About the DVD

The second edition Essential & Intermediate Stability Chair exercises focus on body awareness and stability. Once you’ve helped your clients master the Essential program, gradually move them onto more challenging and complex Intermediate level moves to sculpt strong, lean and well-defined muscles.

INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL: Essential & Intermediate
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Stability Chair, Reformer Box, Platform Extender
SOUNDTRACK LANGUAGES: English, Español, Français, Português, Italiano, Deutsch
See RELATED PRODUCTS to purchase required equipment, or to purchase the three titles in this series at a savings. 

Featured Instructor

Moira Merrithew

Master Instructor Trainer, Moira Merrithew, together with President and CEO of STOTT PILATES® Lindsay G. Merrithew and a team of physical therapists, sports medicine and fitness professionals, has spent more than a decade refining the STOTT PILATES® method of exercise and equipment. This resulted in the inclusion of modern principles of exercise science and spinal rehabilitation, making it safer and more effective. This clear and detailed approach forms the basis for STOTT PILATES® training and certification programs.

Key Benefits

• Expand programming and add variety
• Explore movement on various planes
• Strengthen and stabilize the body

DVD Contents

• 22 Essential & 25 Intermediate exercises
• Workout Time - 45 & 37 min
• DVD Length - 216 min

Chapters

EXERCISES:
Essential Level: Leg work: Footwork, Single Leg, Hamstring Press Hips Down, Adductor Press, Ankle Exercise, Lower & Lift Standing, Foot Press on Long Box, Crossover Press, Standing Leg Press Arm work: Scapula Isolation Prone, One Arm Push Prone, Triceps Press Sitting, Scapula Isolation Standing, Triceps Press Standing, One Arm Prep Hand on Floor Torso flexion: Ab Press Sitting, Cat Standing Front, Torso Press Sitting Prep Torso extension: Swan Dive fromFloor, Swan Dive Prep Torso lateral flexion: Mermaid, Mermaid Kneeling
Intermediate Level: Leg work: Frog Lying Flat, Hamstring Press Hips Up, Forward Step Up, Forward Step Down, Side Step Down, Backward Step Down Leg work supported by arms: Knee Raises , Knee Raises with Obliques, Leg Circles, Beats, Frog Front, Frog Back, Frog Hips Up Torso flexion: Pike on Floor, Cat Kneeling, Cat Standing Side, Cat Standing Back, Roll Over, Jack Knife Torso extension: Swan Dive, Grasshopper Torso flexion and extension: Spread Eagletorso lateral flexion, Side Bendtorso rotation, Rotation Prone, Lean

BONUS CLIPS: Stability Chair Safety, Cueing & Modifications on the Stability Chair, Challenging your Client Safely on the Stability Chair, Cadillac & Chair Combo

Bonus Features

• Review the STOTT PILATES® Five Basic Principles
• Choose to work out with or without instructor's voice
• Preview another challenging title
• View instructors' bios
• Learn more about STOTT PILATES Equipment and Education