Author Description

Each day, it seems like another book about Pilates hits the bookshelves. Among this ocean of information, it becomes difficult to navigate to the practical, useable information. Additionally, the endless DVDs on Pilates "methods" often seem to be in conflict with one another. How is the average person supposed to know which advice to follow and which advice to ignore?The answer is that you have to go directly to the real world experts, who spend their day-to-day lives working directly with their clients, on their clients' Pilates progression. The real world experts that we've interviewed in this book do not spend their days on book tours, at book signings, or producing the next DVD infomercial product. The experts in this book are real life Pilates instructors, who spend their days in the gym, with their clients.Starting Pilates asks the real questions that people really want to know. Inside, we've grilled each Pilates instructor with the tough questions that the everyday person wants to know. If you're looking to gain some of the best tips and advice from the Pilates instructors who are "in the trenches", with their clients, each day, you're going to love this book.