100 Best Pilates Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Pilates Anatomy

Rael Isacowitz

5.0

Take a detailed look at your Pilates practice with the superbly illustrated exercises in Pilates Anatomy, Second Edition.

Choose from 46 exercises to target a particular body region and delve deeper to stretch, strengthen, and finely coordinate specific muscles. See which key muscles are activated, how variations and minor adjustments can influence effectiveness, and how breathing, alignment, and

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Return To Life Through Contrology

Joseph H. Pilates

4.8

RETURN TO LIFE is the original Pilates exercise book written by the creator and visionary of the Pilates method of exercise, Joseph H. Pilates. This book reviews the conceptual basis and philosophy of the Pilates method or ‘Contrology’ and the original matwork exercises Mr. Pilates taught in the studio on 8th Avenue and 55th Street in New York City. The model featured in this book is Mr. Pilates h

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Pilates

Rael Isacowitz

4.8

A comprehensive guide to Pilates for all experience levels. The most acclaimed, comprehensive guide for Pilates is back with all-new photos and more variations, modifications, and progressions than ever before. In Pilates, Third Edition, world-renowned Pilates expert Rael Isacowitz draws on over four decades of experience to offer you a path to total health and well-being through the Pilates metho

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The Pilates Body: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening and Toning Your Body- Without Machines

Brooke Siler

4.8

The Pilates® method may be today's hottest exercise, but it has been endorsed by physicians for almost a century. Originally developed by Joseph H. Pilates to help strengthen and condition muscles, Pilates is the ultimate mind-body exercise for anyone who wants to tone, streamline, and realign their body without the bulked-up results of more conventional workout methods.

Now, in The Pilates® Body,

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Pilates Body in Motion

Alycea Ungaro

4.6

Pilates: Body in Motion is a pioneering, step-by-step book for mat-based Pilates. A global best-seller famed for its clear instruction and innovative design, Pilates: Body in Motion clearly explains every exercise sequence with at-a-glance overviews, detailed step-by-step photographs, and a checklist of dos and don'ts.

Author Alycea Ungaro pioneered mat-based Pilates and lends her expert advice to

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Ellie Herman's Pilates Reformer

Ellie Herman

4.6

Finally a complete manual for the Universal Pilates Reformer by San Francisco Pilates expert Ellie Herman. This guide is meant for Pilates trainers and fitness professionals as well as for Pilates aficianados who want a deeper understanding for their own practice. This book takes you through classic Pilates Reformer repertoire as well as introducing original exercises developed by Ellie Herman and

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The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates: The Essential Guide to Total Body Fitness

Brooke Siler and Editors of Women's Health Maga

4.6

Celebrity trainer and Pilates guru Brooke Siler teams up with the editors of Women's Health to offer a comprehensive, authoritative manual on this proven fitness philosophy.

Trained by Joseph Pilates' protégé, Romana Kryzanowska, Brooke is an unparalleled expert and one of the most sought after teachers for her signature body re-shaping techniques. Combining the best of flexibility and strength tra

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Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology: Revised Edition for the 21st Century

Joseph Pilates and Judd Robbins

4.6

First published in 1945, Pilates’ Return to Life Through Contrology contains the authorized, legal, edited, and original Library of Congress version of Joseph H. Pilates’ and William J. Miller’s first complete fitness writings. It details the exercises, poses, and instructions fundamental to the matwork developed by Joseph and Clara Pilates. Based on his concepts of a balanced body and mind, and d

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The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and Practice of Yin Yoga

Bernie Clark

4.5

This second edition of the best sellingThe Complete Guide to Yin Yoga provides an in-depth look at the philosophy and practice of Yin Yoga with illustrated sections on how to practice Yin Yoga, including detailed descriptions and photographs of over 30 Yin Yoga asanas. This is an updated version of the book that has become the go-to resource for Yin Yoga teachers all over the world and has been re

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Science of Pilates: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice (DK Science of)

Tracy Ward

4.5

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The Complete Book of Pilates for Men: The Lifetime Plan for Strength, Power Peak Performance

Daniel Lyon

4.5

A comprehensive, take-anywhere exercise program designed to improve men's strength, flexibility, balance, and posture

Have years of office work wreaked havoc on your posture? Could your tennis or golf game use a boost? Do you appear or feel older than your age? Or do you carry yourself in a manner that expresses strength, power, and peak performance to everyone around you?

