Joseph Hubertus Pilates

I'm 50years ahead ofmy time! And he really was.

Joseph Hubert Pilates was born in Germany in 1880. With a Fragile health, suffering since his childhood from rickets, asthma and rheumatic fever, he dedicated his life to become physically stronger. He studied martial arts, Tai Chi and then became a boxer, gymnast and skier-

From the early years, his method takes shape under the name of Contrology, the art of controlling the movements and he built equipment such as the Reformer, the Cadillac.

Refer to Wikipedia; http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pilates