Pilates for Everyone, Jean-Pierre Clémenceau, Frédéric Delavier

Access true physical and mental well-being through the Pilates method! Strengthen your body, tone your deep muscles, and improve your flexibility by following professional guidance. You will thus acquire a solid foundation on which to base, practice, and perfect your Pilates practice with complete peace of mind. In this book, you will find: -A color code by exercise type to more easily target the program that suits you best. -Movements broken down step-by-step to perform each exercise correctly, with precise postures, respecting your body's limits, and without risk of injury. -Clear and precise advice, as well as unique anatomical drawings and definitions of the main muscle groups used, to combine theory with practice and exercise with full body awareness. -For each exercise or posture, you will be able to grasp at a glance the objectives to achieve, the correct way to breathe, the mistakes to avoid, your coach's personalized advice, or the small gesture that will make a difference. Discover the Pilates method from a new perspective: no longer just from the outside with only sequences of movements and postures, but also from the inside thanks to the anatomical drawings by Frédéric Delavier, a world-renowned author in the fitness world, which show all the muscles at work during the execution of an exercise, and thanks to the valuable advice of Jean-Pierre Clémenceau, a well-known coach, notably for his work with celebrities.