Stott Pilates Essential Reformer Manual

Brilliant, well made and sturdy, Easy to follow instructions

Having taken a class with a Stott trained instructor the language used in this book is very familiar and made it easy to pick it up for a home practice. I knew that the book was only 110 pages long, however there's a lot of blank space and as a result there isn't that much content. I have other pilates books which have just a section on the reformer which cost significantly less, but have just as much detail.

Not worth the price. Very thin. The intermediate manual better.

Good examples of exercises and nice illustration.

Awesome book. I just got my own reformer after a year of taking Pilates privately at my local gym. Though my reformer came with a slew of dvds, I knew I wanted everything written down for easy reference. This book was perfect. It's written to the level of professional trainers going through Stott's certifications which means nothing is watered down. Also, there's an element throughout of teaching how to teach. So there are fully fleshed out visualizations, details on muscle groups, even target protections for the individual exercises. After reading this book, I finally feel like I'm starting to understand how to breathe, where all these illusive abs are that wrap around the body, and the purpose and goal of each exercise. This is not something to skim, it's something to take a day and read word for word. And then reference back to as needed. I assume mine will soon be filled with post-it dividers. There is a coordinating dvd, which was one that came with the reformer, and also a wall chart. Though the wall chart is a bit pricey, and seems to be all the exercises from the book distilled to a photo & blurb together on 1 page... unless I'm missing something. I'm looking forward to the continuation of material once I master the essential level. The next levels progress in the same fashion with the sets of book, dvd, wall chart. Very organized. I like it. I like Stott. Yay Pilates!

This book provided details on the muscles used in the exercise as well as modifications if required. Very detailed.

Muy buen producto. Buena calidad, materiales, se siente duradero. Muy bien descritos los principios básicos del pilates y super detallada la información de cada ejercicio. Yo que hago ejercicio en casa, lo recomiendo como una guía y recordatorio. Se cumplió el tiempo de entrega.

Love this, I use it to construct my reformer workouts at home. It explains each exercise with diagrams so very easy to follow