In recent years, Pilates h

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Science of Yoga: Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice (The Science of Fitness)

Ann Swanson

4.5

Did you know that yoga benefits every system in the body, from joints to hormone response, digestion, and brain function?Science of Yoga uncovers the facts and explains how to get the most from your practice. Each asana is demonstrated with artworks that reveal the muscle and joint actions below the surface, safe alignment, and much more.This expanded edition features therapeutic sequences tailore

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Restorative Yoga for Beginners: Gentle Poses for Relaxation and Healing

Julia Clarke

4.4

Relax, relieve, restore―a beginner’s path to healing with restorative yoga

Recovering from an injury, an illness, or just interested in a natural way to relax? Restorative yoga focuses on simple poses in supported positions, encouraging deep relaxation so your mind can enter a peaceful, meditative state.

Dive in with an introduction to the spiritual origins and rejuvenating benefits of restorative y

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Anatomy of Movement

Blandine Calais-Germain

4.4

Anatomy of Movement is a dynamic, integrated approach to the study of the physical structures of the musculoskeletal system and their functional relationship to the movements of the human body. The emphasis is on basic human anatomy as it relates to external body movement. In clear and concise text illustrated with more than a thousand graphic drawings, the author takes the reader on a lively tour

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Ellie Herman's Pilates Props Workbook: Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide

Ellie Herman

4.4

AMPLIFY YOUR PILATES WORKOUT USING PROPS
Pilates gets even better when paired with these simple accessories. Pilates expert Ellie Herman shows how to intensify and enhance your matwork routine:

•The elastic exercise band increases resistance
•The ethafoam roller creates stability challenges
•The Magic Circle gives a great inner thigh workout

Each movement is explained with clear captions and easy-to-fo

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Your Body, Your Yoga: Learn Alignment Cues That Are Skillful, Safe, and Best Suited To You

Bernie Clark and Paul Grille

4.4

Yoga is big business today, and teacher training programs are booming. Yoga teachers have a thirst for anatomy training, but all books on yoga anatomy focus solely on the muscles. Your Body, Your Yoga goes beyond any prior yoga anatomy book available. It looks not only at the body’s unique anatomical structures and what this means to everyone’s individual range of motion, but also examines the phy

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Analyzing Scoliosis: The Pilates Instructor's Guide to Scoliosis

Erin Myers

4.4

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The Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book: A Visual Guide to Form, Function, and Movement

Kelly Solloway

4.4

This fun mix of coloring book and instructional guide demystifies anatomy for the yoga enthusiast and teacher.

Yoga instructor, licensed massage therapist, and anatomy teacher Kelly Solloway provides an entertaining and informative journey through the human body, focusing on the bones, joints, and muscles used in yoga. After an overview of helpful terms, Kelly covers the skeletal system, joints, a

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The Pilates Bible: The most comprehensive and accessible guide to pilates ever

Lynne Robinson

4.4

The Pilates Bible is the most authoritative and comprehensive book on Pilates mat work ever written and demonstrates why this hugely popular exercise has gone from cult status to an essential part of our modern lifestyle.
Drawing on the latest medical research, the authors have updated old favorites as well as introduced many new. All can be performed with little or no equipment and The Pilates Bib

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Trail Guide to the Body: How to locate the body's muscles, bones and more

Andrew Biel

4.4

This acclaimed book teaches readers to palpate the body's structures with ease and precision. The beautifully illustrated, user-friendly guide to the muscular and skeletal systems makes learning the necessary bodywork skills interesting, memorable and easy. With 420 pages and 1,100 illustrations, this 3rd edition covers more than 125 muscles, 206 bones, 30 ligaments and 110 bony landmarks. It prov

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Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body

Michael Matthews

4.4

MICHAEL MATTHEWS' #1 BESTSELLING WOMEN'S FITNESS BOOK WITH OVER 250,000 COPIES SOLD. If you want to be toned, lean, and strong as quickly as possible without crash dieting, "good genetics," or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym and money on pills and powders...regardless of your age... then you want to read this book.

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The Concise Book of Muscles

Chris Jarmey

4.4

A clear, simple guide for students of anatomy as well as an excellent resource for athletes, massage therapists, and anyone interested in the workings of the human body, this user-friendly book is organized around six muscle groups. They include muscles of the face head, and neck; the trunk; the shoulder and upper arm; the forearm and hand; the hip and thigh; and the leg and foot. Each of the grou

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Reformer Pilates For Beginners: A Step-by-Step 30-Day Workout Guide With 100+ Illustrated Exercises to Build Core Strength, Improve Posture and Mobility and Tone Your Body Safely

Jessica Whitmore

4.4

Discover the 30-Day Plan to Build a Stronger Core and Better Posture!Do you feel unsure about what to do, how to do it correctly, or whether you’re using the Reformer the right way?Would a step-by-step 30-day plan with 100+ illustrations make it easier to stop guessing and finally train with confidence?If every workout leaves you wondering whether your form is right, your core is really working, o

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The Art & Science of Cueing (8845)

Eric Franklin

4.3

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The Pilates Cadillac - Part II: The Leg Spring, Airplane Board, Arm Spring, Baby/Arm Chair Spring, Fuzzies and Cadillac Frame Exercises (The Pilates Equipment Book 4)

Reiner Grootenhuis

4.3

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The Red Thread of Pilates- The Integrated System and Variations of Pilates: The FOUNDATIONAL REFORMER: The FOUNDATIONAL REFORMER

Kathryn M Ross-Nash and Angela A Ross

4.3

"How do you build a bridge? On a strong foundation." -KRN

The Red Thread of Pilates The Integrated System and Variation of Pilates - The Foundational Reformer(R) is like a good parent of a baby. It supports you, surrounds you, guides' you, to make centered and balanced decisions. It tries to give you a stable foundation.

