The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp

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The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp

Illustrations by Julie Benbassat | Story edited by W. M. AkersIt probably doesn’t surprise you to know that exercising more is among the most common New Year’s resolutions. With that in mind, we thought what better time to bring you a story about how Pilates, a favorite workout of many, first came to be. As someone who has been forced to trade my morning runs for at-home Pilates classes due to the polar vortex I’ve been dealing with lately, I wa…