About Pilates
PILATES is a system of exercise developed by Joseph Pilates designed to strengthen, stretch, and align the joints and muscles of
the body.
Through focus, strength, balance and flexibility, Pilates helps build fluid movement, the ability to feel what core stabilization is, and
create a stronger body, inside and outside the Pilates studio.
Pilates is used world wide for injury prevention, strength training and rehabilitation.
About Joseph Pilates
Joseph H. Pilates was born in Germany, in 1880. A sickly child who suffered from asthma and rheumatic fever, he dedicated his entire
life to improving his physical strength. Joe began studying body-building, yoga and gymnastics to build a stronger and healthier body
for himself. He came to believe that the "modern" life-style, bad posture, and inefficient breathing lay at the roots of poor health. He
ultimately devised a series of exercises and training-techniques, invented his own equipment, and began to teach his newly created
method of exercise that we now call Pilates.
In 1912 Joseph moved to England, and during World War I, British authorities interned him to train injured inmates in fitness and
rehabilitative exercises. Here the beginnings of The Pilates Method began to take shape.
Around 1925 Joseph migrated to the United States where he began his method of Pilates which he originally called "Contrology".
Contrology focused on core postural muscles that helped to keep the body balanced while providing support for the spine. In
particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and of alignment of the spine, while strengthening all the muscles of the body.
Joseph soon established a devout following of local athletes and dancers in New York where clients sought out the Pilates method for
training and rehabilitation.
Joseph Pilates died in 1967 at the age of 87 in New York.
the body.
Through focus, strength, balance and flexibility, Pilates helps build fluid movement, the ability to feel what core stabilization is, and
create a stronger body, inside and outside the Pilates studio.
Pilates is used world wide for injury prevention, strength training and rehabilitation.
About Joseph Pilates
Joseph H. Pilates was born in Germany, in 1880. A sickly child who suffered from asthma and rheumatic fever, he dedicated his entire
life to improving his physical strength. Joe began studying body-building, yoga and gymnastics to build a stronger and healthier body
for himself. He came to believe that the "modern" life-style, bad posture, and inefficient breathing lay at the roots of poor health. He
ultimately devised a series of exercises and training-techniques, invented his own equipment, and began to teach his newly created
method of exercise that we now call Pilates.
In 1912 Joseph moved to England, and during World War I, British authorities interned him to train injured inmates in fitness and
rehabilitative exercises. Here the beginnings of The Pilates Method began to take shape.
Around 1925 Joseph migrated to the United States where he began his method of Pilates which he originally called "Contrology".
Contrology focused on core postural muscles that helped to keep the body balanced while providing support for the spine. In
particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and of alignment of the spine, while strengthening all the muscles of the body.
Joseph soon established a devout following of local athletes and dancers in New York where clients sought out the Pilates method for
training and rehabilitation.
Joseph Pilates died in 1967 at the age of 87 in New York.
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