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pilates and exercise Swedish: same thing?

Hi, I just did my first Pilates class and I feel that time was distinctly similar to what my gym teacher at school used to force us to do under the name "Swedish exercise." I was wondering: Is Pilates just a rebranding of this ancient form of exercise so they sound more "hype"? Is there a difference I can see not? As you can tell by the fact that I just took my Pilates First, I am not fanatical about fitness then perhaps I missed something. Just curious ...

Although some exercises seem similar, but there is a part of Pilates that has nothing to do with Sweden [eg, equipment and balloons]

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