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Interesting bits about Pilates

Meet the Man, “Joe Pilates”: Joseph Hubertus Pilates (9 December 1883 – 9 October 1967) was a German-born physical trainer, writer, and inventor. He is credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. He patented a total of 26 apparatuses in his lifetime. For the rest of the story, click Wikipedia’s profile of Joseph Pilates.

Article: Learn a bit of the history (like Pilates was initially called "Contrology") about how Pilates came into being. Click Good from Bad.

from Encyclopedia Britannica, lateral view of the human body muscles from Encyclopedia Britannica, lateral view of the human body muscles

Visual of Muscles: The good folks of Encyclopedia Britannica have a neat site which presents you with muscles of the human body from a variety of views. Click The Human Muscle System and be prepared to spend more time than you anticipated.

Listing of Muscles: from the University of Michigan, if you want to know what the muscles are by region of the body, this is your go-to chart. It’s just a chart, so it’s not pretty, but it is quite informative. Click Table of Muscles