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In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body

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Joseph Pilates
Age: 83 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 9
Died: 1967
Died: October 9
Coach
Entrepreneur
Gymnast
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Pilates Trainer
München-Gladbach
Joseph Hubertus Pilates
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Because of poor posture, practically 95% of our population suffers from varying degrees of spinal curvature, not to mention more serious ailments. Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.
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Contrology is designed to give you suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakably reflected in the way you walk, in the way you play, and in the way you work.
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It is better to be tired from physical exertion than to be fatigued by the 'poisons' generated by nervousness while lying awake.
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By all means never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air you can.
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A man is as young as his spinal column.
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I'm fifty years ahead of my time.
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Contrology is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.
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To achieve the highest accomplishments within the scope of our capabilities in all walks of life we must constantly strive to acquire strong, healthy bodies and develop our minds to the limits of our ability.
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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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Moreover, such a body freed from nervous tension and over-fatigue is the ideal shelter provided by nature for housing a well-balanced mind that is always fully capable of successfully meeting all of the complex problems of modern living.
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It is the mind itself which builds the body.
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You are only as young as your spine is flexible.
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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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Lazy breathing converts the lungs, literally and figuratively speaking, into a cemetery for the deposition of diseased, dying and dead germs as well as supplying an ideal haven for the multiplication of other harmful germs.
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You're only as old as your spine.
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Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.
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Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.
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Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of its exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities.
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The lungs cannot be completely deflated at first without considerable effort. With perseverance, however, the desired results can be accomplished and with increasing power, gradually and progressively develop the lungs to their maximum capacity.
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Before any real benefit can be derived from physical exercises, one must first learn how to breath properly. Our very life depends on it.
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