About the DVD

Learn how to teach your clients how to achieve multiple fitness benefits using the STOTT PILATES® Reformer. Master Instructor Trainer Moira Merrithew provides you with a host of tips for variations and modifications along with group reformer programming that’s both fresh and fun. This program takes you through a warm-up and a series of exercises guaranteed to improve strength, endurance and flexibility, and finishes with ten minutes of cardio-based plyometrics.

INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL: Beginner Audiences (Level 2 of 5)
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Reformer, Reformer Box, Jumpboard, Platform Extender
SOUNDTRACK LANGUAGES: English
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Featured Instructor

Moira Merrithew

Master Instructor Trainer, Moira Merrithew, together with President and CEO of STOTT PILATES® Lindsay G. Merrithew and a team of physical therapists, sports medicine and fitness professionals, has spent more than a decade refining the STOTT PILATES® method of exercise and equipment. This resulted in the inclusion of modern principles of exercise science and spinal rehabilitation, making it safer and more effective. This clear and detailed approach forms the basis for STOTT PILATES® training and certification programs.

Key Benefits

• Improve postural alignment
• Create fluid transitioning
• Augment muscular endurance
• Add variety and versatility

DVD Contents

• 51 exercises
• Workout Time - 50 min
• DVD Length - 117 min

Chapters

WARM UP: Breathing, Mermaid with Rotation, Imprint & Release, Scapula Isolation, Cat Stretch, Arm Circles, Elevation/Depression, Toe Taps, Spinal Rotation

EXERCISES: Footwork (Toes Apart, Heels Together, Wrap Toes on Bar, Heels on Bar, High Half Toe, Lower & Lift), Second Position, (Laterally Rotated), Single Leg (Bicycle, Single Heel), Hundred, Bend and Stretch (Parallel), Adductor Stretch, Short Spine Prep, Back Rowing Preps(Airplane, Roll-Down with Bicep Curls, Roll-Down with Obliques), Side Arm Prep Kneeling (Front Rowing Preps, Straight Forward, Second Position, Offering), Arms Pulling Straps/ Long Box (Plow, Airplane, Triceps), Round Back/Short Box, Straight Back/Short Box, Twist/Short Box, Tree/Short Box, Mermaid, Leg Circles (Laterally Rotated), Knee Stretches (Round Back, Straight Back), Running, Jumpboard (mall Jumps, Large Jumps, Open & Close, Small Jumps – One Leg, Small Jogs, Big Jogs), Single Thigh Stretch, Side Splits(Adduction, Abduction), Standing Roll-Down

Bonus Features

• Review the STOTT?PILATES Five Basic Principles
• Choose to work out with or without instructor's voice
• Preview another challenging title
• View instructors' bios
• Learn more about STOTT?PILATES Equipment and Education