Everything Pilates Book: The ultimate guide to making your body stronger, leaner, and healthier by Amy Taylor Alpers Rachel Taylor Segel (Founders of The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado) with Lorna Gentry (2002 Oversized Paperback Book) Cover Design and Illustrations by Barry Littmann Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Avon, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 2002 Explore the fitness craze right for everyone! Whether you're a ballerina or a couch potato, a mountain biker or a fitness novice, you can do Pilates-and reap it's amazing benefits. Perfect for building stronger, leaner, more flexible muscles, relieving stress, and achieving full body health, the Pilates method is a revolutionary program that has the power to transform lives. Written by the founders of the internationally renowned studio, The Pilates Center, The Everything Pilates Book gives you all you need to start doing Pilates in your own home-and choose a studio that's right for you. The book provides step-by-step instruction on how to do such incredible exercises as the Spine Stretch, the Roll-Up, and the Swan, as well as more than 100 clear photographs that make it easy to get started. The Everything Pilates Book helps you: -Create a supple, powerful body -Prevent osteoporosis -Reduce the risk of injury -Establish proper posture -Increase strength and flexibility -Tone abs -Alleviate back pain. No matter what your physical condition, The Everything Pilates Book can help you take control of your body. As New paperback. No creases No marks. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Copyright 2002. Printed in U.S.A. Print-line indicated this copy from the 3rd printing. ISBN: 1-58062-738-2. No LCCN. MSR = US $14.95.