Swan with the Roll Back Bar

Joseph Pilates archived this exercise on film with Romana Kryzanowska as he guided her through a series of exercises on his Massage Table apparatus, a precursor to the Cadillac. Without letting the bar touch the table, Romana was able to simultaneously lift her head and chest while lifting her legs quite high. The exercise is nearly identical to the archival Flying Eagle on the Wunda Chair but when Romana taught this exercise to me on the Cadillac she called it The Swan.