This book is filled with all the tools you need to build a stable foundation. T

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Carola Trier: The first woman ever to open a Pilates studio - Portrait of an extraordinary journey - Plus: Photos of her Mat and Reformer Exercises

Reiner Grootenhuis

4.3

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The Pilates Body, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening, and Revitalizing Your Body--Without Machines

Brooke Siler

4.3

The definitive guide to mat-based Pilates from a renowned, celebrity trainer with more than three decades of experience—now with a new chapter of matwork-enhancing strategies and sixteen variations on classic exercisesSince its publication in 2000, The Pilates Body has helped hundreds of thousands readers around the world discover the power of Pilates. Originally developed in the early 1900s by Jo

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Centered: The Art and Practice of Pilates

Madeline Black, Blandine Calais-Germain, et al.

4.3

This book will, for the first time, provide a complete picture demonstrating the complex interconnectedness of the musculature, fascia, and joints, and the implication of these deeply intertwined systems for movement through Pilates, yoga, and other fitness disciplines. Black's richly illustrated presentation style will allow the instructor to grasp the biomechanics underlying posture and dysfunct

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The Red Thread: The Integrated System and Variations of Pilates - The Mat

Kathryn Ross-Nash

4.3

The Red Thread: The Integrated System and Variations of Pilates - The Mat gives to you over 35 years of experience in the Pilates Method Mat in one book. The book not only instructs how to execute the goal of each exercise, but how to build with variations and challenge each exercise, preparing the body for the next exercise to come. The book explains how and why to choose a variation to suit the

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Pontius Pilate

Paul L. Maier

4.3

The true story of how and why the crucifixion took place, from the perspective of the Roman politician who changed history! In a world full of DVD extras, behind-the-scenes commentary, and social media, people are used to getting the story behind the story. Readers want to understand not just what happened but why. This historical novel of the man who washed his hands of the crucifixion does just

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Teach Pilates Like it Matters: The Missing Curriculum for Modern Instructors Who Want Stress-Free Planning, Expert-Level Teaching, and Classes Clients Never Want to Miss

Lindsey Hammond

4.3

Great Pilates teaching changes people’s lives, and when you know how to teach with clarity, confidence, and impact, it changes your life too.You left your training inspired and eager, but knowing the repertoire is not the same as knowing how to teach it. Suddenly class planning takes hours, cues don’t land, clients come and go, and the gap between “I know the exercises” and “I can create transform

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Voices of Classical Pilates

Peter Fiasca

4.3

Twenty-eight accomplished 2nd generation Classical Pilates teachers write candidly about their lives and work. These professionals share ideas and experiences in ways that show intriguing diversity among teachers who are devoted to Joseph Pilates' traditional method of mental and physical conditioning. With honesty and perceptive insight, these practitioners and educators reveal their fascinating

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The Women's Health Big Book of Yoga: The Essential Guide to Complete Mind/Body Fitness

Kathryn Budig and Editors of Women's Health Maga

4.3

From Women's Health contributor and yoga expert Kathryn Budig-the essential, authoritative guide to yoga, for beginners and beyond.

Approximately 16 millions Americans now practice yoga on a regular basis. Devotees can't rave enough about this ancient art of meditation, breathing, and physical postures that calms the mind and slims the body.
Unlike fitness fads, yoga is worth the hype. The postures

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Your Ultimate Pilates Body® Challenge: At the Gym, on the Mat, and on the Move

Brooke Siler

4.3

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The Thinking Body

Mabel Elsworth Todd

4.3

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Return to Life Through Contrology

Joseph H Pilates, William John Miller

4.3

Is it possible to achieve peak physical health without a gym, workout equipment, or even space to run? If the exercise plan in 1945's Return to Life Through Contrology is followed, it may be. Written and compiled by Joseph H. Pilates and William J. Miller, this short exercise book demonstrates a series of movements at the core of what we now call simply "Pilates." Before it became mainstream, the

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The Align Method: 5 Easy Steps to Transform Your Posture, Age-Proof Your Body, and Sharpen Your Mind

Aaron Alexander CR LMT

4.3

Founder of Align Therapy Aaron Alexander shows readers how posture and body alignment are powerful tools for building strength, achieving peak performance, reduce pain, and approaching the world with a new sense of confidence.

