Comments on: Strength Training on the Ball: A Pilates Approach to Optimal Strength and Balance http://www.fitnessprograms.in/pilates-programs/strength-training-on-the-ball-a-pilates-approach-to-optimal-strength-and-balance/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://www.fitnessprograms.in/pilates-programs/strength-training-on-the-ball-a-pilates-approach-to-optimal-strength-and-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Nicole Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:50:35 +0000 http://www.fitnessprograms.in/?p=18#comment-28 I own all of Colleen's books and they just keep getting better and better. I ride horses and I was looking for a workout that would inprove my balance and help me to be more aware of what my body was doing. The best part of working out on a ball is that if you make a mistake the ball moves so you KNOW that you are doing something wrong! I recommend this book for eveyone! Rating: 5 / 5 I own all of Colleen’s books and they just keep getting better and better. I ride horses and I was looking for a workout that would inprove my balance and help me to be more aware of what my body was doing. The best part of working out on a ball is that if you make a mistake the ball moves so you KNOW that you are doing something wrong! I recommend this book for eveyone!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: J. Lee http://www.fitnessprograms.in/pilates-programs/strength-training-on-the-ball-a-pilates-approach-to-optimal-strength-and-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-27 J. Lee Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:38:20 +0000 http://www.fitnessprograms.in/?p=18#comment-27 This book is not great. There is a lot of useless fluff at the beginning of each chapter, when the author tells a long, very boring story (ie: an October day on a train) that is not conducive to building core strength. The pictures are in black & white, and there are not as many great exercises compared to other books. With this book, you'll probably spend all your time reading rather than doing exercises. This book is not direct or to the point, resulting in many pages that again, you'll have to read to find maybe one key point. Rating: 1 / 5 This book is not great. There is a lot of useless fluff at the beginning of each chapter, when the author tells a long, very boring story (ie: an October day on a train) that is not conducive to building core strength. The pictures are in black & white, and there are not as many great exercises compared to other books. With this book, you’ll probably spend all your time reading rather than doing exercises. This book is not direct or to the point, resulting in many pages that again, you’ll have to read to find maybe one key point.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Eleanor Lin http://www.fitnessprograms.in/pilates-programs/strength-training-on-the-ball-a-pilates-approach-to-optimal-strength-and-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Eleanor Lin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:06:42 +0000 http://www.fitnessprograms.in/?p=18#comment-26 The tone of this book is so preachy and condescending that I can't seem to get to the exercises themselves. Each chapter begins with a several-page story about a person whose life was turned around their work with the author on Pilates. Then there are several long pages of essays, with lots of quotations and name-dropping and helpful self-improvement tips like "every day you will need to restart" and "one becomes old when fixities of habits are established." <br /> <br />I am sure that there are subtleties about the approach that need to be conveyed. However, I would prefer to use a book with a more direct writing style so I can get the information I need quickly and get on with my workout. Rating: 2 / 5 The tone of this book is so preachy and condescending that I can’t seem to get to the exercises themselves. Each chapter begins with a several-page story about a person whose life was turned around their work with the author on Pilates. Then there are several long pages of essays, with lots of quotations and name-dropping and helpful self-improvement tips like “every day you will need to restart” and “one becomes old when fixities of habits are established.”

I am sure that there are subtleties about the approach that need to be conveyed. However, I would prefer to use a book with a more direct writing style so I can get the information I need quickly and get on with my workout.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Lisa http://www.fitnessprograms.in/pilates-programs/strength-training-on-the-ball-a-pilates-approach-to-optimal-strength-and-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Lisa Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:27:35 +0000 http://www.fitnessprograms.in/?p=18#comment-25 The lessons in this book are extremely advanced. If you do Pilates, and enjoy it, this is for you. This is NOT A BOOK FOR A BEGINNER. Rating: 1 / 5 The lessons in this book are extremely advanced. If you do Pilates, and enjoy it, this is for you. This is NOT A BOOK FOR A BEGINNER.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Joey Atlas http://www.fitnessprograms.in/pilates-programs/strength-training-on-the-ball-a-pilates-approach-to-optimal-strength-and-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Joey Atlas Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:11:17 +0000 http://www.fitnessprograms.in/?p=18#comment-24 As a Pro Trainer, there are only 2 fitness pros whose books & DVDs I approve of for my wife to use at home. <br /> <br />Mine and Colleens! <br /> <br />All of her stuff is good - you can get alot of good ideas from this one - check it out. <br /> <br />Joey Atlas - The Wizard of Fitness <br />[...] Rating: 4 / 5 As a Pro Trainer, there are only 2 fitness pros whose books & DVDs I approve of for my wife to use at home.

Mine and Colleens!

All of her stuff is good – you can get alot of good ideas from this one – check it out.

Joey Atlas – The Wizard of Fitness

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Rating: 4 / 5

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