Pilates was created by Joseph Pilates in 19 14. He combined yoga, Tai Chi, ballet and other eastern and western health preservation methods to form today's Pilates. Pilates is a whole-body coordinated exercise, which mainly exercises small muscle groups in the deep layer of human body, maintains and improves normal posture, achieves body balance, develops the range and ability of activities of trunk and limbs, emphasizes the control of core muscle groups, strengthens the nerve induction and domination of human brain on limbs and skeletal muscle tissues, and cooperates with correct breathing methods.