Aaron Alexander, host of The Align Podcast, delivers the first book to make easy performance trend that is taking top athletes, fitness junkies, and longevity medicine prac

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5-Minute Core Exercises for Seniors: Daily Routines to Build Balance and Boost Confidence

Cindy Brehse

4.3

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The Vital Psoas Muscle: Connecting Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being

Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones

4.3

Located deep within the anterior hip joint and lower spine, the psoas major (usually just referred to as the psoas) is critical for optimal postural alignment, movement, and overall well being. The psoas is the only muscle in the human organism that connects the upper body to the lower body, and its importance extends to the nerve complex and energy systems.

As modern-day populations grow more sed

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Pilates Evolution - The 21st Century

Joseph Pilates

4.3

Much has changed in the twenty-first century since 1934 when Joseph Pilates wrote his first book (Your Health) about fitness and health. In 1945, he followed up that book with his detailed and definitive book of exercises, Return to Life Through Contrology. Both of these original books were copyrighted and republished by us, and have now been updated. Joseph Pilates has been nothing short of revol

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The Younger Next Year Back Book: The Whole-Body Plan to Conquer Back Pain Forever

Chris Crowley

4.3

“A great book for back-pain sufferers and their caregivers alike.”—Todd J. Albert MD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

If there’s one lesson to learn from the national bestselling Younger Next Year series, it’s that we can dramatically change our quality of life by taking the right kind of care of ourselves. This is just as true for back pain. Formulate

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Back RX: A 15-Minute-a-Day Yoga- and Pilates-Based Program to End Low Back Pain

Vijay Vad

4.3

As a physician specializing in treating athletes, Dr. Vijay Vad has spent years researching how to cure back pain using medical yoga and Pilates. Profiled in The Wall Street Journal, his program requires just fifteen minutes a day for eight weeks to restore flexibility and prevent future injuries.Offering a proven alternative to invasive surgery, Dr. Vad’s Back Rx provides the best of mind/body me

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Yinsights: A Journey Into the Philosophy & Practice of Yin Yoga

Bernie Clark

4.3

Yinsights: A Journey Into the Philosophy & Practice of Yin Yoga
Contributor(s): Clark, Bernie (Author), Powers, Sarah (Foreword by) The author explores the benefits of yoga as viewed by the Eastern and Western Worlds and related how it affects the body and mind. YinSights is divided into two main sections The first investigates the benefits of yoga on the physical body the energetic body, and the

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ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running

Danny Dreyer and Katherine Dreyer

4.3

A groundbreaking program that teaches you how to run faster and farther with less effort, and prevent and heal injuries, for runners of any age or fitness level.

In ChiRunning, Danny and Katherine Dreyer, well-known walking and running coaches, provide powerful insight that transforms running from a high-injury sport to a body-friendly, injury-free fitness phenomenon. ChiRunning employs the deep po

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Anatomy of Fitness: Pilates

Isabel Eisen

4.3

Pilates is a rewarding and invigorating exercise program that can increase overall fitness, build core strength and improve performance. This kit shows you how to improve your physical stability, strength, and flexibilty while keeping your body and mind aligned.

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Anatomy of Breathing

Blandine Calais-Germain

4.3

My hope is that [this book] will contribute to a more enlightened practice of breathing. I also hope that you, the reader, will have a better understanding of how breathing changes spontaneously from moment to moment. My other wish is that you will discover how to consciously choose a specific breathing technique for certain purposes or circumstances." -- Author's Preface Everyone breathes, yet fe

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A Pilates' Primer: The Millenium Edition

Joseph Pilates, Judd Robbins

4.3

Customers interested in this book should look up the revised edition, now titled PILATES EVOLUTION, ( ISBN 978-1-928564-91-1), which includes the entire text of PILATES PRIMER, plus extensive new material. This older combination edition entitled Pilates Primer included both of the published works of Joseph Pilates, as does its Revised Edition, now titled Pilates Evolution. Both the older Primer an

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The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World

Mary Bond

4.3

A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain

• Contains self-help exercises and ergonomics information to help correct unhealthy movement patterns

• Teaches how to adopt suitable posture in the modern sedentary world

Many people cause their own back and body pain through their everyday bad postural and movement habits. Many sense that

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Power Yoga for Athletes: More than 100 Poses and Flows to Improve Performance in Any Sport

Sean Vigue

4.3

Hockey, football, baseball, golf, swimming, lacrosse - whatever your sport of choice, yoga will help you to improve focus, flexibility, and performance.

