Articles

Articles written during Joseph Pilates' lifetime help shed understanding to his method. Read, and see how Joseph Pilates never intended his method to be a studio or gym experience only. These articles reveal that his method is about creating life-changing habits.

Cutting a Fine Figure
by Marie Beynon Ray
Collier's, The National Weekly
August 18, 1934

Learning to be an animal
by Robert Wernick
Originially published Feb. 12, 1962 In Sports Illustrated
under the title "To Keep in Shape: Act Like an Animal,"
This is the author's self-published version which retained details that Sports Illustrated removed.
Note: This article appeared only in a New York edition of the magazine.