History of the Pilates Method
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009The Pilates method was created and perfected in the early 20th century by a German called Joseph Pilates as a mental and physical fitness method. Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in 1880. His childhood was marked by various illnesses (such as asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever) which stimulated him to create and elaborate a method to help overcome all these pathologies.
His knowledge, experience and practice of martial arts, bodybuilding and especially yoga were very important in the development of his well-known method as he combined much of all these disciplines. Aside from yoga and martial arts, Joseph Pilates also incorporated some elements from Roman and Ancient Greek methods as well as dance in order to perfect his own technique. Read more… History of the Pilates Method
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