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When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

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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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Maximum
Pleasure
Minimum
Matter
Properly
Work
Muscles
Perform
Developed
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Courses

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