First 10 of Classical Pilates

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For experienced pilates practitioners, it is always a joy to return to the classical moves of the Joseph Pilates method. It's a good test to see if we can still do them, and it is also a trip down memory lane. For the rest of us, we are exploring a rich culture and tradition. Enjoy!

I've done my best to only slightly modify the original mat work so as to make it a little safer, but without losing the authentic original feel of the pilates mat work. Others would have modified it; differently; it will still be valid.

If you like what you see and you want to put the moves into your own body, you can gentle yourself into the above workout with the preparatory version that I recorded here:-

Two cautions:-
1. Don't rush the moves, because Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. If you are out of condition or have never done pilates, sign up for supervised pilates in a nearby studio.

Some notes and history follow.

1.
Classical pilates has its roots in the German discipline of "Turnen", in English: "physical education, gymnastics". Turnen started in a Berlin grammar school in the early 1800s. Interestingly, the German word for grammar school is "Gymnasium", and the English word for a fitness centre is a "gym", short for gymnasium. Turnen was invented by Prussian educator Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852). Read the story here:-

2.
You can see the similarities between classical pilates and male gymnastics if you visit your local gymnastics club and watch the 8-year-old boys doing their warmups. They're doing a gymnastics warmup but it looks like pilates. The instructor may acknowledge that the warmup looks like pilates but he will tell you, "no it is not pilates". That's because "Turnen" came first.

3.
So when and how did classical pilates derive from the german art and science of "Turnen"?
The story has been well told here:-
And also here:-

4.
Other influences upon the Classical Pilates method (Boxing; a possible influence by the books of Dr. Bess Mensendieck), are discussed by EVA RINCKE here:

More info on Dr. Bess Mensendieck's books:

*Körperkultur des Weibes praktisch hygienische und praktisch ästhetische Winke

*Look better, feel better; the world-renowned Mensendieck system of functional movements, for a youthful body and vibrant health

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