The Hype

The Malibu Pilates Chair

Described as the affordable, portable way to get Malibu slim and sexy in your own home, the Malibu Pilates Chair offers a full body sculpting and toning workout with adjustable spring resistance and easy-to-do flowing cardio moves.

It looks like a stool with some pedals attached to some springs which you work with your arms or legs one at a time or together to burn fat and tone lean muscle while working your core – all at the same time.

You can use the Malibu Pilates Chair in many different ways; you can sit on it and push the pedals with your feet to tone calves and thighs, or lie across it and use the pedals to tone your arms while strengthening your core muscles and flattening your stomach. And so on.

It’s advertised as easy to use and simple to set up and take down for storage.  For your money you get the Chair along with a mixture of DVDs (three, including the bonus one, slickly presented by diddy Susan Lucci), plus the usual healthy eating guide and wallchart.  Cost? Around $300.

The Pros

It’s far less gimmicky than some of the other exercise machines on the market, is fairly sturdy in construction and a lot of the comments I’ve seen regarding results are positive.  The accompanying DVDs are well made and professionally presented.  Adding cardio moves to a toning workout is good as it burns more calories in the same amount of time. It seems that several Pilates instructors have bought it and like it, which is always a plus.

The Cons

It’s expensive and if you want to send it back it’ll cost you a fortune in postage!  The presenter goes overboard on the results you’ll achieve, and frankly you won’t get to look like the models unless you do lots of other types of exercise as while.  And live on lettuce leaves.  Some people have found that balancing on the Malibu Pilates Chair is quite challenging and a lot of people have found it uncomfortable, especially on their feet. And many people have commented that you need to know a bit about Pilates to get the best out of it.

To Buy or Not To Buy?

Again, comes down to budget, but there seem to be some good offers around online, although if you buy from eBay be careful you get the authentic Malibu Pilates Chair as there are some inferior-grade copies around.

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Malibu Pilates Chair Review is a post from: As Seen On TV Fitness Reviews

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