Ex-Danish ballet dancer Michael Christenson flew in to host the North of England's first STOTT Pilates intensive reformer course. The three aspiring teachers Steve, Jessica and Angie were led through seven days of gruelling exercises.
History of the reformer
Joseph Pilates was interned, along with other Germans; at the outbreak of world war 1.He taught fellow prisoners a series of exercises combining physical fitness with breath control and mental acuity to increase strength and flexibility. He then spent the latter part of the war on the Isle of Man working as a hospital orderly, he helped rehabilitate patients through resistance exercise using equipment fashioned from bedsprings. The springs resemble muscle contraction and emphasize the eccentric and concentric phase of movement.
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