Lynne Robinson Pilates

The Body Control Pilates Pregnancy Book

By Lynne Robinson

Exercise, nutrition and core stability for a safe and healthy pregancy.

Pregnancy should be a wonderful, enriching experience, but it's natural to have concerns about the ways it affects your body, moods and diet. This book enables you to forget those worries and focus on enjoying the experience.

For those planning to conceive, a programme to strengthen the pelvic floor and deep abdominals combined with a prenatal diet plan puts you in great shape to cope with the next nine months. In the first trimester, advice focuses on coping with morning sickness and relaxation. In the second trimester, exercise can be introduced, and the book explores how your body adapts to the baby's demands and gives tips on boosting your energy.

Exercises for the third trimester help you overcome discomfort and prepare for birth. Get back into shape with postnatal exercise (including very gentle exercise after caesarean deliveries) and follow the tips to aid breastfeeding.

Hardcover - large format - 256 pages

Body Control Pilates Manual

Lynne Robinson

Pilates body conditioning is today's fitness buzzword, and following the storming success of Lynne Robinson and Gordon Thomson's original 'Body Control: The Pilates Way', a variety of books have appeared - none as authoritative, practical, safe and geared towards solving your body's problems as this. 'How will Pilates help me?' is its keynote, so after explaining the fundamental Eight Principles through accessible, balanced core programmes come 'Pilates prescriptions' for your specific needs.

With the growing support of many GPs, osteopaths and chiropractors, not to mention stars from screen, stage and sport, when you exercise with Pilates Body Control, you're in excellent company. From back pains, posture problems to prevention of common sports injuries and training your children to use their bodies properly, this is the one-stop reference.

The Body Control Pilates Back Book

By Lynne Robinson, Helge Fisher & Paul Massey A self-help manual focusing on back pain prevention and rehabilitation using the Pilates body conditioning system. Three in five of us will suffer from backache in our lives. In order to mitigate against the worst-case scenario, Pilates strengthens your back and also the supporting muscles so that it doesn't take all the strain. It exercises deeply but gently to rebalance the posture.

The "Back Book" is a one-stop reference guide, explaining how the back works, why backache occurs, the different types of back pain, when to seek professional help, lifestyle tips for prevention and exercises to promote flexibility and hold the correct posture. For those already suffering, a special remedial programme of exercises is designed to restore mobility.

Intelligent Exercise with Pilates and Yoga

By Lynne Robinson & Howard Napper

This guide highlights how Yoga & Pilates are grounded in a similar awareness of the body. Forty exercises (for beginners and intermediates) demonstrate common ground wherever possible; there are also areas where the ability to choose is put in your hands - part of the concept of intelligent exercise. Special attention is given to the fundamentals, such as the crucial timing of the breath before, during and after each movement, and the underlying structures involved. With workout plans to energize, relax and lengthen the body, this book heralds the beginning of a fruitful new synthesis, without threatening the integrity of either technique.

Pilates for Pregnancy with Lynne Robinson

At last a safe and effective Pilates program that takes into account all the charges your body is going through while pregnant.
Designed for use in pregnancy from 16 weeks onwards and from 6 weeks after the birth, these exercises will:
• Make your pregnancy more comfortable
• Prepare you for the rigors of labor and for the demands of motherhood
• Help you get back into shape more quickly after the birth
• Teach you to use your natural ‘girdle of strength’ allowing you to carry the added weight of the baby easily
• Improve your body awareness, helping you discover how to use your breath and release tension so that labor is more comfortable
• Work the pelvic floor in every exercise, so you can gain greater control during delivery itself, and soon return to normal after the birth