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What is Pilates? History of Pilates
What is Pilates? History of Pilates
The History of Pilates |
 Pilates was formed by Joseph Pilates during the First World War with the
proposal to improve the rehabilitation program for the many returning veterans.
Joseph Pilates believed mental and physical health were essential to one another.
He developed an exercise program with precise movements emphasizing control and form to aid
injured soldiers in regaining their health by strengthening, stretching, and
stabilizing key muscles. Pilates created "The Pilates Principles" to condition
the entire body with proper alignment, centering, concentration, control, precision,
breathing, and flowing movement.
Pilates sessions claim to help increase strength and flexibility, lengthen the body, and align the spine. Joseph Pilates wrote two books concerning the Pilates method: Return to Life through Contrology Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education . |
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"lt is the mind itself which builds the body"
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