Joseph Pilates developed his namesake exercise regimen during World War I.

In 1963, John Howard Steel was a 28-year-old Jewish attorney living in New York with a demanding law practice, an unhappy marriage, and a stiff neck. One day, his mother urged him to find a cure to ...

Pilates is a form of exercise that emphasizes balance through the development of core strength and flexibility by practicing a variety of graceful movements utilizing floor mats and various pieces of ...

Joseph Pilates wasn't famous when he taught at Jacob's Pillow and spent weekends at a modest Becket home with his wife, Clara, in the middle of the 20th century. But the equipment that remains on the ...

Long after the death of Joseph Pilates, the exercise program’s magnetic founder, his disciples are battling over his legacy. Joseph Pilates, standing, takes a student through his exercise program in ...

Joseph Pilates believed he had created an exercise programme that would stand the test of time and contribute to the wellbeing of anyone who practised it seriously. And while Pilates continues to grow ...

BECKET — A spring-loaded Bednasium leans against a back wall in the studio. An upside-down Reformer is covered in the garage. And black-and-white, step-by-step exercise posters are all over the place.