Robinson, Lynne – The Bell Bookshop

Shape Up With Pilates: The ultimate guide to sculpting, strengthening and stream

Emma — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

‘The Queen of Pilates’ The Times

‘Lynne is the high priestess of Pilates. I trust her implicitly’ Sophie Dahl

Shape Up with Pilates is an innovative regime of 20 targeted step-by-step workouts, clearly explained and illustrated, and designed to give you a streamlined torso that will retain its natural curves. Organised into 4-week programmes of varying lengths it includes:

7 x 20-minute workouts per week
5 x 30-minute workouts per week
3 x 45-minute workouts per week

Plus advice on which exercises to do for particular problem areas, such as the waistline and tummy, bottom, thighs, upper arms or upper back, tips on how to incorporate exercise into your life, the benefits for mental health and wellbeing, and how to improve your diet.

In just 3 months Lynne promises you can change your shape and sculpt parts of your body you had long forgotten. You will feel the benefits within the first few weeks and others will soon start to notice the changes as you begin to look taller and slimmer. Within three months you will both look and feel like a new person!

Pilates Bible

Emma — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Pilates Bible is the most authoritative and comprehensive book on Pilates matwork ever written and demonstrates why this hugely popular exercise has gone from cult status to an essential part of our modern lifestyle. Drawing on the latest medical research, the authors have updated old favourites as well as introduced many new. All can be performed with little or no equipment and The Pilates Bible allows you to progress safely at your own pace through Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. There are also special sections on Pilates for new mothers and children, people with problems such as osteoarthritis, back pain and knee injuries, as well as Pilates at the gym and the workplace, and for the performing arts and sport. This is truly the one-stop guide for Pilates novices as well as those hoping to consolidate what they already know.

Intelligent Exercise With Pilates & Yoga

Emma — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Lynne Robinson has brought Joseph Pilates’ teachings to modern exercisers in her thirteen previous books – producing clear and accessible exercise bestsellers with a reputation for safe exercise that really works. Now, with highly-respected yoga teacher Howard Napper, two of the world’s most effective exercise movements come together to inspire one another.

Conceived in response to frequent questions about whether Pilates and yoga are compatible, this manual highlights how they are grounded in a similar awareness of the body. Forty exercises demonstrate common ground wherever possible; there are also areas where a choice is put in your hands – part of the concept of intelligent exercise. With programmes to energize, relax and lengthen the body, this book heralds the beginning of a fruitful new synthesis, without threatening the integrity of either technique.