Joseph H. Pilates was born December 9, 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. His Greek father, Heinrich Friedrich Pilates, was a metal worker and enthusiastic gymnast, and his German mother was a housewife[Joseph H. Pilates was born December 9, 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. His Greek father, Heinrich Friedrich Pilates, was a metal worker and enthusiastic gymnast, and his German mother was a housewife.[2][1].[2]
Joseph H. Pilates was born December 9, 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. His Greek father, Heinrich Friedrich Pilates, was a metal worker and enthusiastic gymnast, and his German mother was a housewife [2][1][3]