Joseph Pilates 1932

Joseph H. Pilates was born on December 9, 1883 in Mönchengladbach Germany to parents of Greek and German ancestry. His father was a prize-winning gymnast of Greek origin and his mother a naturopath of German origin. A sickly child who suffered from asthma, rickets and rheumatic fever, he dedicated his entire life to becoming physically stronger. Joe began studying body building and gymnastics and by the age of 14 was fit enough to pose for anatomical charts. He came to believe that our modern lifestyle, bad posture, and inefficient breathing were the roots of poor health, and he ultimately devised a series of exercises and training techniques and engineered all the equipment, specifications and tuning required to teach them properly.
Joe Pilates...