Pilates Cadillac Workout
The Pilates Cadillac workout combines the benefits of a mat workout with the added spring tension of a machine. It is a popular workout due to the stretching and pulling on the muscles and bones with the spring loaded bars and straps that stretch the body from head to toe. You'll feel free and weightless. If you like the feeling of swimming workouts you'll love the workout you get on this piece of equipment without getting wet!
BREATHING WITH ROLL DOWN BAR: Lying on your back with your knees bent and hands on roll down bar wide. Inhale to prepare and as you exhale gently press the bar away from you as you come up into a bridge with your hips. Inhale as you raise your arms and then exhale to roll the spine down one vertebra at a time. This breathing exercise will help to warmup the spine and arms with the energizing breathwork. The bar should be hooked in the top notch.
LEG SPRINGS: Lying with your feet in the foot straps there are a combination of exercises you can do working the core and legs at the same time. Start by reaching both legs down together and come up without rolling your tailbone off the mat, then alternate legs. Add a variety of leg circles, frog legs, and bicycles. The springs should be hooked in the middle notch.
ROLL DOWN: Sit facing the open end with the roll down bar. Press gently on the bar as you exhale and peel your spine down the mat then inhale and exhale as you roll back up from the head with the arms long and reaching up to help you. Repeat for 6 reps with the bar hooked on the top or middle loop.
CAT STRETCH: Kneel facing the open end with the forward push bar top spring loaded. Holding the bar pull it down towards your thighs and roll your spine down then push it away and extend your spine. Pull it back to you hinging back from the knees and then press it up as you extend your spine. Repeat the sequence for 5-6 reps breathing in as you extend and exhale as you flex the spine.
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