Joseph Pilates
Joseph Pilates
Joseph Hubertus Pilateswas a German physical trainer notable for having invented and promoted the Pilates method of physical fitness...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth9 December 1883
CountryGermany
mind body vitality
Contrology develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit.
lying tired poison
It is better to be tired from physical exertion than to be fatigued by the 'poisons' generated by nervousness while lying awake.
horse heart cat
Contrology is not a system of haphazard exercises designed to produce only bulging muscles. ... Nor does Contrology err either by over-developed a few muscles at the expense of all others with resulting loss of grace and suppleness, or a sacrifice of the heart or lungs. Rather, it was conceived to limber and stretch muscles and ligaments so that your body will be as supple as that of a cat and not muscular like that of the body of a brewery-truck horse, or the muscle-bound body of the professional weight lifter you so much admire at the circus.
cancer exercise animal
By exercising your stomach muscles, you wring out the body, you don't catch colds, you don't get cancer, you don't get hernias. Do animals get hernias? Do animals go on diets?
self-confidence unique mind
Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence follows.
self practice desire
Self-confidenc e, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results of the practice of Contrology [Pilates].
sleep exercise men
The man who uses intelligence with respect to his diet, his sleeping habits and who exercises properly, is beyond any question of doubt taking the very best preventive medicines provided so freely and abundantly by nature
home exercise joining
Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nauseam." Neither does it demand you joining a gymnasium nor the purchasing of expensive apparatus. You may derive all the benefits of Contrology in your own home.
exercise grace balance
Concentrate on the correct movement each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits. Correctly executed and mastered to the point of subconscious reaction, these exercises will reflect grace and balance in your routine activities.
spring rain exercise
This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting snows on mountains in the hinterlands cause rivers to swell and rush turbulently onward to the sea, so too will your blood flow with renewed vigor as the direct result of your faithfully performing the Contrology exercises.
spiritual calm priceless
The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors...
effort matter pleasure
When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.
mean sunshine air
By all means never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can.
firsts physical-fitness
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.