Joseph Hubertus Pilates

Question 1

Where was Joseph born?

Answer 1

Monchengladbach, Germany 1883

Question 2

What is contrology?

Answer 2

Joseph’s concept of physical exercise which encouraged mind muscle connection by focusing on the core, thereby supporting the spine.

Question 3

How was the Cadillac originated?

Answer 3

Joseph worked with bedridden patients and took the springs from their beds and rigged it to their bedposts.

Question 4

What did Joseph discover while training the Hamburg Military police?

Answer 4

1st position

Question 5

What are first generation Pilates instructors known as?

Answer 5

Pilates Elders

Question 6

Where did Joseph and his wife Clara go every summer?

Answer 6

Jacob’s Pillow dance camp

Question 7

When and why did Joseph pass away?

Answer 7

1967; he smoked too many cigars

Question 8

What books did Joseph write?

Answer 8

Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education (1934)

Return to Life through Contrology (1945)