Comments on: Pilates Complete for Inflexible People

By: Dalloway

Dalloway — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:37:01 +0000

I bought this DVD to help my partner develop greater flexibility and strengthen his weak back. We learned two major problems with this DVD: 1) the exercises were not at all challenging (and didn’t provide variations to increase intensity); and 2) not only did some of the exercises hurt (I had weird back pains in the middle of the workout), but many of the transitions between exercises completely ignore the inflexible nature of the audience. We’ve tried some of the alternative workouts in hopes of finding something we liked, but even if we could find something that worked, we simply don’t like it–the hostess is uninspiring and the workout sequences are uncreative.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Deborah P. Crockett

Deborah P. Crockett — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:33:52 +0000

I have tried pilates for dummies and loved it, this cd is an extention of that video with more moves.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: C. Lee

C. Lee — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:47:47 +0000

I had high hopes for this dvd, and I was sorely disappointed. I’m giving it two stars because there is value in the material itself. Unfortunately, Maggie Rhoades’ delivery is so ridiculously poor it overshadows everything else. Ever heard a second-grader read something with such a complete lack of fluency that you can’t comprehend the sentence, even though you can know each word? In a nutshell, that is Maggie Rhoades. Her pained grimace, her use of ridiculous jargon over simple language, the voiceovers that make parts of the video look like a dubbed foreign film, all make the dvd so irritating to try to follow as to be useless. Save your money.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: adelz

adelz — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:22:18 +0000

I can’t view it at all… Total waste of money. Tried it in numerous players and it still won’t work.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Elena

Elena — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:00:39 +0000

Ok, I may be should have read this better, but if you are intermediate to advanced, don’t click that button, I am not the most flexible person, but strong as an ox, thought this might help, but I could not tell if I am exercising or sleeping, should not have bought it…
Rating: 2 / 5