The Equipment Pilates Instructor is trained to use three fixed Pilates instruments (Reformer, Cadillac, Chair) at the beginner and intermediate levels. He/she uses the specialized knowledge and the additional dimension offered by the apparatuses to perform a special set of exercises. These apparatuses were designed by Joseph Pilates to increase the difficulty of exercises in order to further strengthen the body.
- History of the method
- Basic principles and elements of the method
- The benefits of exercise using the Pilates method
- PrePilates exercises
- Basic & intermediate Reformer exercises
- Basic & intermediate Cadillac exercises
- Chair exercises
- Course structure
- Anatomy - Kinesiology I
- Physiology of Exercise I
- Nutrition Exercise and Health I