Beach Pilates

There is only one useful disc for me in the collection. Pilates-Based Abs, buns and thighs. Shelly’s the star. That other chick is just annoying.But true if u do it 3-4 x a week - maybe 25 mins - and don’t eat Twinkies for dinner it will work!!

While it’s cheap this is rough. Editing is so choppy. Not co sister workouts. My dvd are mislabeled. The thigh, buns and stomach dvd is actually a dance stretch and chi ball workout. But there are some good moves in these just not great

It’s doesn’t work on my DVD player, it’s total waste of money!!!

Love all of Jennifer Tilley's workouts. Fast results!!!

Excellent excercise program

I wish I had seen the reviews of this product before I bought the 4-DVD set from Target (for $17 dollars). I have not done Pilates before, but wanted to work on core strengthening and I've read that Pilates is great for that. I regularly exercise and wanted Pilates to complement my triathlon training.I started with the "Pilates" DVD, thinking that as a beginner, I should start with the basics. Lo and behold, the instructors (who are obviously in shape and do not seem to take themselves too seriously, a plus for me) were already doing some warm-up moves, instead of telling you what to do first (most exercise videos I have seen usually have some form of intro where the instructor tells you what to do first). The sequence is confusing (I chose "play all" instead of playing only segments). The first exercise just "faded" away and the next thing you see the camera is focused either on the palm leaves or on the instructors' faces, instead of showing the entire exercise move when the instructors are starting a new pose. It was very disappointing. (The Tai Chi and lying leg exercises, towards the end of the DVD, were better than the main Pilates portion, mainly because you get to see what the instructors are doing! My legs were burning with this portion.)I then decided to watch the "Pilates Plus" DVD for 15 minutes to see if it is as disorganized as the Pilates DVD. The exercises seem tough and at least, for the first 15 minutes of the DVD, the whole bodies of the instructors can be seen so you have an idea what they are doing (instead of guessing how to do the move, like what happens when all you see are the palm trees or their faces!).I will give the other DVDs in this set a shot and try the exercises, just to get my money's worth, but I think you are better off buying other Pilates DVDs. As I have said, I wish I saw the other reviews first, before I spent money on this set. Don't make the same mistake I did.

Absolutely terrible workout video if you are in the market for something that will actually teach you the moves, keep you safe, and make you want to make it all the way through the workout.I put in the "Pilates-based Abs, Buns, and Thighs Workout" and was greeted with menu options for Chia Ball Pilates and Dance Pilates Workout. Even though it had a different name from that on the box and the DVD itself, I decided to watch it to see what it was all about. It cuts to 3 women who are already exercising and holding small balls (even though there is no mention that you may need equipment to follow along with the DVD on the packaging) and not talking you through what you should be doing. I clumsily followed along, only to look up and catch a long shot of the ocean while the "instructor" was chatting about who she ripped this routine off of and where you can find it online. Needless to say, I stopped the tape after a few minutes, fast-forwarded it to see if the camera man ever kept a sustained shot of the women performing the moves (and he did not). I saw a lot of moving the ball here and there, taking a few steps, and changing the ball between hands. Not exactly anything that you would expect would work your abs, buns, or thighs.I put in the basic pilates workout DVD instead. Again, the exercising is already taking place when the DVD first starts and this time there is a sustained shot of monkeys that appear to be on the side of a road somewhere and chatting. When you finally get a view of the workout, they are not discussing what they are doing or how many reps you should focus on. Instead, there's poorly planned shot after shot of portions of bodies completing one move after another with very little explanation of what is going on or how to complete moves carefully to avoid injury.I cannot believe I wasted my money on this. I had just been at the store and saw it was the only Pilates DVD on the shelf, so I bought it thinking it can't be that bad. Well, it was. I had no reviews to go by in the store, but save yourself the trouble and keep looking for another DVD. This one is terrible. I am not even sure if the "instructor" even knows what pilates actually is.

Production was terrible on these. Choppy and confusing. I wish I didn't buy it. Save the money, don't buy it and learn from my mistake.

nice dvd