Pilates Videos & DVDS for Home Workouts

While it is important to learn the principles and proper technique from a trained Pilates instructor, videos and DVDs are indispensable for continuing your practice at home. As with any fitness or exercise program, a once-a-week class or session with a trainer is not enough to bring you the complete benefits. This often results in loss of motivation as you fail to achieve maximum benefits.

Pilates videos are available for every level of fitness and experience. Be sure to read the video information carefully, ensure it was produced by a certified trainer and that it matches your current fitness level—not your goal level! Work your way up through the levels at the recommended pace and you will see the best results for your body and conditioning.

If you are interested in integrating Pilates-based exercises into your existing fitness program or sports-training, you can use a general Pilates workout video or find one that targets your specific interest.

Pilates videos and DVDs are also a great tool to keep you motivated and working out when you are travelling. Keep your stamina up with a daily 'holiday workout' in your hotel room! Pilates is ideal for business-travellers to help battle jet-lag and the stresses of working on the road.

See the Pilates Styles sections—Winsor, Stott and Zone—for videos using their specific methods. If you're pregnant or have just had a baby, see our Pilates for Pregnancy page for videos and DVDs especially for you.

Pilates Workout Videos
“Done three times a week, a few well-designed movements, properly executed in sequence, are worth hours of calisthenics or contortions! Whatever your fitness level, I’ll help you establish a workout that you’ll truly enjoy. I’m proud of what a lifetime of practicing Pilates has done for me. Now let me show you what Pilates can do for you.” –Romana Kryzanowska		Romana's Pilates: 4 Volume Boxed Set (VHS) Romana Kryzanowska is the last living disciple of Joseph Pilates. Joseph Pilates left his studio—and his legacy as a trainer, teacher and innovator—to his student and colleague Romana Kryzanowska. Today, the conditioning system bears his name, is one of the most popular and fastest growing fitness methods in the world. Known simply as Pilates, its leading teacher and practitioner is also recognized by only one name, Romana. For nearly half a century Romana has traveled around the world, teaching this authentic Pilates method that she learned directly from Uncle Joe. Her clients include athletes, dancers and celebrities. Even the most successful Pilates teachers and other fitness experts regularly come to Romana for advanced instruction and certification in the Pilates method. Now, for the first time, Romana has created a video series for home practice. Romana studied with Joseph Pilates starting at the age of fifteen. She is eighty years young, can do cartwheels down a hallway, and flips on a cadillac reformer. She has trained almost all the top Pilates instructors in the world as well as countless athletes and celebrities. Romana teaches the True Pilates Method™. Having been approached countless times to produce videos, Romana finally decided to create this series because she was disappointed in how the subject matter was being commercialized. Her goal is to properly document and effectively capture the art of Pilates and the work of Joseph Pilates. These videos represent the most authentic Pilates programming in the marketplace. The titles in Romana's series include: • Introduction to Pilates Matwork • Optimum Weight Management • Power House Mat Workout • Challenge Mat Workout Also available in DVD format: Romana's Pilates: 4 Volume Set (DVD)
Pilates Videos for Sports
		Swimalates: Pilates for Swimmers (Video) This video features June Quick, Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Athletic Trainer, Certified Pilates Instructor, and Stanford Swimming consultant. In this video, June Quick shares this unique on-land program for swimmers inspired by the program in use by the Championship-Winning Stanford Women's Swimming team. The goal is to assist a swimmer in establishing posture, line, and balance on land that can be transferred into the pool. Quick's program intertwines Pilates exercises to strengthen the core and shoulder girdle, yoga exercises to increase flexibility and lung capacity, and resisted stretching exercises to accommodate the use of the extremities while maintaining posture, line, and balance of the core—areas crucial to swimmers in maintaining a proper posture, line, and balance in the water. Online Sports.
		Yoga and Pilates for Athletes - Technique Training This video features Tom McCook, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer; nationally recognized fitness and movement specialist with over seventeen years of experience, Founder and Director of Center of Balance. Tom McCook has extensive experience training athletes of all levels, including world class athletes and Olympians, and has worked with intercollegiate athletic teams at Stanford. In Yoga & Pilates for Athletes - Technique Training, McCook takes you through detailed instructions and demonstrations of Pilates and Yoga exercises and movements, showing both front and side views of the exercises. McCook's Yoga & Pilates program does not require any specific machines or special equipment and all exercises can be done on any soft surface or exercise mat. The uniqueness of this video is that it combines Yoga and Pilates specifically for athletic performance enhancement! Any team or athlete, at any level, will benefit from the training shown in this video! Excellent introduction and instruction from one of the best teachers of Yoga and Pilates today! Also available: Yoga and Pilates for Athletes - The Athlete's Workout Online Sports.