The Cadillac is the largest piece of Pilates equipment and is supposedly named after the finest, luxury car made at that time. Resembling a four poster bed with it’s overhead frame, it has different spring attachments for leg and arm work, a roll back bar, a push through bar, a trapeze, airplane board and fuzzy straps. It really is the ultimate piece in the Pilates studio. Although it is often linked to rehabilitation, it offers so much more bringing significant strength gains and advanced mobility challenges.

The Tower is the Cadillac’s little brother, often seen as half a Cadillac and a more compact, space saving alternative, almost all of the Cadillac exercises can be performed on the Wall Unit. Its origins can be traced to before Joseph Pilates and he also invented several precursors and versions. These include the Divana, combining an integrated small barrel, Reformer and Tower, the Bednasium, the Massage Table, the Guillotine, the Gym in the Doorway, the Resister and others.

The Cadillac and Tower allow movements to be performed supine, side-lying, prone and standing, facing all directions and even hanging!

Over the 2 days of training the Tower/Cadillac repertoire will be fully explored, with an emphasis placed on exercise prescription. You will build on previous learning and further enhance teaching skills, such as observation and correction and visualisation. Assessment is in the form of a written session plan based on a theoretical case study and a practical observation to be submitted after the training.

You are welcome to attend the training either in person or live stream if you have access to the equipment