Good, But Often Hard to Comprehend, by Kevin R. Kosar, October 2, 2006
There are oodles of books out there that claim to teach the reader “pilates” of one sort or another. I was drawn to this text because it was a re-publication of an original manual by Joseph Pilates.
On the bright side, the book has many exercises that, in my limited experience, would appear to build core strength and which make me feel very good.
The limitation of this manual is, though, that the instructions on how to carry out the exercises frequently are very hard to follow. Often I read the steps of an exercise and found myself confounded. “What- when am I suppose to inhale and in which direction am I to move my right leg?” Despite repeatedly studying the instructions and the few accompanying photographs, I still cannot understand how I am to carry out an exercise.
It would have been nice if the folks who re-published this book included an appendix that provided clarifications. Alas, instead, they provided only a brief and not especially informative introduction. Too bad.