CLUB PILATES FINAL WRITTEN
EXAM
1. Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates Mat
classes. It doesn't have to be a thick Mat, it should just cover the area under
your client's body.
True / False
Answer False
2. What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons?
Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head
down
Standing balance and jumping challenge
Pilates push up
Answer Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
,3. What exercises should your client master before trying the Boomerang?
Roll over and Teaser
Corkscrew and Leg Circles
Roll Over and Side Leg Series
Rolling Like A Ball and Saw
Answer Roll over and Teaser
4. Choose/Match the best exercise for each client type
Answer Swimming Hunched Shoulders (Over-Kyphotic)
Pelvic Rocks or Tilts
Post-natal (Cleared for light workouts)
Single Leg Circle
Hip Replacement, cleared for light ROM
,Corkscrew
Young athlete who does Yoga
5. After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them
do to get the back of their body warm and then
to get the front of their body warm.
Knee Circles and Seal
Corkscrew and Side Kneeling Series
, Bridge variations and Hundreds
Saw and BoomerangAnswer Bridge variations and Hundreds
6. Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is
good for clients with low back issues.
True / False
Answer False
7. You are evaluating a client for the first time and find they have a major
anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They have been cleared
to start a fitness routine after having not worked out in the past 4 years. What
moves would you teach them in their first work out?
Swimming, Double Leg Kick, Crab
Bridge, Roll Up, Quadruped
Hundred, Swan Dive, Teaser
Crab, Corkscrew, Back bends
EXAM
1. Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates Mat
classes. It doesn't have to be a thick Mat, it should just cover the area under
your client's body.
True / False
Answer False
2. What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons?
Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head
down
Standing balance and jumping challenge
Pilates push up
Answer Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
,3. What exercises should your client master before trying the Boomerang?
Roll over and Teaser
Corkscrew and Leg Circles
Roll Over and Side Leg Series
Rolling Like A Ball and Saw
Answer Roll over and Teaser
4. Choose/Match the best exercise for each client type
Answer Swimming Hunched Shoulders (Over-Kyphotic)
Pelvic Rocks or Tilts
Post-natal (Cleared for light workouts)
Single Leg Circle
Hip Replacement, cleared for light ROM
,Corkscrew
Young athlete who does Yoga
5. After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them
do to get the back of their body warm and then
to get the front of their body warm.
Knee Circles and Seal
Corkscrew and Side Kneeling Series
, Bridge variations and Hundreds
Saw and BoomerangAnswer Bridge variations and Hundreds
6. Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is
good for clients with low back issues.
True / False
Answer False
7. You are evaluating a client for the first time and find they have a major
anterior tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They have been cleared
to start a fitness routine after having not worked out in the past 4 years. What
moves would you teach them in their first work out?
Swimming, Double Leg Kick, Crab
Bridge, Roll Up, Quadruped
Hundred, Swan Dive, Teaser
Crab, Corkscrew, Back bends
