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Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

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Joseph Pilates
Age: 83 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 9
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
Coach
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München-Gladbach
Joseph Hubertus Pilates
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A man is as young as his spinal column.
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Daily, from sunrise to sunset, the radio, newspapers and magazines broadcast to the world how to maintain health, how to regain health... the conflicting information, expressive of the different opinions of these various health authorities, has proved to be nothing less than confusion.
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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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Time and progress are synonymous terms--nothing can stop either. Truth will prevail and that is why I know that my teachings will reach the masses and finally be adopted as universal.
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