Pilates, 3rd Edition Rael Isacowitz Publisher: Human Kinetics 2022, PDF, 35 MB Free download: https://turb.cc/c9wqcfg8eqeh.html The most acclaimed, comprehensive guide for Pilates is back with all-new photos and more variations, modifications, and progressions than ever before. In Pilates, Third Edition, world-renowned Pilates expert Rael Isacowitz draws on over four decades of experience to offer you a path to total health and well-being through the Pilates method. Whether you are a beginner, a teacher using Pilates in a therapeutic setting, or a veteran instructor working with athletes, this resource will help you tap into the potential of the mind–body connection to gain the elusive edge in training. There are more than 200 exercises, categorized by body region. The exercises include difficulty ratings, recommended resistance ranges, and explanations of not only how to perform the movements but also how practitioners will benefit from them. New variations, modifications, and progressions for many of those exercises offer additional options for tailoring the exercises based on ability, skill, or preference. The book includes a purposeful grouping of exercises into programs that work all regions of the body and progress from the fundamental level through the intermediate and advanced levels to challenge you at all stages of Pilates practice. Pilates is a holistic approach to well-being that offers a bridge between mind and body, between everyday life and optimal performance, and between rehabilitation and healthy movement. When used to its full potential, it can enhance every aspect of life. So whether you are young or old, are able-bodied or live with restricted mobility, Pilates can improve your balance, concentration, coordination, posture, muscle tone, core strength, flexibility, and overall well-being.

Kathleen Stanford Grant (August 1, 1921–May 27, 2010) wrote the following words for the first edition of this book. She is desperately missed by her family, her friends, and by the entire Pilates community. She left an indelible mark on this industry. Personally, I miss our long conversations and casual banter. We provided a safe space for each other to speak our minds, no matter the topic. Kathy continues to guide my Pilates practice and my teaching every single day. When I first met Rael in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1991, the Pilates community was indeed very small. Upon the recommendation of Jean-Claude West, who had studied with me and was running his own studio in New York, I was invited to teach a workshop on the wunda chair, a Pilates apparatus that I had worked on a lot with Joseph Pilates. Until then, I had not been consulted for professional advice by the Pilates community. The gathering in Santa Fe was a breakthrough; first and foremost, in recognizing the first generation of Pilates teachers and also in the sharing of information and drawing on our collective experience and expertise. I was guided to Mr. Pilates by Pearl Lang, the renowned dancer and choreographer, after undergoing double knee surgery. He used the wunda chair extensively for my knee therapy, believing it to be most beneficial for that purpose. I learned a vast amount about the wunda chair during my rehabilitation and went on to develop my own repertoire. I continued to use the wunda chair in my teaching at Henri Bendel from 1973 to 1988, and I still use it in my teaching today, including the Pilates program I run for the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. When I entered the studio in Santa Fe, I was immediately surrounded by a group of seasoned professionals who had come from far and wide, hungry for information and enthusiastic about spending time with me. I noticed a man in the group and when I asked for a volunteer to demonstrate some of the work, he eagerly jumped up. He got on the wunda chair and started demonstrating. I immediately recognized that he was an accomplished mover and that he knew Pilates well. As I started prodding and poking, making intricate adjustments to his alignment and movement, I could see a look of astonishment cross his face. The young male ego! This made me chuckle inside. He was clearly strong, but he relied too much on his strength and athletic ability rather than on his core.