Posted: 27 November 2004 at 6:26am | IP Logged

Hey I just downloaded (i know Im bad) Winsor Pilates and I just dont know how they expect over weight ppl to do this. I tried to do it and there is absolutely no way I can see myself doing it unless I shed like half my body weight. I couldnt even do the modified version they had! You really need to have good ab strenght and no flab in on ya tummy lol.

Anyone else find it hard or is it just moi?

Posted: 27 November 2004 at 9:05am | IP Logged

I have a pilates dvd but I havn't done it yet.  I know some of them are harder than others but I think it takes time to get these right.  Why not get pilates for beginners?  Good luck.

Posted: 27 November 2004 at 4:45pm | IP Logged

Yeah Winsor is a bit harder than other pilates tapes. I only started doing Winsor recently, although it is tough at times, it is also very very good and has benefitted me so much more than the other pilate's tapes I was using. You just have to keep at it and you will get stronger, but like I said I didn't start with Winsor and I think I too woulda found it impossible to do if I had.

Oh, on a different note, where did you download it from, cos I keep looking for places to download fitness stuff from and can't find anywhere lol.

~Shak

I DID IT!

Posted: 05 February 2005 at 3:36pm | IP Logged

OM (dear) G!  My new "Winsor Pilates" tape just arrived!  R U kiddin' me!!!    What Mrs. Mari Winsor, the author, forgot to mention was 1 word on the tape,........"ADVANCED."

uh-huh....I am going BACK to look for a more beginners version!!!! or even an Intermediate version!!  LOL!  I would never propose this version of a tape to Not only an overweight person nor to a slender person who is Out Of Shape!!!  ....One could really hurt themselves.

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Winsor Pilates is 4 the Fit Advanced.  Just my Non-humble Opinion.   back 2 the Pilates starting point.

Posted: 05 February 2005 at 4:20pm | IP Logged

Update: That is the "Winsor Pilates (Ab Sculpting)" Video I am referring to.

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Great tape but 4 the "Fit Advanced"  Just my Non-humble Opinion.

Posted: 07 February 2005 at 8:09am | IP Logged

Do you recommend "Windsor Pilates" for beginners? 

Also, I have the "Windsor Pilates Ab Sculpting" version?  Maybe the two are different?  If not, u are way more Advanced than myself!  Good 4 U, and i mean that!!  :)  Me, I'm still trying 2 tighten my "Powerhouse" (abs & back) very carefully!!  LOL!  I do believe in Pilates 100%!  It's great stuff!   i personally am on the market for a more "beginners" version.

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gotta tighten that Power House!   (beginning 2 end...V.S. end 2 beginning?)  

Posted: 09 February 2005 at 4:37pm | IP Logged

   i do the 20 minute pilates 2 times a day any  day i dont go to the gym and walk. I didnt really have  bad soreness, but i could feel it in my stomach. It wasnt so bad that i couldnt do it again. But i can definatly feel a difference in my abs, and also my thighs seem smaller.

Posted: 20 February 2005 at 5:05am | IP Logged

Hi Binary.

Where did you download it?

I have a two-dvd Windsor Pilates set and somehow the first dvd got a crack in the edge so the layers are seperating. The last half won't play  so I am trying to find another copy. 

Posted: 06 April 2005 at 9:03pm | IP Logged

bearshare not bareshare LOL is the name of the program, but be aware its not legal to use in most countries :D well the progam is legal but sharing files isnt.

but a easy seach on google would haven given you those answers as well, anyway. I used bittorrent to download, but had the problem of not finding enough sources of it, but with bit torrent client (sourceforge.net so please dont PM me)  you get them as real DVD files, not lousy mpgs

Posted: 17 August 2005 at 6:05am | IP Logged

I've been doing Pilates for a few weeks now, and have done it consistently for four days now...the first couple of weeks I only did it about every other day (if that...). I can really tell a difference already! My legs feel stronger, and I'm doing fewer and fewer of the modified versions. What a great feeling!

I haven't been watching inches, but I wouldn't be surprised if my thighs have gotten smaller...more muscle and less fat!

Posted: 24 September 2005 at 7:02am | IP Logged

I've just started the abs and thighs & butt power sculpting.  I think I've only done one of the winsor pilates sessions, but as soon as I got the dvds in the mail this week I thought fantastic.  I am overweight and did find I could not do a few of the exercises, I couldn't sit up from a laying down position at all.  I decided to modify for me, instead of starting laying down, I start in the sitting up position and lower myself down but not all the way.  I then raise myself back to sitting.  One day I'll be able to do the proper way but I figure this is helping my powerhouse get it's strength. 

So far today I did 2 sessions of abs, one basic power sculpting and 1 thighs & butt.  I really want to see some results.  Just to get into smaller pants would be heaven.