What is Pilates?
Joseph Hubertus Pilates originally created 34 matwork exercises which he called Contrology. This was after 20 years of his personal study of human anatomy and movement patterns, as well as those of animals.

Joseph also spent his life studying a myriad of physical disciplines, from Yoga to the Greek & Roman physical regimens, as well as his personal sport of boxing.
In the 1920’s, while working with wounded soldiers (during WWI Joseph was placed under forced internment in England, as a German National) Joseph rigged their beds with springs and cords in order to assist them while they performed his physical fitness routine, Contrology.

It was from here that the first equipment, the Reformer bed was born. Today there are over 500 exercises that can be performed either on the floor or on one of the various pieces of Pilates equipment.