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Gaiam Pilates Body Sculpting Workout Kit: Pilates Ball & DVD (Sports) I have been using Winsor Pilates Ab Sculping DVD for the past several years and really needed a new routine. Based on the other reviews, I decided to purchase this ball and DVD set. I would recommend this set if you've struggled with other pilates ab exercises, as the ball really does help you properly align and tone your core. However, I would not recommend this to a seasoned pilates exerciser, as you may not be challenged enough. Ana Caban's moves are fresh to me, and I found that I prefer Ana's variations on many moves such as Teasers and Rolling Like a Ball over Mari Winsor's moves. Ana's instruction is very easy to understand, and I enjoy the one-on-one feel to this DVD over the Winsor studio DVDs. As with most Gaiam DVDs, the scenery is beautiful and the music selection is inspiring. I will probably buy more of Ana Caban's pilates DVDs in the future, as I was very pleased with this one but it's not challenging enough for me. I usually follow this routine with about 40 minutes of... Read more 14 of 16 people found the following review helpful GREAT workout!, By This review is from: Gaiam Pilates Body Sculpting Workout Kit: Pilates Ball & DVD (Sports) I have forearm tendonitis in both arms and even though it is getting better I'm not ready to get back on my pilates machine. I thought I'd try this workout and I'm VERY glad I purchased it. It's a wonderful workout and I've only been doing it for one week and can already feel a difference, particularly in my ab area. Don't hesitate, you'll love it! |
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