Power Yoga for Athletes is perfect for those who want a total body and mind workout. Yoga is the ideal cross-training tool and a perfect stand-alone exercise, whether you're looking to improve balance, focus, control, breathing, posture, or flexibi

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The Complete Guide to Joseph H. Pilates' Techniques of Physical Conditioning: With Special Help for Back Pain and Sports Training

Allan Menezes

4.3

This second edition of the best-selling THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO JOSEPH H. PILATES' TECHNIQUES OF PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, offers strength-building and flexibility exercises for anyone who wants to get in shape. The exercises also are perfect to complement the training program of anyone who plays sports, as well as those who want relief for back or knee problems.

The book contains:
A thorough introducti

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Aerial Physique FIT: Gain the strength of a cirque performer, the legs of a ballet dancer and the abs of a Pilates pro

Jill Franklin

4.3

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Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising that Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education

Joseph H. Pilates

4.2

First published in 1934, this new reprint of Your Health includes Joseph Pilates’ early Twentieth Century philosophies, principles, and theories about health and fitness. He bases his work on the concept of a balanced body and mind, drawing on the approach espoused by the early Greeks. While some of his personal philosophies reflected early 20th Century viewpoints, his athletic and fitness doctrin

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Return to Life Through Contrology: Transform your body and mind through Joseph Pilates’ timeless Matwork.

Joseph H. Pilates

4.2

Return to Life: The Original Pilates Method Reimagined by the National Pilates Certification ProgramA timeless classic reborn for the modern body and mind.Nearly a century ago, Joseph Pilates introduced a revolutionary way to move, breathe, and live - a holistic practice he called Contrology. His vision wasn’t just fitness; it was a return to vitality, balance, and mastery of self.Now, the Nationa

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The Pilates Bible: The Definitive Guide to Pilates Excercise

Jo Ferris

4.2

The Pilates Bibleappeals to readers who want a comprehensive understanding of this exercise method--its origin, principles, key concepts, and benefits--in addition to detailed instructions, complete with beautiful step-by-step color pictures, describing how to practise Pilates safely and effectively. Joseph Pilates (1880-1967), who was plagued by illness as a child in Germany, developed his unique

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Pajama Pilates: 40 Exercises for Stretching, Strengthening, and Toning at Home

Maria Mankin and Maja Tomljanovic

4.2

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Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes: An Integrated Approach to Performance and Recovery

Amy Lademann and Rick Lademann

4.2

Gain the competitive edge with the innovative training methods in Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes. This science-based, multidimensional approach to athletic conditioning helps you build a strong and flexible foundation by infusing Pilates into training, resulting in complete training programs that tap into the seven pillars of training needed for success:
Agility
Flexibility
Mobility
Power
Speed
S

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The Use Of The Self

F.M. Alexander

4.2

The world famous classic by the originator of the Alexander Technique, with a new perspective by Anthony Kingsley.

Frederick Matthias Alexander was born in Tasmania in 1869. In his twenties, he became a professional reciter of dramatic pieces. After almost completely losing his voice he pioneered a method of improving the 'use' of his body musculature in all positions and movements and cured his vo

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Ultimate Plank Fitness: For a Strong Core, Killer Abs - and a Killer Body

Jennifer DeCurtins

4.2

A safe, challenging, and effective method of core conditioning, planking is one of the best ways to get fit and toned. Variations of planks are used across many fitness domains including traditional group exercise, personal training, home workouts, yoga, pilates, barre, CrossFit and plenty more!

In no time, planks will craft:

-Abs
-Shoulders
-Pectorals
-Biceps
-Triceps
-Glutes
-Quads
-Hamstrings

Not to men

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Chair Exercises for Seniors: Rediscover Pain-Free Daily Activities with A Step-by-Step Illustrated Workout to Improve Balance

Alessandro Villanucci

4.2

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Pelvic Power: Mind/Body Exercises for Strength, Flexibility, Posture, and Balance for Men and Women

Eric Franklin

4.2

Combining scientific principles with movement and imagery exercises that are both effective and fun, this book demonstrates how to create a stronger body by toning the pelvic floor. Focusing on the biomechanics of the pelvic floor, which acts as a support for the inner organs and contains a passage for the urethra, the sex organs, and the rectum, this guide shows how the pelvic floor plays an impo

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p-i-l-a-t-e-s Instructor Manual Reformer Level 1

Catherine Wilks

4.2

p-i-l-a-t-e-s Reformer Teacher Training Manual - The first of 5 Reformer programs including a comprehensive introduction to the Reformer, 46 Beginner Exercises that are a safe and effective introduction for new Pilates Reformer clients. Over 280 exercises in this series of 5 manuals. An excellent resource for Pilates Instructors beginning their Reformer teaching career!

