Cardio Pilates | 
 enlarge | Actor: Ana Caban
Studio: Living Arts
Category: DVD
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 35632
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 42 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: GTED1211540D
ISBN: 1592502547
UPC: 029956715202
EAN: 9781592502547
ASIN: B0001DHSFG
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Gaiam Americas Release Date: 02/12/2007
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 Pilates part great! Cardio not so much. September 3, 2008
Butterfly dancer (Windsor, Ontario Canada)
I enjoyed this DVD up until the cardio portion, which is the last 10 mintures or so.
The cardio portion is seriously 4 steps repeated over and over again - didn't do a thing for me and was very boring.
So I would get this DVD just for the first 30 minutes - a nice all over body pilates work out.
 Cardio not up to expectations July 3, 2008
Jcrater19
The dvd is split into two sections. The first part is pilates based (25-30), while the second part (10 minutes)is cardio based. The cardio was not very effective. The same move(walking in place) was used in variation. I did not think the cardio was effective, however the pilates part was similar to a beginner workout.
Zzzzzzzz....... May 22, 2008
joy (LA2SF, CA)
I'm familiar with Pilates, but not an expert. I was looking for a DVD to help make it fun for me, but I got bored after the first 4 exercises. I'm not sure why.
 Perfect if you want something different from typical cardio/aerobic April 21, 2008
Amber J. Millwee (Arkansas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I understand why some people give this video negative reviews, but I think those are due to expectations of the video that aren't possible. The vidoe can't be everything to everbody.
I tend to do my cardio workouts on a bicycle, monitoring my heart rate, etc, and I do separate weight/resistance training and some pilates. But sometimes, I get very bored of biking or I wish to be a bit more active while doing pilates.
This workout moves more quickly than other pilates routines and finishes with a very simple cardio-only routine that keeps me moving continuously.
I LOVE the cardio portion because I am highly uncoordinated and have difficulty keeping up with or correctly doing the aerobics exercises. And the ease of this cardio portion means that I focus just on movement, body, breath, and not on what limbs to move in what direction for whatever sequence I'm on.
I think someone who loves aerobic vidoes woudl hate this. But since I generally want to throw things through the tv screen at the "typical" aeroics instructor (due to the annoying way they shout out "encouragement" and because I feel ridiculous being unable to do the sequences), I find this vidoe refreshing.
Ana is calm and mostly only talks to give clear instruction and reminders, rather than to shout out continuous phrases about how "fun" everything is, etc.
In short, Ana is a great instructor, if you want no-frills instruction (I have never hurt myself or been confused doing one of her videos); the pilates routine is challenging for anyone who understands the movements but isn't a pilates master; and the cardio is simple but efficient for increasing and maintaining a high heart rate. It doesn't replace aerobics vidoes or intense cardio biking, but I don't want it do either of those things, so I really appreciate having this available to me.
Great concept, disappointing execution March 24, 2008
dnk (Boston, MA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had high hopes for this release. Although there are plenty of Pilates releases these days that stress the strength building and even flexibility inherent in Pilates. Few, however, are sequenced to get at the cardio benefits that the practice can give you. Sadly, this one doesn't either. Instead, this is a straight up Pilates mat practice followed by a simply choreographed standing cardio segment.
The Pilates practice itself is a moderately-paced, intermediate practice with a few advanced movements, such as the Side Bend, thrown in. Although it does feature the Side Kicks, it only uses two variations. I found this particularly disappointing, since I usually find that those are the mat movements that produce the most sweat.
The standing cardio is, as other people have said, repetitive, based on marches but also including some jacks, scissor lunges and balance movements. It's fine- it will get your heart rate up- but it isn't very interesting.
In addition to the matwork, there are plenty of lunges, squats and standing movements from the classical Pilates syllabus that could have been included in the standing cardio to give it a more, well, Pilates feel. As it is, it's fine, but I'd recommend a shorter mat-based workout (one of Romana's releases, perhaps) and another short cardio over this one.
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