Cheap The Method - Target Zones, Upper-Mid-Lower Body (formerly Balanced Zones) (Video) Price

The Method--Pilates: Target Zones, Upper-Mid-Lower Body contains three 40-minute workouts, all done barefoot, while live drummers play in the background. The exercises and postures are performed against gravity to strengthen and lengthen muscles and increase awareness. The moves are inspired mainly by Pilates, yoga, and ballet. Each segment is a complete workout that focuses on particular areas of the body, while incorporating core conditioning (strengthening the postural and balance muscles of the abdominals and back). Workout 1, Abdominal Centering, starts with breathing techniques and yoga centering, then targets the abdominals with slow, controlled moves inspired by Pilates, sometimes showing modifications for beginners. Workout 2, Lower Body Grounding, uses a weighted 3- to 4-pound bar. You support your body with your abdominal and back muscles as you lift the bar to perform various upper-body-strength moves slowly, emphasizing control, sometimes including a plié. Next you hold the bar while performing yoga postures. Then you get down on the mat for variations on Pilates-inspired abdominal moves, still holding the weighted bar. Although some participants are demonstrating beginner modifications, they are usually not in view. Workout 3, Balanced Lengthening, targets the lower body, especially the hips and buttocks, with moves mostly from yoga, and a few from ballet and Pilates. Instruction by Jennifer Kries is concise and thorough, with careful attention to alignment. Each workout includes plenty of stretching, so you're elongating the muscles as well as working them. (Note: This video was previously packaged with the wrong cover advertising four 20-minute workouts, leading to the viewer criticisms.) --Joan Price

CATEGORY:	Video
MANUFACTURER:	Parade Video
MPAA RATING:	NR (Not Rated)
FEATURES:	Color, NTSC
TYPE:	Exercise/Fitness, Fitness/Self-Help, Movie
MEDIA:	VHS Tape
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	071083090738