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The Anatomy of Pilates

Paul Massey

4.2

Created by Joseph Pilates during the early 20th century, Pilates is used by millions today to improve their physical and mental well-being. Much of its appeal lies in its simple, low-impact approach, which is ideal for injury prevention, rehabilitation, and general physical health. Based on a series of precise movements and the employment of equipment such as rubber balls and exercise bands, Pilat

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15 Minute Everyday Pilates

Alycea Ungaro

4.2

If you want to get a toned, strong body and graceful posture but don’t have the time, find out how following this Pilates book and DVD set.

Forget gyms, expensive kit, and hours of punishing fitness regimes; try these easy-to-follow 15 minute Pilates routines and get your body tip top in no time. Clear at-a-glance fold-out pages show you exactly what to do and the live action 60 minute DVD demonstr

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Pilates Wunda Chair

Ellie Herman

4.2

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MELT Performance: A Step-by-Step Program to Accelerate Your Fitness Goals, Improve Balance and Control, and Prevent Chronic Pain and Injuries for Life

Sue Hitzmann

4.2

This long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The MELT Method introduces a unique, scientific-based proactive training program for improving overall balance, performance, and control while preventing pain and injury.

Are you an athlete facing constant injuries that hold you back from achieving peak performance? Are you someone who wants to stay fit, but are dealing with aches and pa

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Core Awareness, Revised Edition: Enhancing Yoga, Pilates, Exercise, and Dance

Liz Koch

4.2

Core Awareness, Revised Edition: Enhancing Yoga, Pilates, Exercise, and Dance offers a guide to Core Awareness, a body-oriented approach that explores the practice of bringing focus and attention to inner sensation as the means of cultivating an innate capacity for expressive movement. Developed by somatic educator and author Liz Koch, the book's Core Awareness movements, stretches, and mindfulnes

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Stretching for Stiffies: A Full Body Pilates Reformer Stretching Routine for Every Body

Anthony Lett and Kenyi Diaz

4.2

This Pilates reformer stretching book/class is for anyone (not just men!) who are stiff in all the wrong places! There is one stretch for each of the major muscles groups of the body. Each stretch has been deliberately selected for "any body" who can't touch their toes, who sit at their desk all day, who has any kind of stress, back or neck pain, or who wakes up in the morning feeling less like a

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Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders: The Ultimate Exercise Program for Tension Relief

Eric Franklin

4.2

A foolproof guide to releasing shoulder and neck tension, this book shows how imagery and touch can be used to eliminate stiffness and pain. It provides simple and effective exercises that can be done at home, at work, or on the road. Sufferers of upper body pain will learn how to detect and eradicate early signs of tension by better understanding the connection between emotional states and tensio

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Pilates for Every Body: Strengthen, Lengthen, and Tone -- With This Complete 3-Week Body Makeover

Denise Austin

4.2

Stand a full inch taller, lose inches at your waist and thighs, and feel more energetic than ever-- in just 21 days!

Pilates sculpts and stretches every muscle in your body through a unique series of fluid, yogalike exercises, without stress or strain. It has emerged as the most effective way to flatten your stomach and abs. But Pilates does so much more. Many dancers and athletes use Pilates to co

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The American Physical Therapy Association Book of Body Repair and Maintenance: Hundreds of Stretches and Exercises for Every Part of the Human Body

Steve Vickery and Marilyn Moffat

4.2

The new standard in fitness books, featuring hundreds of at-home stretches and exercises. At last, the first complete, fully illustrated compendium of stretching and exercises for every part of the body, backed by the experience and medical and scientific authority of the American Physical Therapy Association. Each exercise in the book has been prepared and reviewed by a special editorial board, c

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Yoga & Pilates for Everyone: A Complete Sourcebook of Yoga and Pilates Exercises to Tone and Strengthen the Body and Calm the Mind, with 1800 Practical Photographs and Artworks

Francoise Barbira Freedman, Bel Gibbs, et al.

4.2

The versatile and popular forms of bodywork offer physical fitness, improved physique and mental serenity.

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Taller, Slimmer, Younger: 21 Days to a Taller, Slimmer, More Youthful You

Lauren Roxburgh

4.2

From the A-list bodyworker, trainer, and alignment expert dubbed “the body whisperer” by Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goopcomes Taller, Slimmer, Younger —a powerfully simple daily foam roller routine to help you sculpt longer, leaner muscles, stand an inch taller, look ten pounds slimmer, and renew your body and mind. Are you ready to roll?

ALIGN YOUR BODY, ALIGN YOUR LIFE

There’s a new buzzword in the fitness

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The Anatomy of Exercise & Movement: For the Study of Dance, Pilates, Sport and Yoga

Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones

4.2

Offering the reader with an understanding of how the body functions whilst being exercised, this title serves as a bridge between biomechanics and the practice of sport, pilates, yoga, and dance.

