Perfect for building strength and enhancing the mind-body connection, the Essential & Intermediate Stability Chair DVD will help rebalance muscles and provide a full-body routine.
This Essential- and Intermediate-level workout utilizes the Stability Chair™, Reformer Box and Platform Extender to improve strength and endurance, enhance coordination and balance, and explore movements on various planes.
MORE INFORMATION
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.
Workout Level – Essential & Intermediate
Language Track – English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German
Equipment Required – Stability Chair™, Reformer Box, Platform Extender
DVD CONTENTS
– 22 Essential & 25 Intermediate exercises
– Workout Time – 45 & 37 min
– DVD Length – 216 min
CHAPTERS
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 from Floor, 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 Eagle, Torso Lateral Flexion, Side Bend, Torso Rotation, Rotation Prone, Lean)
Bonus clips: Spring Wall™ Safety, Cueing & Modifications on the Stability Chair, Challenging your Client Safely on the Stability Chair, Cadillac & Chair Combo
BONUS FEATURES
– Review the Five Basic Principles
– Choose to work out with or without instructor’s voice
– Preview another challenging title
– View instructors’ bios
– Learn more about Merrithew™ Equipment and Education
INSTRUCTOR
Moira Merrithew, together with President and CEO of Merrithew™, Lindsay G. Merrithew, has spent over two decades promoting the benefits of responsible exercise through their brands STOTT PILATES®, ZEN•GA™ and CORE™ Athletic Conditioning & Performance Training™. Working closely with a team of physical therapists, sports medicine and fitness professionals, they ensure all programming is aligned with current scientific and biomechanical research.