The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp

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The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp

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Mar 19, 2020

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Interned during WWI, circus entertainer Joseph Pilates used found materials and his fellow prisoners as his test lab, and imagined an exercise system that would captivate millions.

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