The abbre­vi­ated version:

Born in Ger­many in 1880, Joseph H. Pilates had a life­long inter­est in body con­di­tion­ing. As a frail child ded­i­cated to becom­ing stronger, he later grew to become an accom­plished skier, diver, gym­nast, and boxer.

While interned in Eng­land dur­ing World War I for his Ger­man cit­i­zen­ship, Joseph became a nurse. Dur­ing this time, he designed exer­cise appa­ra­tus for immo­bi­lized patients by attach­ing springs to hos­pi­tal beds. This sys­tem formed the foun­da­tion for his style of body con­di­tion­ing and spe­cial­ized exer­cise appa­ra­tus, which he brought to New York City when he opened the first Pilates Stu­dio™ in 1926.

Cur­rently, the Pilates Method is used inter­na­tion­ally by indi­vid­u­als at all lev­els of fit­ness as well as by dance com­pa­nies, Broad­way shows, stu­dents at per­form­ing arts schools and uni­ver­si­ties, sports teams, spa clients, and fit­ness enthu­si­asts at pri­vate health clubs and gyms.

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