Women's Physical Education: Shaping Muscle & Beauty (The Natural Method)

About the Author

Georges Hébert (27 April 1875 - 2 August 1957) was a pioneering French physical educator, theorist and instructor. He believed that athletic skill must be combined with courage and altruism. He eventually developed this ethos into his personal motto, "Être fort pour être utile" ("Being strong to be useful"). In 1955, at the 50th birthday of the Natural Method, Hébert was named Commander of the Legion of Honor by the French government in recognition of his many services to his country. In 1957, George Hébert, by then suffering from general paralysis, cultivated the admiration of his entourage by relearning how to walk, speak and write. He died on August 2 of that year in Tourgéville, Calvados. Hébert's teachings have been an important influence on the emergence of Parkour as a training discipline in its own right.