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The Pilates Method (sometimes simply Pilates) is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. Pilates wrote at least two books about the Pilates method: Return to Life through Contrology and Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education.
Pilates called his method Contrology, which refers to the way the method encourages the use of the mind to control the muscles. It is an exercise program that focuses on the core postural muscles that help keep the body balanced and are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and strengthen the deep torso muscles, which are important to help alleviate and prevent back pain.
History
Born in 1880 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Joseph Pilates, a German national of Greek descent,became an avid exercise enthusiast (skier, gymnast, diver, martial arts student) and developed his body into superb condition. In his teens, he was used as a model for fitness charts. Traveling to England before the first World War, he worked as a boxer and circus performer. During WWI, he was interned in the Isle of Man with other German nationals and POWs. A trained nurse in his native Germany, he was investigating ways that he could rehabilitate bed-ridden victims of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Thus he created a series of movements that could be practiced within the confines of this controlled environment. The Pilates Reformer (a piece of [http://unionsquarepilates.com/_wsn/page4.html Pilates equipment) is based on an old hospital bed. Returning to Germany briefly after the war, he then began training professional boxers, notably heavyweight champion Max Schmelling, and police officers. He then moved to the United States and opened his own training studio in New York city in 1926 with his wife Clara. More on [ Pilates ]
and Pilates - Providing physical therapy and pilates gym, apparatus, and classes.
Meta Description: [ Pilates studio in New York City on East 57th Street providing physical therapy by licensed physical therapists and pilates gym, apparatus, and classes by certified pilates trainers. ]
Bent Movement - Site describes services, policies, the instructor and location for this Clinton district studio.
Centered - A studio for women, specializing in post-pregnancy programs, and offering instruction, nutritional counseling, and mother's and women's groups.
Meta Description: [ Centered - A Pilates studio for women specializing in post-pregnancy programs. We offer a holistic approach to women's health, including Pilates instruction, nutritional counseling, relevant workshops, and mother's and women's groups to address all aspects of a woman's needs and interests. ]
Core Pilates NYC - Information about the location, services and staff for this studio located in Union Square.
Core Zone Pilates - Information about this cooperative studio offering pilates and massage.
DL Fit Pilates Wellness Studio - Health, wellness and stress management programs in downtown Manhattan and in corporate retreats.
Meta Description: [ Latest innovative Pilates stress management Classes in SoHo New York City. Offering Corporate Wellness programs. ]
Gotham Pilates - Personal training in a small studio in the Chelsea area.
Meta Description: [ Gotham Pilates: Expeience the Pilates Method in our convenient Chelsea/Midtown location. Individualized instruction by certified Pilates trainers in our serene private studio. ]
Grasshopper Pilates Downtown - Traditional studio with private, duet and semi-private sessions.
Meta Description: [ New York City Pilates to balance mind and body ]
Ground Floor Exercise - Offering private and semi-private instruction, and mat classes on the upper west side.
Meta Description: [ GroundFloor Exercise is a New York City based Pilates Studio offering private and semi-private instruction and mat classes. ]
Jennifer Kries - Specializing in exercise, videos, teacher training in the method, mat and private sesions.
Kane School - This studio specializes in private instruction, using the principles of the Pilates Method and Gyrotonic, in New York City, NY
Mind Your Body Fitness - Information about this pilates and gyrotonic studio.
Meta Description: [ Pilates and Gyrotonic ]
Mongoose Bodyworks - Briefly describes the method and services for this studio located in Soho.
Movement Afoot - Individual one-on-one training, classes and workshops to professional bodyworkers, dancers and students using Pilates, yoga and Physio Ball Method.
Park East Pilates - Includes information about the method and the instructors.
Peter Vaillancourt Pilates - Information about the instructor, testimonials and location for this studio located at Columbus Circle.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Peter Vaillancourt's Pilates Studio featuring professional conditioning technique. Adjacent to AOL Time Warner at Columbus Circle. Easy access to all subway and path trains. ]
Pilates Inc. - Information about the method and services for this studio offering traditional instruction in the mid forties on the west side. Includes a forum.
Pilates Motion Studio - Apparatus based private and semi-private pilates sessions located on the Upper East Side.
Pilates on Fifth - Stott Pilates instruction operated by former Rockettes Katherine and Kimberly Corp. All fitness levels welcome.
Power Pilates - Offers training and teacher certification in several locations. Includes background and press information.
re:AB - Greenwich Village studio offering traditional workouts. Includes philosophy and class information.
Sage Fitness - Manhattan Pilates studio specializing in individualized training.
Sixth Street Pilates - Studio, in the East Village, offering private sessions and classes.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Sixth Street Pilates, New York ]
Super Pilates - Offering equipment-based classical Pilates sessions in the West Village.
Meta Description: [ Super Pilates is a new and stylish equipment-based Pilates studio in the West Village, New York City, designed for one-on-one private sessions. Pilates housecalls can also be reserved. Call 212-727-2841 to find out more or reserve an appointment. ]
The Pilates Room - Information about the method, the instructors and services for this traditional studio in Chelsea.
The Pilatium - Rates and schedule for this studio in Lower Manhattan. [Best viewed in IE, does not work in all browsers.]
Meta Description: [ Pilatium of New York web site ]
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Tribeca Body Works - Offering pilates classes for the public and continuing education courses for instructors in Tribeca.
Meta Description: [ Alycea Ungaro's Real Pilates studio ]
Ultimate Body Inc. - Offers personalized pilates exercise programs. Covers the studio, instructors, equipment, and magazine articles.
Meta Description: [ Pilates in New York. Personalized Pilates exercise programs in an exclusive, peaceful studio in the heart of Manhattan, NY. Pilates is the fitness choice for the new millennium. We offer information on Pilates exercise, Pilates equipment, Pilates videos, Pilates books and Joseph Pilates. ]
Union Square Pilates - Traditional Pilates by Anthony Sasso in Union Square. Information about services and the instructors.
Meta Description: [ Union Square Pilates offers one of most intensive program in the Pilates method of exercise. ]
Uptown Pilates - Traditional studio located on the upper westside. Includes information about services and the method.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Uptown Pilates, a new luxury Pilates studio on Manhattan's Upper West Side, offering clients a variety of classes in the classical authentic Pilates method. ]
Volar Pilates - Stott certified instructor on the upper west side of Manhattan.
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