Peak Pilates History (Well-enlightened)

December 9, 1883 correct answers When was Joseph Pilates born? 1914 correct answers What year? •Joseph was a performer and boxer •During outbreak of WW I he was placed under forced internment in Lancaster England •Taught fellow camp members 20 years of self study and apprenticeship -Yoga, Zen,ancient Greek and Roman physical regimens •Later termed Contrology Return to Life Through Contrology correct answers Only historical document that indicates the order and sequence of mat exercises Stretch, strengthen & balance the body correct answers Pilates is designed to _____, _____ & ______ Pilates Benefits correct answers 1) Increased lung capacity 2) Improved circulation 3) Strength 4) Flexibility (abs & back) 5) Coordination (muscular and mental ) -also; posture, balance, core strength, bone density and joint health -positive body awareness Circulation is the key to health & pilates stimulates white blood cell development correct answers Pilates believed that the reason the interns didn't get sick with influenza is because _____ & ______. 2nd Camp correct answers •Wherewas Joseph Pilates when: •Internees struck with war time disease and physical injury •Pilates devised equipment to create spring resistance & Movement for the bedridden -The birth of the apparatus •Facilitated circulation & healing by moving injured limbs -Restored joint function and muscular strength re - educating the body Joseph Pilates correct answers "A few well - designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion" 1934 correct answers What year was : Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education, written? 1945 correct answers When was: Return to life through Contrology, written? 1926 correct answers When was the first pilates studio opened? New York City correct answers Where was the first pilates studio opened?