We have the solution for you – the 10 Minute Solution! Everyone can find at least ten minutes in their day, and we’ve developed 5 fabulous Pilates workouts, each only 10 minutes. Instructor Lara Hudson has designed the workouts so that you can utilize each individually, or mix and match the sets to create a completely custom workout. You can also put all 5 sets together for an incredible 50-minute, total-body Pilates workout!

PILATES FOR ABS

Want a flatter, firmer belly? Here’s your secret weapon! Pilates is all about connecting with your core and this super-targeted workout will activate your deepest abdominal muscles. By using the Pilates technique you’ll achieve that sleek midsection that you just can’t get with crunches or other repetitive, monotonous exercises.

PILATES FOR BUNS AND THIGHS

If you’re looking for a way to tone and re-shape those hard-to-reach trouble spots, this is 10 minutes very well spent! Lara uses dynamic, smooth-flowing movements to target and re-define your lower body. This Pilates routine really delivers lean, toned legs and firm, beautifully sculpted buns!

SCULPTING PILATES

Get ready for sexy shoulders and sculpted arms! This Pilates-based program smartly incorporates light handweights to help you tone and define your arms and shoulders WITHOUT adding bulk. Sculpting Pilates is gentle like traditional Pilates, but because it adds weights, you’ll see faster results than ever before.

PILATES BURN

If you’re serious about REALLY burning some extra calories, try this challenging, but fluid Pilates Burn sequence. Lara leads you through this distinctive workout of cardio plus toning plus all-out, total-body conditioning all wrapped into one. Keep breathing, stay focused and sweat away those pounds!

PILATES FOR FLEXIBILITY

Feel good all over with this set, which focuses on lengthening and stretching to achieve that dancer’s body that you just can’t get from straight cardio or muscletraining workouts. You get dual benefits from this totally invigorating 10 minutes… you’ll increase flexibility, and melt away stress and anxiety.

NOT for anyone overweight or a bit unfit 2 out of 5

I bought this dvd after reading all the reviews about how it was really great and suitable for everyone, including beginners and I think this is misleading. I think something more accurate is that it is probably fine for beginners, IF you are roughly a healthy weight and relatively fit and flexible through other means.

If, like me, you are overweight and attempting to get fit etc through exercise dvds, I don't think this is for you. I'm not badly unfit - I can do cardio workouts, I walk everywhere, can swim a fair bit, can do basic yoga moves etc - and I'm quite young, but having to support your own weight in various ways to do different stretches is awkward, painful and sometimes just not feasible when you have a fair bit of excess weight! Trying to stay controlled in these movements, when they're a struggle, is also difficult - perhaps sacrificing their effectiveness ond safety. Some of the twisting is also quite uncomfortable with excess fat getting in the way! I've ended my workout feeling a bit in pain and frustrated.

Maybe I will try it again once I have got down to a healthy weight, and see if it is good for maintaining my health. But I'm very unlikely to be able to use it to get there!

I'm new to pilates and enjoy doing this video. I feel like my whole body has gotten a workout after finishing the first three segments.

I am only giving it a 1 because I can't go lower. It was advertised as a DVD but they sent me a VHS. Useless.Supposed to get a refund but that didn't happen either. Very dissapointed.

I am somewhat new to pilates. I love everything about this style of exercise and after mastering Elements Pilates for Weight loss (Brooke Siler) I was looking for a next step to progress further. After a lot of reviewing, I decided to try this 10 Minute Solution video. The instruction is spot-on, and her cuing is perfect for a beginner or intermediate. The pace is quicker than a normal pilates session, but she wants you to get a lot out of your 10 minutes. I usually do 3-5 parts of this at once. I really like all of the sections and the lower body section is TOUGH! I think the arm section could be more challenging, but I have other videos that do the job. The stretch section is very soothing and doesn't stress my generally inflexible body. The pilates burn set does boost my heart rate, and I start with it to jump start my calorie burn. There is no warm-up to any section, but I find I don't need one since this is all pretty low impact. I really look forward to this video and "treat" myself to it after I have completed some of my other less enjoyable workouts.

The reason that I got this DVD was to be more flexible, but the workouts have given me much more than that. With my background as a martial artist Pilates always looked too easy and not effective enough from a distance. After trying this DVD I must say that I absolutely love it. I thought that I have a strong ab, but the 10 min PILATES FOR ABS proved me wrong. I loved the arm workouts, you just feel the burn at the end of the 10 min SCULPTING PILATES. The thigh and bun section was amazing, I felt more burn in my bun than doing Jane fonda workouts with weights. I did sweat alot with the PILATES BURN and it also helped with my felexibility. Now I can easily have my cardio days (swimming and running) and have this DVD to help me with not only my strength training but also with my flexibility. Don't be afraid if you are a beginner, there are also some modifications to the moves for you to make it easier on your joints.