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Pilates Chicago is internationally recognized by the Pilates Method Alliance as meeting the highest standards of Pilates training. We offer Private, Semi-private, and Group Pilates sessions with extensively trained instructors. We also offer apprenticeship-based instructor training.
At Pilates Chicago, we know that everyone has different needs. We devise a customized program to meet the needs of each individual body. Click here to learn more about our instructors
Testimonial ~ Jennifer and Matthew Zumann and Pilates
Chicago have, quite simply, changed my life over the past 4 1/2 years. I stand taller because of them. I feel better because of them. I’m stronger, more fit, and healthier in body and mind. I was in pretty bad shape when I started Pilates — lower back problems that kept me off my feet too often. They started slowly, tailoring a program to my individual and even daily needs, and now I can’t believe how far I’ve come. My posture has immeasurably improved and I am strong and flexible enough to do things I used to think I’d never achieve. Now I’ve seen what they’ve done for friends and coworkers I’ve referred; people can’t say enough good things about them. -Sara B.
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Joseph H. Pilates developed this exercise regimen as part of his concept of physical fitness, hygiene, and overall health. He suffered as a sickly child and with determination and innovation, he used exercise, which he referred to as CONTROLOGY, as a means to optimum health.
Joseph Pilates was inspired by the slow, controlled movements of animals in the wild. His exercises promote flexibility, support, and complete body tone.
German-born Pilates was placed in an internment camp in England during WWI and began practicing his "matwork" to maintain health for himself and his fellow prisoners. He was then moved to a military hospital where he invented one of the first forms of physical therapy. By attaching springs and straps to hospital beds, he enabled wounded soldiers to keep their muscles strong and lithe. He followed up his work in Germany, helping many arthritic patients before he and his wife, Clara -a nurse, moved to New York and founded a studio in the 1920s.
Mr. Pilates never lived to see the tremendous success of his lifelong work. Joseph and Clara worked tirelessly in their small New York studio until his death in 1967. It wasn't until decades later that his system, nurtured through the years by a small number of his students, blossomed into the well-known, respected form of exercise that he dreamed it would be. Pilates Chicago is proud to carry on the legacy of this remarkable couple.
For more information about the Pilates Method Alliance (not-for-profit) organization visit www.pilatesmethodalliance.org.
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