Love this book. A must-have for everyone learning pilate.
Price is cheaper than the official website !!!

This book is awesome. Exactly what I was hoping it would be. Explains every exercise in great detail, lots of photos, discusses proper alignment, modifications, what muscles are being worked, etc. Might be a bit tedious reading for a beginner in Pilates. You really need to have your own reformer or access to one while reading, so you can try out each of the exercises and modifications. So glad I ordered!!!

I tried buying CDs in order to learn Pilates but found it very difficult. I was always rewinding and pausing in the middle of trying to workout. This book solved those problems. Now I just study the moves I want to do and then lay the book next to my reformer. Because the book is spiral bound you can open and lay it down to specific pages. If the same authors write another book on the Pilates reformer I will buy it in a heartbeat!

The manual is beautifully constructed on thick stock and spiral bound. The photos are clear and the the instruction easy to understand. Basic reformer repertoire is provided with anatomical focus and some basic modifications for many exercises. Exercises are ordered based on typical Stott workout order. There is lots of space for notes on nearly every page. If you're a note-taker, that works well, but I sometimes wondered if more content wouldn't be preferred to note space. It's a great reference, but as manuals go, I might suggest the Balanced Body manuals offer more information, and Rael Isakowitz' book is nearly as complete for a fraction of the cost of many of the teacher training manuals.

The gaping omission is a lack of contraindications. I'm sure in the context of Stott training, these would be provided (maybe what the "notes" sections are for), but so important, it didn't seem wise to omit them from a manual that is otherwise well done.

This a very useful introduction to the use of the Pilates reformer. Have just started with the breathing and have begun on the first exercises on the reformer. The pictures for the exercises could be made better by showing the direction in which the arms and legs need to move. Otherwise I can't complain.