Pilates by Denise Austin - It Even Helps Pregnant Women

The best aspect of Pilates is that anyone can benefit from it and achieve remarkable results. It does not require bouncing or stressing your body. For this reason, Pilates is idyllic for people who avoid exercising because of muscle weakness or joint pains. Denise Austin is the author of several books including Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands, which provides invaluable advice to make the best out of your Pilates experience.

There are several types of Pilates machines that can help perfect the way you work out. The most popular machine is the Pilate Reformer Machine, which provides a total-body workout.

Denise Austin is a sought after mentor and has started numerous fitness programs. Denise Austin's "Pilates for Everybody" is a very popular fitness program that goes beyond the usual focus proffered on core abdominal muscles, narrowing the workout to toned legs and arms. The fitness regime begins the program with a warm-up similar to tai chi. This is followed by abdominal-targeted matt work for about 17 minutes, toning the upper and lower-body. Denise recommends using the Dyna-band through much of the session to increase resistance and effectiveness. The program concludes with a tai chi stretch.

Pilates by Denise Austin provides valuable tips on her "Best Bun & Leg Shapers" program. The seven different exercises provided can help you get the curves that you want. It targets the buns as well as the legs to produce a shapely and firm bottom half. In another one of her fitness programs, she teams with an expert to create different routines for different days, where the work out can be done in as little as 10 to 15 minutes time. The "Get Fit Daily Dozen" contains 12 easy exercises that will only take 12 minutes. This fitness regime provides different moves that vary constantly so that you don't get bored with the same old routine. Pilates can help you lose weight by dancing as well to help burn fat and build lean muscles. Other programs help flatten the belly and slim the waistline. At least one workout is recommender per day for at least 10 to 15 minutes a day.

For pregnant women, there is a fitness program called "Fit & Firm" which focuses on 'perfect pregnancy posture,' as well as on the reshaping for the after-baby body. This program embraces breathing and core awareness as a preparatory segment with the cardio workout providing heart-healthy workouts, as it also suits the three trimesters. Using Austin's Pilates program, the body becomes sculpted from head to toe in the first and the second trimester toning. It helps sooth sore muscles and maintain core strength through the third trimester in a 20 minute refreshing workout, which helps pregnant women prepare for delivery.