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New Anatomy for Strength & Fitness Training: An Illustrated Guide to Your Muscles in Action Including Exercises Used in Crossfit(r), P90x(r), and Other Popular Fitness Programs

Mark Vella

4.2

Perfect for beginning and advanced fitness practitioners alike, this is an in-depth look into the most magnificent machine ever created--the human body. Using detailed anatomical illustrations, New Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training provides you visual insight into what happens to this organic machine during exercise--muscles and tendons working in concert to strengthen your body's building

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p-i-l-a-t-e-s Instructor Manual Reformer Level 2

Catherine Wilks

4.2

p-i-l-a-t-e-s Reformer Teacher Training Manual - The second of 5 Reformer programs it includes 50 Beginner/Intermediate Exercises. The 5 Reformer Manuals collectively includes over 280 exercises in this series. An excellent resource for Pilates Instructors to increase the range and variations of the traditional Reformer Exercises created by Joseph H Pilates.

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The Everything Pilates Book: The Ultimate Guide to Reshaping Your Body-With or Without Equipment

Amy Taylor Alpers

4.2

Easy-to-follow instructions and clear photographs take readers step-by-step through the Pilates Method. The authors, certified by Romana Kryzanowska, heir to the classical tradition of Joseph Pilates, have been teaching the method since 1990 and provide a wealth of proven techniques for: - Establishing proper posture - Treating chronic back pain - Alleviating joint stress - Combating osteoporosis

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Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff

Jim Johnson

4.2

Treat your own rotator cuff? Who needs to worry about that? According to the medical research, a lot of people. The rotator cuff, a group of four, flat tendons that connect to the critical muscles that stabilize your shoulder, can cause a lot more problems than you might think. Consider a few of these statistics from the published literature: .It's simply just a matter of time until the majority of shoulders get a rotator cuff tear. According to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, approximately 4% of people under forty years of age have a torn rotator cuff. After age sixty, however, 54% of people have one (Sher 1995). .Once the rotator cuff gets torn, it doesn't look good either. One study followed a group of patients with tears in their rotator cuffs and found that 80% of the them went on to either enlarge or turn into full thickness tears-in less than a two-year period (Yamanaka 1994). As you can tell, rotator cuff problems aren't just for elite athletes. Seriously consider investing just a few minutes a week doing the simple exercises in this book if you: .have been diagnosed with either a partial or full thickness rotator cuff tear (yes, many studies show that even full thickness tears can be helped with exercise!) .experience shoulder pain .do upper body weight lifting .have a job or play a sport where you do a lot of work with your arms above shoulder level .have been diagnosed with "impingement syndrome" .want a healthy and properly functioning rotator cuff So whether you already suffer from a rotator cuff problem, or simply want to prevent one, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff will guide you step-by-step through an evidence-based program that can iron-plate your shoulders in just minutes a week. Jim Johnson, P.T., is a physical therapist who has spent over fifteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials including The Multifidus Back Pain Solution, Treat Your Own Knees, The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works, and The Sixty-Second Motivator. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.

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Pilates Plus: Grown-Up Pilates for 50+

Alan Herdman, Gill Paul

4.2

Specifically adapted Pilates for later life by a worldrenowned expert How to strengthen core muscles to deter or alleviate problems characteristic of growing older Focused on treating specific problems from joint pain to hip replacement to oesteoporosis Personalised programme creation and monitoring, addressing discomforts and problems from arthritic hands to pelvic floor weakness to circulation p

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Pilates Cadillac

Ellie Herman

4.2

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p-i-l-a-t-e-s Magic Circle Instructor Manual Levels 1 - 5

Catherine Wilks

4.1

p-i-l-a-t-e-s Magic Circle Instructor Manual - 49 Exercises over 5 Levels this manual offers a complete guide to performing exercises with the Magic Circle. A fantastic versatile piece of equipment necessary for any Pilates Studio or Fitness Professional. This manual offers a step by step guide to progressing clients with this apparatus. It is an excellent resource for Pilates Instructors and Pers

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Fix Your Feet- Using the Pilates Method

Kathryn M Ross-Nash, Zachary C Ross-Nash, et al.

4.1

Put Your Best Foot Forward Bunions, fallen arches, curled up toes and plantar fascitis beware- some simple exercises can combat and conquer these problems! These exercises have been reforming and refreshing tired achy feet for decades. Little devices- such as elastic bands off the head of a bunch of broccoli, a tennis ball or your hand towel that innocently hangs in your bathroom, can be formidabl

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Stretching Exercises for Seniors: Simple Movements to Improve Posture, Decrease Back Pain, and Prevent Injury After 60 (Strength Training for Seniors)

Baz Thompson

4.1

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Wall Pilates Workouts: 28-Day Challenge with Exercise Chart for Weight Loss | 10-Min Routines for Women, Beginners and Senior

Alessandro Villanucci

4.1

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Ellie Herman's Pilates Mat

Ellie Herman, n/a

4.1

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Pilates for Children and Adolescents: Manual of Guidelines and Curriculum

Celeste Corey-Zopich

4.1

This is a comprehensive manual of guidelines and formal curriculum for teaching Pilates to young people.

