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Joseph Hubertus Pilates (9 December 1883 – 9 October 1967) was a German physical trainer, writer, and inventor. He is credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. He patented a total of 26 apparatuses in his lifetime.
Lolita San Miguel (born 9 october 1934) is one of the few individuals certified by Joseph Pilates himself. She trained under Joseph and Clara Pilates and is the last of first-generation instructors still living, directly connected to the founder of the Pilates method. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Pilates was developed by Joseph Pilates from Mönchengladbach, Germany.His father was a gymnast and his mother a naturopath.. Pilates said that the inspiration for his method came to him during World War I, while he was being held at the Knockaloe internment camp in the Isle of Man. [9]
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 method) [5] by Joseph and Clara Pilates, with whom he studied in their New York City studio at 939 8th Avenue, [6] on and off from ...
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 ]
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 ...
Eve Gentry (August 21, 1909 [1] – June 17, 1994; [2] née Henrietta Greenhood, and pseudonym Eve Brooks) [3] was a modern dancer, and later a Pilates master instructor.She was an original disciple of Joseph Pilates, and a master teacher of his technique to generations of instructors.
Pilates: A physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named. Pilates called his method "Contrology" and it is practiced worldwide. Pilates was a German physical trainer of Greek descent. [66]