Crunch:Pick Your Spot Pilates: Amazon.ca: Anchor Bay Entertainment Casting Staff, Vas Entertainment: DVD

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This Pilates workout's subtitle, "Pick Your Spot," sums up its flexibility; the three 10-minute segments each tone the abdomen, rear, and thighs using Pilates-based exercises. Crammed into each segment are up to 10 exercises. "Belly" features the 100, criss-cross, twist, and mermaid; "Butt" includes swimming, double leg kicks, and leg circles; and "Thighs" offers the frog, front kicks, and leg lifts. While each segment is too brief to challenge veteran exercisers, viewers are free to hit the pause button and add reps. Plus, a 10-minute bonus total-body Pilates workout proves more demanding than the individual segments. L.A. Crunch instructor Ellen Barrett does an excellent job of initiating newbies to the regulated breathing and core muscle control needed for the exactness of this exercise system. However, visual clarity is somewhat hampered by a crowded set of eight exercisers when Barrett and one other person demonstrating the modifications would have been enough. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 40 Minutes Total, May 11 2003

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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The beauty of the Pilates DVD workouts is that you can workout for 10-40 minutes or pick any section or sequence. I recommend doing the entire 40 minutes. This workout goes by so quickly. For some reason, time seems to fly by extra fast. I could not believe how fast each section went by.

There are four 10 minute workouts on this DVD, not just three. There is a Bonus 10-Minutes Total Body Pilates Workout which finally includes moves like the teaser and roll-ups which are essentials.

10 minutes Belly
10 minutes Butt
10 minutes Thighs
10 minutes Challenge

I like that this is 40 minutes, but I wish they would have included a longer warm-up and cool-down section. This routine needs some stretching moves at the end. I guess that is not the focus but I felt like I wanted to do stretching at the end.

The frog move was interesting and I've not see this in other videos. There is a nice flow to most of the movements although if you are used to doing the "side series" all at once, it is broken up between the Butt and Thigh workouts.

There is an exercise at the end of the challenge section that you can do more easily if you have a couch behind you for support. I discovered that today! I've never been able to do one of the exercises and finally did it today!!

I would not recommend this DVD for anyone with lower back problems. The exercises are done much faster than in Winsor Pilates or even Pilates on the Go. There is a great advantage in having a wide variety of workouts because then you can modify some of the exercises to suit your individual needs. Like, her version of the bicycle was much faster than I'm used to, so I just did my own thing and did less.

If you are new to Pilates, I'd recommend the Winsor Pilates and Pilates on the Go before you start this DVD because they don't really cover all the basics.

A fun edition to your routine as Ellen has some variations to regular Pilates moves you might enjoy.

Pilates-based exercises.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars stick to it!, Nov 4 2004

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I chose this dvd on a whim when I started jogging and doing weights and wanted to add some more interesting ab excercises to my routine. The first few weeks doing 'Crunch' were definetely a challenge- the ab workout especially- but I was determined to stick to the routines and slowly found myself becoming stronger and more coordinated. The exercises are well explained and easy to follow along with-and Ellen, the host, is easy to listen to. There's very little chance for muscle stiffness since many excercises involve both stretching and strengthening components. One bonus-when the 'pick your spot' segments are no longer enough-try the total body challenge-and feel 'challenged' all over again.

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5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT!, Feb 22 2010

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Stephanie Johnson (B.C., Canada) - See all my reviews
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I got this video in a $5.00 bin somewhere and I bought it because i wanted to try Pilates for the first time. I really liked this dvd! Then I lost it and tore my house apart when I wanted to work out again... So I went out and got some other Pilates video.... NOTHING compared to this workout. It is easy but you can really feel the results. I can see people who work out all the time not feeling challenged enough though... So I am buying this dvd now from Amazon because I can't find it anywhere else. I think it's great for people who don't have alot of time to spend working out.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not very challenging
This workout is not very challenging. I was disappointed with it. I also purchased some Jillian Michaels workouts and they were awesome.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good all Around
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