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What is Pilates?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pilates Method (sometimes simply Pilates) is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. Pilates wrote at least two books about the Pilates method: Return to Life through Contrology and Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education.
Pilates called his method The Art of Contrology, which refers to the way the method encourages the use of the mind to control the muscles. It is an exercise program that focuses on the core postural muscles that help keep the body balanced and are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of neutral alignment of the spine and strengthening the deep postural muscles that support this alignment, which are important to help alleviate and prevent back pain.
Joseph Pilates
He was born near Düsseldorf (Germany) and grew up as a child suffering from rickets, asthma and rheumatic fever. From his young age he was determined to overcome his health problems and began to study anatomy, Eastern and Western bodyworks that included yoga, Zen, and ancient Greek and Roman regimens. At the age of fourteen he had overcome his health problems and was now a successful boxer, gymnast, skier and diver. He was even asked to model for anatomy charts