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Pilates Method of Body Conditioning: Introduction to the Core Exercises

Sean P. Gallagher

4.1

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Strength Training: Staying Fit and Fabulous

Cris Caivano

4.1

"A thorough and well-illustrated guide that makes strength training seem (gasp!) fun." — Bookpage

Strength Training: Staying Fit and Fabulous holds the key to feeling and looking great at every stage in life. Although everyone loses muscle mass with age, much of this decline is due to disuse and can be repaired and even improved by practicing these targeted exercises. Exercise and movement therapi

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Pilates Practice Companion

Alycea Ungaro

4.1

Pilates Practice Companion is the one-stop guide for Pilates novices as well as those hoping to consolidate what they already know. The book is accessible and user-friendly, with a warm, reassuring tone. With beautiful specially commissioned step-by-step photography and clear instructions on each exercise, as well as key features, such as annotated photographs of common faults and a list of the ph

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Exercise Balls For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness))

LaReine Chabut

4.0

If you want to shape up or lose weight, get on the ball! It's inexpensive. It's something you can do at home. It's effective!

However, unless you have a personal trainer, using the exercise ball correctly to get maximum results can be tricky. That's where Exercise Balls For Dummies comes in. You'll discover how to turn an ordinary workout into a super workout that builds strength, increases flexibi

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Ellie Herman's Pilates Springboard

Ellie Herman

4.0

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Pilates for Pregnancy: A safe and effective guide for pregnancy and motherhood

Anya Hayes

4.0

Pilates for Pregnancy covers the fundamentals of Pilates and includes a progressive Pilates program tailored for each trimester--focusing on pelvic floor and abdominal strength, posture and health & fitness. Anya Hayes' insightful exercise guide will help you conquer the physical and mental stresses of pregnancy and improve your pregnancy health, mood, and energy.

This is a straight talking, woman-

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Pilates for Men: Fit for Sport - Fit for Life

Alan Herdman, Gill Paul

4.0

Originally developed to help soldiers wounded in World War I regain strength and flexibility, Pilates now has a devoted following, including many professional dancers and athletes. And more and more health-conscious men are turning to Pilates to strengthen the body's core, increase muscle power and suppleness, address posture and stress-related conditions, and speed recovery from injury. Aided by

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Your Water Workout: No-Impact Aerobic and Strength Training From Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, and More

Jane Katz

4.0

Take your workout to the water!

Possibly the world’s perfect exercise, water workouts provide a highly-effective, low-impact way to burn calories, build muscle, improve flexibility, and have some fun.

International Swimming Hall of Fame board member and world masters champion Jane Katz uses a holistic approach to lead you to total body fitness, offering soothing and strengthening programs of exerci

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Body Control: The Pilates Way

Lynne Robinson, Gordon Thomson

4.0

A manual for the layperson, which introduces Dr Joseph Pilates' exercise regimen for improving the tone and alignment of the body. 40 exercises with programmed combinations are detailed with photographs and muscle or joint explanations.

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Pilates for Dummies

Ellie Herman

4.0

Once the secret fitness weapon of professional dancers, athletes, and movie stars, Pilates is sweeping the country with a vengeance. And if even half of what its many fans claim is true, then it's easy to see why. Combining elements of yoga, dance, gymnastics, and boxing, along with many original movements, Pilates exercises build muscle tone, improve flexibility and balance, lengthen the spine, i

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El Auténtico Método Pilates. El Arte Del Control (Mr Practicos)

Javier Pérez

4.0

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50 Chair Exercises For Seniors: Best Chair Workout For Older Adults To Build Strength, Balance, Flexibility, Joint Health, Im

Darcy Willis

4.0

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The Pilates Promise

Alycea Ungaro

4.0

Whatever your shape or size of body, this title provides a Pilates program for you. It includes step-by-step exercises that help you strengthen, tone and sculpt your body. It contains case history notes and the self-assessment exercises to monitor how you are progressing and see the results for yourself.

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Fusion Workouts: Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, and Barre

Helen Vanderburg

4.0

Combine fitness, Pilates, yoga, and barre, and what do you get? An incredible workout that will engage you, challenge you, and change the way you exercise.

Welcome to Fusion Workouts: Fitness, Yoga, Pilates, and Barre, the program shaped around your preferences, needs, and goals. You'll discover an approach combining four disciplines that will help you gain strength, muscle definition, flexibility,