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If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. IF it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.

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Joseph Pilates
Age: 83 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 9
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
Coach
Entrepreneur
Gymnast
Inventor
Pilates Trainer
München-Gladbach
Joseph Hubertus Pilates
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Pilates
Spine

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