Often Pilates is just thought of as a workout using only the mat or reformer. However traditionally the Pilates method was created using a variety of different pieces of equipment.
In the Classical Pilates studio setting you will often use:
- The cadillac
- The reformer
- The high chair / electric chair
- The wunda chair
- The spine corrector/small barrels
- The pedo pull
- The guillotine
- The high mat
- The tower
- The ladder barrel
- The magic circle
- The small hand weights
- The foot corrector
- Jump boards
In Contemporary Pilates studios you will often use:
- The reformer (very popular some studios only use use this piece of equipment)
- The mat (very popular in gyms)
- The cadillac
- The wunda chair / exo chair
- The spine corrector/ small barrels
- The pedo pull
- The foam roller
- The thera bands
- The magic circle
- Hand weights large & small
- Ankle weights
- Stability balls/Pilates balls
- Massage balls
- Balance boards
- Tower classes (not that common)
- Jump boards