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2. Joseph Pilates - Wikipedia

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   His exercise regimen built flexibility, strength and stamina. Soon after it became known that ballerinas were attending the Pilates gym on 8th Avenue, society women followed. [citation needed] Joseph Pilates wrote several books, including Return to Life through Contrology and Your Health, and he was also a prolific inventor, with over 26 ...

3. Pilates - Wikipedia

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   Pilates instructor demonstrating "All Fours" Pilates (/ p ɪ ˈ l ɑː t iː z /; [1] [2] German: [piˈlaːtəs]) is a type of mind-body exercise developed in the early 20th century by German physical trainer Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named. Pilates called his method "Contrology". [3]

4. Romana Kryzanowska - Wikipedia

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   Romana Kryzanowska (June 30, 1923 – August 30, 2013 [1]) was an American Pilates instructor who started as a student of Joseph Pilates and his wife Clara at their studio on Eighth Avenue in New York. After the death of Joseph Pilates in 1967, Clara Pilates continued the studio for a few more years, and in 1970 Romana Kryzanowska became the ...

5. Ron Fletcher - Wikipedia

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   He is identified as a “Pilates Elder”—a “first-generation teacher” who studied directly under Joseph and Clara Pilates. [1] Originally referred to Joseph Pilates by fellow dancer for treatment of a chronic knee injury, [4] Fletcher was schooled in the principles of Body Contrology (the name Pilates gave to his fitness and conditioning ...

6. Plank (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] The plank is commonly practiced in Pilates and yoga, and by those training for boxing and other sports. [3] [4] [5] The "extended plank" adds substantial difficulty to the standard plank exercise. To perform the extended plank, a person begins in the push-up position and then extends the arms or hands as far forward as possible. [6]

7. Carola Trier - Wikipedia

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   A devastating injury which occurred in 1950 brought her to Joseph and Clara Pilates, founders of the Pilates method of exercise and strength training. Throughout the 1950s, she was trained by the Pilates couple. She opened her own Contrology studio in 1960. [1]

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9. Kathy Stanford Grant - Wikipedia

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   Dancer Pearl Lang suggested Grant attend Pilates' studio where she met Joseph Pilates and began regaining the use of her leg. Grant was interested in this new technique and in 1967 having studied under Pilates and completed 2,200 hours of training Grant was one of only two people to get a qualification from him to teach his work. [4]