Cadillac Pilates · Los Angeles
The Cadillac.Spring-assisted.Fully supported.
Forte Pilates is a boutique studio on Beverly Blvd with a fully equipped Cadillac — the trapeze table — used in Private and Duet sessions. Spring-assisted range, rehab-adjacent work, and deep, supported stretch, guided one-on-one by your instructor.
What is the Cadillac?
The most versatile apparatus in the studio.
“The spring assists. The body learns.”
The Cadillac — also called the trapeze table — is a raised table framed by a four-poster canopy of springs, bars, and straps. Joseph Pilates built the original to rehabilitate patients who couldn't yet stand at a reformer. That lineage still defines what the apparatus does best: it meets the body exactly where it is.
Unlike the reformer's moving carriage, the Cadillac's surface is stable. Springs attach from above and below, so resistance can assist a movement rather than resist it. That's what makes spring-assisted range possible — the apparatus carries part of the load while you find the line.
At Forte, the Cadillac appears inside Private and Duet sessions rather than as a separate class. Your instructor moves you between the Cadillac, Reformer, Barrel, and Chair depending on what your body needs that day.
Why the Cadillac
What it's uniquely good for.
Spring-assisted range
Overhead springs support the limbs through arcs the body can't yet control alone — building range without strain.
Rehab-adjacent work
The stable table and scalable spring load make it well suited to post-injury conditioning and cautious first steps back into movement.
Deep, supported stretch
Hanging work and bar-assisted extension open the spine and shoulders in ways mat work can't reach.
Instructor precision
Cadillac work at Forte is always 1:1 or 2:1 — every spring change, every cue, calibrated to your body in real time.
How sessions run
A Cadillac session at Forte.
- 01 · Assess
- Your instructor reviews your history and watches how you move. Cadillac work starts from what your body shows, not a set sequence.
- 02 · Calibrate
- Springs are set to assist or challenge — heavier to support, lighter to demand control. The load changes as you do.
- 03 · Move
- Fifty minutes of guided work — roll-downs on the bar, leg springs, hanging stretch — often flowing between Cadillac, Reformer, and Chair.
- 04 · Carry it home
- Your instructor may leave you with one thing to notice between sessions — a breath pattern, a stance, a line.
Pricing
Cadillac work, priced as sessions.
The Cadillac is used within Private and Duet sessions — there's no separate machine fee. All sessions are prepaid, with a 24-hour cancellation policy on every format including trials.
Private · Instructor
new clients only
Private · Lead Instructor
Duet (2 people)
price per person
price per person
Full pricing for every format lives on the main pricing table.
FAQ
Cadillac questions, answered.
The Cadillac (trapeze table) is a stable raised table with a four-poster frame holding springs, bars, and straps. Where the reformer uses a moving carriage, the Cadillac keeps the body supported on a fixed surface while springs assist or resist each movement — which makes it exceptional for range work, controlled strengthening, and deep stretch.
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Try the Cadillac for yourself.
Start with a Private trial session — $70, new clients only. Fifty minutes on the apparatus with an instructor whose only job is your line.