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Interesting bits about Pilates
Meet the Man, “Joe Pilates”: Joseph Hubertus Pilates (9 December 1883 – 9 October 1967) was a German-born physical trainer, writer, and inventor. He is credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. He patented a total of 26 apparatuses in his lifetime. For the rest of the story, click Wikipedia’s profile of Joseph Pilates.
Article: Learn a bit of the history (like Pilates was initially called "Contrology") about how Pilates came into being. Click Good from Bad.
Visual of Muscles: The good folks of Encyclopedia Britannica have a neat site which presents you with muscles of the human body from a variety of views. Click The Human Muscle System and be prepared to spend more time than you anticipated.
Listing of Muscles: from the University of Michigan, if you want to know what the muscles are by region of the body, this is your go-to chart. It’s just a chart, so it’s not pretty, but it is quite informative. Click Table of Muscles