Advance class prerequisites

Before entering the advanced class, approval from your regular instructor or management is required.

To engage in advanced reformer, you must:

-Have completed at least 30 open level classes at our studio, or 5 consecutive months of Pilates with us.

-No major injuries within the past 3-6 months.

-Know how to modify exercises without the assistance of the instructor.

-Understand how to adjust the reformer: foot bar, spring bar, straps, shoulder pads and footboard.

-Understand spring tension and can adjust alone.

-Know most of the Beginner and Intermediate Pilates exercises by name and/or description.

-Can perform all basic movements such as: -Push/ Pull the reformer with control, Squat, Lunge, Plank, Kneeling, Standing, and Balance exercises.

Can comfortably perform:

-Inversions (Pikes, short/long spine, jacknife, etc)

-Spinal extensions (backbend-Tree Stretch, Swan, Diver, etc)

-Spinal articulation and rotation