PDF Caged Lion: Joseph Pilates and His Legacy

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Caged
Lion
Joseph
Pilates
and
His
Legacy
Description
The surprising story of Pilates8212th man and
the method.Part biography, part history, and part
memoir, quotCagd Lionquotuntangles for the
first time Joseph Pilates8217sopaque life story
and the perilous journey of his exercise program
known the world over as Pilates.This is the story
of Joseph Pilates, a gifted man
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who immigrated to the United States at
forty-three with no assets or credentials. He not
only invented an exercise regimen8212whch today
is practiced by more than ten million
people8212bu in the process, reinvented
himself.John Howard Steel brings Joseph Pilates
and his eponymous exercise regime to life from
his unique perspective as a student, friend, and
confidant. Joe8217sinfluence profoundly changed
Steel8217slife in turn, Steel was crucial for
the survival of the Pilates Method and
Joe8217slegacy. Steel8217svivid account
traces the expansion of Pilates from a small
cadre of dedicated adherents, through two periods
of near extinction, to the global sensation it is
today. Steel describes Joseph Pilates8217syears
as a prisoner during World War I,
Joe8217smotivation to discover his system of
exercises, his inspirational teaching technique,
and the unique attraction of the Pilates Method.
It8217squite a story.