- Actors: Melinda Bryan
- Directors: Kaz
- Format: Color, Digital Sound, Full Screen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Pilates Studio L.a.
- Release Date: May 27 2003
- Run Time: 45 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00008WMD4
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From the Actor
…It was important to do research before developing this video. I found that the only real concern some doctors had was having pregnant women exercise lying on their back. I could not find any significant data to substantiate any great risk of exercise supine, especially if it is for a very short duration, and the "exerciser" continues to move and change position. In conversation with Dr. James Clapp, M.D., who has done extensive research involving pregnancy and exercise, author of Exercising Through Your Pregnancy, copyright 2002, he agreed that research continues regarding many issues, including this one. In fact, his preliminary studies indicate that most woman have no problem with exercise supine as long as it involves motion.
Another clinical specialist, Elizabeth Noble, PT who has over 35 years of clinical experience states in her book, Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year, "Ironically, the most vigorous exercise that many women will ever experience - labor- has been "managed" on the back for years!" She recommends that the few women who experience discomfort should limit their exercises on the back at one time for no more than 5 minutes. In my video I have alternated positions through the video to accommodate for this possibility. Dr. Raul Artal, professor and chair of the Dept. of Ob-Gyn and Women's Health at St. Louis University School of Medicine, and ACOG advisor, has stated that "we have learned that women can enjoy a much broader range of physical activity during pregnancy than was previously thought."…
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of money and time for now,
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This review is from: Pilates For Pregnancy (DVD)
Like another reviewer, I had to double check to make sure that this is for pregnancy and not postpartum. I got tired of waiting for me to get to exercises that I could do--ones that weren't lying on your back. She gave modifications, but those, too, were lying flat, and she kept saying that only in your 3rd trimester you shouldn't do something, when you shouldn't be flat on your back from the 2nd trimester on. She even had a special exercise for women in the 3 trimester to do--LYING ON THEIR BACKS! I am very disappointed, and will have to hold on to this until after the baby is born--it is basically useless until then.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unsafe,
By A Customer
This review is from: Pilates for Pregnancy (VHS Tape)
I can't believe that a physical therapist would recommend women be performing exercises on their backs past the first trimester. Horrible, painful and definitely unsafe after the first trimester.
3.0 out of 5 stars
similar to other pilates videos,
By A Customer
This review is from: Pilates For Pregnancy (DVD)
Regarding the instructor's having you lie on your back for most of the video: You will NOT like this workout if you feel strongly that this is dangerous (I don't, since all of our mothers and ancestors did that before the blood flow issues were "known")... However, even if you don't mind that, you may feel you've wasted your money since it is almost identical to NON-prenancy pilates DVDs. If you already own some, you might just alter the workouts on your doctor's advice to make sense for you and your belly (which she doesn't even really do). One of my biggest complaints about this video (besides the waste of money) is that she sometimes has you sit up just to lie back down again. A pet peeve to be sure, but gets me riled up every time! Bottom line: if you don't have any other pilates videos, and you aren't a perfectionist about her style, voice, mistakes, etc., AND you use common sense to adjust her moves to your body, you will probably tone your core (tummy and back) with this video.
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