Why Pilates?
According to Joseph Pilates, when the Spanish Flu broke out in 1918. NONE of the inmates who followed his exercise regime got sick. Joe was a sickly child, suffering from rheumatic fever, rickets and asthma... but he held the belief that physical conditioning and strengthening would improve his health. You could say he proved himself right! He practiced gymnastics, body-building and martial arts such as boxing and jie-jitsu and by the age of 14, he was fit and healthy enough