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Great little foam roller workout!

AXIS Foam Roller Full Body Workout Personal Trainer Luis Leonardo shares a simple full-body workout to develop flexibility and mobility while helping you strengthen arms and develop core stren...

My post-retirement “clients!” 😁

“Oh, thank you for noticing! It’s years of Pilates,” Porizkova, who is separated from rocker Ric Ocasek of The Cars, responded.

Paulina Porizkova wows in green bikini at age 54: 'Do you realize that you have the body of an 18-year-old?' The supermodel is still living her best bikini life 35 years after scoring her first "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue" cover.

The CAMPILATES video has gone international! Almost live from Mezcales, Mexico! Great job, Yolanda!!! :)

....in case you want to learn more about Joe! ;)

Sporting Witness - Meeting Mr Pilates - BBC Sounds In the 1950s, Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a New York studio.

A cool recipe for a DIY mat cleaner!

DIY Yoga Mat Spray Recipe with Essential Oils If you've tried yoga before or have been practicing yoga on a regular basis, you're likely familiar with how your yoga mat can be sticky or smelly after each yoga session. Sure, you can use over the counter antibacterial sprays, but isn't it better to use all natural ingredients by making your own D...

Great article!

Is Doing a Daily Pilates Routine More Beneficial? If you're considering doing Pilates every day, learn what those workouts would look like and how you can keep your routine safe and effective.

So pleased to share the first CAMPILATES mat class video! Well deserved credit goes to my very talented son Michael David Moegelin for his many hours of filming, editing and processing. This was truly a labor of love. ❤️ Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/350095644

Joseph Pilates found himself in England when WW1 broke out - some say he was traveling with his circus, others say he was there as a professional boxer and even owned a boxing gym - whatever the reason, he, along with all other German citizens, was interned by British authorities.

As weeks turned to years, he watched those around him crumble into a state of despair, their health and hope deteriorating. He noticed that the emaciated cats in the jail, despite a lack of food and meek conditions, remained springy and agile, while the men around him lay lifeless. Inspired by their resilience, he began to move, stretching his muscles, moving his joints... developing and refining what later became his “contrology” (now “Pilates”) system. The men in his cell block began to join in. Under Joes watchful eye they slowly but surely became as alert and agile as those cats and when a great influenza epidemic swept through England and the camp, killing thousands, not one of Joe’s trainees died. In fact, they left the camp healthier than they went in. .

After World War I, he went back to Germany where he collaborated with experts in dance and physical exercise, trained police officers in Hamburg, and developed the first of the apparatus inventions he dreamed up while interned. But he didn’t stay in Germany long... Word spread of the remarkable results he was seeing, and the German government began pressuring him to train the German army.

Not happy with the direction the German government was headed, he fled to the United States, land of free and home of the brave, to settle in under the bright lights of New York City, to realize his dream, open a gym and apply for more patents for his exercise apparatus inventions.
The rest is history.